To all the ladies

[JoeF]

Happy Valentines day to ALL

 

[Savage]

Happy Valentines day to ALL

 

Yeah, what he said! ;-)

[BEAU]

Awwwww
Now where's our flowers and candy!
 
We've been very good!

[patty]

back at you!! and everyone else!

[Carol]

Man, you boys have your hands full here with Patty, Beau, & I giving you 'what for'-you boys take it very well!!!!  Hugs to you both, and Joe, the three of us have opted not to pressure you for candy and flowers, but merely the famous pic of you in that speedo!!!!!!! 

[JoeF]

Man, you boys have your hands full here with Patty, Beau, & I giving you 'what for'-you boys take it very well!!!!  Hugs to you both, and Joe, the three of us have opted not to pressure you for candy and flowers, but merely the famous pic of you in that speedo!!!!!!! 

I still have a ways to go (if ever) before I get to Speedo ready. But my gut is pretty well gone.

[Carol]

Sooooo.....no 'before' and after pics....c'mon, show off what ya been doin'.  Good job sticking with the program, I know that's not an easy committment.  But hey,think how great it's gonna feel when you're 90 and still able to make that pasta for Carter's little ones!!!

[BEAU]

I still say we need to have a good ole midwest potluck somewhere around here one of these days!
 

[Carol]

tell me where and when and I'll be there.....wonder if we'd be as nutty and fun together in person as we are on the board?

[patty]

tell me where and when and I'll be there.....wonder if we'd be as nutty and fun together in person as we are on the board?

heck yea we would...at least you would carol!! coupla margharitas and we`d be ROTFLOL

[Kathie]

That would be sooo fun!!!   

quote author=BEAU link=topic=67.msg503#msg503 date=1139952181]
I still say we need to have a good ole midwest potluck somewhere around here one of these days!
 

  and speaking of potlucks.......a question for all you midwesterners (and anyone one else that knows what I'm taking about)---------What is the difference between a "casserole" and a "hotdish" ?

[BEAU]

The difference is... if you are from the midwest you call it a hotdish... if you are from anywhere else, you call it a casserole! LOL
It's a bunch of food, put together, usually a protein, starch, and sometimes vegetable, held together with a sauce (most often cream of mushroom soup, sometimes tomato based though)
Midwesterners go crazy over their hotdishes...
I am originally from California and even though I moved here when I was in high school, I still am not crazy about them and generally refuse to eat them. Every time I have them on the menu here at work, I go buy my lunch! I just can't bring myself to eat them.

[JoeF]

The difference is... if you are from the midwest you call it a hotdish... if you are from anywhere else, you call it a casserole! LOL
It's a bunch of food, put together, usually a protein, starch, and sometimes vegetable, held together with a sauce (most often cream of mushroom soup, sometimes tomato based though)
Midwesterners go crazy over their hotdishes...
I am originally from California and even though I moved here when I was in high school, I still am not crazy about them and generally refuse to eat them. Every time I have them on the menu here at work, I go buy my lunch! I just can't bring myself to eat them.

Ahhh a left coast casserole snob  You probably hate Pot pies and pasties too.

[BEAU]

Sheesh Joe... tell me how you really feel! 
No, I'll eat a pot pie every now and then.... I grew up po' folk... so that's what we had to eat!
Part of the hating casseroles comes from my Mom throwing anything and everything together and calling it a casserole... once we moved out here and she discovered what they were. That gave her permission to do it! Pasties I had once when I worked with a bunch of chefs and they made them. It was good, not my favorite... but decent eating.

[JoeF]

I do believe that casseroles came form those that didn't have too much money. Ya had to make the food STREEEETCH.
Ham for Easter. Ham and potato casserole or Ham and mac and cheese the rest of the week.
This is from a guy whose Grandpa shot any bird that flew into his mulberry tree and then cooked it in tomato sauce and thats what we ate. Road kill made it in there once in a while also 

Also I'm born and raised here and we never called them a hotdish