Best birthday gift ever!

14 years ago

My birthday was Dec 23. My son and his little family gave me several frozen rotisserie chicken carcasses and a frozen ham bone, all wrapped up pretty in aluminum foil, gorgeous ribbons and bows!

I always tease them about wasting perfectly good chicken carcasses (actually, it makes me mad, but I don't tell them that), but I was pretty surprised and delighted that they were stockpiling things for me! What fun it was, and what a good pot of split pea soup I made today!

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dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
14 years ago
"chicken carcasses and a frozen ham bone,"
"they were stock piling things"

No pun intended? :-)

Greatest BD gift idea, make no bones about it!

My favorite:
Ham bones on top of rice when you are making rice.

The best rice you've ever tasted.

dcarch
anoriginal
14 years ago
LOVE a good ham bone! Almost need a coin toss to decide whether it'll end up as split pea or bean soup... both "dump" recipes I learned from my grandmother.

As for chicken carcasses... I just CANNOT toss bones without making stock, even if it only ends up being a few pints. My sister calls it "chicken-ade"!! I like using the FREE stock when cooking rice, polenta/grits, etc. instead of plain water.
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annie1992
14 years ago
Oh yeah, what a great gift. At leats you know they"ve been listening to you!

Happy Birthday.

Annie
sunshines
14 years ago
You must be joking. Don't know if I should laugh or cry. Next year lock your door when you see them coming.

Happy late birthday!

Mine was on the 15th Dec and I got nothing at all.
lindac
14 years ago
And of course, Sunshine you are not bitter at all.....
I have been given the ham bone from a buffet and thought I skinned a fat hog!!
User
14 years ago
Sunshine, I think that you should laugh and rejoice with Sherrmann. I'd call this a gift of love. Her son and DIL put a lot of thought and love into this gift and it was obvious from Sherrmann's post that it was a gift that she really appreciated. The best kind of gift.

Sherrmann, enjoy your split pea soup and all that beautiful rich chicken broth yet to come.

Happy Birthday!!!

Ann
Jasdip
14 years ago
Only on a cooking forum can a post like this be embraced and rejoiced, and congratulations offered Sherrmann!!

I love it!! Your family knew what you REALLY wanted, which is what birthdays are all about. I'm sure they will benefit from your gifts as well. LOL

Congratulations!!
sheesh
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks! I knew you folks would appreciate it.

And, yes, I'll share the wealth!
dgkritch
14 years ago
Reminds me of the time my DH got me a pile of SH** for my birthday.......
Really. 6 yards of compost delivered!
It was awesome!

I definitely think you came out a winner on this one sherrmann!

Deanna
coconut_nj
14 years ago
I love that! What great presents and so cool that they wrapped them so nice too. Very fun. They got to poke a bit of fun and you got what you wanted!! Let's hope your reaction convinces them to save bones for you in the future. Win, win. Smiles.
mustangs81
13 years ago
Much better than a gift card! Lucky you and as JASDIP says, only here would this be embraced and rejoiced.

I really would be tickled if my DD gave something like that; she probably thinks of me as a buzzard and would find it disgusting.

Best birthday gift ever!

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