On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:27:38 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:11:56 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

Leaving to go watch grandkids open presents!

Hope ALL of you have a super Christmas and find the joy and peace that comes with the season. Don't
forget to give the Salvation Army collection man/lady a few bucks to get themselves a nice dinner
somewhere. Oh, and put some money in the bucket too!

Thanks
I hope everyone had a great Christmas.
The kids were all here and we had lots of fun, ate too much and
engaged in the total commitment to stimulate the economy.
The wrapping paper alone would heat the house of a 3d worlder for a
couple days.
Watta country!
70s and sunny so we got out for an evening boat ride after the kids
left

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Christmas%20sunset%2013.jpg

Our kids and grandkids are all coming later today. Open presents and then eat. I'm cheating, cooking
only spaghetti and garlic bread and salad (brought by daughter). Kids'll love it though.
--

Have a Blessed Chrismahanukwanzakah and a Spectacular New Year!

John H

On 12/26/13, 1:53 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 11:20:39 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:27:38 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:11:56 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

Leaving to go watch grandkids open presents!

Hope ALL of you have a super Christmas and find the joy and peace that comes with the season. Don't
forget to give the Salvation Army collection man/lady a few bucks to get themselves a nice dinner
somewhere. Oh, and put some money in the bucket too!

Thanks
I hope everyone had a great Christmas.
The kids were all here and we had lots of fun, ate too much and
engaged in the total commitment to stimulate the economy.
The wrapping paper alone would heat the house of a 3d worlder for a
couple days.
Watta country!
70s and sunny so we got out for an evening boat ride after the kids
left

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Christmas%20sunset%2013.jpg

Our kids and grandkids are all coming later today. Open presents and then eat. I'm cheating, cooking
only spaghetti and garlic bread and salad (brought by daughter). Kids'll love it though.

We did the traditional Mexican food on Christmas eve, enchiladas,
tacos, refritos, rice with a chips and salsa appetizer.

I made spaghetti sauce last night.


I cooked a pair of rock cornish game hens. We split one and put the
other in the fridge. I like to salt and pepper and paprika them and put
on a glaze of apricot sauce before I bake them. Also made homemade
stuffing in a baking dish...stuffing mix, with sauteed peppers, onions
and mushrooms, plus the infamous green bean-mushroom soup-dried onions
casserole, and for dessert, homemade pumpkin pie.

--
Religion: together we can find the cure.

On 12/26/2013 2:04 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 12/26/13, 1:53 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 11:20:39 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:27:38 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:11:56 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

Leaving to go watch grandkids open presents!

Hope ALL of you have a super Christmas and find the joy and peace
that comes with the season. Don't
forget to give the Salvation Army collection man/lady a few bucks
to get themselves a nice dinner
somewhere. Oh, and put some money in the bucket too!

Thanks
I hope everyone had a great Christmas.
The kids were all here and we had lots of fun, ate too much and
engaged in the total commitment to stimulate the economy.
The wrapping paper alone would heat the house of a 3d worlder for a
couple days.
Watta country!
70s and sunny so we got out for an evening boat ride after the kids
left

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Christmas%20sunset%2013.jpg

Our kids and grandkids are all coming later today. Open presents and
then eat. I'm cheating, cooking
only spaghetti and garlic bread and salad (brought by daughter).
Kids'll love it though.

We did the traditional Mexican food on Christmas eve, enchiladas,
tacos, refritos, rice with a chips and salsa appetizer.

I made spaghetti sauce last night.


I cooked a pair of rock cornish game hens. We split one and put the
other in the fridge. I like to salt and pepper and paprika them and put
on a glaze of apricot sauce before I bake them. Also made homemade
stuffing in a baking dish...stuffing mix, with sauteed peppers, onions
and mushrooms, plus the infamous green bean-mushroom soup-dried onions
casserole, and for dessert, homemade pumpkin pie.


You couldn't eat both pigeons at one sitting?

--
Americans deserve better.

On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 14:21:55 -0500, Hank© wrote:

On 12/26/2013 2:04 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 12/26/13, 1:53 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 11:20:39 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:27:38 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:11:56 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

Leaving to go watch grandkids open presents!

Hope ALL of you have a super Christmas and find the joy and peace
that comes with the season. Don't
forget to give the Salvation Army collection man/lady a few bucks
to get themselves a nice dinner
somewhere. Oh, and put some money in the bucket too!

Thanks
I hope everyone had a great Christmas.
The kids were all here and we had lots of fun, ate too much and
engaged in the total commitment to stimulate the economy.
The wrapping paper alone would heat the house of a 3d worlder for a
couple days.
Watta country!
70s and sunny so we got out for an evening boat ride after the kids
left

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Christmas%20sunset%2013.jpg

Our kids and grandkids are all coming later today. Open presents and
then eat. I'm cheating, cooking
only spaghetti and garlic bread and salad (brought by daughter).
Kids'll love it though.

We did the traditional Mexican food on Christmas eve, enchiladas,
tacos, refritos, rice with a chips and salsa appetizer.

I made spaghetti sauce last night.


I cooked a pair of rock cornish game hens. We split one and put the
other in the fridge. I like to salt and pepper and paprika them and put
on a glaze of apricot sauce before I bake them. Also made homemade
stuffing in a baking dish...stuffing mix, with sauteed peppers, onions
and mushrooms, plus the infamous green bean-mushroom soup-dried onions
casserole, and for dessert, homemade pumpkin pie.


You couldn't eat both pigeons at one sitting?

I'm glad, much better for his health.

I'm also very surprised to see him writing about food. I thought he abhorred any mention of food,
recipes, etc.

It's nice to see the Christmas season brought out the kinder, gentler side of Harry.

Hope you're having a great day!

On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 13:53:43 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 11:20:39 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:27:38 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:11:56 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

Leaving to go watch grandkids open presents!

Hope ALL of you have a super Christmas and find the joy and peace that comes with the season. Don't
forget to give the Salvation Army collection man/lady a few bucks to get themselves a nice dinner
somewhere. Oh, and put some money in the bucket too!

Thanks
I hope everyone had a great Christmas.
The kids were all here and we had lots of fun, ate too much and
engaged in the total commitment to stimulate the economy.
The wrapping paper alone would heat the house of a 3d worlder for a
couple days.
Watta country!
70s and sunny so we got out for an evening boat ride after the kids
left

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Christmas%20sunset%2013.jpg

Our kids and grandkids are all coming later today. Open presents and then eat. I'm cheating, cooking
only spaghetti and garlic bread and salad (brought by daughter). Kids'll love it though.

We did the traditional Mexican food on Christmas eve, enchiladas,
tacos, refritos, rice with a chips and salsa appetizer.

I made spaghetti sauce last night.

The spaghetti and garlic bread went over very well. Not much left. Damn.

Great time was had by all. It's fun watching the grandchildren open gifts, and the girls went
ape-**** over their Australian Kangaroos, once they looked them up on the internet!

Christmas is a lot of fun. But, it's also nice when everyone goes home and life gets back to normal.

Hope you're having a great day!

On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:20:07 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 21:44:58 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 13:53:43 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 11:20:39 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:27:38 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:11:56 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

Leaving to go watch grandkids open presents!

Hope ALL of you have a super Christmas and find the joy and peace that comes with the season. Don't
forget to give the Salvation Army collection man/lady a few bucks to get themselves a nice dinner
somewhere. Oh, and put some money in the bucket too!

Thanks
I hope everyone had a great Christmas.
The kids were all here and we had lots of fun, ate too much and
engaged in the total commitment to stimulate the economy.
The wrapping paper alone would heat the house of a 3d worlder for a
couple days.
Watta country!
70s and sunny so we got out for an evening boat ride after the kids
left

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Christmas%20sunset%2013.jpg

Our kids and grandkids are all coming later today. Open presents and then eat. I'm cheating, cooking
only spaghetti and garlic bread and salad (brought by daughter). Kids'll love it though.

We did the traditional Mexican food on Christmas eve, enchiladas,
tacos, refritos, rice with a chips and salsa appetizer.

I made spaghetti sauce last night.

The spaghetti and garlic bread went over very well. Not much left. Damn.

I make spaghetti sauce about 2 gallons at a time. I have some freezer
containers that are just the right amount of sauce for a pound of
pasta so next time is real fast.

I buy the 40oz bottles of Victoria Marinara Sauce from Costco. (Told you I cheated.) Then add my
own spices, garlic, onions, etc, along with hot Italian sausage. Never made spaghetti sauce from
scratch. Too much work. Sprucing up a decent marinara sauce seems to work. Everyone likes it.

Hope you're having a great day!

On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 11:28:25 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:33:48 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:20:07 -0500, wrote:


I make spaghetti sauce about 2 gallons at a time. I have some freezer
containers that are just the right amount of sauce for a pound of
pasta so next time is real fast.

I buy the 40oz bottles of Victoria Marinara Sauce from Costco. (Told you I cheated.) Then add my
own spices, garlic, onions, etc, along with hot Italian sausage. Never made spaghetti sauce from
scratch. Too much work. Sprucing up a decent marinara sauce seems to work. Everyone likes it.


I guess I am just old school. I have been making my own red sauces for
50 years. The biggest trick is finding decent Italian sausage for
spaghetti.

I've tried several. This time I tried the Giant brand Hot Italian Sausage. I think it retained the
flavor better than any I've used before.

Want to share your sauce recipe? Does it use canned or fresh tomatoes? If fresh, I'll have to wait
for them to come in season up here. I'm not going to use any green-picked, South American tomatoes.

Hope you're having a great day!

On 12/27/13, 11:28 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:33:48 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:20:07 -0500, wrote:


I make spaghetti sauce about 2 gallons at a time. I have some freezer
containers that are just the right amount of sauce for a pound of
pasta so next time is real fast.

I buy the 40oz bottles of Victoria Marinara Sauce from Costco. (Told you I cheated.) Then add my
own spices, garlic, onions, etc, along with hot Italian sausage. Never made spaghetti sauce from
scratch. Too much work. Sprucing up a decent marinara sauce seems to work. Everyone likes it.


I guess I am just old school. I have been making my own red sauces for
50 years. The biggest trick is finding decent Italian sausage for
spaghetti.


The Italian immigrant lady who lived next door to us in New Haven (we
had a Greek family on the other side) made her own sauces from scratch.
Her kitchen was a marvel to behold, what with the garlics and other
spices, and sometimes cheese and stuff hanging from the ceiling. The
best part was that only one of her three sons liked traditional Italian
cooking, which meant that whenever I was over there, I got a plateful of
whatever she was making. I loved her kitchen and her cooking. I can't
imagine she ever "froze" her sauce. She was a great cook. So was my
mother, but she cooked entirely different kinds of food.

New Haven was a wonderful city for ethnic food and culture back in those
days. When I go back and we go into New Haven proper for food, it
typically is to the old pizza/Italian joints that are still there.

--
Religion: together we can find the cure.

On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 11:47:04 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 12/27/13, 11:28 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:33:48 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:20:07 -0500, wrote:


I make spaghetti sauce about 2 gallons at a time. I have some freezer
containers that are just the right amount of sauce for a pound of
pasta so next time is real fast.

I buy the 40oz bottles of Victoria Marinara Sauce from Costco. (Told you I cheated.) Then add my
own spices, garlic, onions, etc, along with hot Italian sausage. Never made spaghetti sauce from
scratch. Too much work. Sprucing up a decent marinara sauce seems to work. Everyone likes it.


I guess I am just old school. I have been making my own red sauces for
50 years. The biggest trick is finding decent Italian sausage for
spaghetti.


The Italian immigrant lady who lived next door to us in New Haven (we
had a Greek family on the other side) made her own sauces from scratch.
Her kitchen was a marvel to behold, what with the garlics and other
spices, and sometimes cheese and stuff hanging from the ceiling. The
best part was that only one of her three sons liked traditional Italian
cooking, which meant that whenever I was over there, I got a plateful of
whatever she was making. I loved her kitchen and her cooking. I can't
imagine she ever "froze" her sauce. She was a great cook. So was my
mother, but she cooked entirely different kinds of food.

New Haven was a wonderful city for ethnic food and culture back in those
days. When I go back and we go into New Haven proper for food, it
typically is to the old pizza/Italian joints that are still there.

I am so glad to see you've changed your attitude with regard to postings about food.

Hope you're having a great day!

On 12/27/2013 11:47 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
She was a great cook. So was my mother, but she cooked entirely
different kinds of food.
What kinds of foods did your mommy cook?

--
Americans deserve better.