Anyone making something special for it?

My husband has a family tradition of a special meal that day but he
said it's not any one special dish (like Thanksgiving etc.). He did
recall well though that it was a family affair and everyone had a small
job or (once older) dish to make. He said they also added a small yard
project but always something to 'improve the house or yard a little'.

We've picked a simple project here. I have a little plot of dirt
bordered by sidewalk and driveway. It's about 8 inches front to back
and 2.5ft long. We are going to weed it then fill with more gardening
dirt and put in some flower seeds.

Shopping tomorrow as we are out of fresh fruit. Don wants to make his
green bean dish which means I make a white sauce with lots of white
melty cheeses (guryere sp? and havarti appeal). Acorn squash with
brown sugar. He wants me to make baguette-type bread and prepare some
garlic butter.

I'm thinking a whole cleaned trout would be good but shall see what
wonders the store has!

Rest of you? Any traditions?

On Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 7:16:27 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
>
> Anyone making something special for it?
>
No, no special meal or project here although most of the family did show up
at the cemetery and place flowers on graves. Got to see some relatives that
I've not seen for a few years.

On Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 2:16:27 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> Anyone making something special for it?
>
> My husband has a family tradition of a special meal that day but he
> said it's not any one special dish (like Thanksgiving etc.). He did
> recall well though that it was a family affair and everyone had a small
> job or (once older) dish to make. He said they also added a small yard
> project but always something to 'improve the house or yard a little'.
>
> We've picked a simple project here. I have a little plot of dirt
> bordered by sidewalk and driveway. It's about 8 inches front to back
> and 2.5ft long. We are going to weed it then fill with more gardening
> dirt and put in some flower seeds.
>
> Shopping tomorrow as we are out of fresh fruit. Don wants to make his
> green bean dish which means I make a white sauce with lots of white
> melty cheeses (guryere sp? and havarti appeal). Acorn squash with
> brown sugar. He wants me to make baguette-type bread and prepare some
> garlic butter.
>
> I'm thinking a whole cleaned trout would be good but shall see what
> wonders the store has!
>
> Rest of you? Any traditions?

Budae Jjigae, it's the opposite of something special.

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"cshenk" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone making something special for it?
>
> My husband has a family tradition of a special meal that day but he
> said it's not any one special dish (like Thanksgiving etc.). He did
> recall well though that it was a family affair and everyone had a small
> job or (once older) dish to make. He said they also added a small yard
> project but always something to 'improve the house or yard a little'.
>
> We've picked a simple project here. I have a little plot of dirt
> bordered by sidewalk and driveway. It's about 8 inches front to back
> and 2.5ft long. We are going to weed it then fill with more gardening
> dirt and put in some flower seeds.
>
> Shopping tomorrow as we are out of fresh fruit. Don wants to make his
> green bean dish which means I make a white sauce with lots of white
> melty cheeses (guryere sp? and havarti appeal). Acorn squash with
> brown sugar. He wants me to make baguette-type bread and prepare some
> garlic butter.
>
> I'm thinking a whole cleaned trout would be good but shall see what
> wonders the store has!
>
> Rest of you? Any traditions?

No traditions.

On Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 8:16:27 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
> Anyone making something special for it?

No. It's just another day for us. Burgers for lunch, I think. Soon I'll
open a negotiation for the dinner menu.

Cindy Hamilton

On Mon, 25 May 2020 03:33:05 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 8:16:27 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
>> Anyone making something special for it?
>
>No. It's just another day for us. Burgers for lunch, I think. Soon I'll
>open a negotiation for the dinner menu.

Is Memorial Day the day Tom Cruise was born or was that the 4th of
July?

Bruce wrote:
>
> On Mon, 25 May 2020 03:33:05 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 8:16:27 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
> >> Anyone making something special for it?
> >
> >No. It's just another day for us. Burgers for lunch, I think. Soon I'll
> >open a negotiation for the dinner menu.
>
> Is Memorial Day the day Tom Cruise was born or was that the 4th of
> July?

Who cared about Tom Cruise? The little twerp.
"Memorial Day" is not a set date and it varies.
It's always the last Monday of May.

On Mon, 25 May 2020 07:23:00 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 25 May 2020 03:33:05 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 8:16:27 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
>> >> Anyone making something special for it?
>> >
>> >No. It's just another day for us. Burgers for lunch, I think. Soon I'll
>> >open a negotiation for the dinner menu.
>>
>> Is Memorial Day the day Tom Cruise was born or was that the 4th of
>> July?
>
>Who cared about Tom Cruise? The little twerp.
>"Memorial Day" is not a set date and it varies.
>It's always the last Monday of May.

But what are you memorising? The first McDonalds franchise?

On 5/25/2020 12:31 PM, Bruce wrote:

> But what are you memorising? The first McDonalds franchise?
>
Memorising?

On Mon, 25 May 2020 21:31:55 +1000, Bruce > wrote:

>On Mon, 25 May 2020 07:23:00 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>>Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 25 May 2020 03:33:05 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> >On Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 8:16:27 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
>>> >> Anyone making something special for it?
>>> >
>>> >No. It's just another day for us. Burgers for lunch, I think. Soon I'll
>>> >open a negotiation for the dinner menu.
>>>
>>> Is Memorial Day the day Tom Cruise was born or was that the 4th of
>>> July?
>>
>>Who cared about Tom Cruise? The little twerp.
>>"Memorial Day" is not a set date and it varies.
>>It's always the last Monday of May.
>
>But what are you memorising? The first McDonalds franchise?

It's sort of the US Remembrance Day.

On Monday, May 25, 2020 at 7:57:16 AM UTC-4, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 5/25/2020 12:31 PM, Bruce wrote:
>
> > But what are you memorising? The first McDonalds franchise?
> >
> Memorising?

When he's being a deliberately obtuse troll, I find it better to ignore
him.

Cindy Hamilton

Bruce wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> >"Memorial Day" is not a set date and it varies.
> >It's always the last Monday of May.
>
> But what are you memorising? The first McDonalds franchise?

LOL. Well I always do but not the rest of the country.
Best franchise ever invented. The classic Mc.Hamburgers.

However, do you not really know about Memorial Day?
I'm sure you do. Easy to Google.
Honoring all military people that died fighting in
all the wars since this country started.

Maybe oddly, I've never known anyone personally that
died in Vietnam or any other war since then. Also, don't
know of any relatives that have died in any war.
During WW2, 4 of my uncles fought...3 in Europe against
the nazi mess and one in the Pacific against the Japanese.
They all came home after (with no serious injuries) and
lived to very old ages. Still one alive now. He's like
age 95, still lives alone with 6 indoors cats.

On Sun, 24 May 2020 19:16:19 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Anyone making something special for it?
>
>My husband has a family tradition of a special meal that day but he
>said it's not any one special dish (like Thanksgiving etc.). He did
>recall well though that it was a family affair and everyone had a small
>job or (once older) dish to make. He said they also added a small yard
>project but always something to 'improve the house or yard a little'.
>
>We've picked a simple project here. I have a little plot of dirt
>bordered by sidewalk and driveway. It's about 8 inches front to back
>and 2.5ft long. We are going to weed it then fill with more gardening
>dirt and put in some flower seeds.
>
>Shopping tomorrow as we are out of fresh fruit. Don wants to make his
>green bean dish which means I make a white sauce with lots of white
>melty cheeses (guryere sp? and havarti appeal). Acorn squash with
>brown sugar. He wants me to make baguette-type bread and prepare some
>garlic butter.
>
>I'm thinking a whole cleaned trout would be good but shall see what
>wonders the store has!
>
>Rest of you? Any traditions?

Nothing special/traditional, whatever looks good while shopping. I
already went to Tops this morning and bought potatoes, BOGO, so ten
pounds. Got three pounds of broccolli crowns at 99¢/lb, and a 2 lb
London broil (top round, $3.99/lb) that I just put up for a short
marinate. As I indicated, nothing exciting.

On Mon, 25 May 2020 09:12:46 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>> >"Memorial Day" is not a set date and it varies.
>> >It's always the last Monday of May.
>>
>> But what are you memorising? The first McDonalds franchise?
>
>LOL. Well I always do but not the rest of the country.
>Best franchise ever invented. The classic Mc.Hamburgers.
>
>However, do you not really know about Memorial Day?
>I'm sure you do. Easy to Google.
>Honoring all military people that died fighting in
>all the wars since this country started.

Oh, ok, that's called ANZAC day here.

On Mon, 25 May 2020 12:57:13 +0100, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 5/25/2020 12:31 PM, Bruce wrote:
>
>> But what are you memorising? The first McDonalds franchise?
>>
>Memorising?

Memorialing? No, what Lucretia said: remembering.

On Mon, 25 May 2020 05:45:44 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, May 25, 2020 at 7:57:16 AM UTC-4, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 5/25/2020 12:31 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>
>> > But what are you memorising? The first McDonalds franchise?
>> >
>> Memorising?
>
>When he's being a deliberately obtuse troll, I find it better to ignore
>him.

McDonalds was a joke, but I didn't know what Memorial day was.

On Mon, 25 May 2020 09:34:36 -0300, Lucretia Borgia
> wrote:

>On Mon, 25 May 2020 21:31:55 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 25 May 2020 07:23:00 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>>Bruce wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 25 May 2020 03:33:05 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >On Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 8:16:27 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
>>>> >> Anyone making something special for it?
>>>> >
>>>> >No. It's just another day for us. Burgers for lunch, I think. Soon I'll
>>>> >open a negotiation for the dinner menu.
>>>>
>>>> Is Memorial Day the day Tom Cruise was born or was that the 4th of
>>>> July?
>>>
>>>Who cared about Tom Cruise? The little twerp.
>>>"Memorial Day" is not a set date and it varies.
>>>It's always the last Monday of May.
>>
>>But what are you memorising? The first McDonalds franchise?
>
>It's sort of the US Remembrance Day.

Thanks.

Julie Bove wrote:

>
> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Anyone making something special for it?
> >
> > My husband has a family tradition of a special meal that day but he
> > said it's not any one special dish (like Thanksgiving etc.). He did
> > recall well though that it was a family affair and everyone had a
> > small job or (once older) dish to make. He said they also added a
> > small yard project but always something to 'improve the house or
> > yard a little'.
> >
> > We've picked a simple project here. I have a little plot of dirt
> > bordered by sidewalk and driveway. It's about 8 inches front to
> > back and 2.5ft long. We are going to weed it then fill with more
> > gardening dirt and put in some flower seeds.
> >
> > Shopping tomorrow as we are out of fresh fruit. Don wants to make
> > his green bean dish which means I make a white sauce with lots of
> > white melty cheeses (guryere sp? and havarti appeal). Acorn squash
> > with brown sugar. He wants me to make baguette-type bread and
> > prepare some garlic butter.
> >
> > I'm thinking a whole cleaned trout would be good but shall see what
> > wonders the store has!
> >
> > Rest of you? Any traditions?
>
> No traditions.

Well, it turned out whole catfish looked the best and like Sheldon in
another post, nice London Broil (3.49lb). The London Broil was sliced
up and marinaded in sugar cane vinegar, soy sauce, worstershire and
garlic powder then set in the dehydrator.

Start steamer for green beans. Takes a bit as mine is a no-muss
no-fuss stovetop model.

The Catfish will be a simple one. Place sliced portabella mushrooms
with butter in cavity.

Mix 1 egg, 1/2c milk (or buttermilk), splash of beer. Set aside and
make a mix of 1 cup white flour, 1 cup corn flour and if you have them,
some breadcrumbs. Add seasonings of choice (Cuban Island Spice blend
here). Soak fish in liquid while large cast iron pan heats with canola
oil (corn oil acceptable). Coat fish with mix and fry approxiately 6
minutes (3 per side).

Let drain on paper towels while preparing white sauce with slices of
havarti to lace over steamed fresh green beans.

Leftover 'dough' is made to hushpuppies by adding the liquids to the
base flour (mine needed a touch more cornmeal) which are then added to
the oil and fried.

Call it 12 minutes if a well laid out kitchen.

Sheldon Martin wrote:

> On Sun, 24 May 2020 19:16:19 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> > Anyone making something special for it?
> >
> > My husband has a family tradition of a special meal that day but he
> > said it's not any one special dish (like Thanksgiving etc.). He did
> > recall well though that it was a family affair and everyone had a
> > small job or (once older) dish to make. He said they also added a
> > small yard project but always something to 'improve the house or
> > yard a little'.
> >
> > We've picked a simple project here. I have a little plot of dirt
> > bordered by sidewalk and driveway. It's about 8 inches front to
> > back and 2.5ft long. We are going to weed it then fill with more
> > gardening dirt and put in some flower seeds.
> >
> > Shopping tomorrow as we are out of fresh fruit. Don wants to make
> > his green bean dish which means I make a white sauce with lots of
> > white melty cheeses (guryere sp? and havarti appeal). Acorn squash
> > with brown sugar. He wants me to make baguette-type bread and
> > prepare some garlic butter.
> >
> > I'm thinking a whole cleaned trout would be good but shall see what
> > wonders the store has!
> >
> > Rest of you? Any traditions?
>
> Nothing special/traditional, whatever looks good while shopping. I
> already went to Tops this morning and bought potatoes, BOGO, so ten
> pounds. Got three pounds of broccolli crowns at 99¢/lb, and a 2 lb
> London broil (top round, $3.99/lb) that I just put up for a short
> marinate. As I indicated, nothing exciting.

I got some London Broil too. It was marinaded and now is making a nice
beef jerky.

We did the catfish for a late lunch since they looked good at the store
and they had no trout.

On Mon, 25 May 2020 13:41:12 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:


snip
>
>Well, it turned out whole catfish looked the best and like Sheldon in
>another post, nice London Broil (3.49lb). The London Broil was sliced
>up and marinaded in sugar cane vinegar, soy sauce, worstershire and
>garlic powder then set in the dehydrator.
>
>Start steamer for green beans. Takes a bit as mine is a no-muss
>no-fuss stovetop model.
>
>The Catfish will be a simple one. Place sliced portabella mushrooms
>with butter in cavity.
>
>Mix 1 egg, 1/2c milk (or buttermilk), splash of beer. Set aside and
>make a mix of 1 cup white flour, 1 cup corn flour and if you have them,
>some breadcrumbs. Add seasonings of choice (Cuban Island Spice blend
>here). Soak fish in liquid while large cast iron pan heats with canola
>oil (corn oil acceptable). Coat fish with mix and fry approxiately 6
>minutes (3 per side).
>
>Let drain on paper towels while preparing white sauce with slices of
>havarti to lace over steamed fresh green beans.
>
>Leftover 'dough' is made to hushpuppies by adding the liquids to the
>base flour (mine needed a touch more cornmeal) which are then added to
>the oil and fried.
>
>Call it 12 minutes if a well laid out kitchen.

doesn't that ruin the taste of the mushrooms?

U.S. Janet B. wrote:

> On Mon, 25 May 2020 13:41:12 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>
> snip
> >
> > Well, it turned out whole catfish looked the best and like Sheldon
> > in another post, nice London Broil (3.49lb). The London Broil was
> > sliced up and marinaded in sugar cane vinegar, soy sauce,
> > worstershire and garlic powder then set in the dehydrator.
> >
> > Start steamer for green beans. Takes a bit as mine is a no-muss
> > no-fuss stovetop model.
> >
> > The Catfish will be a simple one. Place sliced portabella mushrooms
> > with butter in cavity.
> >
> > Mix 1 egg, 1/2c milk (or buttermilk), splash of beer. Set aside and
> > make a mix of 1 cup white flour, 1 cup corn flour and if you have
> > them, some breadcrumbs. Add seasonings of choice (Cuban Island
> > Spice blend here). Soak fish in liquid while large cast iron pan
> > heats with canola oil (corn oil acceptable). Coat fish with mix
> > and fry approxiately 6 minutes (3 per side).
> >
> > Let drain on paper towels while preparing white sauce with slices of
> > havarti to lace over steamed fresh green beans.
> >
> > Leftover 'dough' is made to hushpuppies by adding the liquids to the
> > base flour (mine needed a touch more cornmeal) which are then added
> > to the oil and fried.
> >
> > Call it 12 minutes if a well laid out kitchen.
>
> doesn't that ruin the taste of the mushrooms?

No. they taste fine.

On 5/24/2020 8:16 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Anyone making something special for it?
>
(snippage)

> Rest of you? Any traditions?
>
I hung the US flag out in honor of those who sacrificed their lives. I
don't look upon it as any kind of traditional food day, no.

Jill

On 5/25/2020 9:12 AM, Gary wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>> "Memorial Day" is not a set date and it varies.
>>> It's always the last Monday of May.
>>
>> But what are you memorising? The first McDonalds franchise?
>
> LOL. Well I always do but not the rest of the country.
> Best franchise ever invented. The classic Mc.Hamburgers.
>
> However, do you not really know about Memorial Day?
(snippage)
Please stop feeding the troll!

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> > Bruce wrote:
> >>
> >> Gary wrote:
> >>> "Memorial Day" is not a set date and it varies.
> >>> It's always the last Monday of May.
> >>
> >> But what are you memorising? The first McDonalds franchise?
> >
> > LOL. Well I always do but not the rest of the country.
> > Best franchise ever invented. The classic Mc.Hamburgers.
> >
> > However, do you not really know about Memorial Day?
> (snippage)
> Please stop feeding the troll!

Back off. Bruce is my friend. We talk, we disagree, we argue
too but I can read behind the lines. Bruce is a nice enough
fellow, mAybe a bit misguided right now but he'll mature.

Schenk, welcome back to ahr.

On Tue, 26 May 2020 13:46:15 -0700 (PDT), Thomas >
wrote:

>Schenk, welcome back to ahr.

That's cshenkie for you.