hamburgers
hotdogs
corn on the cob
potato salad
baked beans
watermelon
smores

Is anyone else planning a menu yet?

Tara

Tara wrote:
>
>hamburgers
>hotdogs
>corn on the cob
>potato salad
>baked beans
>watermelon
>smores

No brewskis?
Needs slaw too.

On May 26, 2:33*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> Tara wrote:
>
> >hamburgers & hotdogs
> >corn on the cob & potato salad
> >baked beans & watermelon & smores
>
> No brewskis? Needs slaw, too.
Like me, some like potato salad, others prefer slaw (also like me).
I am sharing the best mac salad I ever made with a girlfriend
tomorrow, along with grilled chicken strips, fresh seasoned local-
farmed tomato chunks, big fat fresh baked garlic bread sticks and
whatever sort of desert I feel like making come morning.
....Picky

"Tara" > wrote in message
...
> hamburgers
> hotdogs
> corn on the cob
> potato salad
> baked beans
> watermelon
> smores
>
> Is anyone else planning a menu yet?
>
> Tara

Sounds like you're having an all-American cook out! Sounds good. (Sheldon
is probably right about adding cole slaw to that outdoor menu... then again,
I don't like cole slaw so it's fine with me if you leave it out.)

I'm not planning anything. I'll hang the American Flag early on the morning
of May 31st and take it down again just before sunset. My father, Col. Max
McQuown, USMC(ret) would have wanted to honor those who died serving this
country. It's a show of respect.

Jill

On May 26, 3:34*pm, Tara > wrote:



> Is anyone else planning a menu yet?



Today I will be eating the soul of the unknown solider.

TJ

On Sat, 26 May 2012 15:34:17 -0400, Tara >
wrote:


>
>Is anyone else planning a menu yet?
>
>Tara

Sunday:
10 lb beef round slow cooked on the grill
Baked potatoes
Garden Salad
Corn
Baron de Baron Tempranillo Rioja (never tried it buy I have 3 bottles)
Our friends are bringing dessert.


Monday:
Pulled pork on the smoker
Rotisserie chickens on the grill.
Cucumber Salad
A yellow cake for a birthday guest

Both days:
Watermelon and iced tea a plenty. Adult beverages as needed.

Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On Sat, 26 May 2012 15:34:17 -0400, Tara >

>>Is anyone else planning a menu yet?

>Sunday:
>10 lb beef round slow cooked on the grill
>Baked potatoes
>Garden Salad
>Corn
>Baron de Baron Tempranillo Rioja (never tried it buy I have 3 bottles)
>Our friends are bringing dessert.

>Monday:
>Pulled pork on the smoker
>Rotisserie chickens on the grill.
>Cucumber Salad
>A yellow cake for a birthday guest

>Both days:
>Watermelon and iced tea a plenty. Adult beverages as needed.

Wow. Hella cool.

We bought a piece (nearly 3 lbs) of King Salmon that we are grilling
tonight, over cherry wood, and the leftovers will last through Tuesday.
Vegetable dishes are pre-defined by the neighbor's laying on us most
of her CSA box, but there is a asparagus-leek-potato soup in progress.

One of the leftover plans will be salmon boxty; another, pasta with
salmon and sour cream. And another, just romaine salad with salmon.

Unlike the most of the rest of the U.S., weather here is cool,
and alternately clear and foggy.


Steve

Tara wrote:
> hamburgers
> hotdogs
> corn on the cob
> potato salad
> baked beans
> watermelon
> smores
>
> Is anyone else planning a menu yet?
>
> Tara

Heh! The only thing I have thought of is rhubarb crisp.

--
Jean B.

"Tara" > wrote in message
...
> hamburgers
> hotdogs
> corn on the cob
> potato salad
> baked beans
> watermelon
> smores
>
> Is anyone else planning a menu yet?
>
> Tara


Smoked back ribs (2 racks)
Black eyes peas & ham hocks
Slaw
Sourdough rolls (home made)
Double Barrel Ale

Double Dark chocolate brownies (mit vanilla Ice cream)

Dimitri

jmcquown wrote:
>
<snip>

> Sounds like you're having an all-American cook out! Sounds good. (Sheldon
> is probably right about adding cole slaw to that outdoor menu... then again,
> I don't like cole slaw so it's fine with me if you leave it out.)

I'm having barbecue sandwiches today with carolina vinegar-based sauce and
yes....cole slaw on the bun too. And some salty Lay's Classic potato chips.


>
> I'm not planning anything. I'll hang the American Flag early on the morning
> of May 31st and take it down again just before sunset. My father, Col. Max
> McQuown, USMC(ret) would have wanted to honor those who died serving this
> country. It's a show of respect.

I always think of our military dead on Memorial Day, and not just the
official start of summer. They (and many were just young kids) fought and
died way too young to help maintain the freedom that we enjoy.

I was up for the draft in 1972. I had decided that if I got a draft notice,
I would run, not walk, to the nearest Marine recruiter. I figured that if I
was going to be forced to go to war (Vietnam War), I wanted to be trained by
the "best."

Jill, hang your flag out tomorrow (May 28), not May 31. Memorial Day is the
last Monday of May each year.

Also be proud of your father (as if you're not already). To achieve the rank
of colonel in the Marine Corps is no easy task. He was evidently a great
Marine and leader.

Gary

On May 27, 7:30*am, Gary > wrote:

> I was up for the draft in 1972. I had decided that if I got a draft notice,
> I would run, not walk, to the nearest Marine recruiter. *I figured that if I
> was going to be forced to go to war (Vietnam War), I wanted to be trained by
> the "best."
>
> Jill, hang your flag out tomorrow (May 28), not May 31. Memorial Day is the
> last Monday of May each year.



I was up for the draft in 65 and I have a really good story about
how I got out of it, but it's too long to print here. I'm proud of
the way I did it though. It had nothing to do with Vietnam directly,
it was just that as a kid I had had enough discipline forced on me
that as a young adult or older teenager I did not want some guy
telling me when to get up and how many pushups to do. I don't like
patriotic holidays. But due to your flag post I feel this little
story is short enough and appropriate enough for you at this time.
Thanks.



Super Patriot

Last night a guy hails my cab in front of a bar. *All he does the
whole way home is ramble on about how the United States is the
greatest country in the history of the world.

"We're living in the greatest country on earth", he says. "Look
at the rest of the world - scum, garbage, war and conflict - dog-eat-
dog - people looking over their shoulders every minute of the day, not
knowing what's coming next.”

I tried to butt in, but he’s not hearing a word.

He's going on forever. Finally we arrive at his place. *It's a
really big house.

** I tell him, “You've been waving the American flag all night, how
come I don't see one on your door?"

* *"What are you, blind?”, he says. He points to the roof of his
house, about three stories high, and says, "Right there, cabbie -
right up there!"

** Sure enough, he's got an American flag posted on the roof of his
house.

***"Not very visible way up there", I say. *"Why don’t you bring it
down and hang it over your door?"

"What are you, nuts?", he says. “You think I’m gonna hang it down
low where just anybody can come along and steal it?"

** Sleep tight, my friend...........

Tommy Joe

Tommy Joe wrote:
>
> On May 27, 7:30 am, Gary > wrote:
>
> > I was up for the draft in 1972. I had decided that if I got a draft notice,
> > I would run, not walk, to the nearest Marine recruiter. I figured that if I
> > was going to be forced to go to war (Vietnam War), I wanted to be trained by
> > the "best."

> I was up for the draft in 65 and I have a really good story about
> how I got out of it, but it's too long to print here. I'm proud of
> the way I did it though. It had nothing to do with Vietnam directly,
> it was just that as a kid I had had enough discipline forced on me
> that as a young adult or older teenager I did not want some guy
> telling me when to get up and how many pushups to do.

Drill sargeant in Marine Corp boot camp: When I get through with you losers,
even your turds will be doing pushups in the latrene!!! heheheheh

I'd like to hear your story TJ...when and if you get time to write it.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I'm not planning anything. I'll hang the American Flag early on the
>> morning
>> of May 31st and take it down again just before sunset. My father, Col.
>> Max
>> McQuown, USMC(ret) would have wanted to honor those who died serving this
>> country. It's a show of respect.
>
> I always think of our military dead on Memorial Day, and not just the
> official start of summer. They (and many were just young kids) fought and
> died way too young to help maintain the freedom that we enjoy.
>
Agreed!

> Jill, hang your flag out tomorrow (May 28), not May 31. Memorial Day is
> the
> last Monday of May each year.
>
Dammit! I meant Monday. My brother's birthday is the 31st.

> Also be proud of your father (as if you're not already). To achieve the
> rank
> of colonel in the Marine Corps is no easy task. He was evidently a great
> Marine and leader.
>
> Gary

Oh yes, I am very proud of my father. He was one of the fortunate ones. He
died at age 83 in 2008.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> "Gary" wrote...
> > Also be proud of your father (as if you're not already). To achieve the
> > rank
> > of colonel in the Marine Corps is no easy task. He was evidently a great
> > Marine and leader.
> >
> > Gary
>
> Oh yes, I am very proud of my father. He was one of the fortunate ones. He
> died at age 83 in 2008.
>
> Jill

My Dad is 83.5 right now and still doing pretty well.
He worked his whole life as a civilian employee in the Defense Dept.
He called me an idiot when I told him my plan to run out and join the
Marines.
"Are you out of your mind, son?" I suppose he just worried about my
welfare.

I disagreed.

Gary

I saw an appetizer on tv yesterday that looked really good and so simple
you forget (plus another opportunity to use my new peeler.)

Cucumber. Peel strips leaving stripes behind to create a striped edge on
the cucumber slices. Top each slice with your favorite spread-they
showed a salmon spread.

I was thinking more simple like a cream cheese spread maybe garden
vegetable or pineapple or chive etc.

If you make them ahead already spread you can then anchor on top a sprig
of whatever, or halved cherry tomatoe, etc. The more complicated it gets
the more likely you will need toothpicks :-)

Or just throw the cucumber slices in one of those chips and salsa
servers, with a bowl of the spread in the center.

My mom loves cucumbers and I have begun to like them too-like the lemon
I have never bought a cucumber before though :-)

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> "Gary" wrote...
>> > Also be proud of your father (as if you're not already). To achieve the
>> > rank
>> > of colonel in the Marine Corps is no easy task. He was evidently a
>> > great
>> > Marine and leader.
>> >
>> > Gary
>>
>> Oh yes, I am very proud of my father. He was one of the fortunate ones.
>> He
>> died at age 83 in 2008.
>>
>> Jill
>
> My Dad is 83.5 right now and still doing pretty well.

I'm very glad your dad is still with you. My dad's older sister is 90 and
she's doing just fine. (She was a WAC in WWII.) She lives in an assisted
living community. It's like in the movie 'Cocoon' where everyone has their
own cottage. She's been a painter for years; when last we spoke she was
thinking about teaching art classes for some of the other residents at the
rec center

> He worked his whole life as a civilian employee in the Defense Dept.
> He called me an idiot when I told him my plan to run out and join the
> Marines.
> "Are you out of your mind, son?" I suppose he just worried about my
> welfare.
>
> I disagreed.
>
Of course he was worried about you! U.S. Marines are definitely some of the
best trained troops. And, as a general rule, they're also the first ground
troops to be deployed. Reason enough right there for your dad to be
concerned!

My dad did two tours in Vietnam (and was shot twice, hence two purple
hearts). We were living in California when he was there. By 1972 we were
living about 25 miles from where I'm sitting now - Parris Island (Marine
Corps Recruit Depot). Dad retired there in 1973.

OB Memorial Day food: I have a couple of steaks in the freezer. No big
deal to run to the farm stand to pick up some baking potatoes or even sweet
potatoes to throw on the grill. Or maybe I'll grind some chuck and grill
burgers. On May 28th :P

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Of course he was worried about you! U.S. Marines are definitely some of the
> best trained troops. And, as a general rule, they're also the first ground
> troops to be deployed. Reason enough right there for your dad to be
> concerned!

That was what he said, "Are you out of your mind, son? The marines are the
first ones sent in to a combat area."

Those were the days.....sigh~

Gary

On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:14:09 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >>
>
> > Also be proud of your father (as if you're not already). To achieve the
> > rank
> > of colonel in the Marine Corps is no easy task. He was evidently a great
> > Marine and leader.
> >
> > Gary
>
> Oh yes, I am very proud of my father. He was one of the fortunate ones. He
> died at age 83 in 2008.
>

I was at a wedding yesterday (a Marine) and the pastor talked about an
Admiral (that was a graduate of the same high school the groom had
graduated from) who had met & advised FDR and was photographed with
FDR using his arm for support - lost his life during Guadalcanal when
he was onboard ship. I could only think about how ironic it was that
he survived as a grunt and officer until he reached the pinnacle of
his career (a time that non-military people like me think they're
fairly protected by desks and paperwork) and then he died in battle.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 5/27/2012 9:28 AM, Gary wrote:

> My Dad is 83.5 right now and still doing pretty well.
> He worked his whole life as a civilian employee in the Defense Dept.

My dad as well. He had to travel to places at war because he was a
nuclear physicist for the a Navy contractor.

> He called me an idiot when I told him my plan to run out and join the
> Marines.
> "Are you out of your mind, son?" I suppose he just worried about my
> welfare.
>
> I disagreed.

George Middius wrote:
>Tommy Joe wrote:
>
>> The other thing that makes me laugh is the haughty attitude the
>> marines have. They actually believe the hype that they're the
>> toughest of the military's branches, which of course is nothing but
>> speculation.
>
>Which warfighters are in the vanguard of EVERY military operation?
>Army? Navy? Air Force? Marines? You tell us.

Usually the Airforce and Navy are first to clear the way, then the
Army... the Marines mostly do clean up, not that that's any less of a
job... in modern warfare all branches work in concert. Obviously
George never served.

On Sun, 27 May 2012 18:57:58 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe
> wrote:

>On May 27, 9:16*pm, George M. Middius > wrote:
>
>
>
>> Which warfighters are in the vanguard of EVERY military operation?
>> Army? Navy? Air Force? Marines? You tell us.
>
>
>
> Vanguard? You mean the first wave? The first to die? But that
>doesn't mean they lose more men to death than the army. I know plenty
>of guys who were in the marines who are nothing special on a physical
>level. Big deal, boot camp is the same with the army - pushups and
>chinups and running - big deal, you don't have to join a killing
>machine to do that. And it means nothing anyway. The armor plated
>american military cannot take down the pajama wearers any more than
>they could the rice growers of Vietnam. I don't give a crap about any
>of the service branches. I will admit that the semper fi brotherhood
>of the marines is strong even after they get out of the service, but
>that's because most who joined had little to live for and to them the
>marines were their first family. That's all fine with me, I just
>don't like when these people join the service for their own selfish
>reasons - not greedy, just selfish, which is ok - but then come back
>claiming they did it for us. If you choose to think they did it for
>you, that's your choice. I choose to believe they did it for
>themselves, which is fine, but I just don't want them coming back
>claiming they did it for me. That's no better than a bum standing
>next to your car when you come back to it after running errands and he
>says, "Don't worry man, your car is ok, I kept my eyes on it while you
>were gone", with his hand extended to get paid for something he never
>did.
>
>I know a few marines and I get along with them as individuals, but
>when they get together it's semper fi time, just like when the hell's
>angels get together it's hells angels time - same thing.
>
>TJ

Same thing when every ethnic/racial group congregate, even in the
military, especially in the military. Blood is thicker than water,
always was, always will be.

On May 28, 1:29*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> Usually the Airforce and Navy are first to clear the way, then the
> Army... the Marines mostly do clean up, not that that's any less of a
> job... in modern warfare all branches work in concert. *Obviously
> George never served.


I served by staying at home and out of the way so our courageous
soldiers could do their duty without having to worry about me or help
me along at the expense of their own safety. I beat the draft just
for them. But do they remember my sacrifice? No, they do not. It's
semper fi this and semper fi that, but never a word about the great
sacrifice made by those who stayed at home where the real dangers are.

Come on Gy-rene, take a walk on the wild side
TJ

On May 28, 1:36*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> Same thing when every ethnic/racial group congregate, even in the
> military, especially in the military. *Blood is thicker than water,
> always was, always will be.


It falls apart under the right conditions though, and on top
of that I have never liked that statement - "blood is thicker than
water". It sounds cool, even true, because blood IS thicker than
water - but those who cling together and call themselves brothers in
blood are not immune to betrayal or disloyalty or desertion or
anything else simply because they call themselves something.

Like marines for instance. Oh yeah it's one big party when
they meet on the street: "You're a marine too? Alright brother,
semper fi", and everything is cool. But what if the entire population
of the world was made up of marines, does that mean the entire world
would suddenly be united in brotherhood? No way. Same with the
unions. Work a union job and get good pay. But if everyone in the
world belonged to the union it couldn't work. It's like everyone
being a millionaire, it wouldn't mean anything. So what if most
people ascribe to the blood is thicker than water thing, that doesn't
mean it's true, and it also doesn't mean the blood is true.

Anyway, doesn't matter, I just know I don't like any of those
military assholes thinking I owe them something beyond what they
joined to get - a job, a way out of wherever they were in life, maybe
a way out of doing jail time, or a chance to get away from home and
find ones self. I don't want to hear the patriotic bullshit from
those people and their supporters, many of whose support I believe is
just a sham. Most of those volunteer assholes are going to come back
and get jobs as cops or security guards. When they go for the cop job
they are asked, "Do you really think you can handle being a cop?", and
they respond, "Hell yeah, working as a prison guard in Iraq, I saw it
all." If they are deemed mentally ill enough they are then admitted
into the police force. But first they have to prove they are
genuinely psychotic.

TJ

TJ