BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06

Subject: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 30 Jun 06 - 07:42 PM

On the top half of the globe, summer has arrived, so fire up the Barbie (jees, I hate that doll), sling another bottle in the cooler and pull up a lawn chair... the Mudcat Tavern has moved outside for the duration (to avoid the smell coming from the jello pit mostly) and you are all invited to a 'Bring and Burn' Barbeque in the garden.

I'm sitting here with an ice cold pint of milk and a mushroom/pepper kebab...

Only rule is NO SPORTS TALK!! You want to talk sports, you go find a sports site!

Now.. where did I put that extra thick sweater?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Leadfingers
Date: 30 Jun 06 - 07:54 PM

Liz - Just to be VERY Picky , is there a convenient shed or lean to close to the B B Q for those of us who DONT like playing in the open air ??

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 30 Jun 06 - 08:03 PM

There is a shady spot but it's right over there by the restroom windows... you may find it a bit .... fragrant.

Still, the smell of burning sausages should cover that up nicely.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 30 Jun 06 - 08:18 PM

Burning sausages? would never happen if my mate MMario was cook. Are they Cumbeland sausages by any chance? mmmmm very partial to Cumberland sausage I am, and they are hard to find here in Nova Scotia.

Dave (tam)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: MMario
Date: 30 Jun 06 - 08:46 PM

Dave - I'll try top bring back a couple coils of cumberland from this weekend - but I'm also going to petition the queen for a sturgeon or three; they were still decent eating size in 1585.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 30 Jun 06 - 09:03 PM

Thanks MMario MMate give the Queen my love and here's a little song fer ya .
The Virgin Sturgeon

Caviar comes from the virgin sturgeon,
Virgin sturgeon is a fish.
Virgin sturgeon needs no urgin'
That's why caviar is my dish.

I fed caviar to Louisa,
She's my honey tried and true.
Now Louisa needs no urgin'
I recommend caviar to you.

I fed caviar to my grandpa'
He was a man of ninety-three;
Screams and cries were heard from grandma,
Grandpa had her up a tree.

I put caviar in the punchbowl,
That livened up the party, sure.
What am l doing stripped down naked ?
Thought these girls were sweet and pure.

I fed caviar to my sweetheart,
She always did it cheerfully.
Now she does it with a vengeance,
Oh, my God, it's killing me.

Yours, Aye. Dave

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 30 Jun 06 - 09:32 PM

Someone bring the humane bug zapper too please... just been divebombed by a moth the size of a Lancaster Bomber... seriously... it was huge by moth standards!!! And no, I checked, it's not a Gipsy moth. I had to wrestle it out of the jaws of the Raven kitty, but it's flown off into the night now and seems to be OK.

(Any entymologists out there... it was about 3 cm nose to tip, fore and under wings mottled in shades of brown and black, like bark. Smooth antennae that rested parallel to wing, rather than back over head. Thorax was rusty brown colour but that could be where the cat got it, light brown abdomen. Head was fuzzy and set under rather than on the end).

Raven is miffed. I may have to let him catch a sausage.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: MAG
Date: 30 Jun 06 - 09:48 PM

Sausage and friendly cats. sounds good. I'm over the hump of my summer activities at work, which is a huge load off.

I'm in this contra dance band and the leader wants those of us who sing to work up a buncha numbers o we can do more than just be a dance band. I'm game; I love to sing. I am not sure her expectations are realistic. She has been dropping hints that I am to start teaching her how to sing. Does she want to sing like me in 30 easy lessons?? She also thinks "somebody" ought to write original material. d-uh.

OKOK, no bitching. breathe deep ...

but truly, I get enough crap at my day job to overflow my crap quota.

I'm working on Rocky Road to Dublin; where the @##$%^ are you to breathe?? speaking of breathing.

water, friends, water. I'm tired of being overweight. she says.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Elmer Fudd
Date: 30 Jun 06 - 11:57 PM

I'll pitch in the potato salad. Just a simple, old-fashioned potato salad is really nice at a BBQ: Potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, chopped celery, scallions and flat-leaf parsley, mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Okay? Well then, I'm off to the farmer's market for ingredients.

Elmer

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: open mike
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 01:23 AM

is there a creek in which to chill a watermelon?
if so i will thump a good one from the farmer's mkt. too.
some salmon and corn on the cob would go good over the coals
(unless there is a plastic doll of some sort smouldering there)

If anyone wants to use my intellitouch tuner, you are welcome to.

I understand some of the early mud gatherings were called
"Tune it , or Die" is that really true?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 04:44 AM

OM, there's a creek out the back but make sure you put them in upstream of the squid - he's taking a holiday too.

Happy Canada Day to the Canucks, and Independence Day to the Yanks.... Pull up a chair, lay back and kick off the cares of the day. Can someone put a match to that citronella candle there? The sunny weather means the outhouse is buzzin' up a storm.

Can someone call the 'Mello Jello Pits Maintenance' guy please? Whilst we're outside we should take this opportunity to get that thing serviced.... Bert's card should still be good.

Now... who's for a game of 'who can snooze the longest'? (Not breaking my own "no sports" rule here: If a dog can do it, it's not a real sport).

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 05:39 AM

Liz you description could fit so many moths, it might be a Heart and Dart , you're in the right area, and it's the right time of year for them.
Giok

PS Can I bring some haggis burgers and a few slices of Lorne Sausage?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: gnu
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 06:21 AM

Haggis burgers? Only if I can bring Turkey Turd Beers to go with 'em.

I am up for a game of 'who can snooze the longest'. As long as you don't have one of those silly rules about my snoring waking up the other contestants. I'll be right over after my nap to take part.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 11:19 AM

Looked at that one Giok, nope.... no distinct markings on it and it was much darker. I spent a fair bit of this morning looking it up in the book, but no joy. It's too generic to be anything and too big to be nothing.

No problems with the snoring Gnu, just remember the pants this time.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Les from Hull
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 12:04 PM

Liz - it might have been a Gypsy Moth

If it attacks again, just shout out what it says on the wing!

Amy Johnson - she was from Hull an' all.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 12:46 PM

Nah... this one had an undercarriage!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 01:02 PM

Okay, okay, I can take a hint. . .I got out the mower and I knocked down the tall grass around the hackberry over to the side of the barbecue area. Haul a few of those lawn chairs over and you'll find the shade is quite comfortable. I'm sorry but I'm going to leave the dogs' wading pool there, it gets too warm when it's in the direct sun. They won't bother you too much when it's this hot out.

I have some Copper River salmon to add to the lineup, and I make some pretty good Country Style ribs (it's the homemade sauce).

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 01:15 PM

Oh--you might not want to leave the meat out unattended--the dogs might snatch it unless it's already on the grill (they'll stay away from the heat). And they're fast--you won't get it back once they have it. Even if you still wanted it. . .

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Alice
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 01:45 PM

Here's a ziplock baggie with some slices of Aloe Vera leaves - those teenagers who floated the river sunburned their backs! (For real, my son is playing a gig at a bar mitzvah today and yesterday sunburned his back to lobster red. Have been cutting up the aloe plant and slathering.)

I've been craving a good hot dog, grilled to crispiness on the outside, yummy mustard, sweet pickle relish, ketchup, some kraut on top....

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 01:54 PM

What is it about meat that Americans want to cover it in relish, and slaw, and pickles, and ketchup, or catsup?
Don't they like the taste of meat?
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Alice
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 02:09 PM

I like the taste of meat AND the other flavors, too, especially if the meat is a hot dog. Come to Montana and we'll give you a real beef steak (or bison) without anything else on it.

Alice

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: GUEST,Desdemona
Date: 01 Jul 06 - 03:43 PM

I *don't* especially like the taste of meat, which is why when I think I'm craving a "burger", I generally wind up with the veggie variety, because what I'm actually craving is the combination of condiments, lettuce, tomato, etc on a nice toasty bun!

An important exception to my "take it or leave it" attitude towr=ards meat occurs on my annual visits to my family in England, where myself and my children all become devout eaters of sausages (and yes, the Cumberland sausages are something to write home about, no condiments need apply!)...I'll be there in less than a week, and am already getting excited about the real ales, the sausages, the old friends, the morris dancing, and even a little about the medieval conference at which I'm giving a paper (although that comes considerably further down the list than the real ales...)!

~D

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 02 Jul 06 - 03:09 PM

I could just go a nice tasty bun... but don't bother with the lettuce or tomato... just the buns please.

Now can someone do something with that huge fish over there? It's looking at me in a funny way... Could it be this wedge of lemon and bowl of toasted almonds?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 02 Jul 06 - 03:22 PM

Whoa--Poppy, put that sausage. . . oops. Well, it's gone. The catahoula is really fast, so put your meat up, like I said. Or everyone will be have bare buns like Liz. (I'll have one with relish. . . )

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: gnu
Date: 02 Jul 06 - 03:33 PM

I agree Giok. Grilling a proper cut of meat is all that need be done. Of course, the more you can slather on a hot dog, the better. Takes the taste of the "parts" away. Not metally, but taste bud wise, anyway.

Now, who wants a small bowl of my seafood chowder? Baby clams, scallops, lobster (doubled up and the shrimp omitted), haddock, potatoes, onions, butter, and made with, of course, skim milk... got to be health concious, eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Rapparee
Date: 02 Jul 06 - 08:56 PM

I'll kick in a few cases of Moose Drool, Polygamy Porter ("Take Some Home To The Wives"), Fat Tire, Trout Slayer, Blue Paddle, Cutthroat, 3 Dachshunds, and Dead Guy.

And I contribute some more fresh Copper River Salmon, a few haunches of bison, and a hundred or so pounds of (farm raised) elk.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 12:17 AM

Cleaning out the freezer, Rap?

Has anyone seen Nurse Ratched around lately? Is she busy in the recovery ward? Are there any occupants we can cheer up with some freshly-charred animal remains on a bun?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: GUEST,MAG in Portland
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 01:47 AM

aah, feeling mellower after a day at the Portland Blues Fest.

BBQ is good; I'll start marinating this carton of baby back ribs tonight. Proper grilling is also necessary for good ribs.

Gin & tonic, anyone?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 08:21 AM

My puppy has run out of slush... where's the Margueritta boy?

I'm hiding out here so's I don't have to look at the extra half inch of loft hatch that is bound to be sticking out ~ the old one fell off on Saturday, so I made a new one today. I measured, I measured again, I cut... but still it looks bigger than the old one.... Hmmm... hope the old one was a bit small....

It's the going down to the cellar to get the big ladder to get to the loft that bugs me. I can't hang the door with the loft ladder hanging through the hatch and I can't get to the hatch without the loft ladder....

Bring me more Slush!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 08:32 AM

Batten down the hatches, LtS is drinking again! It's rough weather ahead! Reef 'em all!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 11:32 AM

At Christmas time the mother of a friend of mine would make whiskey sours, add red or green food coloring, and freeze them to slush. There was an official name for this, but I never knew it. We called the drinks "Red Shit" and "Green Shit."

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 11:34 AM

Speaking of "green shit," I see the haz-mat crew has finished pumping out and hosing down the jello pit.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: MMario
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 11:48 AM

uhmmmm? where is everyone? Queen Bess let me have a small sturguen - it's only a six footer, but it is female and full of roe - so fresh caviar!!!!! and she tossed in a dozen swans.   v I thought I'd do them in a pit oven - they are a little tough when you grill them.

Hello? Anyone still here?

oh - c'mon guys - I was only gone 842 years, round trip. The barbecue *can't* be over yet!!!!

hey!

OLLEY OLLEY OXEN-FREE!

*Note to self - if you find a sign on a tree saying 'Croatoan' - freak out!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 11:55 AM

Nurse Ratched is Hors de Combat at the moment, having gone to a surprise ice skating party, and forgotten her skates. Just give her a kangaroo burger, and some Sydneysider Salad. No Margaritas, Salsa, or tortillas for her today, she's gone off Mexican food.
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 12:28 PM

MMario, you are a crafty sod...how do you tavel in time so fast? is Doctor Who your best buddy or something?   Can I pass around the caviar to these lovely young ladies?...The ancient mariner bowing politely towards the ladies, walks up to one and says "I highly recommend this caviar to you young ma'am" ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: MMario
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 12:44 PM

I've become slower at the time travel over the years, Dave. In my younger days I would do the round trip daily - now I head downtime on Friday evenings and barely make it back uptime Sunday night.

It helps if you have ever worked for a library; but If I mention much more then that I'll have the Idaho Legion (Library Enforcement Division) after me; they made me swear an oath in library paste not to reveal the secrets of L-space.

The Doctor and I haven't been on speaking terms since he claimed it was one of my cigarette butts that started the Great Fire of London. He totally ignored the fact that the butt in question was a non-filtered and I smoke menthols with filters! The man can't stand to be wrong!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 01:25 PM

Must have been that H G Wells fellah who started it MMario. Times like these you wish Sherlock Holmes and Doc Watson were real people you could ask them to investigate eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 01:46 PM

Bleedin' wimp, that MMario. I went back the Kimmeridgian epoch of the Jurassic -- about 140 million years ago. Mario only went back a few hundred...the wuss.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: MMario
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 02:08 PM

My range is pretty limited these days, Rapaire; I haven't actually worked in a library in decades.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 02:42 PM

I would've gone back a lot farther, but there's something about a big explosion if you go back too far....

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: MMario
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 02:46 PM

It makes for one heck of a roller-coaster ride on the way back home tho!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 04:00 PM

Did anyone else notice the giant squid just now slither past dragging a long hose? I think that rascal is turning the jello pit into an indoor saltwater aquarium.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 04:22 PM

He says it'll end up looking something like this. Ambitious bugger! Someone throw him a harbor seal. . .

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 04:23 PM

Damn.. I was going to suggest you use the pit as the oven for the sturgeon....

Or is he just going to roe, roe, roe his boat?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 05:27 PM

Ahh, just in time, her puns are degenerating, the Pimms tanker is here. The lemonade and Random floating fuit and salad will arrive shortly.

I shall contribute the barrel of my own beer, which is tasting better with every pint.

BTW, the Kimmeridgian epoch is named after Kimmeridge, Dorset, where the Pureck hills meet the sea. The whole bay, 50 odd miles across, is fameous for dinosaur bones, and is now a world heritage site, and very pretty. There is only one question though...

Can any of these time travellers go back and get us some dinosaur steaks? The trick is to stick the marinade onn before you come back, so they're absorbing the flavour for 150 million years!

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: SINSULL
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 06:53 PM

Marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate, both light and dark for S'Mores. A cold beer and a nap now.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Jul 06 - 11:00 PM

Auroch is about as old as we go, though it seems to me that we had something -- was it frozen Mammoth? -- a couple of years back. MMario cooked it, you'll have to ask him.

Personally, I think it's a waste of your time. You know what they'll end up saying--that it tastes like chicken.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 04 Jul 06 - 04:56 AM

Of course it will taste like chicken.. what do you think chickens evolved from?

And Bunnahabhain, you dropped a B there... it's the Purbeck hills on the Jurassic Coast, which stretches all the way from Devon to Kimmeridge Bay,
and beyond.

Hook me up to the Pimms tanker then, in the absence of Margheurita boy, but take the celery out please, it a) adds nothing to the flavour; b) makes me hurl and c) it gets me in the eye every time I try to drink.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 04 Jul 06 - 11:23 AM

A duck sidles up to Liz and tucks itself quietly into her lap.

Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern & Barbeque Summer '06
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 04 Jul 06 - 12:08 PM

"Play your cards right and it could be your ducky day" she said, looking round for the orange sauce recipe!
G.