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) .