Subj : Keyboards was: Alive?
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Jan 09 2023 13:15:09
Hi Dave,
DD> (combined with 1st post reply)
Makes sense to combine them.
DD> announcement of the Italian-American War Veterans pancake and
DD> (Italian) sausage breakfast. Bit of a different flavour for breakfast.
RH> Sounds good. The Legion and Auxillary do a pancake breakfast once a
RH> month as a fundraiser & the VFW has a chuck wagon (burgers and hot
RH> dogs) they take to community events as their major fund raiser.
DD> Post 32 (where my brother was commander for a couple of years) has
DD> "The Mess Hall" which is open to the public. It's a pub serving both
DD> food and "adult" beverages. Profits are a big part of the Post's
Ours is a dry post and there's no "mess hall" operation. The kitchen is
used for meals on AL (American Legion), MCL (Marine Corps League, VFW
(Veterans of Foreign Wars) and ALA (American Legion Auxillary) meeting
nights. It's also rented out one or two days a week for commercial
bakers. The Hall is used by several groups during the week, including
several that used to meet at the local senior center. That building was
renovated and was about to reopen when Covid hit in 2020. They finally
reopened about a year ago, then about a month later got hit by lightning
and caught fire. Didn't destroy the whole building but as I understand
things, they're having problems with the insurance companies that has to
be settled before they can rebuild.
DD> budget. They host a chilli cook-off as well as a couple of chicken-fry
DD> fundraisers every
DD> year. They are well known in the north end of town for their fried
DD> buzzard.
Sounds like a worthy cause. The local fire department and one of the
local churches do fish fries about once a year as fund raisers; we've
supported the former more than the latter.
DD> 8<----- Jump to chilli ----->B
RH> Around here, people like beans in their chili. That should increase the
DD> People in this area like beans (except kidney beans) in their red
DD> chilli. Chile Verde (green) not so much.
RH> Seems like anything goes here from what I've seen. The beanless chilis
RH> don't seem to do as well, despite our years of trying to educate folks
RH> as to what true chili is.
DD> Texas chauvanists have spent years trying to convince people that
DD> beans don't belog in chilli. Chilli was developed by trail cooks
DD> adding chilies and other spices to beef that had "gone off" due to
DD> lack of refrigeration. They added beans to the mix to stretch the
DD> budget since beans are waaaay less expensive than beef.
I grew up with beans in my chili, have made it that way quite often
myself. Added corn when Steve and I got married, until he realised his
corn allergy. Now I'll make chili for us with tomatoes, meat, peppers
and onions; for church competitions and pot lucks, I'll do chili the way
I used to make it, making it on the mild side for chili wimps.
RH> Thanks, next Tuesday I get the new joint, after that heals, the
tendon RH> will be fixed. First one I have therapy right away, second
one I need RH> to keep the hand immobile for a month before I can start
therapy.
DD> Hang in there. Sometimes life sucks but it beats what's in second
DD> place.
As I say when people ask how I'm doing.....my usual reply is "living and
breathing, beats the alternative".
---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28
... It works! Now, if only I could remember what I did.
--- PPoint 3.01
* Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
