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]

Cruise ... said raising children in the U.S. is a risky business

And Nicole said raising children in a whacko Scientologist household was risky, so she split and took the kids with her.

[Endeavor]

Here you go: http://www.freerepublic.com/fo cus/chat/708931/posts?page=53# 53

[Iowa Granny]

The golden elephant will never be as warmly received by the crowds as the year we stenciled red and blue stars on a Yorkshire gilt. Rural parades can produce almost anything.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I think we have a new motto:

[LibertyGirl77]

If you're as naturally pretty as Mrs. Bush, you don't need to spend lots of money on expensive makeup to improve things. If you're anything like me . . . well, you spend the bucks. :)

[LibertyGirl77]

Watch out for the construction at the Springfield Interchange, if you'll be going through it. I have near-death experiences there on a fairly regular basis, lately.

[mountaineer]

Kabobs sound good to me:

Pork Kabobs (Souvlaki)

1-1/2 pounds boneless pork, cut into 1-1/2-inch cubes,br> 1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup dry white wine
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

Place meat cubes in a large bowl. In a small bowl, mix remaining ingredients together well. Pour over meat. Toss to coat. Cover bowl and refrigerate overnight.

Prepare barbecue grill. Drain meat and reserve marinade. Slide meat cubes onto skewers. Place on grill and cook for about 20 minutes total, basting with reserved marinade.

[lodwick]

All this food talk is really making me hungry. Thanks.

[LibertyGirl77]

The man whips out his wanker in public bathroom

What else do you expect a man to do in there?

(Just kidding--I know about the incident of which you speak--you just left the MOST important part out: what he was DOING with said wanker.)

[Aggie Mama]

Ick. Well, it's not as if Marilyn can refute it now....

[LibertyGirl77]

Oh, yum! One of the bf's and my favorite things to grill is shrimp--wrapped in bacon. Next time we do that I'm going to try brushing it with honey and soy sauce. Gosh--I'm starving!

[lodwick]

Afternoon - be sure and bring
some to the cook out on the 4th.
The honey/soy would be interesting, I'm thinking. ;-)

[BigWaveBetty]

That shrimp wrapped in bacon is reeeeeally good!

I'm starving too! Better go grab some grub before I go looking for recipes.

[Aggie Mama]

Well all this talking about cookouts had me thinking about my black bean salad. I love this and I make it quite a bit during the summertime.
Dressing:
1-2 Tbs olive oil
1 Tbs Red wine Vinegar
Juice from 2-3 limes
Salt and Fresh Ground Pepper

Salad:
2 15 oz cans of black beans (make sure you drain them)
1/3 c chopped cilantro
1 small red onion, chop this course
1 small pkg of frozen corn (or about 3 cooked fresh ears)
2 Avacados, peel, pit and chop these

Wisk all of the ingredients for the dressing. Comine all of the salad ingredients in another bowl, mix those together and then toss in the dressing. If you need to wait to serve this, put the pits from the avacado in with the salad to keep from turning brown.

I play with this recipe endlessly. DH likes it with some diced jalapenos in there, I like it with a bit of cumin and a lot of lime sprinkled in.

[Aggie Mama]

Ooops! I forgot to add the 2 diced tomatoes!! Don't forget those b/c those add sweetness.

[mountaineer]

Looks good! I bet that would be a nice accompaniment to grilled salmon or beef.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

That black bean salad looks fabulous and I love souvlaki. I will have to try both of these.

Would anyone like to volunteer to save all of our recipes so we can put it all on one thread for Labor BBQ. We were so successful with our Thankgiving and Christmas recipes, I still get requests for the bookmarked threads.

[retrokitten]

That's a new one for me, too. One thing I have noticed is that everyone who is still alive and was in Hollywood from the mid 40's to August 4th 1962 (the day Marilyn died) claims to have had sex with her. If she was having sex with all of these people then when did she have time to make movies? It's like that basketball player who said he had sex with-what was it?- 2000 or 5000 women? I remember someone figured out that he would have had sex twice everyday since he was 12 or 13. I am not saying Marilyn was ready for the nunnery, but she would have had to be a pretty busy woman to have been with everyone who claims to have been with her.

[BigWaveBetty]

The black bean salad looks good Aggie Mama.

Here's a link to a sweet Independence Day page. It has all sorts of goodies and at the end are some easy recipes. Click here

[Timeout]

Have y'all ever been to Tom's World? Someone just showed it to me. These are funny Bacardi ads from the UK. Check out "Goal".....LOL!

http://www.bacardi-breezer.co.uk/uk/eng/jumpsite/ tomsworld/default.asp