Guests for dinner and a special dessert
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382329)
Rockingham, Australia
December 28, 2019 4:32pm CST
Once again, the photo has nothing to do with the text. Feel free to write a response that has nothing to do with either – like JJ did once.
We are having visitors tonight for dinner. Our friend arrived yesterday and she, Vince and one of the guests were all bursars (business administrators) at schools. The wife of the third bursar worked with the husband of the friends who gave us the cabinet. It is a very small world sometimes.
We’re having roast pork with apple sauce, roast vegetables and gravy. We’re trying something different for dessert – a lemon posset. I’d take a photo but it just looks like thick yellow custard in a fancy glass. It’s basically cream and lemon. We’ll top it with a scoop of ice-cream and a few berries. There is a very small amount each but it’s very rich.
The possets were made last night and are in the fridge. We’re making an avocado salsa this morning then there will just be the roast to do later – apart from cleaning, of course. There is always cleaning, isn’t there? And isn't 'posset' a funny word? I don't have time to research how it came about but it's a strange-sounding word to me.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Dec 19
The roo wants to be a guest for dinner and sample the possets.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
29 Dec 19
I hope you had a lovely time with good food and friends. =)
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
29 Dec 19
yes ma'am, a small world fer certain! the hubs knows jest 'bout e'eryone fer 't least a 500 mile radius, i know none, lol. so wonderful fer ya to've all 'f these gatherin's. lots 'f great foods 'n conversations. jest brilliant! yer meal sounds scrumptious!
don't reckon i've e'er heard 'f a 'posset'? does sound mighty rich though 'n what a lovely dessert 'fter a wonderful meal.
i reckon that roo figured that to be made jest fer 't to pose, eh?
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
30 Dec 19
@JudyEv aha! 'nother fan to add to yer list, eh? makes ya wonder how many 'f the native critters hide'n the outskirts'n 'njoy such, eh?
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@JudyEv (382329)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Dec 19
@crazyhorseladycx Two came to get a drink in the middle of a concert once and everyone's eyes turned to watch and the poor old singers were forgotten for a moment. 
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Dec 19
I've never heard of the word 'posset' before, and yes, it is a strange-sounding word!
Your dinner sounds delicious! I'm quite a big fan of roast pork!
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Dec 19
@JudyEv I eat a lot of pork as well. Mostly in the form of bacon. Okay, I'll fess up...it's all in bacon form. I like bacon.
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@JudyEv (382329)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Dec 19
@moffittjc What's not to like about bacon? 
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@snowy22315 (209044)
• United States
3 Jan 20
I never heard of a posset but one day while shopping I cam upon 7 chocolate cream concotions in glasses for purchase. It might be similar. The roo wants some!
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@JudyEv (382329)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Jan 20
It does sound a bit similar but chocolate instead of lemon.
@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
29 Dec 19
I have heard of "posset" but have never tried it. I do like custard, so I think it's time to give that a try!! And you are right... I wonder where the dessert name originated!!
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@JudyEv (382329)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Dec 19
It was delicious. The serves were small but it was very rich so it didn't matter much.
@JudyEv (382329)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Dec 19
It's very lemony. We'll be adding it to our list of desserts.
@Tampa_girl7 (54716)
• United States
29 Dec 19
I've never heard of a posset before. I always enjoy your kangaroo pictures.
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@JudyEv (382329)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Dec 19
The roo is on the floor of the music shack before the walls went up.
@JudyEv (382329)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Dec 19
It's nothing to look at really but I'll try to take a photo later.
@JudyEv (382329)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Dec 19
It's like thick yellow custard - quite ordinary to look at.
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
29 Dec 19
as an American English is not my primary language.
my interpretation of the opening line is that you ate visitors as your dinner.
or did I go the wrong way reading that :-)
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@JudyEv (382329)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Dec 19
Haha. I can see now that I've gone back and read it how you could have interpreted it that way. But no, we didn't eat them for dinner.
But no, we didn't eat them for dinner.