Happy Thanksgiving to all Religion Group posters.
I hope all of you have a pleasant, gut stuffing (if appropriate), holiday with friends and/or family.
What I value most is the people who I like to hold close, which includes all those who travel here, whether we agree or not.
I will be feasting on lamb chops, fresh green beans, and Jasmine rice this evening, primed with one or two Bombay Sapphire martinis.
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
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I plan to savor the food and the company, every moment is special.
Thank you!
That can be difficult on a full stomach. 
My best regards.
Leaves, maybe!
It started snowing here just before Halloween. It hasn't been like Buffalo, NY, but it's damned early for these parts. Thankfully I am 50 miles from Lake Michigan.
Do you mind if we sent some your way?
I hope you have a nice warm holiday weekend.
Happy Thanksgiving, longship.
And back at you my friend.
I have 50's SciFi flicks cued up for tonight. Schlock at its best. (BTW, it includes The Blob, Invaders from Mars and Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers. I very well may stay up for Gog.)
The best to you.
I am thankful to have a this place and value those with whom I have the opportunity to interact.
Today I will attend a pot luck with 225 people. These are primarily the gringos and mexicans that live in this boating community. The community had a very difficult summer. Hurricane Odile took out 27 boats in the anchorage and three lives. One was an older man who was much beloved here. The others were a young couple with a lot of experience. The last grounded boat was successfully pulled out of the mangroves just last week. Many other boats were damaged beyond repair.
We will remember those that were lost and express our gratitude that there were not more. We will thank this wonderful community in which we live and that we love.
Although they came from -- OMG -- Grand Rapids, MI, they were tasty and authentic. Pork, of course. But like northern US Mexican, kind of bland. I added my own hot, Cholula. I know, not the hottest, but nevertheless tasty.
Remind me to tell you about an evening with my best friend, who is Egyptian, with whom I had a great experience that involved Guinness Stout and a habanero
plant. It was small and I think we picked it clean that night.
OMG! They are fucking hot! But oh so tasty.
Thank goodness for the Guinness.
Regretfully, no Guinness or habaneros tonight.
Gobble. Gobble.
My best to you and yours.
The best tamales have chili ancho sauce in the masa and in the pork. I don't understand why all that snow doesn't melt in the presence of habaneros, thougb.
Let alone real Mexico ones.
It's like lutefisk outside of Norway (regardless, still inedible, and I am half Norwegian).
However, tamales are pretty damned awesome, as is almost any Mexican food.
My favorite in the USA is that from New Mexico which has a unique style, unlike TexMex, California Mex, and most definitely unlike USA Mexican food in general.
Plus, they are not afraid of pouring on the hot.
My favorite Mexican meal was when I was driving from CA to MI. I stopped at a gas station to fuel up just south of Santa Fe, NM. It was a rather small town.
I was hungry. Two local cops were fueling up and were in line with me. I introduced myself and explained my position (driving cross country) and expressed my desire to take in some good local New Mexican cuisine.
They were great, and even drew me a map to this out of the way restaurant. It was one of the best meals I have ever had. I cannot remember what it was called -- I don't speak Spanish -- but it was spicy as hell and had Cocoa in it. My tummy said yummy.
It only took me 90 minutes to get to the motel where I had reservations, on the other side of Santa Fe. Thank goodness after two Mexican beers and a gut stuffing delicious meal.
New Mexico has very interesting cuisine. Especially when one gets off the beaten path. (As I imagine it is just about everywhere.)
Yes! I left a big tip. And those local cops sent me to the right place.
Happy Thanksgiving, okasha!
Colombian tamales, wrapped in banana leaves, and tied with string.
