We're going away for New Year
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340019)
Rockingham, Australia
December 29, 2021 6:47pm CST
Later this afternoon, we are driving half an hour to the holiday home of our friends. There will be a group of 11 and we’ll stay three or four nights. We used to rent a house somewhere but now our friends have this big home, we gather there. We’ve been getting together at New Year for perhaps 35 years so there is never any ‘settling in’ period.
We all take a bit of this and a bit of that and it seems to work out nicely. Each couple is responsible for a course on Christmas Eve. We are making the smoked salmon entrees that I’ve written about before.
I’m also taking chocolate slice and cheese straws, both of which are always warmly received. This year, I’ve also made mini cheesecakes which you can see in the photo. The base is a gingernut biscuit which was warmed and pushed into a saucer shape, then filled with a cheesecake mixture. They look a bit ‘ordinary’ so I might decorate the top when we get there.
I’ll have limited time to myLot but hopefully I’ll get some time with my friends here.
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@RasmaSandra (79858)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Dec 21
Sounds like you'll have a great time, I hope you have a Happy New Year and really enjoy yourself, The food sounds delicious,
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@RasmaSandra (79858)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 Dec 21
@JudyEv the best to you but I have to say I have not laughed in a long time and it has become a strange word to me,
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Jan 22
@RasmaSandra I'm sorry you haven't been able to laugh a lot lately. Laughing is good for the soul.
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
30 Dec 21
I hope you both enjoy your mini-vacation. Please be careful traveling there and back.
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
30 Dec 21
@JudyEv You're welcome.
Yeah, the roads here seemed quieter than before Christmas, too.
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@wolfgirl569 (106298)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Dec 21
@JudyEv I remember closing the bars here. Now I make it past midnight and go to sleep
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
30 Dec 21
Those look yummy, as do all of the other foods you have described. Well have fun on your trip and hope you can find a bit of time for us on Mylot!
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Dec 21
I guess we'll all eat a bit too much but never mind. We can always cut back later.
@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
30 Dec 21
Have a very nice New Years visit, with your friends! Are they the same couples that visited you, while traveling in the motor home? Your smoked salmon and cheesecake, sound and look so delicious
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Jan 22
@kobesbuddy In that case, it's the same people. We have been friends a long time.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
30 Dec 21
@JudyEv About a year ago, a couple joined you in your motorhome, at a music festival. Vince took a nice picture of you and them.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
3 Jan 22
Cheese straws.... that sounds really good! Happy New Year! I hope that your gathering with friends goes well
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
4 Jan 22
@JudyEv That's great :-) With a name like cheese straws it has to be good
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
30 Dec 21
Looks yummy! Enjoy yourselves! Since you'll be enjoying yourself, a Happy early New Years filled with good health, good luck & good times! See you when you get back.
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Jan 22
@oahuwriter So you should be just about out of quarantine by now.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
30 Dec 21
@JudyEv
Yes, still quarantining, till Tuesday, official 10 days, but recommended 2 more days for quarantine. Mail on hold.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16764)
• China
2 Jan 22
Happy New Year to you !Hope you have great time in the holiday home of your friends ! You seem to take there some food that you are excel at making.
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@moffittjc (121586)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 Dec 21
Happy New Year Judy! I hope you have a wonderful time visiting your friends!
Interestingly, I had some amazing smoked salmon last night, and some smoked salmon dip this afternoon!
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@moffittjc (121586)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Jan 22
@JudyEv I used to eat it quite a bit, but don’t have it that often these days. It’s readily available, so I guess I could eat it every day if I wanted to.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
30 Dec 21
that sounds delightful, our new years eve will also be with friends at a local pub. Normally we went (the first 9 years we were in Maryland, but didn't last year)
I am so excited!!!!!
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
3 Jan 22
@JudyEv glad to hear you had fun! we did as well thanks for asking!
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