Re: Re:Re: Re: Thanksgiving Turkey ... don't know whether to ...

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In a message dated 11/24/2003 12:36:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,

looneybird@... writes:

And don't even

ask about ordering in a restaurant!

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My husband has to have a full plate or he panics. I have the feeling that

someone tried to control his portions when he was young.

Fay Bayuk

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Welllll...............how did your MOTHERS cook? Mine always put on a huge

spread, lots of volume, and lots of variety. That's what I grew up with, and so

that's what I did. When I actually got enuf experience to KNOW better, then I

was afraid I'd lose my rep for being a great cook and entertainer; and after

that I was worried that anyone should go away from my table unsated or afraid

to eat their fill. I had an aunt who used to (unlike her sister) portion

everything out ahead of time, before she went shopping: like one pork chop

apiece

for each guest, or 2 pcs chicken, etc. Sometimes when we went there to eat, I

DID feel I couldn't eat as much as I'd have liked to do. It was an uncomfortable

feeling. I felt unsatisfied for myself, and sorta embarrassed for her being

such a pennypincher. By the way, Mom was fat, her sister was not.

Carol A

In a message dated 11/25/2003 10:41:37 PM Central Standard Time,

ladybostons@... writes:

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> Ok, I had a SMALL family and always cooked like I was cooking for an army.

> Now explain THAT one! I still have that problem. I do tend to freeze a lot

> of what I cook, so I don't have to cook as much later.

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> Debbie &

> in Gig Harbor

> (170cm medial)

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: bettytheloon

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> I learned to cook for a large family and have never unlearned......

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> I don't know why I think there's

> a famine coming soon and I need to stock up for it.

> Alice

> The Loon

> RNY 12/28/00

>

> .... It's a stomach/mind/eye thing????? Anyone else have this

> adjustment?

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> >Lucille

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[Guest guest]

>> I had an aunt who used to (unlike her sister) portion

> everything out ahead of time, before she went shopping: like one pork chop

apiece

> for each guest, or 2 pcs chicken, etc. Sometimes when we went there to

eat, I

> DID feel I couldn't eat as much as I'd have liked to do. It was an

uncomfortable

> feeling.

I'm in the SCA, a medieval recreationist group, and we have feasts with

medieval themes several times a year. One that I went to last February was

like this. Now realize that the feasters pay $10-$12 each for these events,

so there should be plenty of food since it's all cooked with volunteer help,

and the cook for this particular feast was in the Navy and did all his

buying at the commissary (and as treasurer, I will reimburse them for any

amount, so they are not limited). The main course was baron of beef --

several large roasts were made for a group of 75 feasters, and lots of side

dish choices. But there wasn't quite enough of anything. Bread rolls, the

cheapest item on the menu probably, ran out, and bread NEVER runs out at

these events. He sliced the beef way too thick, so he ran out before every

table was served, and the last tables served got pieces that were fatty and

had meager meat. The kitchen help and servers wait for the leftovers to come

back and there wasn't any beef for them, and no bread -- in fact the only

things the servers got (I was one) were salad, marinated mushrooms, and

turnips. Everything else ran out, and we who had worked so hard were

starving and had virtually no food.

I realize that because my mother and grandmother cooked at least twice as

much as we needed, I'm used to over-making everything, but I'd just rather

have leftovers to freeze or send home with my guests, than to ever have them

feel as if they couldn't have all they like. I still make too much of most

things, but I have teenagers, so we finish it all eventually. My

grandmother's table practically groaned under the weight of her feasts, but

they left so many wonderful memories in all our hearts, not just on our

waists! LOL! I want my guests to be able to look back and smile when they

think of my cooking.

~~ Lyn