August, 2020 ~ ~ A HOT Time in the Old Town Every Night!

Cookin Lore wrote:I'm going to my first real "party" since this nasty COVID locked us all down.  A friend's 60th b-day, an outdoor, masked event along the Niagara River!  Making potato salad for 30 people.  The weather is co-operating. 75 F, should be fun.

bethk wrote:

Cookin Lore wrote:I'm going to my first real "party" since this nasty COVID locked us all down.  A friend's 60th b-day, an outdoor, masked event along the Niagara River!  Making potato salad for 30 people.  The weather is co-operating. 75 F, should be fun.

Lore, I'm sure everyone will have a wonderful, SAFE time.  I really think a little common sense goes a long way.  So you have to be spread a little thinner, it's still good for the soul to see people and enjoy one anothers company.  

Cookin Lore wrote:

bethk wrote:

Cookin Lore wrote:I'm going to my first real "party" since this nasty COVID locked us all down.  A friend's 60th b-day, an outdoor, masked event along the Niagara River!  Making potato salad for 30 people.  The weather is co-operating. 75 F, should be fun.

Lore, I'm sure everyone will have a wonderful, SAFE time.  I really think a little common sense goes a long way.  So you have to be spread a little thinner, it's still good for the soul to see people and enjoy one anothers company.  

Party was fun, they have a huge backyard and had enough outdoor furniture to fill a resort, so chairs, tables were distanced.  Too much food, of course, but yumm!  

One little personal cloud, though. As I was getting ready to leave I had a call from youngest son. (all of them were going to a cottage for a few days of fishing) He and his wife were on their way to pick up his brother and wife............. Michael had woken up with severe abdominal pain.  Amy took him to a walk in clinic.  They checked him and sent him off to the hospital................. And about 6 hours of arriving there, after an ultrasound and a CT scan, he was on his way to the O.R. Appendix was removed within 9 hours of when he hobbled into the walk in clinic.  I know that our socialized medicine gets a bad rap sometimes, and we have complaints here about long wait times, but I surely am impressed with what they did for my son yesterday.  He already posted something on FB this morning, so he must be feeling fine.  I think he may not feel quite that well when the pain meds wear off, though.

Bugster2 wrote:

Cookin Lore wrote:

bethk wrote:

Cookin Lore wrote:I'm going to my first real "party" since this nasty COVID locked us all down.  A friend's 60th b-day, an outdoor, masked event along the Niagara River!  Making potato salad for 30 people.  The weather is co-operating. 75 F, should be fun.

Lore, I'm sure everyone will have a wonderful, SAFE time.  I really think a little common sense goes a long way.  So you have to be spread a little thinner, it's still good for the soul to see people and enjoy one anothers company.  

Party was fun, they have a huge backyard and had enough outdoor furniture to fill a resort, so chairs, tables were distanced.  Too much food, of course, but yumm!  

One little personal cloud, though. As I was getting ready to leave I had a call from youngest son. (all of them were going to a cottage for a few days of fishing) He and his wife were on their way to pick up his brother and wife............. Michael had woken up with severe abdominal pain.  Amy took him to a walk in clinic.  They checked him and sent him off to the hospital................. And about 6 hours of arriving there, after an ultrasound and a CT scan, he was on his way to the O.R. Appendix was removed within 9 hours of when he hobbled into the walk in clinic.  I know that our socialized medicine gets a bad rap sometimes, and we have complaints here about long wait times, but I surely am impressed with what they did for my son yesterday.  He already posted something on FB this morning, so he must be feeling fine.  I think he may not feel quite that well when the pain meds wear off, though.

Surgery for appendicitis has changed quite a bit since I was child. My nephew also had severe abdominal pain/vomiting. A trip to the ER, an ultrasound and he was rolled into surgery. He had a 1-inch incision to remove the appendix. He was home the same day.

bethk wrote:Jim came for supper ~ I bribed him with mashed potatoes!  Chicken Fried Steak with mashed potatoes, milk gravy & asparagus.  

No one left the table hungry.....

Imelda HL wrote:

Looks Good Beth, what kind of meat did you use? I just came back from Cracker Barrel for lunch, I ordered Country  fried steak, my girl friend ordered their Monday special, meatloaf and mashed potato, I had potato hash brown casserole and turnip greens for the side, the turnip green was really tender and good, I was wondering how they cook it, I went straight to the store to get some turnip greens, I want to cook it tomorrow

Bugster2 wrote:I had to toss some TP rolls. We bought them during the shortage and they are terrible. Worse than gas station TP. One ply that just disintegrates. How can they sell something like that?
Last night was shrimp scampi, a baguette and egg rolls. An odd combination. Joe and Katie had a bottle of Margaritas but Joe drank too much and the acid got to him and he went to bed at 7. At least he didn't lose it.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:I was on hospital food last couple days.
I am back home now.
Not heart / but Wound Care infection both legs. ( Shins )
Diabetes caused it. ....... I have pics, but I will post on another thread ((later.)) Ok?
I diagnosed it on the internet as Cellulitis, And I Was Right. Yay! Dr. Jimmy...!!!!!
I tried nursing it myself because of the corona virus.

NormM wrote:Most people don't know that scampi is an Italian name for a special variety of shrimp. I guess a more accurate way to describe the species is as scampi shrimp. Like all scampi are shrimp but not all shrimp are scampi.   But most people only think of it as the name of a method for preparing an Italian recipe for shrimp.