This week's topic was submitted to us by Maremagnum. When I posted the topic over at Blog Fodder. I asked Mar how she came up with the name for her blog. And here is what I found out:

Hi and thanks for using this topic and thanks for asking about the name of my blog. First it begins with the three letters of my blogging name :) And it's used in Spanish to describe a situation of many things without a given order, not necessarily chaos, just many things simultaneously taking place like in a wide ocean, fish swimming, waves, tide, you name it. It comes form Latin mare (ocean) and magnum (large). I think it pretty well summarizes the nature of my blog ! Happy blogging!

Thanks Mar! And now, this week's topic!

Give an example of a meal that makes you happy.

At first I thought of quite a few answers for this topic. Then I narrowed it down to foods. But when I really got down and thought about it, there is one meal that sticks in my mind. Most of the family picks this for their birthday dinner, and we have it for the Christmas meal as well.

Grammy's Chicken Pie
Grammy's famous homemade mashed potatoes.
Corn
Green beans with bacon
Fruit salad
Lettuce salad

Someone roll me away from the dinner table please. Meelie No's birthday is at the end of March, and we'll be down at my folk's house to celebrate it. I'll give you three guesses as to what meal she picked and the first two don't count. This year will be different because Grammy isn't going to make the chicken pie, I will. Of course, Grammy will be there giving me pointers all the way. I've made it before, but it seems to be lacking so I'm looking forward to learning all of her trade secrets.

For those of you interested, Meelie wants Mom's (did you notice I got to use my name?) Ice Cream Cake for her birthday. I've got a great recipe (EASY) for anyone who's interested. For her actual birthday party at home (with friends) she wants me to make a Tinkerbell Cake, which is going to take some creative thinking on my part.

Be sure to check here for a list of this week's participants. Won't you join us this week? You don't have to sign up, or be a regular, but I would love to hear what meal makes you happy. Just be sure and go here and let us know you participated (a link back to Blog Fodder would be appreciated) or just post your favorite meal in the comments.

I look forward to hearing about it.