"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> Boron wrote:
>
> > Tomorrow we will be having:
> >
> > Ribs
> > Fresh fruit salad
> > Home made Mac and Cheese
> > Garlic bread
> > Cole slaw
> > Crudite platter with a Ranch Dressing Dip
> >
> > Dessert is chocolate chip cookies and 3 kinds of home made ice cream
> >
> > Deep, dark chocolate with almonds (made with a mix of bittersweet
> > chocolates from Trader Joe's and Cote d'Or Brut (86% cacao).
> >
> > Vanilla, with Penzey's Vanilla beans
> >
> > Brown sugar Ice Cream with Poppycock "Just the Nuts" added in...sort
> > of a Praline taste to it
>
> Sounds very good, and I hope you have a wonderful holiday! I'm serving
> pretty much what I posted earlier:
>
> Assorted olives
>
> Peel-and-eat shrimp with
> cocktail sauce
> calypso sauce
> sour-cream-and-dill sauce
> mango-habañero-curry sauce
>
> Buffalo-burgers stuffed with blue cheese
>
> Margarita (lime-orange-tequila) chicken
>
> Grilled Louisiana hot links
>
> "Potato Goop" (herb-garlic) kebabs with:
> catsup
> sun-dried tomato mayo
> red-wine vinegar
> sour-cream-and-dill sauce
>
> Caprese (tomato-mozzarella-basil) Salad
>
> Jude's cold Avocado-Edamame Soup (Thanks, Jude!)
>
> Pasta Salad with:
> Italian green beans
> half-dried halved grape tomatoes
> pine nuts
> balsamic vinaigrette
>
> Fruit Platter with
> bananas
> fresh pineapple chunks
> fresh mango slices
> fresh carambola (starfruit) slices
> halved strawberries
>
> LadyJane's Pavlova (Thanks, LadyJane!) with:
> Grand Marnier whipped cream
> the fruit listed above
>
> Memorial Day is set aside to remember and honor those who have died while
> serving in the U.S. armed forces. I consider myself fortunate that I
spent
> fourteen years in the Navy through the 1980's and 1990's, including three
> tours to the Persian Gulf (which became known as the "Arabian Gulf" for
> political reasons during my service), and NONE of my shipmates died. So I
> honor those who have died in service to my country, but the holiday isn't
as
> personal for me as it could be -- and I'm glad for that.
>
> (But even though I'm no longer on active duty, I'm still in a military
> environment: After I finish feeding my fourteen guests, I'll be waddling
off
> to work a twelve-hour shift as contractor support of ongoing combat
> operations.)
>
> Bob
>
>

Wow! If I'm really feeling up to it, I may make packet of Ramen noodles.
Seriously.

kili