Awkward Family Photos

[saddina]

Holy cow that looks like the instructions and recipies my Aunt Beth sends out each year! She Litterally photocopies (now emails) the exact recipies from martha stewart she demands everyone makes... I get out of this nonsence by pretending I can't cook, and offering to buy the veggie platter ("I burn everything, but I can make dip!".

Don't you dare tell her I can cook, I'm not tracking down 25 ingrediants for havest pilaf the week before.

 

[DuckLady]

If I got a letter like that, I would go to Mc Donald's....by myself.

Though I get the idea. We had relatives who would bring stuff like a bag of diced celery (store bought, never done themselves) for the stuffing.

Or a bag of ice

or a can of pumpkin.

And they were the ones who ate most of what people actually cooked.

So my Mom started getting specific. Not as specific as Aunt Beth or Marney, but specific enough so we actually had a table that had a meal on it instead of just a pile of ingredients.