Comments on: looking for a bargain-beque …? http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com/2008/12/01/looking-for-a-bargain-beque/ The thoughts and ramblings of a landscape gardener... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:34:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Susan http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com/2008/12/01/looking-for-a-bargain-beque/#comment-3993 Susan Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:47:26 +0000 http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com/?p=2133#comment-3993 If I buy anything Christmas (cards, decorations) it's in January. I pay full-price for nothing: I'm as excited as you are about your €20 barbecue! (how are you with earth ovens and such things? I want both...) To answer your question with my own impression: Christmas family gatherings centre on the meal together. Meals are made in the kitchen (several hours for a dinner eaten in 20 minutes, argh). Ladies of the family make the meals; they support each other in the kitchen, and it's easy for a daughter-in-law to feel a bit 'outside' in her mother-in-law's kitchen (believe me I know). But mummies and daughters belong together, for making the biggest meal of the year, so each wants to be with her own. That's my guess. Hope yours is a happy one, wherever you spend it! If I buy anything Christmas (cards, decorations) it’s in January. I pay full-price for nothing: I’m as excited as you are about your €20 barbecue!

(how are you with earth ovens and such things? I want both…)

To answer your question with my own impression: Christmas family gatherings centre on the meal together. Meals are made in the kitchen (several hours for a dinner eaten in 20 minutes, argh). Ladies of the family make the meals; they support each other in the kitchen, and it’s easy for a daughter-in-law to feel a bit ‘outside’ in her mother-in-law’s kitchen (believe me I know). But mummies and daughters belong together, for making the biggest meal of the year, so each wants to be with her own. That’s my guess.

Hope yours is a happy one, wherever you spend it!

]]> By: Stuart http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com/2008/12/01/looking-for-a-bargain-beque/#comment-3986 Stuart Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:54:31 +0000 http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com/?p=2133#comment-3986 Great bargain Peter and one I'm sure it's going to come in very handy once your weather warms up. We built ours in last summer and is such a great resource for entertaining friends. Great bargain Peter and one I’m sure it’s going to come in very handy once your weather warms up. We built ours in last summer and is such a great resource for entertaining friends.

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