I would love to but PB ruined my appetite So I'll pass this time. But feel free to pick me up next time.

I just had a salad tonight.

The decision to grant dispensation is not made by the Catholic Church, but it is done by the Diocese. There is no automatic dispensation for St. Patrick's Day. In my Diocese (Harrisburg) there is no general dispensation.

Whenever I attended the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick banquet on a Friday, the Bishop would grant dispensation for the attendees prior to the trditional meals of prime rib being served. There was never a blanket dispensation.

Two years ago I attended a St. Patrick's Day Party when the 17th fell on a Friday. The hostess, who is Catholic, forgot about Lent when she planned it. Reminded the afternoon of the party, she actually telephoned the Bishop's office, explaining that meat dishes had already been prepared for the occasion, and the Bishop granted a special dispensation, stating that meat may be consumed by the Catholic guests, but only inside the home and only between the dining hours of 7 to 9:30. He wanted to avoid a mistaken assumption that the guests were free to eat meat for the entire day, and that going back to pick at the corned beef and ham was stretching the dispensation beyond its intended purpose.

No corned beef this year, there was a recall when they found out it was infected with traces of Kobe beef.

Pizza Hut

Maybe one day we can have a dinner there if you'd like.

Looks like they have good food and nasty seafood

Chinese takeaway tonight

Screwed me again, DC.

Actually, I just saw this post. City Island was a zoo, as it always is on Fridays. Sammy's was great.

Babe, I'll be at Enzo's on Williamsbride Rd and Neill Avenue for dinner tonight----8 O'Clock. You, Mister babe and the kids are more than welcome.

Thanks, PB. My daughter is appearing in Damn Yankees tonight and I'm having the family here for dinner, otherwise I just might have taken you up on that offer.

Damn Yankees!

Last night (and lunch today) was white pizza w/ broccoli and garlic

Dats a nice! I enjoy a good white pie myself.

I may be showing my ignorance here,but what is a white pizza?

I have never heard of it before.....

White pizza generally has no tomato sauce. I don't like it.

No tomato sauce?????

Who would eat such a thing?

A "White" pizza aka "Pizza Blanca" is made with Mozzarella cheese and ricotta cheese, and as SC already pointed out, without ANY sauce.

It actually looks very nice in that pic DC!

Tonight the wife and I are going out for Chinese food. There was a place that we used to frequent quite a bit. They lost their lease about 6 months ago, and just last week re-opened at a new location that they built and now own. So we're going to go to their new place. It'll be good to see the owner and the staff once again and hopefully the food will be just as good as it was when they were at their original location.


And if their bar is anything like the old one, then drinks will definitely follow dinner!

Me and the kids had Chinese take-out earlier.

The kids shared sweet and sour chicken whilst i devoured chicken fried rice.

We also had extra chips,curry sauce and prawn crackers!
It filled us up!

Enjoy your meal DC

Grazie Yogi, grazie!

When we used to go to their other restaurant, they made a really fantastic dish that had seared boneless chicken breast and filet mignon with broccoli in a brown sauce. And their Shrimp Grand Marnier was just out of this world.

I could eat chicken till the cows come home!

And once the cows come home you'd eat steak?

Thats what I ask myself. For me, pizza is an excuse to have sauce.

Exactly

I did'nt realise how daft my original post was till just now

Do they have those at Spumoni Gardens?

We just returned from dinner and drinks at the new location.

The food was excellent! Just as, if not better, than I remember it. It was great to see the owner, who was generous enough to buy us a round of drinks when he spotted us at the bar. And most of the original staff was back working for him again. The bar is even bigger and better than the one in his original restaurant and the restaurant itself is beautifully done all around.

Sounds good, DC. What did you have??

We had meatballs, braciole and sausage in GRAVY. I make two pounds of Barilla's Campanelle, quite possibly my favorite boxed pasta, a salad and Italian bread that was actually hot when I bought it.

I picked up a nice cheesecake from the bakery and while I was there, they had a young lady in the aisle filling cannolis on order. Naturally I couldn't resist. They were delicious.

All this talk of lovely food is making me hungry and it is only 8am UK time....
I've just had my breakfast!

I had a hot and sour soup and my wife had a wonton soup. We shared Dim Sum and Egg Roll appetizers. For our main course we had Fliet Mignon in fresh mushroom and oyster sauce, and a dish of pan seared white meat chicken breast in a white garlic sauce with assorted veggies.

So did you save me a cannoli?

That food sounds delicious. I love oyster sauce.



There's two left. You'd better hurry.