Mary Rochat

From: "Roger Rochaf' <rochat@rocketmail.com>

To: "Marilee" <mjmittel@comcast.net>

Cc: "James Morris" <jamesl@heart.net>; "Suzette and Michael Harris"<suzetteandmichael@msn.com>; "Stephen Naug" <srnsrn@comcast.net>; "Suzanne Patton"<suzip@aol.com>; "David Rochat" <dave@nite-sky.net>; "JOHN & Ruth Rochat <ALOHAJ_R@YAHOO. COM>; "Mary Rochat' <m rochat@bm i. net> ; "Jack & Martha Ryan" <mwidholm@pacbell.net>; "David Weeks <db.weeks@starband.net>; "Eileen Groth"<Efgroth@aol.com> ; "Margaret Gruen" <mgruen@uiuc.ed u> ; "Kathy Clemmons"<hup@Bellsouth. net>

Sent: Saturday, December 25,2004 2:37 PM

Subject: Re: Annual Christmas letter response-a P.S. to my response

Marilee,

A couple more comments on our Christmas. Susan bought 2 Norfolk Island pines at Krogers for $8.99 each (usually ca. $50, but on very good sale--and Susan can't resist); the trees already had Christmas decorations on them. So we decided to buy more and give them to people who didn't have trees (wish

you lived closer!); so we picked out 4 more--as we went through the checkout line, Susan asked the neighbor cashier:

Sarah, do you have a Christmas tree? [She knew Sarah who is mother of retarded son that Susan cared for in group home many years ago].

No, Susan, I can't afford one.

Well, then, here's one for you; take it home.

You're joking.

No, I'm not joking.

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By the time we had finished, we had bought 8 trees--and so far have given 5 away! Such fun.

Now, I also have to tell you about my Apple Quince pie recipe. Since I never keep a recipe, I went on

line to search for a recipe-and found "Five-Spice Apple Quince Pie". Now Chinese five spice includes

cinnamon, cloves, fennel seeds, star anise and peppercorns.

So I took a batch of quince, thinly sliced, and apples, thickly sliced, and half a fresh pineapple thickly

sliced and diced, and a couple limes and a couple oranges and added at least 5 spices--I know I got the

cinnamon, and I found some curry powder and ginger and orange peel; I don't know why I ignored the

cloves, fennel seeds and peppercorns as we had them too. And I honestly don't know what else I put in!

(Shoot, after 2 bottles of champagnes, who cares? Except I gave two pies to 2 people without the

champagne. I did give one a bottle of home-made plum wine--will that work as well as champagne??)

Finally, we found a song that we modified slightly to change the name from Johnny to Roger. Sing it to

the tune of The More we Get Together (Do you know that tune? I wouldn't know it if I fell over it.)

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Roger had a quince pie

A quince pie, a quince pie.

Roger had a quince pie

With a green worm on top.

Chorus:

A fuzzy worm, A wuzzy worm

A great big fat juicy worm,

O Roger had a quince pie

With a green worm on top.

Roger ate the quince pie,

the quince pie, the quince pie,

Roger ate the quince pie

With a green worm on top.

Roger kicked the bucket

Kicked the bucket, kicked the bucket,

Roger kicked the bucket

With a green worm on top.

Roger had a tombstone

Had a tombstone, had a tombstone,

Roger had a tombstone

With a dead green worm on top.

Like "Did You Ever See a Lassie?", its tune was taken from a 1679 Viennese tune by Marx Augustin, "Oh du lieber Augustin".

Hope this lightens your Christmas--and Kathy, I owe you a bottle of plum wine!

Love y'all. Roger

12127/2004