Christmas 2007 … In January 2008; + Easy Cheesy Potatoes
Posted on 21 January 2008 under Holidays, Recipes, Special Events
<==If you’ve ever wondered what a blonde looks like when she sees her first cell phone, I imagine this is it.
We were finally able to have Christmas with my family in the Flint area on Saturday. Of course that means as many friends and relatives as possible converge on my parents’ house, stories are told, food is prepared and served … and if you come away hungry it’s your own darned fault. We went into the house with pizzas, strombolis and pop (this is Michigan … it’s not soda). While there we had meatballs, fresh green beans and some of the gang’s special Easy Cheesy Potatoes. The gang, seen in these images, were responsible for cubing the frozen hash browns for those potatoes. These are my kids and some of their cousins, all led in this endevour by their infamous Aunt Danette, who was ready to go Postal on their butts at a moment’s notice.
Ok, so really, she’s not like that. Not one measly iota. The going Postal thing makes Danette roll her eyes, which always gets a good laugh.
Danette and I aren’t related but have known each other since we were in probably 6th grade. She and her sister Della have always been another couple of sisters to me, so they’re my kids’ Aunts. As for Danette going Postal … well, she does work for the Post Office, sooooo …
Anyway, Danette herded this gang into the kitchen where they formulated an ad-libbed version of Easy Cheesy Potatoes for our dinner. The real recipe for this dish is available online but ad-libbed versions are simple to create and are highly modifiable. (My sister Barb, a pro cook for over 30 years, calls the dish, “highly mutatable”.) With all these kids in the kitchen making hash out of the hash browns, and Danette making sure the dish that went into the oven at least looked edible, all I was able to do was take pictures.
And then … do you know what this woman went and did?
She packed up her kids and went home.
That’s right. She’s the kind of person who can, and will, help make your own dinner, and then leave, not having any at all, and go home to cook a full meal for her own family.
Her sister Della is the same way.
Imagine how nice this world would be if there were more Danettes or Dellas around.
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21 January 2008 @ 6:20 pm Posted by JEP
Family & good friends—that’s what is all about! Oh, Dave, this Monday—didn’t you promise to try something over the weekend?
21 January 2008 @ 6:30 pm Posted by Dave
Yes I did … but with what happened with the puppy (which only this afternoon began to get better) and Adam ending up with a nasty stomach flu, that’ll have to wait. Sorry!