Posted on 11/22/2011 9:40:15 AM PST by DetroitRight
Thanks for the explanation.
Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for the info.
“I dunno about you all; but I’m about damned tired of this horse crap!”
The ONLY thing they understand is MONEY. Time to boycott all of their products, including hot dogs!
Hi - since promising to get back to you w/ some details of the menu, glad to firstly report it was a success… pheww!! :-) - This is for 15 people.
We ended up cooking these: Roast turkey & stuffing w/ various herb sprigs, onions, lemon & orange, and gravy – mashed chipotle sweet potatoes - rocket & roast pumpkin salad - roast cauliflower w/ caramelized figs & pine nuts (the standard recipe uses dates, but I had power of veto in this case & decided caramelized figs taste better!) – barbecue bread/herb crumbed prawns (giant shrimps) w/ lime & mayo dip on the side - grilled (with butter & garlic) morten bay bugs (type of lobster you find here mostly around Queensland state) – ocean trout w/ cherry tomatoes, fresh sweet basil & fresh mozzarella. For dessert: Pavlova (it’s very Australian & usually very popular for Christmas, but my mother-in-law wanted to taste it again) - a type of berry misu, and lastly chocolate & cherry cheesecake (my husband loves this).
It may sound like a lot, but mostly they are fairly light dishes since it’s almost summer here. Also, not very difficult to cook, only, in parts, time consuming. — The other good news is that some of us will have to go on a diet & exercise a lot for the next 2 weeks, at least!
Actually, (Pewrth) is sorta how locals in Western Australia pronounce Perth.. I was teasing you :)
I kind of liked it when the Aussie gals teased me... :)
I kept a pen pal from Perth for 10 years or so, she is married now, several kids, I wish her well, but I admit, I wanted to come back and visit her...and emmigrate!
Western Australia is my favourite part of the Australian continent. It is also, geologically, a very, very old part of the continent (some estimate it to be 40,000 yrs old). You can see that in natural (rock) formations, for example. It is very unique to the rest of Australia.
Have you visited Australia since last time you were here?
Thanks so much for getting back to me - your dinner sounds unbelievably good. Oooooh, to have prawns at Thanksgiving! And Pavlova! I love old-fashioned desserts like that. (Peach Melba, Floating Island, etc.)
How I wish I could visit your beautiful country.
“Wouldn’t blessing the food in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ at mealtime, as many families do, cancel out the halal stuff, or am I bonkers?”
Of course the halal business is just hokum — it has no effect on the meat at all.
The issue is obdience to the Word. After due consideration, the Apostles said “don’t eat it.”
Well, sometimes, as a parent, I say “because I said so,” and that has to be good enough because there are some things I cannot understand.
If looking at the reasoning behind the Word, I would opine (and it is an opinion) that we are to avoid such things to avoid giving them economic value (money) and because we should shun and refuse to be a part of anything that is false as that gives Islam credibility.
Muslims, in particular, use halal to force sharia onto Christians. We should fight this, even if the fight starts with our Thanksgiving turkeys.
The idol is NOTHING. The false god is NOTHING; I’m convinced of that, because the Bible tells me so - but each person must be convinced fully of it in their own hearts.
Still, companies shouldn’t do this sort of stuff.
Yes, it is nothing.
However, disobeying God who said “don’t do this” is something.
Similarly, giving money and credibility to a religion that is the opposite of Christianity is something, as well.
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