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Old 10-31-2006, 07:37 PM
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Default Re: making it from scratch

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Originally Posted by jodi
Totally off topic, but I just had to laugh - DH's (very Irish) family cooks a 10 pound bag of potatoes for Thanksgiving alone!
yeah, my mom will cook the traditional holiday 4lb meatloaf (yup, that's my family, frugal till the end!) and a 5 lb batch of mashed potatoes, and there's nothing left after 2 parents, 2 daughters, and 2 SILs get done with it. sometimes it's 5lbs of meatloaf and 10 lbs of mash, and then it feels like more of a challenge. but, one must forge on and eat!
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