[Sca-cooks] Phillipa's rant :was: Is it just me, or when did they start doing this???

[Saint Phlip]

Tell you what, dear Cousin, no one has EVER invited me over for
Chanukkah. And, like you, I'm in the process of doing some remodeling-
Rob and I are fixing up the apartment in the barn so I can move in,
and have some workspace.

So, for next Chanukkah, I'll invite you, and you can invite me. Likely
won't either of us be able to go, but each of us will have a friend to
think glowing thoughts at. Will that work?

;-)

Phlip

On Dec 9, 2007 8:25 AM, Heleen Greenwald <heleen at ptd.net> wrote:
> Man oh Man!!!
> I am sobbing as I read this. We are in the middle of painting the
> interior of the house. Everything is everywhere! I can't find
> anything. We couldn't even light the menorah for the first two days
> because I couldn't find the candles. No gifts, No foods, No fun,,,,,
> Nothing. And NO ONE invited us over to their house to celebrate and I
> always invite people to my house for every  Jewish holiday.
> NUTS!
> < OK... thanks for letting me vent! I <sort of> feel better now.>
> Master A... enjoy the truffle.
> Phillipa
> "My furs are not in storage, or draped across the bed,
> they're hanging from the cage door, waiting to be fed."
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 9, 2007, at 2:58 AM, Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
>
> >
> > On Dec 9, 2007, at 2:24 AM, Susan Fox wrote:
> >
> >> When did they start doing what, giving gifts for Hanukkah?  Quite
> >> some
> >> generations now.
> >
> > Well, yes, I realize that. I just made out like something of a foodie
> > bandit, which caught me a little unexpectedly.
> >
> > Gifts we gave included a set of Scandinavian rosette irons, a set of
> > little non-stick petit-four sized cheesecake molds, homemade Szechuan
> > chili paste, Creole and Lombard mustards, John Thorne's new book, and
> > in one case a huge covered roasting pan which was so massively marked
> > down (I think from over $100 to about $25), that even though I hate to
> > give gifts that even look like housework, we had to make an exception
> > on this one.
> >
> > Funny, I had heard a long report on the radio news this morning which
> > stated that food gifts are very much in vogue this year, both because
> > they can be given over and over again, but also because they're
> > relatively easy to order and have delivered, and they're items a lot
> > of people wouldn't go and buy for themselves. They were talking about
> > things like Omaha Steaks and Harry and David fruit, stuff like that. I
> > don't think they meant John Thorne books, chili paste or truffles...
> >
> >> A black truffle beats the heck out of chocolate coins, I'll tell you
> >> that much!
> >
> > Got some of those, too ;-). And the new Fergus Henderson Nose To Tail
> > book...
> >
> >>  Your friends obviously love you and understand what kind of
> >> gift would mean the most to you.
> >
> > <sniffle>. All true. And then, they don't mind inviting themselves
> > over for dinner now and then, either ;-).
> >
> > Adamantius
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