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Schoolmarm

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 10:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Not a waste, RG!!! The corn was great.

Hmm...Beer Butt Chicken...I'll have to try that one. Do you put the CAN (with the beer in it) up the chicken's butt? I'm trying to imagine this!!! Or do you pour the beer up the chicken's butt? And leave the can out of it???

I usually make dry rubs out of whatever seasonings I have in the spice rack. It comes out different every time.

RG...you need to post the recipe for the corn. It was outstanding.

And now for the beer...would that be a pilsner, lager, dunkel? LOL!

Resortgirl

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 10:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Marm, You balance the chicken on the beer can... beer can inserted up it's rear... kind of spread the legs to make a tripod... gosh that sounds kinda yucky, huh??

Marinated corn on the cob:
Put corn with husk on in cooler or large tupperwear, pour beer over to cover, you can add water if you don't want to use all beer, put in 5 or more cloves of garlic. Let sit all day. Start campfire or bbcue grill and let coals get good and hot. Put the corn on the hot coals(you can put them on a grate right above the coals too) turn frequently. It takes aprroximately 15-20 minutes... if your not distracted by Merlin

Take off husks and eat... yummmmmm

Spygirl

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 11:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm CRACKING UP at the beer and chicken descriptions. RG, you should have let us speculate some more on how it works before telling us...we could have been very very creative! LOL

Gail, what a great thing to bring that for Marm!! I am still amazed at all the planning you did to think of special things for people.

I have to say...the soaps are fantastic. I had a client this morning ask me what kind of body spray I had on because it smelled so good! I told her a friend of mine makes soaps and this was one of the bars. She wanted to buy some but I explained that you aren't in the business............yet

Tess

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 01:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I found 4 rolls of film only and I keep thinking there must be several more in the depths of some bag or other...... Hmmmm. Anyway, I'm off to the camera shop this afternoon. Tomorrow I will get the pictures back. Gail, I'll get Charlie busy burning a CD for you pronto. He got paged so many times last night I stopped counting so let's hope the rest of the week is calmer.

As for me, I've been sleeping, sleeping and sleeping some more. Been going to bed nearly at Juju time and sleeping til lunch time just to recover. Right now I need a nap. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Urgrace

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 01:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi everyone! Having a great time - wish you were here! We are now in Taos, NM and loving the geography of this great country and beauty of it's cities. Taos is awesome so we decided to stay another night

Hoped to catch up on some reading here, but not enough time (30 min here at the library)\clipart(eh)

OT please pray for my daughter and her family.

Will try to catch you up again or call RG before we leave.

Gail

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 02:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
>>I told her a friend of mine makes soaps and this was one of the bars. She wanted to buy some but I explained that you aren't in the business............yet >>

Can't imagine that I will ever go into business - I have too much satisfaction/pleasure just giving it away. When you start selling something, people's expectations change. People are so much more critical of something they have to pay for then they are if they get it as a gift. Does that make any sense? I've sent quite a bit to Kuwait in care boxes. It's my way of coping with the war.


Besides, after giving each person a nice basket of soap at camp, who would have considered voting my ass out of there?

Resortgirl

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 02:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wavelength writes in the BB thread:
Why not just cast 12 people that seem interesting and are not a danger to society (Justin). Has anyone had a group experience lke camp where many different types have to learn to get along? I know from experience you don't need to make each person act in character. They will do it on their own and it gets pretty wild. If they are telling them who to be they may be telling them who to talk to, who to avoid and possibly who to vote for. Then what is the point of the show??

ROFL! "WE" could teach them a thing or two, huh?

Gail, I think of you every morning and every night when I use your soaps. I'd have NEVER voted you out had it not been for the "Sophie" incident.

Resortgirl

Wednesday, August 21, 2002 - 02:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Grace, My prayers are with you and daughter! I'm glad you are enjoying your road trip! I'm going to be at a friends bbcuing tonight but you can call and leave a message and I'll post an update!

Gail

Thursday, August 22, 2002 - 04:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sophie incident? Sophie incident? What Sophie incident? She's still there isn't she?

One thing I thought was interesting in terms of having a Big Brother experience was the feeling of being somewhat cutoff. We watched the Saturday Big Brother show at the big house and did not see any tv until the Wednesday night show. When we picked up Karuuna from the airport Tuesday, she caught us up on some of the BB news, news from the board, etc. One of the first things I wanted to know was about Neil and Lisa's baby.

Going there, I very nearly took a TV set with me. I can not stand to not watch local and national news everyday. It was not as hard to give up as I thought.

Another thing that was really interesting was the passing of time, especially at the very beginning. Without having to worry about dates and times, it was easy to lose track of what day it really was. Especially Sunday and Monday . . . it seemed like we had been there forever. To me, I was able to keep track of days by remembering significant events. Tuesday was Karuuna's arrival and steak night. Wednesday was fishing day, Schoolmarm's departure and the BB show.

Thursday, it got easier to keep track of time as we got closer to having to leave. Then it was something I didn't want to face.

Resortgirl

Thursday, August 22, 2002 - 06:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hahahahaha Gail, Yes Sophie is here, at least in body.... her spirit however is kind of with you... she is so out of sorts since you left. She looks at me with this expectant look and is thoroughly pissed off at me when I don't bring her down to your cabin...I'm sure she'll get over it, but talk about making a person feel unimportant!!!!

I kind of live my whole summer like you explained above... the only day with any significance is Saturday. Then everyone that is here goes home and I get a new batch....if I have a particularly "bad" batch I start thinking about Saturday on Wednesday ( wasn't the case with you guys)

Anyway, I'm rambling... up too late again! Is this a trend???

Gail

Thursday, August 22, 2002 - 11:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
RG - I think my dogs learned a few new tricks while I was gone too. The usual routine has always been that they go out in the morning or afternoon, then come back in and get a goodie. Since I have been back they won't go out until they get a goodie and then they still try to get another when they come back in.

While I was away, my neighbor came over and let them out and would give them two goodies first thing so I think that is where they learned this.

Resortgirl

Thursday, August 22, 2002 - 12:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh those darn babysitters! Always teaching our dogs new tricks!! Sophie came back from our friends after a week thinking she should be able to eat cat food! She LOVES the stuff, so we have to keep it out of her reach....

Reader234

Thursday, August 22, 2002 - 12:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I've been enjoying this thread, but thought I'd let you know you can do a google search for the beer butt chicken. Our Chicago Tribune columnist did a column on Greek Beer butt chicken, and someone else wrote a book and was featured on the Today show!! Personally I want to add I love the recipe where you slice lemons and gently put them between the skin and the 'meat'.

Also be careful, when/if you add garlic cloves to the beer, the beer fizzes up! And sometimes one side of the chicken is hotter than the other, so make sure you use an instant read thermometer, nothing worse than having half a chicken still pink in the middle (throw it in the microwave to finish cooking, or on the grill minus the beer!)

And I couldnt believe how cheap the chickens were at Sam's club, and how fast 1 chicken went, I thought it would feed more than 2 people!! *G It was much better than expected!!

try it, you'll like it!! :) :) :)

Deeya

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 11:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thought y'all would want to know... there is a cookbook out there called...

Beer-Can Chicken: And 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill by Steven Raichlen, Jim Lambrenos (Illustrator

Saw it at Walmart last night.. and of course Amazon has it... costs about $10 USD

Gail

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 11:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I need to go to Walmart this afternoon to buy a fishing lure (going away gift for a friend) I am going to look to see if they have that book here. Thanks for the info!! :)

Merlin

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 12:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Speaking of fishing, here is the pic of Spongebob and something he had on the hook.

BobHooksOne

Merlin

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 12:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, if you can imagine one soooo big that it wouldn't upload............that is what SpongeBob had in his hands.

Karuuna

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 01:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, Merlin. Email it to me and I'll trim it to a respectable size. I'm quite good at doing that with all nature of things.

Gail

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 04:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey, when are you two going to send me those fishing pictures you took? I've got frames already for them. :)

Buttercup

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 04:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Buttercup finally moseys on in and wonders what she should add that hasn’t already been said already about the Minnesota trip….

I know I was supposed to write the camp tales, but I got so absorbed being in the tales, that time just didn’t allow—besides, much have been told in here already, so my procrastination paid off after all

However, I will add a few things :)

First of all, Ax-man came to visit!!! He’s the most handsome young man and I am so glad he made it

Now for the overnight campers--I will not mention any names due to confidentiality issues—don’t want the road trip groupies to get too excited

• There was a tornado warning the day after we all arrived on location—I guess the locals finally knew we were there

• There was moaning from a certain bedroom

• There was tong envy

• The water was 74.5 degrees, and not 74 as previously reported. Shrinkage and perkiness were involved

• Some squirted….

• Some had wet pants for days….

• Some people knew how to fish and some how to fish…..

• Some people knew how to handle the meat with love….

• One of the males fell asleep with pu**y one night — marks on his pants gave it away the next morning And no, it was not the same night the moaning occurred…. (after all, cats don’t moan, but they do leave cat hair behind….don’t tell me you were thinking something else—SHAME ON YOU!)

• Several people had STUPID written across their foreheads ‘til 7:30 in the morning one day…. stupid

• Obscene gestures were misunderstood

• Adorable fishing guy made some people’s toe tingle

• It was confirmed that Resortgirl is a babe!


On a side note:

Bob—thanks for adding to the fun :)

Gail—thanks to all your soap, Merlin and I were in the best smelling vehicle on the road—we had people following us…I swear! Also, thanks for spoiling me every morning with your wonderful freshly brewed coffee!

Gracie—PHOOEY DIDDLE! Love ya’ for it

Kar—sorry I wouldn’t sleep with you
Lance—you are the master of good wines wine

Marm—I thought your pajama day was splendid!

Merlin—another reason why the drive home seemed a little longer for you was probably because there were no margaritas and I was hogging the pillows and passenger seat this time. Thanks

RG—I left my cozy booties there on purpose so you would let me come back I just loved your place AND your family!

Sage—thanks to your creativity and RG’s follow through, we all got the greatest TVCH commemorative t-shirts of the summer!!!

Spy—I will forever remember that game….I’m thinking we all should’ve gotten a diploma at the end of the evening….err, morning

Tess—thanks to you, I am now officially addicted to Godiva chocolate

Thanks again, everybody!

Buttercup

Gail

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 05:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cute Buttercup, real cute. Don't forget besides tong envy, there was rod envy also. I'm glad you liked the coffee. I forgot where I was Tuesday morning and made an entire pot. (usually I just make a half pot for just me.)

And if anyone gets out of line here, I'll smack them with a wet bass!! (thanks Merlin :) )

fish

Merlin

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 05:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, let's not leave out fish envy while we talking about the week in Minnesota. Gail caught the biggest, I caught the smallest. Even Karuuna kicked my rear on the fishing trip.

Thanks for reminding me of my rod envy Gail. My antique fiberglass was no match for your graphite. But I'm just saying, my tongs had it going.

Gail

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 05:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well honey, I just didn't want to make you feel bad. That little fish you caught was pretty cute though. :)

Merlin

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 07:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Not everyone can catch fish that are smaller than the hook, it takes real talent to do that. I might mention that I was able to do it repeatedly also.

Buttercup

Friday, August 23, 2002 - 08:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Size matters--I'm thinking Bob took the price considering the size of his body in relation to the fish he caught...
Bob fishing

there was more...
Bob fishing more