Text 11780, 63 rader
Skriven 2014-04-04 16:11:13 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 11693 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: Re: Picnic, 2014
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 02 Apr 14  07:57:04 <=-

 DD>> picnic in '99 at Flo Thompson's. And on the way home Georgia said to me
 DD>> "We could put one of these on. Couldn't you Big Brother?" And the rest,
 DD>> as they say, is hist'ry.  Bv)=
 NB>> Yeah... funny how that works... ;)  Was that her first picnic...?

 DD> It was. She learned how to clean squid - from Jim Bodle, who seemed to
 DD> be amazed that she wasn't grossed out by it. He probably didn't realise
 DD> that, living on the Illinois river she had been cleaning fish most of
 DD> her adult life, as well as helping to butcher venison, geese and other
 DD> game that her kids and their spouses brought in.

Just learning another variation on the same theme... :)

 DD> These days about the only travel Georgia does is trips to the spinal
 DD> specialist(s) in Chicago.

Sigh... with any relief, I hope...?

 NB>> All the things I've missed, not being a part of the group until
 NB>> later.... ;)

 DD> I'd been reading about the various picnics since I joined the echo and
 DD> finally in 1998 I decided to toss my chilli rig in the back of my
 DD> little Mazda pick-em-up and set out for Hayneville, Alabama and the
 DD> home of (then) moderator Pat Stockett who was hosting a picnic that
 DD> year. I showed up, unannounced, knocked on her back door and introduced
 DD> myself. It was like old home week. Even if Michael was the only member
 DD> of the northeast echo participants who made it to that picnic.

That does seem to be the standard reception...  :)  This (and the now
defunct GENEALOGY) echo seems to be more a family, even without the
actual picnic meetings... so the picnics are a reasonable extension of
that dynamic...   :)

 DD>>> If that was not happening I'd likely be making a big pot of my chilli
 DD>>> at the picnic.
 NB>>> Ah... another good idea..  (G)   I think you'd been threatening that
 NB>>> one if you'd made it to a previous picnic or two..  ;)
 DD>> We'll see how it plays out. I might do both.   Bv)=
 NB>> Yum.  :)   I noted that married Ruth was considering bringing a chilli
 NB>> to compare to yours..  ;)   That could be fun... :)

 DD> I don't really want to make it a chilli cook-off. But, we'll see.

Comparison rather than cook-off, per se, was what I had gathered from
what she was saying... we can keep it friendly... ;)

 DD> Something else I am considering - I've made this here and it was quite
 DD> tasty. 
 DD> Title: Herb Roasted Chicken Thighs w/Potatoes

Does look pretty tasty..  :)

I still don't really have any clue what I might do this year... most of
my cooking is pretty mundane... :)

ttyl          neb

... Appetisers are those little bits you eat until you lose your appetite.
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