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Thursday, April 18. 2019

Food for Resurrection Sunday: Lamb or Ham? (Reposted from 3 yrs ago)

Popularly known as Easter. The word Easter comes from the Teutonic goddess of spring, Eustre.


Bon Appetit: Our Ultimate Guide to Easter Food


Easter menus from New York’s restaurant past. Hot Dogs for Easter? 


The BD family will also be celebrating another almost- arising from death on Sunday. My father in law recovered from his quadruple bypass after a near-fatal heart failure, returning back home from San Diego on Saturday and we'll all provide an Easter feast for them down in NJ after their Mass - if they can get to Mass. They never miss Mass. At worse, a priest visits but they do not need that yet. Guy emails me that he feels great.


Along the way, he learned that one or two drinks per day can help prevent future heart problems. Will not need to twist this Irishman's arm about that wholesome remedy. It seems mild to moderate alcohol enjoyment prevents heart disease. Diet, otherwise, does not seem to matter at all so no fruits and greens and nuts for this Irish meat and potatoes mensch.

Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 12:12 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Best wishes to your father-in-law. Nothing will serve his heart better than some regular exercise. The more vigorous the better.

This weekend will be mussels and Thai mussels and spicy tuna steaks on Saturday and a lovely pork roast on Sunday. Can hardly wait. Spent portions of the past 3 days prepping.
#1 Knucklehead (Link) on 2015-04-03 12:34 (Reply)
A Roman walks into a bar and asks for a martinus.
"You mean a martini?" the bartender asks.
The Roman replies, "If I wanted a double, I would have asked for it!"
#2 Dr. Jay on 2019-04-18 13:22 (Reply)
That was a joke from a Wayne and Shuster comedies. They were great Canadian comics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR_5h8CzRcI
#2.1 Frances on 2019-04-18 22:17 (Reply)
We get those magnificent spiral Virginia hams of yours up here in Canada.

I love them!
#3 JJM on 2019-04-18 15:00 (Reply)
We're having a prime rib roast and rack of lamb for Easter. We buy hams regularly, so they're never used for feasts. I gave up meat for Lent so I'm counting down the minutes. And I don't care at all what the sides are going to be.

I'll have a ham and butter sandwich as soon as I get home from Easter Vigil.

I'm told that Europeans generally don't use the word Easter. It's Paschal or some version of it. Happy Easter and Welcome Home to any catechumens and candidates out there!
#4 Jack Walter on 2019-04-18 19:19 (Reply)
Seriously, who can afford $60 for a leg of lamb?
#5 snopercod on 2019-04-19 08:09 (Reply)

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