I have always enjoyed getting together with my wife’s side of the family. Whether it is holidays, birthdays, or just a day that happens to end in "Y". I always find it to be a lot of fun. When you gather with that side of the family there is always alcohol consumption involved. This is a good thing because sometimes you need a libation or two to help you relax when you are dealing with all of the outlaws, er, in-laws.

This particular gathering involved food and lots of it. The head "Chef" at this particular event always prefers to cut the meat, in this case turkey, early enough so that it may cool down!?? What, have another beer? OK! The chef’s assistant decided that mashing the potatoes would be a good way to help out. So began the mashing.

Dinner was served. Everything was hot, except for the turkey. Also everything was traditional except for those mashed potatoes. The normally white, fluffy potatoes had an almost beige color and a very different consistency. So, before trying this unusual looking dish, I went to the fridge for more eggnog.

There was no more eggnog left in the fridge, so I opened a beer. "Didn’t like the eggnog? asked the chef. There isn’t any left, the empty container is in the trash!" It was then that I took a real good look at those mashed potatoes.

As I sampled the first spoonful I realized that the assistant (hic) had mistaken the eggnog container (hic) for milk. We were eating alcohol laced mashed potatoes. For this the assistant had to do the dishes, and stay on the wagon for the rest of the gathering.

I now eat before I go to the outlaws.

Enjoy (hic) your holiday

Beerman

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