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No Annie, Thank YOU!!!!

13 years ago

Look at my wonderful bounty! Annie sent these to me as a âthank youâ for the Monster! We both sent boxes without notes included! She wrote one and forgot to put it in...I, on the other hand, didn't even do that! I KNEW I would forget it, so I didn't write one to begin with! LOL!

Her famous salsa, hot and mild

Sweet and Spicy sauce

Chaseâs chili sauce

Catsup

Cowboy candyâ¦oh yeah!!

Blueberry jam

I havenât made Annieâs salsa in a few years, so we are sooo ready to dive into that! Iâve always wanted to try the catsup, now I can! This weekend, for sure!! I love hot, Hot, HOT foodâ¦so the chili sauce, sweet and spicy sauce, and the cowboy candy are going to be my favorites!! I love blueberry!!! That'll be opened in just a few minutes! :)

Annie, I am so happy the MM works for you!!! However, I am the one who was on the better end of this deal!! :) I will get more use and FAR more pleasure out of your goodies than I did out of the Monster!!

Thank you!

Deb

Here is a link that might be useful: A gift from Momto4kids, and you won't believe it!

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Comments (12)

diinohio
13 years ago
Generous people on this forum. Enjoy. Oh and I'm jealous!

Di
caliloo
13 years ago
YUM!!!! Those look fantastic. WTG Annie!
Alexa
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doucanoe
13 years ago
Cowboy Candy, huh? It all looks marvelous and I think it's great that you both ended up with something you would use and enjoy!

Great job, both of you!

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ann_t
13 years ago
What a great gift of Annie's treats.

Cowboy Candy sounds interesting.

Ann
momto4kids
Original Author
13 years ago
Yikes! Those weird symbols weren't in the message I previewed! Did I do something to cause that?
jessyf
13 years ago
Deb the forum has been having symbol glitches. Not your fault!

Enjoy your goodies, cool reciprocation!
trixietx
13 years ago
I think you both did good. Enjoy!
annie1992
13 years ago
Deb, you're welcome. I wish I'd have had some of the hot and spicy catsup left, instead of the milder and sweeter stuff, and I had no mustard at all. Darn it.

The Cowboy Candy is one of Carol's (Readinglady) recipes, it's basically a bread and butter pickle made with jalapenos instead of cucumbers. Elery loves 'em, so I hope you do too.

It's no where near enough of a thank you for your generosity, Deb, but you know I do thank you.

Annie
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13 years ago
Great haul Deb! I make Annie's Salsa and it's delish as I'm sure all her homemade goodies are! As for the chili sauce it isn't very spicy, actually I can't really describe the taste don't know why they call it what they do!

By the way Deb, we are in Ogunquit today head for Kennybunkport tomorrow...I'll be looking for a bench in a park, near a church, for our picnic ; )
annie1992
13 years ago
Deb, I'm glad Sharon chimed in, the chile sauce is not hot at all, more sweet, it actually makes an awesome batch of sloppy joes...

But it's good, and it's a forum recipe and I had some and, well, you know.

Annie
riverrat1
13 years ago
I love this forum!!:-)
momto4kids
Original Author
13 years ago
I will still love the chili sauce even if it's not hot! But thanks for the heads up..so I'll change how I use it! :)

LOL, Chase!! Give my MIL a wave as you drive by!! If you don't eat a meal in Kennebunk, at least get a whoopie pie (HB Provisions, as you head into the port from the beach...actually, I'm sure they're just about anywhere!!).

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