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Skriven 2011-03-14 18:11:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: Re: Marty Grass
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 03-13-11  09:08 <=-

 NB>>  DD> night" for drunks is  still New Year's Eve when many otherwise
 NB>>  DD> normal people seem to think  that it is their "bounden duty" to
 NB>>  DD> go out and get knee-walking, toilet hugging _DRUNK_ . To finish
 NB>>  DD> up the night so fried they couldn't hit the  floor if they
 NB>>  DD> jumped for it.
 NB>> Around here, St. Patty's Day is about as bad... maybe you have less
 NB>> Irish and Irish-for-the-day in your vicinity...?

 DD> We have a parade and McD's features Shamrock Shakes. And lots of
 DD> people wear green and have a glass or three of green-dyed beer. But,
 DD> it's not a big party occasion ... even at the Dublin Pub or D'Arcy's
 DD> Pint. 

Our parade was this past Saturday... I missed it.  But on the night of,
there will be many parties... at least one of which apparently my son
and nephew are planning to go to this year... 

 DD> I, of course, always make sure to wear my orange shirt on March 17th.

Just out of contrariness..?  ;)  I try to wear both green and orange..
to show both parts of my heritage...  :)
 
 NB>> And of course there are other ways to celebrate that don't need the
 NB>> drink...  I'll be cooking up my once-a-year corned beef dinner... :)

 DD> I often have corned beef, boiled tatties and carrots at the local
 DD> truck  stop restaurant where it is a regular Wednesday feature.
 DD> Probably not  this coming Wednesday as they jack their prices at least
 DD> a dollar for  the holiday ... for the exact same dinner as is less
 DD> money the rest of  the year.

Their way of celebrating the "green"...?  (G)  We like corned beef ok,
but I don't do all that well with the nitrites that make it what it is,
so we limit it to the once a year pretty much (although I might have the
occasional reuben sandwich in between).  My family brags on mine... my
son invited his cousin to dinner Thursday before they go out on the
town... but I suspect that if it were a more common thing, it would be
less appreciated...  ;)  I just slow cook (simmered on the stove) a
Wegmans corned beef round, and add cabbage, carrots and potatoes near
the end...

ttyl       neb

... Fight fire with fire and you'll become burned out!

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