[Magdalen] 21.5 stone...ugh

[Jay Weigel]

At this point I will not go out on Thanksgiving simply because I am able to
cook and it just means that some other person would be waiting on me. When
I get to where I'm not, I'll think about it.

The church I attended last Sunday sponsors a parish/community Thanksgiving
dinner and I gather that a large percentage of the membership eats their
dinner there. If I were a member I might consider that.

The big Baptist church in my former neighborhood in Tennessee (not the big
"corporate" one downtown!) sponsors a dinner like that and offers takeout
plates for shut-ins. Some years back, when I was doing home health,
somebody in the agency got the bright idea of asking them if they would
mind giving dinners to some of our patients who were alone. They said
"Sure, the more we can help, the better!" and IIRC we ended up taking about
30 dinners to various patients.

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 11/24/2015 3:16:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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> We've  got reservations at Maggiano's Little Italy, in Skokie, on
> Thursday for  dinner.>>>>>
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> Probably the best idea, but going out to eat on Thanksgiving is not
> anything I can persuade my spouse to do.
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> Instead it's to be a combination of a take home turkey  feast from
> the local Bob Evans Restaurant, and an additional small turkey
> prepared here ("I like leftover turkey").  The Bob Evans Feast  is
> turkey breast, usually a corn dish, a green bean dish, mashed
> potatoes and gravy, a great cranberry recipe, dressing, pumpkin
> pie with whipped cream, and dinner rolls.
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> I find as I approach the octogenarian years that my appetite has
> diminished considerably, so it's all academic to me.
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> I was amazed, a couple of years ago when I was in the rehab unit
> over Thanksgiving, how well their kitchens did in preparing for some
> 300 inpatients.  I heard lots of complaining, but I thought it was  just
> fine for Thanksgiving.
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> David Strang.
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