BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda

Subject: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: sian, west wales
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 07:09 AM

Happy St. David's Day, everyone!

Hope your day is resplendent with daffodils!

sian

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 07:14 AM

Bore da, sian! I gotta go get some leeks!

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: Margaret V
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 08:01 AM

Diolch, Sian, a Gwyl Ddewi Dda hefyd!

Have a lovely day, and thanks for thinking of your Cymrophile friends in other parts of the world!

Margaret

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: sian, west wales
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 09:53 AM

I've just come back from town where there's a serious "Ahhh" factor happening. The proverbial children's parade - 2 miles long and 3 feet high - trouping through the centre in their Welsh costumes, and each school singing their allotted pieces in the shopping precinct. A lot of the shops have decorated their windows, and all the pubs are serving cawl. Bright sunshine, and a real relief from all the current worries in rural Wales!

Looking forward to a Boozy hymn-sing in the pub tonight!

As Dewi Sant would've said, Gwnewch y pethau bychain! (

Do the little things!)

Rock on, Dewi.

sian

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: Llanfair
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 10:59 AM

P'nawn da a chi. Not much in the way of celebration here, I'm afraid, though the sun is shining. Cheers, Bron.

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: sian, west wales
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 11:11 AM

No ... I don't suppose so, Bron. Do you have snow? I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the Foot/Mouth doesn't get up your way as that's where our family farms are. Worrying times.

But, as you say ... the sun IS shining!

sian

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 12:03 PM

As I think people know, I am no longer living in Wales but Happy St Davids Day.

I must see if we can have leeks in cheese sauce for tea now - I love that meal.

Jon

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 03:42 PM

Jon, how about a recipe?

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 03:52 PM

Nothing to that one Animaterra, just boil the leeks and make a cheese sauce - as you would do with cauliflower cheese or brocolli cheese and serve with whatever else you might fancy.

I did't have leeks for tea BTW - I had forgotton I had had a chicken dinner from yesterday. Maybe tomorrow... I think my mum has some leeks growing in the garden and I don't think you can beat fresh home grown vegetables.

Jon

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: Hollowfox
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 04:12 PM

I love the description of the parade! Happy St. David's Day to you, too. (What's cawl?)

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 04:22 PM

Hollowfox, here's something for you to try.

Jon

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 04:37 PM

No daffodils in chilly Wyoming, but we do have plenty of sunshine and spring is in the air, no matter it may not really be here for another two months!

Happy St. David's day!

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: Hollowfox
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 05:11 PM

Yum! Thanks, Jon.

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 05:30 PM

Would have been my dad's 74th birthday today, gave him daffodils on Sat...

Why don't we celebrate the other saints the same way we do Patrick? At least David was patron of the country he was born in.....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: sian, west wales
Date: 02 Mar 01 - 04:24 AM

I'm all for that, Liz. And Dewi isn't around to disagree - remembering that he only ever drank water! Strikes me as not a bad idea ... but it is, after all, The Morning After the Night Before now. (ooo - my head.)

Jon, thanks for the Blue Clicky! We get into arguments at the pub as to the right way to make cawl, 'cause there are so many regional variations. Some use a hambone, some use lamb. I've never had one with cabbage but, heck, all's fair in love and soup.

Hollowfox, you probably know this but some people get confused: oatmeal is the fine, flour-y stuff, not rolled oats. It does make a difference. My dad always had to have a bowl of oatmeal on the table "to sprinkle" when Mum made clear soups.

Well, anyway, there's Dewi done and dusted for another year. Thanks for the goodwishes, all.

sian

Subject: RE: BS: Gwyl Ddewi Dda
From: Llanfair
Date: 02 Mar 01 - 05:43 AM

Sian, we've got sunshine and snow showers today!!! Sorry to be a wet blanket yesterday, but this F&M really gets to me. The stupidity of factory farming, supported by a government that hasn't got a clue!!!
Grrrrr, Bron.