Re: [lace-chat] Re: Thanksgiving
In a message dated 28/11/2003 02:50:26 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Thursday, Nov 27, 2003, at 19:32 US/Eastern, Janice Blair wrote: > > >Polish buffet. Some strange things on the menu such as blintze and > >potato latke's (Tamara will correct my spelling), > > Sorry, can't oblige; those are not the terms we use in Poland :) I've > finally figured out what "latkes" are (placki kartoflane), but to this > day I wouldn't know a blinz if it bit me on the nose Some of Polish > and Jewish cuisine overlaps and, when it does, usually the Yiddish term > is used as being easier to remember in an English-speaking country. > > Potatoe latkes or latkas are an easten european jewish dish with usually grated potatoe, bound with egg and potatoe flour then deep fried. Liz Regards Liz Beecher I'm http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging now - see what it's all about To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Thanksgiving
On Thursday, Nov 27, 2003, at 19:32 US/Eastern, Janice Blair wrote: Polish buffet. Some strange things on the menu such as blintze and potato latke's (Tamara will correct my spelling), Sorry, can't oblige; those are not the terms we use in Poland :) I've finally figured out what "latkes" are (placki kartoflane), but to this day I wouldn't know a blinz if it bit me on the nose Some of Polish and Jewish cuisine overlaps and, when it does, usually the Yiddish term is used as being easier to remember in an English-speaking country. but there was one thing on the salad bar that looked pretty revolting. It was two inch squares of some kind of meat in jelly. If the meat was chopped, then it was probably either pig's or veal/beef knuckles. If it was sliced, then it was probably beef tongue. I love both, though haven't had the tongue in ages -- it's not a staple in Lexington stores (either smoked or fresh) and, when it does show up, it's much too fatty (the cows are fed differently) besides being expensive. Or, it might have been fish (carp) -- de-boned, thin steaks are sometimes prepared that way, though, usually, for Christmas. Don't like those, because the jelly is sweet-ish. We had the usual turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes and green bean casserole Be thankful, then :) None of these (nor the pumpkin pie) are traditional Polish dishes. Poland didn't start eating turkey until about 10 yrs ago or less, and we still don't even have a *name* for either "sweet potato", or "casserole" :) As for pumpkin, we pickle it, or use it in stews; vegetables are never, but never, used for sweets (no carrot cakes either). And, of course, we do not celebrate Thanksgiving, or not as it's understood here. There's a Thanksgiving (a religious holiday) but I don't even know when that happens -- it wasn't one for which everything closed (the way it did for Christmas and Easter/Easter Monday). And there's a Harvest Festival but the timing of it varies from locality to locality (though always in September) and there are no particular dishes associated with it, except for freshly baked bread (originally made from the flour ground from the "gleanings"). So, for me, Thanksgiving has always been a holiday I could do without, though I did enjoy it when Severn's mother was still alive and at home (rather than in a "home"), and we'd go to Norfolk and spend a couple of days with his sister (including the Friday shopping ). We sometimes have it here, if one of the kids comes to spend it with us -- we had it 2yrs ago, when Severn's daughter was living in Maryland and brought her family for it. Otherwise, it's a day like any other, except the bank, the PO and most of the stores are closed. And, for me it's also a day of mourning; 14 yrs ago, at 6AM on the after-Thanksgiving Friday, I got a phone call telling me that my Mother had died. We had my middle stepson and his brand new bride spending the Thanksgiving with us (they were to spend Christmas with her parents) but, since I was poor company, they went home earlier than planned. And called us on arrival to say that her father and mother, coming home from the Thanksgiving dinner with her brother's family, had a car accident -- father dead, mother in critical condition. She was still in critical condition when I left for Poland on Sunday. I've never liked Thanksgiving after that. - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it. It is one occasion I do not cook for these days as there is only DH and I at home. Usually we eat something mundane such as cheese sandwiches but this year we went out for dinner to a restaurant for a Polish buffet. Some strange things on the menu such as blintze and potato latke's (Tamara will correct my spelling), but there was one thing on the salad bar that looked pretty revolting. It was two inch squares of some kind of meat in jelly. We had the usual turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes and green bean casserole but I was disappointed that the pumkin pie had been made in a large container and cut into one inch squares with a blob of cream on top. I look forward to getting at least a slice of it once a year. DH dislikes the flavor of pumkin so I never make it just for myself. Here we are, back home, no cleaning up to do but no leftovers to munch on later. I can hear the football on the telly so I am up here on the compute r. My cooking for the family is done at Christmas, when we can enjoy leftovers on Boxing Day. I watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade which to me means the beginning of the holiday season and I did manage to do some lace this afternoon after I stained the wood around 4 new windows we had replaced this week. I think I am getting a little lightheaded from the fumes, certainly not from hunger. Janice Blair At 6112 Wyndwood Drive which is actually the second house on the street and half way down they jump down to the 3000's! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Morality Tales : )
Here's another one I've cribbed from Jeremy Paxman's "Newsnight" email, Linda Walton, (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.):- Finally the dad of one of our producers, Richard Colbourn, sent the following. The teacher gave her fifth-year class an assignment: They were to get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it. (The teacher was obviously not a grammarian.) The next day the kids came back and one by one began to tell their stories. Ashley said, "My father's a farmer and we have a lot of egg-laying hens. One time we were taking our eggs to market in a basket on the front seat of the car when we hit a big bump in the road and all the eggs went flying and broke and made a mess." "What's the moral of the story?" asked the teacher. "Don't put all your eggs in one basket!" said the proud child. "Very good," said the teacher. Next little Sarah raised her hand and said, "Our family are farmers too. But we raise chickens for the meat market. We had a dozen eggs one time, but when they hatched we only got ten live chicks, and the moral to this story is, don't count your chickens before they're hatched." "Thank you, that was a fine story, Sarah," said the teacher. "Michael, do you have a story to share?" "Yes, my Daddy told me this story about my Aunt Karen. Aunt Karen was a flight engineer in the Gulf War and her plane got hit. She had to bail out over enemy territory and all she had was a bottle of whisky, a machine-gun and a machete. She drank the whisky on the way down so it wouldn't break and then she landed right in the middle of 100 enemy troops. She killed 70 of them with the machine gun until she ran out of bullets. Then she killed 20 more with the machete until the blade broke and then she killed the last 10 with her bare hands." "Good heavens," said the horrified teacher. "What kind of moral did your Daddy draw from that horrible story?" "Stay the hell away from Aunt Karen when she's been drinking." To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Dog exposed as a bin bag criminal
Just read the following, I wonder if the dog will ever be found A grandmother has had her fine for dumping rubbish bags illegally quashed after the real culprit was found to be a dog. Barbara Jones, from Nantytffyllon, south Wales, was fined 25 pounds by Bridgend County Council after her bin bags were found in another street. But the fine was withdrawn when her husband photographed the dog taking the bags from outside their home. A council spokesman said it had not been possible to locate the dog. Jean To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Thanksgiving plans?
At 09:02 AM 11/27/03 -0500, Clay Blackwell wrote: > I certainly don't want to eat Bambi. Seeing as Bambi lived to be a tough old stag, neither do I! Our family is hoping my nephew bags a doe on Black Friday. I have really daft plans -- today we are eating with my husband's brother, tomorrow we are going to my sister's house, where aforementioned nephew will meet a friend to go deer hunting, and those of who don't care for TV football are -- going shopping! Shopping malls are fearfully crowded on the day after Thanksgiving. Though the origin of the term "Black Friday" is unknown, it's a plausible explanation that this is a day when stores can count on writing their accounts with black ink. But with a little luck, I might be able to use my sister's grandson and granddaughter to select gifts for DH's brother's grandson and granddaughter. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where the forecast is "rain likely, followed by a chance of rain." To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Did You Know?
DID YOU KNOW...? Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. I keep my toothbrush in the living room now. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. The wingspan of the B-36, a retired USAF bomber, was twice as long. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first 'Marlboro Man'. Barbie's full first name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. Marilyn Monroe had six toes. (I always knew 'something' was sexy about her!) All U.S. presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like to be seen wearing them in public. Walt Disney was afraid of mice. Pearls melt in vinegar. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. AND THE BEST FOR LAST... Turtles can breathe through their butts. !! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Reindeer and Horses
Hello all, Thank you, Tamara, for the horse site and Dominique was kind enough to send the reindeer site. Here it is and please consider it a greeting from me to all of you. http://web.icq.com/shockwave/0,,4845,00.swf Heather Abbotsford, BC Almost done the Philosophy and the English Lit courses. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Thanksgiving plans?
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am looking forward to a day in the kitchen!! Except for lacemaking, I probably enjoy cooking the most - but only when there are people to enjoy it!! So this feast day is one of my favorites! DD and her boys (and her DH) arrived last evening, and my tidy house was quickly reduced to chaos by the two boys!! SIL has gone hunting this morning, and if he bags a deer I hope he gives it to the "Hunters for the Hungry" program... I certainly don't want to eat Bambi. He'll be home in time to watch football on TV with my DH and DS, while DD and I share our chores in the kitchen. We'll have roast Turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, "smashed" potatoes, gravy, rolls, and the green-bean casserole that has graced our holiday tables since I was a child. My children don't think we've had Thanksgiving dinner unless it's there. We'll have pumpkin pie for dessert. Do you see a carb fest here? Thank goodness it's only once a year!! I think I enjoy the smells of the feast cooking as much as I do the eating. As I read over the menu, I realized how "ordinary" it sounds, but as we only do it once a year, it really is a special treat. Our eating habits have changed considerably since the days in the '70's when this menu got etched on our brains as "the" Thanksgiving dinner! So I hope you all enjoy your day in the way that makes you happiest, and hope everyone stays safe and healthy!! Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA, USA - Original Message - From: "M. L. Mouzon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 7:32 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Thanksgiving plans? > I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving Day tomorrow! I realize everyone > doesn't celebrate it like we do...and some have similar holidays at other > times...but I was wondering what those who do are planning to do for the day. > Is there a favorite recipe you will make? Maybe something you've done for > years or your family did before you? Will you be with family or friends? Will > lace play a part? Is there something that sticks out in your mind that you are > very thankful for? > We will be with family...about 34 of us in fact. There are several new > additions...2 boys and a girl! We are thankful that our nephew is safe even > though we will miss him as he flying supplies into Iraq daily. There will be > lots of food, but there will also be a special time when we go around the > whole group and share three things we are thankful for this past year. I am > working on a letter M in honiton for my daughter's wedding veil, but I don't > think I will get a chance to get much done on it tomorrow. I'd best get busy > though as the wedding is in three weeks! > Debbie > In Florida...where the sun has been shining very nicely today! > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Thanksgiving
I hope everyone who celebrates Thanksgiving had a good one. And here's a poem for the evening of that day: Twas the night of Thanksgiving, But I just couldn't sleep. I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep; The leftovers beckoned --- The dark meat and white, But I fought the temptation with all of my might. Tossing and turning with anticipation, The thought of a snack became infatuation. So I raced to the kitchen, flung open the door, And gazed at the fridge full of goodies galore. I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes, Pickles and carrots, beans and tomatoes. I felt myself swelling so plump and so round, Till all of a sudden, I rose off the ground! I crashed through the ceiling, floating into the sky, With a mouthful of pudding and a handful of pie, But I managed to yell as I soared past the trees - HAPPY EATING TO ALL !! PASS THE CRANBERRIES PLEASE ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] in North Herts, UK To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] RE: House numbers/lack of
Jean wrote: ***There were three postmen on the round who rotated nightshift sorting the post, deliveries, time off. Because they knew the names of everyone on their rounds, they even once delivered a letter to me addressed to "Jean Nathan, The Cottage, Taunton". This must be a village thing. One of the " baby cards" when I was born was sent to "The New Baby, The Caravan, West Drayton, Retford, Notts". When my parents were married there were no available cottages in the village my father worked in as a farm labourer so they had a static caravan. Karen, in Coventry Where there is a heavy frost this morning To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Jean in Poole
Joan from Yorkshire wrote: Unfortunately there seem to be two men going about the Poole/Bournemouth area forcing their way into the homes of (mainly single) elderly people and stealing, particularly, money. There have been eight or ten instances in the past two months that have been reported to the police. They may have been more unreported. A lot of pensioners take a payment book to the post office and draw their state pension in cash. In this area the money's delivered to the post office for collection by the majority of pensioners on a Thursday. There's quite a queue waiting outside for the post office to open on Thursday mornings. So any morons who want an easy target for a few pounds would hit pensioners in their homes here on a Thursday afternoon. It isn't a large amount, and for some it's all they have to live on. There's a big campaign to get pensioners to have their state pension paid straight into a bank account. Eventually all pensioners will have to have this. But as banks won't give a bank account to someone with a low income, they'll be special accounts available at the post office, and most will continue to go and take the cash out on the day they're used to. When I started to get mine, I was supposed to be given a choice of cash at the post office weekly or into my bank account four-weekly, but I wasn't. I'm quite happy with four-weekly into the bank though - with my other pensions it means I get four pay-days at different times each month. There are many Jean's in Poole, most of us aged 60 to 80, named when it was particularly popular. Possibly more than an average town because there's a high proportion of pensioners who've retired to any coastal town. This particular 80-year-old Jean lives a mile or so away from me, and she's the type who would fight back. She's fit for her age, intelligent and articulate, but quite tiny. She took real a chance fighting back with her husband's father's ceremonial sword. Apart from the liklihood of them inflicting serious injury or death on her because she fought, as she said, if she'd actually injured one of the men, she'd have been in court for assault or worse instead of the would-be burglar. Although she suffers from angina, fortunately she only sustained some bad bruising and the men ran off without getting anything. It's a pity that it takes publicity of this sort for an intense effort to be made to catch these cowards. Jean in Poole (but not this brave one) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: House numbers
Jean wrote: At 21:38 26/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: I don't know if it's the same all over Poole, but the area I live in has no houses numbered 13 in any of the roads. Its not common but in a village near me (Melbourn) there is a No 13, it's a old cottage so also has a name The Hemlocks. I was told it was the site of a murder but I think that's just icing the cake. Louise in frosty Cambridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
