Making anything special for the holiday weekend?

Dinner tonight was a boneless leg of lamb on the grill.

The smoker is going and loaded up with two briskets and a pork picnic
that will become pulled pork.

Potato salad and cucumbers in sour cream will accompany the meats.

There is a parade in town on Monday to honor thoase that served and the
real meaning of the holiday. Evidently many people will celebrate by
shopping. Many stores will be open.

On Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 11:29:14 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
>
>
Nothing planned here; I'm planning on just laying around the house. Sunday will be spent putting flowers on parents and brothers graves out of town.

On 5/24/2015 12:29 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
>
> Dinner tonight was a boneless leg of lamb on the grill.
>
> The smoker is going and loaded up with two briskets and a pork picnic
> that will become pulled pork.
>
> Potato salad and cucumbers in sour cream will accompany the meats.
>
> There is a parade in town on Monday to honor thoase that served and the
> real meaning of the holiday. Evidently many people will celebrate by
> shopping. Many stores will be open.
>

Tomorrow night will be teriyaki marinated country pork ribs, which are
actually slices of pork shoulder roast, probably on the hibachi. Monday
I'm thinking of a big beef tongue, cooked in the pressure cooker. I like
to save the cooking broth to make pho at a later date.

Vegetables will likely include salad with balsamic and olive oil
dressing, and perhaps a "California mix" steamed, with butter. I might
do some jasmine rice with the ribs.

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:29:16 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>Making anything special for the holiday weekend?

It's a holiday?

>Dinner tonight was a boneless leg of lamb on the grill.

Lamb tonight here as well, meet the meat:
http://www.hostpic.org/images/1505241018210104.jpg

I made a lamb rolled roast today from the flaps (AKA as the breast, I
think), with EVOO, garlic, pepper berries, salt and rosemary.

Browning it now in a dutch oven,
http://www.hostpic.org/images/1505241036360113.jpg
then will later transfer into the oven with some stock, white wine and
a garni of herbs, half-submerging it for two hours - then turn the
meat over for another two hours. Then reduce down the liquid and make
a gravy out of it... will make some roast veggies as well.


>The smoker is going and loaded up with two briskets and a pork picnic
>that will become pulled pork.
>
>Potato salad and cucumbers in sour cream will accompany the meats.

I like that idea...

On 5/23/2015 10:29 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Making anything special for the holiday weekend?

Yeppers.

> Dinner tonight was a boneless leg of lamb on the grill.

Nice.

> The smoker is going and loaded up with two briskets and a pork picnic
> that will become pulled pork.
>
> Potato salad and cucumbers in sour cream will accompany the meats.
>
> There is a parade in town on Monday to honor thoase that served and the
> real meaning of the holiday. Evidently many people will celebrate by
> shopping. Many stores will be open.

Keep the faith.

On 5/23/2015 10:35 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 11:29:14 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
>>
>>
> Nothing planned here; I'm planning on just laying around the house. Sunday will be spent putting flowers on parents and brothers graves out of town.
>


A Buddy Poppy Day.

Semper Fi.

On 5/23/2015 11:06 PM, Travis McGee wrote:
> On 5/24/2015 12:29 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
>>
>> Dinner tonight was a boneless leg of lamb on the grill.
>>
>> The smoker is going and loaded up with two briskets and a pork picnic
>> that will become pulled pork.
>>
>> Potato salad and cucumbers in sour cream will accompany the meats.
>>
>> There is a parade in town on Monday to honor thoase that served and the
>> real meaning of the holiday. Evidently many people will celebrate by
>> shopping. Many stores will be open.
>>
>
> Tomorrow night will be teriyaki marinated country pork ribs, which are
> actually slices of pork shoulder roast, probably on the hibachi. Monday
> I'm thinking of a big beef tongue, cooked in the pressure cooker. I like
> to save the cooking broth to make pho at a later date.

Oh!

That's sound recycling!

> Vegetables will likely include salad with balsamic and olive oil
> dressing, and perhaps a "California mix" steamed, with butter. I might
> do some jasmine rice with the ribs.

MMM..yes.

We're doing KFC.

Korean fried chicken.

On 5/23/2015 11:08 PM, wrote:
> On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:29:16 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
>
> It's a holiday?

Not for pommies like you, no.

>> Dinner tonight was a boneless leg of lamb on the grill.
>
> Lamb tonight here as well, meet the meat:
> http://www.hostpic.org/images/1505241018210104.jpg

Very cleanly butchered, really.

You must be sound with a knife.

> I made a lamb rolled roast today from the flaps (AKA as the breast, I
> think), with EVOO, garlic, pepper berries, salt and rosemary.

Goodness.

> Browning it now in a dutch oven,
> http://www.hostpic.org/images/1505241036360113.jpg
> then will later transfer into the oven with some stock, white wine and
> a garni of herbs, half-submerging it for two hours - then turn the
> meat over for another two hours. Then reduce down the liquid and make
> a gravy out of it... will make some roast veggies as well.

On topic and on taste too.

Brilliant.

>> The smoker is going and loaded up with two briskets and a pork picnic
>> that will become pulled pork.
>>
>> Potato salad and cucumbers in sour cream will accompany the meats.
>
> I like that idea...

I'd prefer oven roasted spuds, but yeah, at least this time you did a
decent cooking post.

Keep it up.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
>
> Dinner tonight was a boneless leg of lamb on the grill.
>
> The smoker is going and loaded up with two briskets and a pork picnic that
> will become pulled pork.
>
> Potato salad and cucumbers in sour cream will accompany the meats.
>
> There is a parade in town on Monday to honor thoase that served and the
> real meaning of the holiday. Evidently many people will celebrate by
> shopping. Many stores will be open.

I will make from scratch pizza, only because I need to use up the bread
flour. I have a Marionberry cobbler in the oven now. The pie type. Not
the cake type.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
>
> Dinner tonight was a boneless leg of lamb on the grill.
>
> The smoker is going and loaded up with two briskets and a pork picnic that
> will become pulled pork.
>
> Potato salad and cucumbers in sour cream will accompany the meats.
>
> There is a parade in town on Monday to honor thoase that served and the
> real meaning of the holiday. Evidently many people will celebrate by
> shopping. Many stores will be open.

I'm going to grill the sweet and sour type small ribs, they were in the
reduced meat today and looked really nice so I bought the three packages
that were there. I'm also going to make a cauliflower au gratin, and deviled
eggs. I will make an angel food cake and have strawberries with it. That's
it. Pretty simple, yours sounds very good, especially the grilled leg of
lamb.

They stopped having parades here for Memorial Day, but they do have a
function at the cemetery which is always well done and well attended.

Cheri

On 24/05/2015 05:29, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
>
[...]
>
> There is a parade in town on Monday to honor thoase that served and the
> real meaning of the holiday. Evidently many people will celebrate by
> shopping. Many stores will be open.
>

What holiday is this that you are having?

Tim W

On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 7:26:34 AM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:29:16 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> >Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
> >
> >Dinner tonight was a boneless leg of lamb on the grill.
> >
> >The smoker is going and loaded up with two briskets and a pork picnic
> >that will become pulled pork.
> >
> >Potato salad and cucumbers in sour cream will accompany the meats.
> >
> >There is a parade in town on Monday to honor thoase that served and the
> >real meaning of the holiday. Evidently many people will celebrate by
> >shopping. Many stores will be open.
>
> They tried that here on Remembrance Day - once - and never again,
> people were mad as hell about it.

Americans won't interrupt the national pastime (shopping) for
anything. I'm surprised stores close for Christmas. I suspect
it would be a PR disaster if they stayed open, though. Can't
be having that.

> I won't even call it a holiday, it's supposed to be the day you
> remember all those who died in an effort to produce a better world, I
> don't believe they would be impressed if they could come back, sit
> down and watch a newscast

Oh, it's a holiday--in the original sense of the word (holy day).
More in the breach than the observance, of course.

Cindy Hamilton

On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 7:30:25 AM UTC-4, Tim w wrote:
> On 24/05/2015 05:29, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
> >
> [...]
> >
> > There is a parade in town on Monday to honor thoase that served and the
> > real meaning of the holiday. Evidently many people will celebrate by
> > shopping. Many stores will be open.
> >
>
> What holiday is this that you are having?

Memorial Day, to honor military personnel who didn't make it back.
Observed the last Monday in May.

Veteran's Day (Nov 11) is for those who did.

Cindy Hamilton

On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 12:08:54 AM UTC-5, Je�us wrote:
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> On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:29:16 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> >Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
>
> It's a holiday?
>
>
It is here.

" wrote:
>
> On Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 11:29:14 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> > Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
> >
> >
> Nothing planned here; I'm planning on just laying around the house. Sunday will be spent putting flowers on parents and brothers graves out of town.

I plan to do a nice house cleaning today (Sunday). Then just relax on
Monday. Maybe make some BBQ sandwiches with cole slaw and salty chips.
I like the eastern NC vinegar based bbq best.

G. :-D

On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 12:29:14 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Making anything special for the holiday weekend?

I don't know if it's "special". Most weekends, including holidays,
are spent working around the house. Keeping my hands busy leaves
plenty of time to think, though. Idleness isn't required to remember
the dead.

If I have the energy, I'll marinate (garlic, lime) some shrimp
and grill them. Otherwise, it'll be leftover chicken breast.


Cindy Hamilton

wrote:
>
> I won't even call it a holiday, it's supposed to be the day you
> remember all those who died in an effort to produce a better world, I
> don't believe they would be impressed if they could come back, sit
> down and watch a newscast

Yeah...it's just a fun (and sometimes paid) day off for most people.

I always honor that day even if I don't go to the memorial thing.

All these people that died very young, just as they were starting out
their lives. All the stupid wars that killed them all while the ones
that started the wars never had to fight and die.

I could have easily been "fodder" in the worthless Vietnam war but I
only won by getting a high lottery number when my year came up. A low
lottery number would have changed my life completely....or ended it
quickly.

I always honor those that died...and even our "enemies" that
died..most of those kids probably didn't want to fight either but were
forced to.

G.

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:31:07 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:


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>
>In restaurants, California style means with avocado. I got those squashes
>once. They were good.

Maybe for you in your town, but not everywhere. Unless you are
ordering a hamburger?
Janet US

On Sun, 24 May 2015 06:19:21 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

> If I have the energy, I'll marinate (garlic, lime) some shrimp
> and grill them.

I was watching one of the Food Network shows I usually don't -
something similar to "the best thing I ever ate". Anyway, they put
head on, shell on shrimp directly on (hardwood) coals to cook them. I
thought it was an interesting idea, but I'll never try it.

--

sf

On 5/23/2015 11:35 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 11:29:14 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> Making anything special for the holiday weekend?
>>
>>
> Nothing planned here; I'm planning on just laying around the house.
> Sunday will be spent putting flowers on parents and brothers graves
> out of town.

We are also doing absolutely nothing and I am enjoying it so much, this
does not happen often enough. We put flowers on my family's graves and
on my ex-husband's family before we left.

We are currently in Monterrey, Mexico, we came to attend a family
wedding. Today, we went to see the movie Avengers: Age of Ultron at a
Cinemark movie theater, the movie was in English with Spanish subtitles.
The theater is in a ritzy mall that is well above my station in life.

Becca

"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:31:07 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>
> snip
>>
>>In restaurants, California style means with avocado. I got those squashes
>>once. They were good.
>
> Maybe for you in your town, but not everywhere. Unless you are
> ordering a hamburger?
> Janet US

I live in a city. Not a town. Here and everywhere else I have lived, that
is what it has meant. And not just burgers.

On Sun, 24 May 2015 15:17:05 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Janet B" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:31:07 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> snip
>>>
>>>In restaurants, California style means with avocado. I got those squashes
>>>once. They were good.
>>
>> Maybe for you in your town, but not everywhere. Unless you are
>> ordering a hamburger?
>> Janet US
>
>I live in a city. Not a town. Here and everywhere else I have lived, that
>is what it has meant. And not just burgers.

You live in odd places then.
Janet US

"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 May 2015 15:17:05 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Janet B" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:31:07 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> snip
>>>>
>>>>In restaurants, California style means with avocado. I got those
>>>>squashes
>>>>once. They were good.
>>>
>>> Maybe for you in your town, but not everywhere. Unless you are
>>> ordering a hamburger?
>>> Janet US
>>
>>I live in a city. Not a town. Here and everywhere else I have lived,
>>that
>>is what it has meant. And not just burgers.
>
> You live in odd places then.
> Janet US

I don't think so.

sf wrote:
>
> On Sun, 24 May 2015 06:19:21 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> > If I have the energy, I'll marinate (garlic, lime) some shrimp
> > and grill them.
>
> I was watching one of the Food Network shows I usually don't -
> something similar to "the best thing I ever ate". Anyway, they put
> head on, shell on shrimp directly on (hardwood) coals to cook them. I
> thought it was an interesting idea, but I'll never try it.

I agree with you. A good shrimp boil is the way to go.

I prefer the 41-50 count. They have the strong shrimp flavor and are a
good size for peeling and eating plain. When I say plain, I
mean...boil in 1/2 water, 1/2 vinegar, plus a decent amount of Old Bay
Seasoning. I used to make cocktail sauce for these but I never ended
up using any...the plain spiced shrimp was good on it's own. Dip in
the cocktail sauce and you've lost all the shrimp flavor.