The GUILD - 7-2-02 - Countdown to Fourth of July Festivities

July 2, 2002

[mountaineer]

Avoid the rush, and get all your holiday cookout necessities today! Are you ready for some grillin'?

Grill ... check!

Something to grill ... check!

Whew, it's hot out here! Something cold to drink ... check!

[mountaineer]

And now for the all-important safety message:
*Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold. At temperatures of 50 to 125 F, most bacteria can grow and some produce poisons that may cause illness.
* In preparing chicken, egg, or meat salad, refrigerate it as soon as possible. Try to prepare it as close to picnic time as you can. Then, keep these foods cold right up until the time you serve them.
* For foods that are to be served cold, such as meat or poultry salads, make sure you prepare them with cold ingredients. For example, the cooked chicken for chicken salad should be allowed to cool before it's added to the salad.
* Thermos bottles can keep stews or drinks at the right temperature for hours. If foods are poured boiling hot into sterilized bottles, there shouldn't be any problem. Coolers, insulated containers and styrofoam chests are perfect for keeping food cold when teamed with ice cubes, dry ice or reusable gel cold packs. Small, airtight containers and aluminum foil will keep foods fresh inside the larger containers.
* For packing the food to take outdoors, put foods in the cooler in the order opposite to using them. This means that the food you'll need last will be packed first, at the bottom. Take out the food only as you need it. Repack the container carefully and keep it in a shady spot to keep the chest cool.
* Try to have plenty of ice on hand and in the cooler to keep your food cold and safe all day.
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Recipes and picnic suggestions are welcomed today. Allrighty, then, let's celebrate our nation's birthday!

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[mountaineer]

Good morning and happy July 2 to all.

[The Energizer]

From today's Washington Times:

Laura and lipstick

"One of the first personal details most Americans learned about Laura Bush was that she wore Cover Girl makeup. Surely, with all that old Bush money, she could afford to buy up the entire contents of the Neiman Marcus cosmetics department. But in a show of solidarity with less fiscally robust voters, she proved that she knew a good deal, by golly, when she saw one.

"But not everyone is as secure as Mrs. Bush. 'Most celebrities don't like to see cheap makeup in a pro's kit,' admits New York makeup artist Gucci Westman. 'People think the more money they spend, the more beautiful they'll be.' Indeed, before a recent public appearance, one famously high-maintenance actress balked at the sight of the classic pink-and-green tube of mascara in her makeup artist's hand. 'She asked if I had a more expensive mascara, so I used Shu Uemura,' says the pro, who requested anonymity. 'But I still think Great Lash is the best.'

"While it's true that a high price tag may reflect rare and costly ingredients, a low price tag doesn't imply the product was made by convicts with materials found in a Dumpster. While the First Lady will pay dearly for a camera-ready haircut and a hand-beaded inaugural gown, she still knows how to balance the budget."

—Christine Shea in "Dollars and Sense" in the June issue of Allure

[Carolina]

Good morning!

[NYpeanut]

Thank you for the tips! We don't need no stinking Martha!

But no one has mentioned deviled eggs yet...

[Carolina]

But no one has mentioned deviled eggs yet...

I love the little umbrella.

[Teacup]

Good morning all. I'll be gone for most of the day. I have to drive into Alexandria to get some medical records for my insurance, ERRR!
Please pray I get there and back safely. It's always a challage driving into DC and that area.I'm also taking 3 kids with me, with the "He's touching me!" "It's my turn to sit in the front." I know I will need Botox injection soon.
Love ya all ;^)

[mountaineer]

Deviled egg recipes, of course, always are welcome. This being the Guild, current events and commentary also are on the menu today.

George Michael smears U.S. and Tony Blair in perverted new music video, here.

Celebrities talk about their awful summer vacations, here.

The "gay mafia" done me in, Michael Ovitz says here. Also at that source, Robin Williams proves he's just not funny - Robin Williams had his own solution to last week's federal appeals court ruling that it is unconstitutional to make children recite that we are "one nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. In this week's New Yorker, Williams suggests: "Why don't they change it to 'one nation under Canada? Or 'over Mexico?' That way, everybody's happy"…

Hyperbole alert: NOTABLE New Yorkers are fired up over Mayor Bloomberg's tax hike on cigarettes that has ushered in the era of $7-a-pack smokes. Food Network star and "Kitchen Confidential" author Anthony Bourdain described the "sin tax" as "shameful. It's the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. ... Page Six

[Iowa Granny]

Good Morning everyone! My oldest son is suffering from food poisoning as we speak. A fast food joint appears to be the culprit. The Doctor put him on a wide spectrum antibiotic, so we're hoping for a turn around.

Today I am painting a 4 ft tall alluminum Elephant which I use as a lawn ornament GOLD. It will be used as the center piece for a parade float for a local political candidate.

[Carolina]

Good morning, T'cup! Stay safe.

Speaking of Botox :

Go-getter grandma uplifted by makeover

At 82, Phyllis Porter of Lynnfield is one smokin' babe. And she should be. Porter had a face lift, breast implants, Botox injections, lip resculpting and a chemical peel - 7 1/2 hours and about $25,000 worth of surgery - to find the fountain of youth.

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Porter said recuperating from the surgery took a while but she knew that it would. She had had a facelift once before at age 56.

This time, in addition to the facelift, Sevinor did breast implants because Phyllis told him she was tired of looking at ``those two flat pancakes.'' She also had a chemical peel to erase wrinkles, collagen injections in her lips, Botox between her eyebrows and he repositioned facial fat to give her cheekbones.

Goooo, Phyllis!

[Carolina]

I'm sorry, IG! I hope it's not E. coli. Hope he feels better soon.

[Teacup]

Is that really her? Wow! Amazing what a ton of money can do for your face, LOL,LOL. I see she had her breast worked on too. What's the use of spending all kinds of money on your face when you sagg everywhere else? HA! Gee, if that is really her, she looks great!

[Teacup]

Yikes, IG I pray he gets better soon. Sorry to hear about your son. Prayers on the way.

[Carolina]

What's the use of spending all kinds of money on your face when you sagg everywhere else?

LOLOLOLOLOL!!! So true!

She's so funny calling "those two flat pancakes."

Okay, instead of a retirement fund, we need to start our own personal Botox accounts.

[lodwick]

Good morning and thank you for the grilling thread - super.

[mountaineer]

If the clostridium perfringens or campylobacter won't make you sick, this might. Swishy gossip columnist Michael Musto talks about the recent bash at the Mohegan Sun casino:

When I arrived, Bill Clinton was being honored in a side room for having helped the Mohegan tribe become formally recognized, and even he was being treated more as a celeb than a dignitary.

"He's like a modern-day rock star," gushed the presenter. "So many people want to get near him and touch him!"

(Clinton lowered his head a little embarrassedly at that one.) Mildly aroused, we traipsed on to the performing arena .... (to see Cyndi Lauper, Cher, etc.)

More on Sen. Fred Thompson's wedding, WashPost.

[Aggie Mama]

Wow, good luck with the grandkids and driving. Prayers for you for a safe trip. =)

[Carolina]

I'll take mine medium rare, please.

[lodwick]

Good morning Gran.
Prayers up with the food poisoning business.
I am shocked that he would choose that over
all the great choices that the Great State
of Iowa has to offer.

The only bad food I've ever had in Iowa, was fast food.

[lodwick]

Wow - what a make over. Thanks.