> You mean, your family comes over when you have no chips, salsa, Pepsi,
> beer, cookies, etc. in the house?  Sheeze...If  someone's coming here, I
> have to scramble to the grocery store (20 mile drive) to find something
> other than frozen meat, kale, collards etc., which I keep around all the
> time.

You could ask them to bring the soda.  Most people don't like to go to a
gathering empty handed anyway.  Then just throw another slab of meat on the
grill, pass the salad and tell em to dig in.  Berries make a quick desert if
you need one.

Patti
in Idaho