{"id":40024,"date":"2013-12-12T11:28:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T18:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/12\/being-ready-to-entertain.html"},"modified":"2013-12-12T11:28:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T18:28:03","slug":"being-ready-to-entertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/12\/being-ready-to-entertain.html","title":{"rendered":"Being ready to entertain"},"content":{"rendered":"
Not surprisingly, we have all of these. Except for the little cookies to serve with coffee, which I would never expect myself (and which would be consumed by the house residents).\u00a0\ufeff<\/div>\n

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\n \n <\/div>\n

The Things You Should Have In Your Pantry to Entertain at Any Time<\/a>
\n You never know when you might have guests. Whether they’re friends
\npassing through or relatives just in town, impromptu entertaining
\ndoesn’t have to be something to dread. If you keep a few staples on-hand
\n all the time, you’ll be ready anytime someone comes knocking that you
\nmight want to invite in for a while, whether you planned on their
\narrival or not.\n <\/p>\n

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Not surprisingly, we have all of these. Except for the little cookies to serve with coffee, which I would never expect myself (and which would be consumed by the house residents).\u00a0\ufeff The Things You Should Have In Your Pantry to Entertain at Any Time You never know when you might have guests. 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