December 2016 / Dinner / Supper for the Day

bethk wrote:It must have been good if you ended up with 'thirds'!  Good for you guys on a meal that you didn't know you were hungry for until it got to the table!

Beth wrote:Michelle, I layered the potatoes & onions in the casserole dish raw and poured the thin white sauce over, topped off with some half & half to help be sure it surrounded all the potatoes. Then I baked it, covered, for about 2 hours. The last half hour I topped it with the ham slices and returned it to the oven on the foil lined baking sheet ~ glad I did that because the ham was just enough more in the dish to cause it to overflow and it would have made a mess in the oven!

bethk wrote:Hey, Jimmy ~ If you happen to talk to Evelyn, please tell her 'Happy Birthday', Merry Christmas and wish her a very blessed, happy and healthy New Year.

Thanks!

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:
Evelyn's response:

Hi Jimmy,
    I was so touched by Beth's remembering me and my Christmas Eve birthday that, as I have aged, has become lost in the Christmas shuffle of shopping, parties, presents, etc. I turn 3/4 of a century this year having fought  lung cancer since it was found by accident in Feb. 2009 already at Stage 3. I never smoked! I became a researcher in my retirement from teaching first grade for 34 years and, in March of 2014, added 4 mushrooms to my supplements that took me off cholesterol meds and meds for high BP and reduced my insulin use. In fact, my cholesterol test was below normal and my BP is, at rest, 110/60. The best part is that the PET/CT scans showed a turn around just 3 months after adding the mushrooms. Every scan from that point on was better than the previous one. On July 8, 2016, the cancer was completely gone! My oncologist calls me a medical miracle and told me he has NEVER had a lung cancer patient go from Stage 4 to cancer free. I spend all my free time sharing my research with others in hopes of defeating cancer with a food and not a drug! So far, a college alumni with prostate cancer has a PSA of 0.1 and a teacher's husband with bladder cancer (which had been removed) took the mushrooms for only 1 1/2 months and the cancer left in his lymph node in his back between two major arteries disappeared. The chemo was no longer working and the cancer wanted to grow so they tried the mushrooms. They work for other cancers as well. You may share my email address or cell # with anyone who would like me to send them info on the exact bottles I ordered.
    And please thank Beth for her thoughtfulness!
    Love and hugs to you and Tina,
    Evelyn

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Beth wrote:Michelle, I'd layer the raw potatoes & onions and then pour over your thinned out cheese sauce and bake until done. That way the flavors all cook together. The last 15 minutes or so I'd add a bit more cheese to the top and finally the bacon so it stays crispy......but that's just me. You can make it any way you prefer.

bethk wrote:Pot roast is SUCH a wonderful comfort food for a cold winter night!

Beth wrote:I spent most of the day with Lyn....she had a doctor appointment this morning and then we went to Fresh Market to get the last of the supplies for Christmas dinner on Sunday and then out to lunch for soup & salad.

bethk wrote:I remember how much fun it was to host big family holiday meals when our girls were still living at home.  After they married we still had the meals for quite a few years.  Then, we were finally invited to spend the holiday at DD#1's home - travel the 4 hrs. there, spend the weekend and just enjoy having someone else do the work.

It's time for someone else to step up to the plate, Jimmy.  Don't accept the excuse of "Our house is too small" ~ they can always improvise.  Unless they live in a tent ('cause that would be really uncomfortable for Tina).....  It's time for someone else to clean and cook and take over the labor of the holidays so you and Tina can be the guests of honor.  

We don't mind having the meals here. It's that, if one says they will bring string beans and cauliflower, that doesn't mean start cooking them at 1 hour before the sit down.

I am the bad guy, because, I mentioned cook everything ahead of time, and just put it in foil pans and throw them in the oven 20 minutes before the sit down. I did it with the kielbasi, and it was hot and moist when I opened the foil top, and set it on the counter.
I am out numbered when it comes to setting the table. They say,"It doesn't look pretty if it's already sliced!"