Doing, Dining, and Planning....

Sometime I have to find out where that time does go…when last we got together (Wednesday ?) it was meatballs (see postscript) and now all of a sudden it’s a new week so there’s a few things to talk about..

Doing

Thursday we attended the Veteran’s Day parade in Leonardtown. I was told that it is one of the few actual parades in Maryland, so there were a lot of folks gathering



Along with some other eager spectators waiting for the parade to begin



which it finally did



What followed can only be described as a slice of Americana, with all manner and age of vehicles and beasts









Of course there were all the foot traffic, kids, more kids, then some kids, followed by kids of various organizations,



And the music makers





And eventually the end arrived



It was kind of refreshing to see so many people participating in a local event, there were almost as many people IN the parade as AT the parade. All of the marchers and riders had a seemingly limitless amount of candy which they strewed about the streets as they went, causing a lot of little kids to dart out and gather it in. I can only imagine some moms thinking “oh no, I survived Halloween and now this!!” Of course with all the fun came the more sobering reason why they were gathered, to celebrate all those who served their country (and those currently doing so) making it possible for us to enjoy the day and our freedom. We should thank them every day, not this special one, so give it some thought.

Doing II

We also attended a little show for a new exhibit at Carmen's Gallery over on the Solomons. Sometime you ought to stop in, they have some pretty nice art in there...

Planning

Well, after the long hot summer all of a sudden Thanksgiving is only a week away. All the food magazines dutifully send out the “Thanksgiving Issue”, usually with a golden bird on the cover, along with some tag about “Easiest Dinner Recipes”, or “Five Ways to prepare the perfect…”, Best this, Best that, and so forth. How many freaking ways can you cook a fowl. Anyway, I’ll try to distill some of them, and see what’s “hot” this year and what wines they like, and do my annual thanksgiving diatribe. As for us, we’re throwing in the towel and are going to spend a couple of days on the Eastern Shore, dining and driving in and around Easton. Then we’ll return to the digs on Thanksgiving day, but with no feasting plans in mind.

As for you, if you’re planning on the big feast scaled large or small, you better have your menu at least floating around your brain, and think how many stores you’ll have to visit to procure the stuff. Around here, a lot of people order a “fresh” turkey from the Amish, and it’s probably too late for that.

Dining

In the interest of your time (and eyeballs) I will postpone the “Dining” portion until tomorrow where we will recount visits to The Ruddy Duck, Courtney’s, Rivers Edge, and DiGiovanni’s over the weekend…

And a loyal reader passed along notice that even in the animal kingdom



They still, with black tie, no less

DFD

Meatballs (last one, I promise)

At great personal sacrifice of eyeballs and fingers (and battling MS Word, who constantly thinks I need help in formatting) I managed to type the recipe into a document, along with cooks notes and modifications. If anybody would like same, drop me an e-mail (from your real e-mail) at the blog account, which is (phonetically) bill @ billsbottomfeeder dot com.