If Carol has gone gluten-free because of arthritis problems with gluten,
she might do what I did and try flour imported from Italy. The gluten
problem is only with USA wheat which has been modified so much it is no
longer the same as the wheat our grandparents cooked with. Italian flour
causes no problems and I use it to make pasta and bread and pizza. I order
mine from Amazon.
Tina
On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/27/2015 9:32 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> My daughter-in-law takes pride in her holiday decorations and meals.
>> Tuesday morning, as she arrived home after purchasing her final
>> Thanksgiving items, she fell and fractured her ankle. But, by Thursday,
>> she was fully in charge and, with the help of her kids, the meal went on as
>> planned, and was enjoyed by all, yours truly included.
>>
>
> Looks like a great time was had by all!
>
> I've been primary cook in all but the first of the various household
> arrangements I've been in over the decades. But I've never cooked a turkey
> and some of the other winter holiday staples. I enjoy those holiday dinners
> best when someone else does the turkey. Maybe 'cause I think turkey is OK,
> but no thrill? :-)
>
> We've been doing a combined holiday family get together between T-day and
> Christmas, with cooked turkey purchased from a local high end grocers. That
> way the kids can go to their other parents' dinners, particularly one where
> her parents are fanatic about it, and so on. I kinda like the "make your
> own holiday" idea.
>
> This year, though, our primary co-conspirators aren't available. A niece
> in-law was hit by a car where she lives, in Milan. She'll be OK, but one
> leg was badly broken and requires surgery. So my sister in-law is off to
> Italy weeks early; with two active kids, mom is going to need all the help
> she can get for a while.
>
> Carol has gone gluten free, so I've not done some of my specialties for
> quite a while. I finally broke down and made my (justly) famous pasta dish,
> a sort of super puttanesca with sausage and asparagus, with rotelli pasta
> made from quinoa. WOW - now that's a holiday dinner!
>
> Tonight, no leftovers; my meatloaf and french green beans sauteed with
> garlic. (Then it's leftovers for a few days. :-) )
>
> No Left Over Turkey Moose
>
> * The Italian medical system puzzles me. They've kept Karen in the
> hospital for several days, doing nothing but waiting for a surgical
> opening, then will again for a few days after. The cost for all those
> unproductive hospital days would be astronomical here. Seems to me either
> hospital days are cheap there or their health care system is amazingly
> fiscally wasteful.
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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