wow. Someone help me eat all this stuff! I sent home a lot of it when my family left but,

[Tuesday Afternoon]

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there is still a lot of left overs

I baked five loaves of bread, 2 dozen red velvet cupcakes w/ cream cheese frosting, 4 dozen rum balls, 4 dozen thumbprint cookies w/ orange filling, raspberry filling and mint jelly filling, 2 dozen deviled eggs, 4 dozen fudge, 4 dozen boiledshrimp w/ cocktail sauce, vegetable tray, a pork roast, a smoked ham and a turkey!

(edit) and, I did a fruit tray to dip in chocolate (or not)

what the hell was I thinking?

[Angry Dragon]

1. I will be over tonight to help with the fudge and the meat

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. cool, I have some mulled cider, too

[fizzgig]

2. i'm on my way

sounds tasty

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. c'mon over

[Denninmi]

3. It's hard not to overcook and overbuy.

Especially when you're entertaining.

Freeze as much of it as you need to for later - almost everything on your list freezes well, with the possible exception of some of the vegetables (cucumbers, radishes aren't good for that).

[geardaddy]

4. I'll be over for the devilled eggs, shrimp, rum balls and meat.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. enjoy!

[IcyPeas]

5. I'll happily take the bread.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. it is yummy

I made a cinnamon loaf, a tuscan loaf, an italian loaf and one whole wheat and one white loaf

[IcyPeas]

24. all I need is butter and I'll be in heaven...

I have simple tastes.

[elleng]

7. I'll have the thumbprints w raspberry, please!

And strawberries/chocolate!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. Happy New Year!

[mikeytherat]

8. One Christmas, mom informed me that Santa wanted rum balls instead of frosted sugar cookies.

A few of my toys were assembled "interestingly" that Christmas!

mikey_the_rat

[Grantuspeace]

9. What am I supposed to do with all this paella?

Estelle Costansa.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. Merry Festivus!

[geardaddy]

16. ...

"Again with the pepper? What do you gotta use all the pepper for?"

[Kali]

15. shrimp!

I swear, if the kids go to Tucson for New Years, I am getting some shrimp for the husband and me (or just me muahahahahaha) if I have to bounce a damn check. I have been craving ice cold shrimp and red cocktail sauce for MONTHS!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. my family loves it, too. We have some for every gathering.

Any excuse for shrimp

[whistler162]

18. Food kitchen, Ronald McDonald House, Battered Woman's refuge?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. good ideas, all

most of the goodies went home with family and what is left is kind of picked over . . .

excellent suggestion though, especially the sweets.

thanks for the idea

[tanyev]

20. What, no partridge in a pear tree?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

21. I know, right.

sheesh.

[Curmudgeoness]

22. I still have leftovers filling my refrigerator

from the party/lunch at work Thursday before Christmas. A few things, I am afraid to eat now. Had some for dinner tonight. So far, so good.

But I think it is time to give up on it.

[kentauros]

23. I have some leftover chocolate truffle filling I could add to that.

I'm sure some of y'all would finish that off without bothering with a spoon!

I'm about to Vitamix some of the citrus fruits I have leftover, too. That is, whole fruits that have no zest any more

(The zests of 20 limes, five oranges and three lemons, went into making various biscotti cookies...)