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                    Glad you liked it, Corbin!
                
                And your brother may well have been there...I'm kin to most everyone in this state!
                
                    posted by
                    strat
                     on December 28, 2007 at 5:46 AM
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                    We probably ought to be ashamed of all that food, Food4THought...
                
                Instead, I'm just damned thankful!
                
                    posted by
                    strat
                     on December 28, 2007 at 5:45 AM
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                    That was you, Young Miss? Wow!
                
                Beloved got through it pretty well. What I have found is that the family is ready to disown me and adopt her. But the guys in our family have always been smart enough to marry way above ourselves...
                
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                    strat
                     on December 28, 2007 at 5:44 AM
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                    Me too, Soul!
                
                
                
                    posted by
                    strat
                     on December 28, 2007 at 5:43 AM
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                    Strat....
                
                I am still grinnin' about this post......especially this line:
We even had a table with commemorative T-shirts, family tree CDs and recipes.My brother must have been there........ 
                
                    posted by
                    Corbin_Dallas
                     on December 28, 2007 at 5:43 AM
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                    Strat...
                
                Sounds like a great time.  We had Christmas at our house this year, it was like that with the food.  I had to put motorcycle tie-down straps around the fridge to keep the dern door shut.  Cherish that close family, you are right, it is a rare commodity.
                
                    posted by
                    food4thought
                     on December 27, 2007 at 10:59 PM
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                    Sir Strat,
                
                I always thought you looked familiar...I think I spotted you in Bamburg, S.C. back in the late 70's. So, hey, how did your beloved bride enjoy the experience? 
                
                    posted by
                    SpitFire70
                     on December 27, 2007 at 10:25 PM
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                Food always gets me!!!!!!!
                
                    posted by
                    Soul_Builder101
                     on December 27, 2007 at 2:26 PM
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                    Glad you got a kick out of it, Kazzayman!
                
                
                
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                    strat
                     on December 27, 2007 at 11:23 AM
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                    Delightful!
                
                
                
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                    Kayzzaman
                     on December 27, 2007 at 9:07 AM
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                    That's because I was real Hongry when I wrote this post, Will.
                
                I got to thinking about barbecue and hash and rice and -- aw, hell -- now I'm drooling. 
Off to Earl Dukes I go!
                
                    posted by
                    strat
                     on December 27, 2007 at 8:30 AM
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                    Strat,,I don't know about you,but I got real HONGRY after reading this post
                
                    LOL What is it about family re-unions, weddings, funerals, graduations, and all the other happy or solemn occasions which bring families together and food? You are required to eat at these family gatherings. If you don't have a plate of potatoe salad or a chicken leg or bar-b-que rib in your hand you are either sick or you don't like the cooking. Lord help you if it's the second reason.
  Now, as for misbehaving in church- if I was a 'cut up while the preacher was preaching the Gospel of HIS word, when I would get home my mother would give me the Gospel of the Holly switch. Can I get an Amen?
  I hope in a hundred years or so people are still eating the way we do know. I think it would be a shame if our future generations wouldn't have the pleasure of wiping barbecue sauce on the side of their pants legs. LOL
                
                    posted by
                    I-R-William
                     on December 27, 2007 at 8:00 AM
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                    Glad you enjoyed it , Sam.
                
                You're probably right -- only maybe in a hundred years they'll have figured out how to get rid of the cholesterol in barbecue!
                
                    posted by
                    strat
                     on December 27, 2007 at 7:13 AM
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                    I might just have to do that, Naut.
                
                In fact, I may even bring back an old blog I used to keep called "Strat's Soup Kitchen" -- it was over in food and wine and I used to publish a lot of my soup recipes, as well as others. 
eventually, I'm going to put together a cook book -- sort of a new version of the old Bachelor Home Companion. Like most guy's endeavors, I learned to cook because it was a good way to get women to come over to my house. That and I've hada life long love affair with my stomach.
Now that I'm married, I still do most of the cooking, just because I enjoy it.
                
                    posted by
                    strat
                     on December 27, 2007 at 7:00 AM
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                I enjoy your storytelling. As for a century from now, I think they will be eating a lot of similar foods, look how long we have been eating turkey. I think the more things change, the more they stay the same.  sam
                
                    posted by
                    sam444
                     on December 27, 2007 at 6:59 AM
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                    strat
                
                Utterly delightful, as always! It would be even more so, however, if you were to share your Grandmother's pilau recipe! Especially now that we already know of Madame Chiang's ingredients...
 
                
                    posted by
                    Nautikos
                     on December 27, 2007 at 6:47 AM
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