I could help but laugh myself to crying!! Last night, we ran into some problems that wouldn't allow me to prepare what I had planned for dinner. Whp would have thought I had run out of flour?? I decided to pull a fast one on the family, and it played out perfectly. I had recently purchased a box of 'sloppy Joe' mix from the health food store. I made it, keeping low profile in the kitchen, while my husband and two youngest were setting up the youngest's new bed. I yelled dinner served and we all sat down to eat. No one uttered a word. They ate and ate, and went back for more. After everyone was done, I muttered, not bad for meatless. Boy, the looks on the faces was priceless.

Back to meat tonight, but a change sure is good.

-- Wendy A (phillips-anteswe@pendleton.usmc.mil), May 03, 2002