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Barefoot 10-31-2014 03:38 PM
I apologize to other members for replying to an off-topic post and thereby taking this thread off topic. Sorry.
I do love hearing about people's favorite memories and great meals they've enjoyed.

graciegirl 10-31-2014 03:58 PM
Barefoot. I understand your feelings and I share them.

Let me tell you about a meal that I will share tonight with my husband and daughter.

We will have teriyaki salmon, baked potato, steamed carrots, tossed salad with nuts, dried cranberries, green onion, shredded cheddar and poppy seed dressing.

We will also have rolls and butter.

I will prepare it and my husband will dish it up and our daughter will clean up the kitchen. We will eat it tonight on trays in front of the television while we watch Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. We will have icy drinks and pretty plates and napkins and we will enjoy it together. Glad for a cool evening, glad for the good company and glad for our continued good health. That is our family now and we enjoy sharing a meal in our home. The pleasures of the table will be on trays tonight, but joyful nonetheless.

Buffalo Jim 10-31-2014 04:12 PM
How fortunate were we to grow up when family and Sundays still went together !
Your many posts have brought back the warm feelings of long Sunday afternoons spent at my Grandmother`s home with great meals and lots of fun with my many cousins .
Her home was very small but somehow we all fit . I can still smell the aroma of her Sunday
extended family meals and recall going home very tired but satisfied .
These regular gatherings caused me to grow up very close to my Aunts and Uncles as well as countless cousins . It really made life seem very special and secure .

rubicon 10-31-2014 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Barefoot (Post 961487)
I apologize to other members for replying to an off-topic post and thereby taking this thread off topic. Sorry.
I do love hearing about people's favorite memories and great meals they've enjoyed.
Barefoot: and you should be punished for your transgressions. for your punishment you have to eat a banana cream pie all by yourself:pepper2:

rubicon 10-31-2014 04:23 PM
How many of you ended up playing card games when the family gathered? Was it poker with pennies, pinochle , bridge go fish?

Barefoot 10-31-2014 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 961516)
Barefoot: and you should be punished for your transgressions. for your punishment you have to eat a banana cream pie all by yourself:pepper2:
I'll share it with Villages PL. I know he'll want at least half! :evil6:

DonH57 10-31-2014 05:22 PM
Besides the family get together meal memories I am also fortunate to have enjoyed meals in other countries with other people. It was great fun to break bread with others and learn their meal manners and customs and laughter at the table was found to be mutual. To me this was one of the greatest rewards of being in the military years ago.

Barefoot 10-31-2014 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 961517)
How many of you ended up playing card games when the family gathered? Was it poker with pennies, pinochle , bridge go fish?
I fondly remember playing pinochle when I was a little girl. Our summer cottage had no electricity at that time, and I remember playing by the light of an oil lamp.
We also played a card game a lot, called Auction 45, but I think that is a Canadian East-coast game.

dbussone 10-31-2014 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 961504)
Barefoot. I understand your feelings and I share them.



Let me tell you about a meal that I will share tonight with my husband and daughter.



We will have teriyaki salmon, baked potato, steamed carrots, tossed salad with nuts, dried cranberries, green onion, shredded cheddar and poppy seed dressing.



We will also have rolls and butter.



I will prepare it and my husband will dish it up and our daughter will clean up the kitchen. We will eat it tonight on trays in front of the television while we watch Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. We will have icy drinks and pretty plates and napkins and we will enjoy it together. Glad for a cool evening, glad for the good company and glad for our continued good health. That is our family now and we enjoy sharing a meal in our home. The pleasures of the table will be on trays tonight, but joyful nonetheless.

Some of my favorite meals were enjoyed over tray tables. My aunt Bertha would invite us to Maine for Thanksgiving. The adults sat at the dining room table and the kids got the tray tables. The food was fabulous and the belly laughs from the kids were very noticeable.

dbussone 10-31-2014 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 961517)
How many of you ended up playing card games when the family gathered? Was it poker with pennies, pinochle , bridge go fish?

My uncles (Italian side) always played poker. The kids would watch until we got bored and then go out back to play bocce.

Bonny 11-01-2014 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 961517)
How many of you ended up playing card games when the family gathered? Was it poker with pennies, pinochle , bridge go fish?
We played Euchre, pinochle and hearts. And laughed a lot !!

graciegirl 11-01-2014 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Bonny (Post 961698)
We played Euchre, pinochle and hearts. And laughed a lot !!

We played Euchre. We knew how to play before we knew how to read. I LOVE to play Euchre. Our grandparents would snag any young couple to play cards with them, and they would be captive for many hours and they played for MONEY....(pennies) This is while the kitchen help ( kids old enough to do the dishes) were clearing and putting way leftovers for the second go 'round later in the day.

Ah yes, the pleasures of the table. Good memories indeed. I wish I could kiss those worn faces one more time.

eweissenbach 11-01-2014 09:14 AM
The adults played "pitch", and while my cousins played outside, I sat around the table to watch my dad and uncles play. I learned not only how to play pitch, but some very important competitive language, including German epithets. My proudest day was when at about sixteen I was invited to fill out a partnership to play with the adults.

Villages PL 11-01-2014 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Barefoot (Post 961519)
I'll share it with Villages PL. I know he'll want at least half! :evil6:
Is this all we'll be sharing?

Villages PL 11-01-2014 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 960833)

Multiple sources say about 30 years since 1990, about 25 of which are due to improvements in public health...general improvements to medical care, vaccinations, improved workplace safety, chlorination of drinking water, etc.
Multiple sources say about 30 years since 1990? Are you kidding?


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