The day before Christmas is winding down. The sisters-in-law came over for our "Traditional Christmas Supper" and I got raised eyebrows pointed at me with the comment,.."What??? No..turkey?"

Eeeeeeeeyeaaah! All we had was baked corn pudding,..fresh buttered new peas,..stuffed capon..(a very large chicken!!--OH THE HORROR!),..fresh baked corn muffins..(no homemade hot white rolls or biscuits..again..OH THE HORROR!!), a fresh veggie plate,..a relish plate..(six different kinds of pickles..store-boughten..3 kinds...AGAIN, OH THE HORROR!),..NO hand torn lettuce and greens salad...just lettuce and tomato salad, (I am just racking up my own string of HORRORS and will soon be disowned!!), mashed potatoes and gravy,..homemade chicken noodles with gravy,..fresh baked macaroni and cheese, homemade Christmas suger cookies with butter icing and sprinkles, hot fresh backed black-bottom carmel apple pie,..hot fresh baked peanutbutter pie,..and a stollen for after dinner nibbling!

Everyone ate pretty well,..i..e..the dressing is gone...along with half the chicken. The corn pudding is three quarters gone. There is no salad or veggie plate or pickle plate left. The peanut butter pie is completely eaten. Three dozen Christmas Cookies are demolished and my sister-in-laws took home the third of the stollen, that was left.

One of my sister-in-laws took pity on me with the comment,"..Considering the fact that you have been sick,..Em,..it was a good spread!!"

Eeeeeeeerm! How is she going to take to the fact that we are going to be eating lightly like this..now that my diet is restricted???