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From: "Roger Rochat" <rochat@rocketmail.com>
To: "Marilee" <mjmittel@comcast.net>
Cc: "James Morris" <james1 ©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" <mrochat@bmi.net>; "Jack & Martha Ryan" <mwidholm@pacbell.net>; "David Weeks" <db.weeks@starband.net>; "Eileen Groth" <Efgroth@aol.com>; "Margaret Gruen" <mgruen@uiuc.edu>; "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.
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.)
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.
Hope this lightens your Christmas—and Kathy, I owe you a bottle of plum wine!
Love y'all. Roger