The other thing with dessert for Nilly at the BBQ is, what is she being served as the main course? If it's meat, she won't be able to eat a dairy dessert for a good bit of time(depending on how she follows kashrut, it can range from 1 to 6 hours after the meat course).

Just FYI.

You forgot the part where you'll be sleeping at my house the morning we leave...

ha, good point.

Oy veys mire....(I just know I screwed up that spelling.)

We'll do what we can. I bought four varieties of beans and green lentils last night, in prep for making a huge pot of soup (in the never-used stockpot!); all the packages are stamped with the (U) symbol, which certifies said product as being approved as kosher by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations. So that's a start.

I want it to be 5:15 already.

JZ - I absolutely want a shirt. Alas, I have serious computer issues and no mail at the moment. Stupid lightning.

Blame the double post on Charley

Laura, you don't have to evacuate, do you?

Charley is hitting exactly where my family lives. Mom's house is shuttered and she is in NY. My sister is with me. My brother and his children went to Naples. They all live in Bonita Springs, right between Fort Myers and Naples, or in other words, where the map shows the eye of the storm.

Oh, I am right along the east shore, we just have lots of wind and some serious rain bands.

Good to hear from you Laura. I was thinking about you this morning and wondering if you were in Charley's path.

Anyone planning on cooking something for Nilly might want to double check with her, before doing too much in advance.

Pfeh. Well, I'm not going to bother her. I'll make it anyway and she can eat it or not, but I'm hardly in a position to import someone to supervise my pie-making.

It will be non-dairy and egg-free. Or organic butter, anyway.