So I'm going to be in Plattsburgh, New York, September 12,13 and 14 this fall again with the band. It's the anniversary of the Battle of Plattsburgh. Anyone going to be there?19 responses total.
ill be in virginia
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What diffrence does it make? The far left liberals have twisted and perverted everything the founding fathers said anyway.
The founding fathers WERE the original far left liberals. How else could a republic with freedom of the press and separation of church and state been created?
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The "founding fathers" were a bunch of hard-core radicals. No king?!? No royalty? A representative government????? For those days that was about as far left as you could even imagine.
Hmm, not sure I'd go that far. The British government was certainly pretty far down the path of stripping power from the King and giving it to the various assemblies. Certainly by 1800 it wouldn't be stretching to call Britain a representative government.
Yeah, but that was a quarter-century after the American declaration of independence, and more than a decade after the constitution of the United States.
Well, my British history is weak, but I would assume that there weren't huge, sweeping changes in British governance in the last quarter century of the 1800s. I could be wrong, tho.
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SO NOBODY LIVES IN PLATTSBUIRGHI
On the contrary, approximately 18000 people live in Plattsburgh.
There was quite a controversy in Plattsburgh last year over the discontinuance, by Bouyea-Fassetts bakery, of a style of hot dog bun used locally in the preparation of a "coney"-like hot dog item -- an oversized roll with a hotdog inside it covered by a generous layer of meat sauce. This was called a "michigan," believe it or not, and was much beloved of local college kids and others. The "michigan roll," as the discontinued bun was called, was said to resemble a New England style hot dog bun, only bigger. New England style hot dog buns, in case you've never seen one, are slightly oversized hot dog buns with flat crustless sides. You grill or pan- toast them on each side, and use them for lobster rolls, clam rolls and shrimp rolls, which you can buy almost anywhere in New England, including MacDonalds. I have yet to see New England style hot dog buns in any supermarket or ordinary bakery hereabouts, so we have to schlep to bakery outlets over in Clinton or down in Taylor in order to buy them for the lobster rolls our kids -- and now all our kids' friends -- can't live without in the summer. I can *walk* to the nearest store that sells Italian truffles, but I have to drive 45 minutes each way to buy a fucking hot dog bun. Anyway, it was during the course of a Google search for "new england style hot dog buns michigan" in the hope of finding something nearby that I came across some articles about the Plattsburgh "michigan roll" riots.
Why don't you just bake your own buns?!
As a matter of fact, I did download a recipe for them. It rivals Leviticus in length and complexity.
How do you prepare the lobster for a lobster roll? Got a recipe?
You prepare the lobsters by boiling them and cutting them up into smallish pieces. On the Connecticut coast the rolls contain lobster chunks and butter. I've never liked them. Elsewhere in New England, it's a lobster salad in a toasted New England style bun. The basic ingredients are lobster chunks and mayo, with various optional extras such as chopped celery and onion. Purists prefer lobster and mayo only. You "toast" the bun by buttering each side and frying it in a pan until golden brown and crisp.
That does sound awfully good.
Re #9. Last quarter of the 18th century, no. but the reform acts of 183[56] extended the franchise by several million. men. Incredibly (and something i only found out about three months back), poorhouses were not abolished until the 1920s. eergh.
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