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   Hi Ben,   
      
   RH> We had a bit of left over pie   
   RH> crust after trimming the top so today Steve made mini cinnamon rolls--roll   
   RH> out the crust, sprinkle it with cinnamon sugar, roll up and cut into 1"   
   RH> pieces and bake. His mom did it so he taught me to do it years ago.   
      
    BC> That sounds good to me.  Back in the day i used to go to a pizza   
    BC> buffet that also included cinnamon rolls made just the way i like   
    BC> them.  Soft, buttery, yeasty, and innundated with brown sugary   
    BC> cinnamon "syrup".  I   
    BC> don't seek out such sweets now, but i definitely eat them if offered.   
    BC> :)   
      
   Every so often we'll buy a tube of Annie's cinnamon rolls and bake them   
   up. It started about 10 years ago when we got our first camper; Steve   
   was on an R-Pod forum and (I don't know how) the thread was brought up   
   that you have to try making cinnamon rolls in the micro/convection oven.   
   So, he did so, and we've done so on various trips, even with the regular   
   oven in the new camper. Don't know how they measure up to what you had   
   but it's a nice change of pace breakfast for us. I generally will only   
   have half a roll at a time because they are big.   
      
   RH> It all sounded good except for the espresso. I'm not (never was,   
   never RH> will be) a coffee drinker. I'd have probably had a cuppa tea   
   instead. (G)   
      
    BC> I normally don't drink espresso either, but i felt like i needed it   
    BC> that morning.  My sister made it a little on the weak side, which was   
    BC> probably just right for me at that time.   
      
   I just can't drink a cup of coffee, even with milk and sugar. The first   
   couple years we were married, we lived in an apartment in a converted   
   hotel--the rooms had 10' ceilings. We ran out of gas one night of the   
   first December, noticed it just after 5pm. Called the gas company; they   
   said they don't deliver after 5. The building manager loaned us an   
   electric heater for the night and I made a pot of coffee (electric   
   percolator). Tried to drink it to warm up but don't think I drank half   
   of it. Gas was delivered the next morning so I could have my morning   
   cuppa tea.   
      
   RH> Sounds good. I used my 12 qt stock pot for the pea soup we made   
   recently RH> and the 8 qt stock pot for the goulash soup--both were too   
   large a RH> quantity to fit into my crock pot.   
      
    BC> Split pea soup is my favorite.  Which would you say is yours?   
      
   That's probably my favorite legume soup but a good bowl of goulash soup   
   is hard to beat. This last pot I made was probably the best I've ever   
   done with the different tweaks I did.   
      
      
    BC> I made another lentil soup, this time with a large can of Progresso   
    BC> "pot roast" soup as the base, with onions, carrots, potatoes, garlic,   
    BC> two bay leaves, home grown rosemary, and water.  I am happy with how   
    BC> it turned out.  Tastes like real food.   
      
   Sounds like you would need a fork to eat it. (G)   
      
   RH> Steve makes a small (7") one in the Instant Pot   
   RH> and always adds extra chocolate. Extra rich, extra good so a small wedge   
   RH> will be sufficient.   
      
    BC> Huh, i didn't know you could make cheesecake in an instant pot.  That   
    BC> sounds good.  I am imagining a hardened layer of chocolate on top of   
    BC> the cheesecake, giving it a candy finish.   
      
   The chocolate is mixed thru. The recipe comes from "The Great Big   
   Pressure Cooker Book" by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough. Subtitle   
   is "500 Easy Recipies For Every Machine, Both Stovetop and Electric".   
   We've also made the maple cheesecake and chicken caccitori from the   
   book, planning on trying some of the other recipies soon.   
      
    BC> I don't celebrate Christmas and never have.  My classmates assumed   
    it BC> meant i was a Jehova's Witness.  I'm not that, nor Jewish, but   
    it is BC> legacy from my folks religious objections, who skipped   
    Christmas BC> because of its Pagan origins. Historically thanks to the   
    puritanical BC> legacy in the USA, there were times and places where   
    they outlawed BC> Christmas. Not far from Whoville. ;)   
      
   We keep a low key celebration, less so now that the girls are both grown   
   and gone. No tree, sometimes put out some of my nativity scene   
   collection, Steve has done some outside lights. Agree that it's now   
   mostly a pagan celebration but we keep our focus on the real reason for   
   the season.   
      
   Older daughter texted me a couple of weeks ago, asking for paternal   
   grandmother's fruitcake recipie. I sent it, got a text picture earlier   
   this week showing that she'd made it. We got ours from Southern Supreme   
   this year. (G)   
      
   Blessed Christmas time.   
      
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   Catch you later,   
   Ruth   
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