I checked with Lydia, and she says you can park the camper in the
yard, she can hook you up with electric and water, just not sewer...
She's offered her house for the picnic, including putting people

up in

her house... ;) She's out in the country... and most probably closer
to Newark than the church was, last time...

That sounds like very good news. I guess that makes the picnic and
date official. September 7 to 9, Bloomfield NY, which I make as

being

about 25 miles/35 minutes from Newark.

That sounds likely... time would depend on how one went and what the
traffic was like....

So let's do a roll call - definites and likelies.
Accomodation and transport availability/requirements.
Also demo/menu requests. I'm game to make anything
short of tamales.

I'll chime in with
9/7 yes
9/8 yes
9/9 yes
need transportation everywhere
could stay in a hotel if there's no room at the inn

How many people can she put up?

She ran down what she had for beds, and silly me, I didn't write it
down... so I'm still a little fuzzy... But it sounded like probably a
half dozen or more, depending on bedding/rooming requirements... I'll
ask her again, and this time make better notes... ;)

This is important information. Nancy, can you
clarify at this point?

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.04

Title: GREEN CORN TAMALES
Categories: Mexican
Servings: 24

12 Ears of fresh white or 1/2 c (scant) sugar
Yellow corn 1/4 c Light cream, or more
1 lb Monterrey Jack cheese, 2 Green chiles, parched
and
Grated Peeled
1 lb Pure lard 1 lb Cheddar or Longhorn
cheese
1/2 lb Butter Salt

1. Chop stalk end of each ear of corn flush with the base of the ear.
Shuck, being careful to keep corn husks intact for later use. Wash husks,
and drain.

2. Cut corn off cobs. Grind corn with the Jack cheese in a meat
grinder, blender or food processor.

3. Cream lard and butter to a smooth and fluffy consistency with an
electric mixer at medium speed. Add the ground corn and cheese mixture,
sugar, cream and salt to taste. Continue to mix with the electric mixer
until mixture looks like whipped cream. Add more cream if mixture is dry.

4. Cut the roasted green chiles into long strips. Spread about 2
tablespoons of the corn mixture on each corn husk. Spread mixture out
into
a rectangle and allow at least 2 inches of husk to extend below the corn
mixture and a few inches of margin on both sides of the husk. Place about
2
strips of green chile down the center of the corn mixture, then sprinkle
with a few pinches of the grated Cheddar cheese.

5. Hold the two sides of the tamale together to make the corn mixture
fold up around the filling. Then tuck one edge of the husk over the top
of
the tamale and roll, tying the ends with strips of corn husks. If
preferred, the bottom end of the husk can be folded up before rolling. If
you plan to freeze the tamales, freeze them at this point.

6. Place the tamales upright on a rack in a pressure cooker or large
steaming kettle. Before the rack is completely filled with tamales, pour
1
to 2 cups water into the bottom of the pan, about 1/2 inch deep.

7. Steam at 15 lbs pressure for 25 minutes, or in a conventional
steamer for 45 minutes. Serve warm with Green Chile Sauce, plain, or
with
beef, pork or chicken added. These may be kept in the refrigerator for 3
to 4 days.

Makes 24 tamales.

Freezing Hint: Package tamales in plastic bags, 12 per package
or other suitable quantity. If packaging large
quantities, keep track of the contents on a
card. Maximum Recommended Freezer Storage: 1 year

From: JANE BUTEL'S TEX-MEX COOKBOOK by Jane Butel, Harmony Books,
New York. 1980. ISBN 0-517-539861 Posted by: Karin Brewer,
Cooking
Echo, 1/93

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Quoting Michael Loo to All <=-

So let's do a roll call - definites and likelies.

Uhhh...you can count me out. :-)

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On 06-02-18 00:44, Michael Loo <=-
spoke to All about 816 picnic 9/7 to 9, Bloo <=-

So let's do a roll call - definites and likelies.
Accomodation and transport availability/requirements.
Also demo/menu requests. I'm game to make anything
short of tamales.

I'll chime in with
9/7 yes
9/8 yes
9/9 yes
need transportation everywhere
could stay in a hotel if there's no room at the inn

We'll be there for all three days (or more). Depending, we could stay
at a hotel, at Lydia's or at a nearby AirBnB. We will have our car and
can provide transport to any events in the area, and to you going to or
from the area if desired.


MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: Beefsteak and Kidney Pie
Categories: President, Meat, Pie
Yield: 8 servings

4 sm Veal or Baby Beef Kidneys
1 1/2 lb Rump or Round Steak (to be
-cut into 1" pieces
1 c Claret or other Dry Red Wine
2 Onions, 1 sliced; 1 diced
2 Bay Leaves
1/2 c Parsley, chopped
1/2 c Celery, chopped (including
-tender leafy tops)
1 c Mushrooms, sliced
Suet or Bacon Drippings
Flour for dredging and
-thickening
1 pt Hot Water
Salt
1 ts Coarse Black Pepper
1 ts Marjoram
Pastry of puff-paste, pie
-crust, or biscuit dough (to
-cover casserole)

Separate the kidneys with a sharp knife, discarding all gristly
portions and fat. Sprinkle with salt. Cover with claret, add bay
leaves, sliced onion, pepper. Let it marinate 2 hours.
Pound the steak with flour, and cut into 1" pieces. Brown suet
or heat bacon drippings in iron skillet. Then add diced onion and
cook until clear; remove onion from skillet.
Over medium heat, brown steak well. Next drain the kidneys,
reserving the marinade; dredge with flour, and brown, stirring
carefully. Add 1 pt or less or hot water, stir well, add chopped
celery and parsley, and marjoram.
Mix all well, and transfer to the casserole from which you
intend to serve the pie. Strain into it the marinade. Cover with a
tight lid, and bake at 325øF for about 1 hour.
Remove from oven. Brown the mushrooms in bacon drippings, and if
they need thickening, thicken with flour mixed in cold water and
stirred carefully to avoid lumps. Add the mushrooms to the casserole
mixture. Cover with a crust of puff-paste, pie crust, or biscuit
dough, and return to 400øF oven, and bake until brown, about 20 to 30
minutes. Serve at once.

Source: The First Ladies Cookbook - 1969
. Chapter on George & Marsha Washington

Posted by: Sandy May 11/93
From: Sandra May
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Hi Michael,

I checked with Lydia, and she says you can park the camper in

the > NB>> yard, she can hook you up with electric and water, just
not sewer... > NB>> She's offered her house for the picnic, including putting people up in

her house... ;) She's out in the country... and most probably

closer > NB>> to Newark than the church was, last time...

That sounds like very good news. I guess that makes the picnic

and > DS> date official. September 7 to 9, Bloomfield NY, which I
make as being

about 25 miles/35 minutes from Newark.

That sounds likely... time would depend on how one went and what the traffic was like....

So let's do a roll call - definites and likelies.
Accomodation and transport availability/requirements.
Also demo/menu requests. I'm game to make anything
short of tamales.

I'll chime in with
9/7 yes
9/8 yes
9/9 yes
need transportation everywhere
could stay in a hotel if there's no room at the inn

Pretty sure we'll be there, barring emergencies. We'll have the camper,
will stay in it but will do meals, etc with the group.

How many people can she put up?

She ran down what she had for beds, and silly me, I didn't write it down... so I'm still a little fuzzy... But it sounded like probably

a > half dozen or more, depending on bedding/rooming requirements...
I'll > ask her again, and this time make better notes... ;)

This is important information. Nancy, can you
clarify at this point?

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Quoting Michael Loo to All on 06-02-18 00:44 <=-

So let's do a roll call - definites and likelies.
Accomodation and transport availability/requirements.
Also demo/menu requests. I'm game to make anything
short of tamales.

Definite for the whole weekend... I suggested to Lydia that people might
be arriving on Thursday, and not leaving until Monday, and that was fine
with her... She's offering to have homemade soup available for arrivees,
and serving breakfast Friday morning...

I'll chime in with
9/7 yes
9/8 yes
9/9 yes
need transportation everywhere
could stay in a hotel if there's no room at the inn

So noted. There should be room at the inn, though... plus I'll have one
bed available if needed...

How many people can she put up?

She ran down what she had for beds, and silly me, I didn't write it
down... so I'm still a little fuzzy... But it sounded like probably a
half dozen or more, depending on bedding/rooming requirements... I'll
ask her again, and this time make better notes... ;)

This is important information. Nancy, can you
clarify at this point?

Ok... I sat her down... and wrote it all down... ;) She says that some
of these could be moved to other rooms as needed...

In the "playroom" (downstairs)
super-single waterbed (sleeps one)
full/queen futon (sleeps one or two)
twin bed (sleeps one)
In an upstairs room
queen high-style airbed (one or two)
single high-style airbed (one)
In the "sewing" room (upstairs)
queen bed (one or two)

Also, she said she could go sleep on the other side of the house with
her daughter (what used to be the apartment for our parents), and free
up her king waterbed for another couple of guests...

It sounds to me as though we should be able to accommodate everyone
there, especially as Hafflys will have their camper there for
themselves... There's also a couple of couches.... ;)

ttyl neb

... To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

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Quoting Bill Swisher to Michael Loo on 06-02-18 13:34 <=-
Quoting Michael Loo to All <=-

So let's do a roll call - definites and likelies.

Uhhh...you can count me out. :-)

Sigh... It would be nice to meet you... :) And we do have an airport
here in Rochester you could fly into.... (G) But I do understand... :)

ttyl neb

... A flash of light, a cloud of dust, and... What was the question?

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Quoting Nancy Backus to Bill Swisher <=-

Sigh... It would be nice to meet you... :) And we do have an
airport here in Rochester you could fly into.... (G) But I do understand... :)

If you want to meet me, just go look for an old, short, feeble, fat guy and introduce yourself. :-) Now that I'm houseless, and I've gotten a mostly clean slate, healthwise, it's going to be a busy summer/fall spending my ill gotten thousands. I've got several projects down at the lake to get done, work
on a long trip to Europe with a travel agent, and then it's off to Arizona for the winter, as soon as I book it, plus arrange to get all the stuff I brought up here, back down there. Which means fly into Las Vegas (closest airport to Lake Havasu), probably around Halloween, and then spending the first week looking for a used car across a couple of states. Then I can go to Lake Havasu
and do something with that pile of stuff that I had redeposited.

Besides, I don't cook. Well I do, sorta. A success means that I'm willing to eat it, and I have terrible tastes.

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On 06-04-18 13:15, Nancy Backus <=-
spoke to Michael Loo about Re: 816 picnic 9/7 to 9, <=-

Ok... I sat her down... and wrote it all down... ;) She says that
some of these could be moved to other rooms as needed...

In the "playroom" (downstairs)
super-single waterbed (sleeps one)
full/queen futon (sleeps one or two)
twin bed (sleeps one)
In an upstairs room
queen high-style airbed (one or two)
single high-style airbed (one)
In the "sewing" room (upstairs)
queen bed (one or two)

That sounds good. We'll talk more about it with you when you come down
later in June.


MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: BURT'S BEEF STEW
Categories: None, Beef
Yield: 4 Servings

3 sl Bacon -- cut in small
Pieces
4 tb Flour
1/4 ts Pepper
2 lb Lean beef (I like chuck) cut
In chunks
1 lg Onion -- chopped
2 Cloves garlic -- minced
1 (28 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 c Beef broth
1 c Dry red wine
1 Bay
1 pn Thyme
4 Carrots -- cut up coarsely
2 Stalks celery -- cut up
Coarsely
4 lg Potatoes -- peeled and cut
In 4
10 To 12 mushrooms -- sliced
Leaf -- optional

In a large pot or Dutch oven, cook bacon until light brown. Combine
the flour and pepper in a bowl, dip the meat in the flour mixture to
coat completely. Brown in bacon fat, turning often. Add a little
vegetable oil if needed. Add onion and garlic and brown them a
little.

Add tomato sauce, broth, wine, bay leaf, and thyme. Cover and cook
slowly for about 1 1/2 hours. Add carrots, celery, then potatoes and
mushrooms. Cook, covered, another 1/2 hour. or until vegetables are
tender. Serve with hot Italian bread, a large salad, fine wine, and
good friends.

Recipe By :

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Quoting Bill Swisher to Nancy Backus on 06-05-18 18:11 <=-

If you want to meet me, just go look for an old, short, feeble, fat
guy and introduce yourself. :-) Now that I'm houseless, and I've
gotten a mostly clean slate, healthwise, it's going to be a busy summer/fall spending my ill gotten thousands. I've got several
projects down at the lake to get done, work on a long trip to Europe
with a travel agent, and then it's off to Arizona for the winter, as
soon as I book it, plus arrange to get all the stuff I brought up here, back down there. Which means fly into Las Vegas (closest airport to
Lake Havasu), probably around Halloween, and then spending the first
week looking for a used car across a couple of states. Then I can go
to Lake Havasu and do something with that pile of stuff that I had redeposited.

Sounds like you've got your summer/fall etc all filled up with plans... ;)

Besides, I don't cook. Well I do, sorta. A success means that I'm willing to eat it, and I have terrible tastes.

And by now, you know that a picnic is for the Eats as well as for the
Cooks... ;)

ttyl neb

... (It's hard enough to write text. You want a tagline too?)

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Quoting Nancy Backus to Bill Swisher <=-

Sounds like you've got your summer/fall etc all filled up with
plans... ;)

Yeah, this year, i.e. summer, I even hope to murder a few fish, I won't eat them but I've been giving them to people who do and can't fish. I'm now in a building full of senior citizens, many of whom are in walkers, and others who don't drive. Last year I couldn't stand for more than a few minutes, so I sat a lot. OK, basically I didn't do much except sit, a lot, since walking wasn't much of an enjoyable experience either.

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Quoting Dale Shipp to Nancy Backus on 06-07-18 02:01 <=-

Ok... I sat her down... and wrote it all down... ;) She says that
some of these could be moved to other rooms as needed...
In the "playroom" (downstairs)
super-single waterbed (sleeps one)
full/queen futon (sleeps one or two)
twin bed (sleeps one)
In an upstairs room
queen high-style airbed (one or two)
single high-style airbed (one)
In the "sewing" room (upstairs)
queen bed (one or two)

That sounds good. We'll talk more about it with you when you come
down later in June.

OK, sounds good... :)

ttyl neb

... I would strongly oppose apathy, if I cared...

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Quoting Bill Swisher to Nancy Backus on 06-08-18 15:18 <=-

Sounds like you've got your summer/fall etc all filled up with
plans... ;)

Yeah, this year, i.e. summer, I even hope to murder a few fish, I
won't eat them but I've been giving them to people who do and can't
fish. I'm now in a building full of senior citizens, many of whom are
in walkers, and others who don't drive. Last year I couldn't stand for more than a few minutes, so I sat a lot. OK, basically I didn't do
much except sit, a lot, since walking wasn't much of an enjoyable experience either.

Doing better this year, though, which is good... :) So, your new
neighbors enjoy the fish you murder....? ;)

ttyl neb

... Actually I Can Believe It's Not Butter.

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