cshenk wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>>
>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>> ... >>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> This is a food newsgroup. No? At least I thought it was. I
>>>>>> came >> here >>>> to discuss food. Not my health.
>>>
>>> It's true you don't post about health, but you post obsessively
>>> about your ill health.
>>>
>>> Whether or not I think I am healthy is my
>>>>>> business. Whether or not I have a plan for my health is my
>>>>>> business.
>>>
>>> Have you ever considered keeping your private business out of
>>> usenet posts to a food group?
>>
>> I guess I don't really know what private business is, aside from my
>> income. People mention their diabetes all the time here. I also see
>> mention of food allergies. And food dislikes. Why should I be any
>> different?
>
> No reason. Just some get antsy over that sort of thing. Unlike PVC
> who couldn't go more than 4 words without adding '****ing' or '****'
> at another, you tend to be a breath of fresh air.
>
> I may not like having to work around all the allergies and such that
> your family has, but i see no reason to disbelieve they exist. They
> are totally consistant in posting and with that long of a list, they
> have to be real.
>
> Meantime, cooking up the basics for the party tomorrow here. We are
> doing the 'big summer bash' on the 3rd. Too many others things got in
> the way for earlier date we normally hit.
>
> Summer bash is when (with proper filing via the city) we cone off my
> street and everyone for blocks around walks over to have a big party.
> People are trotting picnic tables over to my backyard (4 so far, due
> to be 8 total plus ours inside the screened porch) and extra grills (3
> including mine so far, due to be 9 though some are small webers). A
> large pork hunk is defrosting to be marinaded then started on the
> smoker about 8am tomorrow.
>
> Adult party area (alcohol BYOB) is next door and we put a gate up
> again on that side to make transit easy between yards. Yeah, ID
> check unless obviously 40 and up for that yard but we know each other
> pretty much.
>
> Lots of kid stuff, volleyball, badmitton, basketball hoops.
>
> Most food will be potluck so everyone is bringing stuff.
>
> Oh, reason for clearing chest freezer was need room for 20 large bags
> of ice.
>
> Breadmakers (I have 2) whirling with 6 completed loaves now making a
> dough set for buns as we typo to one another (second batch of dough).
> Each batch of dough makes 10 buns so I will need 10 dual runs to have
> our estimated 200 needed. Ghiselle is baking the breadrolls along
> with another so all I have to do is call her as a batch is ready to
> pickup.
>
> My neighborhood has been doing this since long before i moved here.
> This house was the center of it with the first owner and i carried it
> on. It faltered when I was in Japan but it's back in full swing now.

We just filled our new chest freezer. Lots of boneless, skinless chicken
breasts for daughter. Some frozen veggies I haven't tried and a lot of
gluten free stuff. Really most of what I got is for my daughter. She'll be
needing lunches this summer. She didn't really eat lunch at school because
they made her take lunch at 10 a.m. this past year. She just wasn't hungry
then. So she just brought either a pack of apple slices, a hummus cup and
carrots or one of her coconut bars.

Tomorrow we're doing a wee bit of shopping. Really don't need very much but
do need to fill the van with gas since we've been out somewhere every day
this week. Mostly just cottage cheese, cheddar and the gas at Costco and a
couple of things at Target that I have coupons for. Pizza for dinner
because I have a jar of sauce that is soon to expire. We are rather sick of
pizza though so I doubt we will have much of it during the summer.

For the 4th we are having tons of raw veggies and olives. Also baked beans,
hot dogs and hamburger or turkey patties. No buns. And I usually make
popcorn in a pan to eat while we watch the fireworks. Supposed to be nice
this year. No rain and not cold. Not really warm either. But some years
we had to wear gloves and winter coats because it was that cold! Today it
reached 75 but that felt hot because we've had such cold weather!