This broccoli salad is excellent for hot days. I don't have a recipe but you can figure it out easily.
Cut some broccoli into bite size florets. Cut some tomatoes into wedges. ( I know it's blasphemy but I actually prefer plum or canning tomatoes). Cut onions into strips (sweet is ok, but I prefer yellow onions). If you like a little bite in your salad add some fresh minced garlic. Don't bother with that store bought minced garlic in the jars, it's too mild. I've found that garlic that has some red or purple in the husk is the hottest.
Toss that with some Italian dressing, either creamy or not, depending on your preference. Let the flavors blend for at least an hour in the fridge. Time is your friend here.
Besides the flavor, the combination of red white and green colors makes a great presentation! Serve cold.
Funny how all this crap floats to the top in my mind when I think about cooking.
I haven't been on our local and very busy repeater for a week or so but got on today and struck up a conversation with a ham who hasn't been on here for 10 years or so. Hes a retired nuke technician and it was an extremely interesting conversation. Obviously, he couldn't give much detail about his work but what he could talk about was fascinating, so much so that our qso lasted better than an hour before his battery died. We talked about the days before computers (slide rules and such). Turns out we had a mutual friend, a now departed physicist who designed some early stuff and worked on the apolo project.
Anyway, that sparked a few others to join in. I had my hf rig on 10 meters am in the background to listen for lightning. Well, here comes the lightning. I had to discontinue the conversation and unhook my antennas. Dang!
I should get on the srg repeater system more often. It's surprising how much knowledge our members have but don't talk about until the occasion presents itself.
[FPC News] FPC Sues Feds to End Post Office Gun Ban
<p><strong>FORT WORTH, TX</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (June 18, 2024) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Texas, challenging</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the constitutionality of federal gun laws prohibiting firearm possession, storage, and carry at post offices and related properties. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The case is captioned </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpcgarland"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Firearms Policy Coalition, et. al. vs. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Case documents can be viewed at </span><a href="http://fpclegal.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FPCLegal.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
I like to do random things on the stove for neighbors. I'm thinking a pot of minestrone for a family here and I measured my biggest pot, did the π r square thing and it came out to 1.72 gallons with barely enough room to stir. That works out to 14- 2 cup bowls, max.
They are a blended family with 9 kids, so 11 people. Adolescent kids can eat a bunch. Do you folks think this would be adequate with some nice crusty bread?
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