[speaker001:] Okay, Cindy, you there?
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Okay, what kind of dinner parties have you had?
[speaker002:] Well, I've had them, uh, where I've served up to twelve to sixteen people.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Uh, and I had help with them. Uh, and part of them I did were like a buffet
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and, uh, it, I had, uh, just different, uh, side dishes and appetizers and one of them that, that I'd remembered was, uh, some, uh, sausage hors d'oeuvres and, uh, anyhow, uh, you take, uh, a couple of, uh, cups of Bisquick
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and, uh, sausage, oh, like a, a Owens mild, you can, I guess you could use the hot if you wanted to.
[speaker001:] Whatever you like, huh?
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] And, uh, you put that in and then you get some real sharp cheddar cheese
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and put that in and a little bit of milk and make it all doughy and then, like, I just put them in little balls and bake them for about fifteen minutes
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] and they are so good.
[speaker001:] Oh, that sounds delicious.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] It's making me hungry for them
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] right now.
[speaker001:] You know, I've made like little Swedish meatballs, but
[speaker002:] Have you?
[speaker001:] they're just made out of the beef, you know.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] And, uh, with spices and things in them.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But never anything mixed with Bisquick.
[speaker002:] I, I've used that quite a bit and it, and it seems to work real well.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Uh,
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] And, uh, uh, when I've had so many people, uh, t-, to feed, like I try to do a ham and a turkey and
[speaker001:] Yeah, that's
[speaker002:] and,
[speaker001:] my, that's my parties mostly is at Christmas time and Thanksgiving time.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] You know, I've, uh, I had an open house party here once when, after we moved in here, uh, which I had things like that, but I always cooked them ahead of time and then I just sliced them.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] You know, and had macaroni salad with, uh, shrimp in it. Have you ever had that?
[speaker002:] No. What,
[speaker001:] Put some fresh, little fresh shrimp and it's, in your macaroni salad that you make.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] The shrimp just gives it a really good flavor.
[speaker002:] Oh, I'll bet.
[speaker001:] Yeah, I don't like the can, but the fresh.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] You know.
[speaker002:] I'll have to try that.
[speaker001:] Yeah, that was really good.
[speaker002:] I like things that are easy and, and, uh, nutritious.
[speaker001:] Yeah, right, right. But, uh, at, uh, Christmas time we just have a regular sit down dinner, you know.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Which is kind of hard because you got so many people and then by time you pass everything around, it seems like everything on your plate's cold.
[speaker002:] I know.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I know [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] So,
[speaker002:] Well,
[speaker001:] But anyhow, I,
[speaker002:] Thank God for microwaves, you know.
[speaker001:] Yeah, you can,
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] always take your plate and just heat it up, you know.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] But, uh, other than that, I, I don't have too many parties. Uh, you know, I have, like, maybe just a cou-, another couple over
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] for dinner.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But, uh, other than, than, than that I don't have, you know
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] a whole bunch of people like except, except at Christmas and I have my family.
[speaker002:] Right, well I don't anymore. Y-, it's been a few years and, and, uh, I don't have, you know, over a couple either and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and, uh, I try to, uh, have everything all ready and, and it, it just makes it a lot nicer where a don't s-, spend all my time in the kitchen.
[speaker001:] Yeah, right.
[speaker002:] And, uh,
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] Spaghetti and,
[speaker001:] Yeah, that's easy. I always like to have that, too. Yeah.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Everybody seems to like that, too.
[speaker002:] I know, I don't think I've ever met anyone that didn't.
[speaker001:] No, everybody likes that.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] And, then, uh, if you have a nice big roast that you can throw in the oven, then you can put your potatoes and carrots or whatever else
[speaker002:] Oh, yeah.
[speaker001:] all in there, you know. Especially if a pork roast. That's what I love, with my d-,
[speaker002:] I like it, too.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I do, too.
[speaker001:] And, uh, other than that, in fact, I'm just thinking of what g-, next weekend when the Super Bowl's on
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] I've asked a couple people to come over and I just, uh, had been thinking what to have for that [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yeah. Well, have you had any good ideas
[speaker001:] No
[speaker002:] yet?
[speaker001:] not yet [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Oh, [LAUGHTER] okay.
[speaker001:] No, and I, you know, I don't want to have to come away from the T V. I want something that I can just take them and serve them while they're sitting in front of the T V.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] You know, so, I'll think of something, just th-, that we can munch on over there, you know.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] And they can just fill their plate up at intermission and then go back over there and sit down.
[speaker002:] And that's the way to do it, too.
[speaker001:] Yeah, yeah.
[speaker002:] I think it's, you know what's I think is so nice is that [breathing] in this day and time that we can have good food that's good for you and you don't have to spend hours and hours and hours in the kitchen.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] And,
[speaker001:] Preparing it, right.
[speaker002:] And it makes an awful lot of difference, doesn't it?
[speaker001:] Oh, it sure does.
[speaker002:] Well,
[speaker001:] Well, when I was brought up, you know, we didn't,