Happy December. Right smack in the middle of the official "Holiday Season". Thanksgiving just passed where I did multiple friend/relative visits. I spent time at four feasts and coulda made it to five if my pudding would have hurried up. I have one signature dessert dish that I generally tote to the Holiday gatherings: Sugar Free Banana Pudding. I use the old-fashioned cook and serve pudding (instead of instant), so it takes longer to make, stirring constantly for about an hour. Anyhow, I found these little pastry shells (that were DEFINITELY NOT sugar or carb-free) and filled them with banana, vanilla pudding and low-fat cream cheese. This will surely be on future menus, but it threw off my schedule to go to North Zulch where my friend TOW invites me to dinner every year. One year I shocked her and actually showed up. That was the year she didn't invite me. I was planning to put in a live appearance this year, but for the cook and serve pudding and the fact she lives just outside of Egypt in relation to my other stops. So I hadda make do with a phone call.
Stopped in at The Garrett Ranch for a pre-meal, pre-game pep talk; then to my stepdaughter's house (where we have been main-mealing for several years and she had prepared...sugar free banana pudding! Just for me!), then to Grandbaby Mama's house to visit and pick up RG3, my grandson, and make a final stop at my son's place. The noted chef RG2 wanted to prepare the meal. We had more food than table space and more butts than places to park them. Our radio show friend, David Decker - the Fiddlin' Financier - provided us with pheasant (mind the buck shot). I like when all three Gene Generations get together. And a great time was had by all.
Although next year, I think I'll choose one location to stay throughout the whole day.
Remind me to tell you about the return of the Roy Gene Christmas Light Show, half completed this weekend as well, after a three year lay off.
Up next: Radio M*A*S*H #26 begins Thursday at Post Oak Mall. See ya then and there.
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