Granny & Grumpy's Grand Central: The Night before Christmas 2010…

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

The Night before Christmas 2010…

Ahhhh…The night we all look forward to all year. This year R.B. and Stacie were our hosts and they did an excellent job getting ready for the party. Grumpy and I got a new griddle for our Christmas present this year. It worked out really well. We will get some help to do a few modifications on the height, etc. and it will be even better next year. Grumpy chopped and sliced all day getting everything ready to go. R.B. and Stacie pitched in and cut the tomatoes right before the crowd came. Stacie made her famous Spinach and Artichoke dip (so yummy) and Frances brought her famous Arrowhead Dip, so I'm surprised anyone had room for a sandwich after that! We got our buns from a great sandwich shop our guys eat at all the time, and they were the best buns ever. It is a little Mom & Pop place called Philly's Famous on Alma School, just north of Warner. They were kind enough to sell us 6 dozen of their rolls for Christmas Eve. It made our sandwiches that night more like the originals than ever before.

The dips are always so good. I love them both.

Stacie slicing some olives at the last minute for those of us who like them on our sandwiches.

Grumpy is getting started for the "Everythings minus…" for the kids. They all pretty much just eat the meat and cheese. I did a homemade Mac & Cheese for all the little ones who aren't quite old enough to appreciate an Italian Peppersteak Sandwich. Robert ended up adding some mac & cheese and some arrowhead dip to his everything. He says it was awesome. I don't know.

Gramma H.'s sandwich. They were all so good. She's an Everything minus mushrooms.

R.B. biting into his Everything minus mushrooms. He also gets out the chopper and chops his peppers and onions up really fine. Different strokes for different folks. It's all good.

Stacie organized a cousin gift exchange this year. The kids all had a great time buying and receiving their gifts. I love Christmas Eve. It was wonderful as always, only we missed our Taya and her family. I guess you can't have everything all the time.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: so good!!! can't believe that I got 3 sandwiches this year! yuM!; Mon Jan 03, 08:25:00 PM

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