It is Groundhog Day. Anyone have a good recipe for them?

On Friday, February 2, 2024 at 10:11:26 AM UTC-6, Ed P wrote:
>
> It is Groundhog Day. Anyone have a good recipe for them?
>
When a classmate moved to rural West Virginia her husband would hunt
them and if I remember correctly she said she would roast a hind quarter
in the oven. They're like rabbits in that they're vegetarian and eat grass..

Let us know how your dinner turns out!!

On 2024-02-02 12:19 p.m., itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net wrote:
> On Friday, February 2, 2024 at 10:11:26 AM UTC-6, Ed P wrote:
>>
>> It is Groundhog Day. Anyone have a good recipe for them?
>>
> When a classmate moved to rural West Virginia her husband would hunt
> them and if I remember correctly she said she would roast a hind quarter
> in the oven. They're like rabbits in that they're vegetarian and eat grass.
>
> Let us know how your dinner turns out!!

When I was a teen my best friend's family moved to a 45 acre farm. They
boarded cattle and the nieghbours on both sides had horses. We were
encouraged to hunt ground hogs. You could go a farm and ask permission
to hunt and they would sometimes give you a box of bullets.

On 2/2/2024 10:11 AM, Ed P wrote:
> It is Groundhog Day.  Anyone have a good recipe for them?
>
"Come on grandpa getcher dog.
Goin' up the holler to catch a groundhog."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F8dOA5j5U4

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On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 12:24:55 -0600, BryanGSimmons
<bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 2/2/2024 10:11 AM, Ed P wrote:
>> It is Groundhog Day.  Anyone have a good recipe for them?
> >
>"Come on grandpa getcher dog.
>Goin' up the holler to catch a groundhog."
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F8dOA5j5U4

Them Dullards ain't no literary geniuses.

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On 2024-02-02 11:11 a.m., Ed P wrote:
> It is Groundhog Day.  Anyone have a good recipe for them?

I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to back
to back........

On 2/2/2024 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2024-02-02 11:11 a.m., Ed P wrote:
>> It is Groundhog Day.  Anyone have a good recipe for them?
>
> I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
> schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to back
> to back........

It seems they do that every year. The movie wasn't all that funny to
begin with.

Jill

On 2024-02-02 5:17 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/2/2024 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2024-02-02 11:11 a.m., Ed P wrote:
>>> It is Groundhog Day.  Anyone have a good recipe for them?
>>
>> I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
>> schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to
>> back to back........
>
> It seems they do that every year.  The movie wasn't all that funny to
> begin with.
>

I can appreciate that there is a little bit of humor to doing that....
maybe once. I can't see their customers being very happy about it. They
pay for programming, not for a stupid joke,

On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 17:17:25 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

> On 2/2/2024 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

>> I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
>> schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to back
>> to back........
>
> It seems they do that every year. The movie wasn't all that funny to
> begin with.

How DARE you diss the movie "Groundhog's Day". Hrmpf!

-nr

On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 20:47:08 -0600, Ned Ryerson <nedr@gmail.compost>
wrote:

>On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 17:17:25 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 2/2/2024 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>> I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
>>> schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to back
>>> to back........
>>
>> It seems they do that every year. The movie wasn't all that funny to
>> begin with.
>
>
>How DARE you diss the movie "Groundhog's Day". Hrmpf!

How DARE you get the title of the movie wrong!

On 2/2/2024 4:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/2/2024 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2024-02-02 11:11 a.m., Ed P wrote:
>>> It is Groundhog Day.  Anyone have a good recipe for them?
>>
>> I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
>> schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to
>> back to back........
>
> It seems they do that every year.  The movie wasn't all that funny to
> begin with.
>
******
It took Ann a moment to answer. "That first day, well, Tuesday, when
you said, 'Welcome to my world', you weren't exaggerating. This isn't
the planet I grew up on."
..
"Like I just said, you'll get used to it. Hey, you know what day it is?"
..
"Saturday."
..
"Well yeah," said Winter, "but it's also Groundhog Day."
..
"You believe in Groundhog Day?"
..
"I believe if every day were exactly like the day we met, that I
wouldn't complain."
******
>
> Jill

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On 2/2/2024 5:33 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2024-02-02 5:17 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 2/2/2024 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2024-02-02 11:11 a.m., Ed P wrote:
>>>> It is Groundhog Day. Anyone have a good recipe for them?

Also known as "Whistlepigs".

>>> I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
>>> schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to
>>> back to back........
>>
>> It seems they do that every year. The movie wasn't all that funny to
>> begin with.
>
> I can appreciate that there is a little bit of humor to doing that....
> maybe once. I can't see their customers being very happy about it. They
> pay for programming, not for a stupid joke,

It must be working out, because they do this every year on Groundhog
day. I remember that from when I lived in a house with cable TV years
ago. IIRC, one channel played the movie "Christmas Story" on loop for
24 hours on Christmas day, every year. They probably still do. I'd
watch it, once, when convenient.

Michael Trew wrote:
....
> It must be working out, because they do this every year on Groundhog
> day. I remember that from when I lived in a house with cable TV years
> ago. IIRC, one channel played the movie "Christmas Story" on loop for
> 24 hours on Christmas day, every year. They probably still do.

yes. it's still a fun movie, but at least i don't
have to worry about missing anything...

> I'd
> watch it, once, when convenient.

it's on and people are watching it i'll watch it with them but
i don't need to see it again and again.

songbird

On 2024-02-03 11:13 a.m., songbird wrote:
> Michael Trew wrote:
> ...
>
>> I'd
>> watch it, once, when convenient.
>
> it's on and people are watching it i'll watch it with them but
> i don't need to see it again and again.
>
>

It seems a little odd to me that a specialty station would do that. I
thought that most satellite and cable receivers these days had recording
functions. If someone wanted to watch it at another time they could
simply record it and view at their leisure. That is what I do with most
of the stuff I watch on TV these days. I look through the schedule to
see what is going to be on over the next few days and record them. It
works great for TV shows because I can FF through the commercials, and
for movies that I am interested in. Sometimes when I a channel surfing I
come across a movie that looks interesting so I can go to the search
menu to find when it will be airing again and program it to tape it on
the next airing. There are a few shows that I like and I set it to
record new episodes. FWIW, this week I set it to record the new episodes
of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

On 2024-02-03, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On 2024-02-03 11:13 a.m., songbird wrote:
>> Michael Trew wrote:
>> ...
>>
>>> I'd
>>> watch it, once, when convenient.
>>
>> it's on and people are watching it i'll watch it with them but
>> i don't need to see it again and again.
>>
>>
>
> It seems a little odd to me that a specialty station would do that.

They're not a specialty station. In any event, it's a gimmick. They're
trying to get people who are idly channel-surfing to stop and watch.

People are lazy, Dave.

--
Cindy Hamilton

On Friday, February 2, 2024 at 4:47:15 PM UTC-10, Ned Ryerson wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 17:17:25 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > On 2/2/2024 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> >> I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
> >> schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to back
> >> to back........
> >
> > It seems they do that every year. The movie wasn't all that funny to
> > begin with.
> How DARE you diss the movie "Groundhog's Day". Hrmpf!
>
> -nr

It's a popular plot device.

https://www.thewrap.com/groundhog-day-movies-repeat-same-day-over/

On 2024-02-03 1:34 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, February 2, 2024 at 4:47:15 PM UTC-10, Ned Ryerson wrote:

>>> It seems they do that every year. The movie wasn't all that funny to
>>> begin with.
>> How DARE you diss the movie "Groundhog's Day". Hrmpf!
>>
>> -nr
>
> It's a popular plot device.
>
> https://www.thewrap.com/groundhog-day-movies-repeat-same-day-over/

I would say that it is a little more than a plot device. It is the plot.

On 2/3/2024 12:59 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2024-02-03, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> On 2024-02-03 11:13 a.m., songbird wrote:
>>> Michael Trew wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> I'd
>>>> watch it, once, when convenient.
>>>
>>> it's on and people are watching it i'll watch it with them but
>>> i don't need to see it again and again.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> It seems a little odd to me that a specialty station would do that.
>
> They're not a specialty station. In any event, it's a gimmick. They're
> trying to get people who are idly channel-surfing to stop and watch.
>
> People are lazy, Dave.
>

I bet there are a handful of people that will watch it every time it
shows too. Make some more popcorn, it is on again.

On 2024-02-02, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> When I was a teen my best friend's family moved to a 45 acre farm. They
> boarded cattle and the nieghbours on both sides had horses. We were
> encouraged to hunt ground hogs. You could go a farm and ask permission
> to hunt and they would sometimes give you a box of bullets.

Ground hog burrows can wreak havoc on livestock legs. That's why
they supplied the bullets.
On a different note, my youngest granddaughter turned 21 yesterday.

On 2024-02-03, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> It seems a little odd to me that a specialty station would do that. I
> thought that most satellite and cable receivers these days had recording
> functions. If someone wanted to watch it at another time they could
> simply record it and view at their leisure. That is what I do with most
> of the stuff I watch on TV these days. I look through the schedule to
> see what is going to be on over the next few days and record them. It
> works great for TV shows because I can FF through the commercials, and
> for movies that I am interested in. Sometimes when I a channel surfing I
> come across a movie that looks interesting so I can go to the search
> menu to find when it will be airing again and program it to tape it on
> the next airing. There are a few shows that I like and I set it to
> record new episodes. FWIW, this week I set it to record the new episodes
> of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

The major U.S. stations will be releasing their "Fall" schedule in the
coming weeks. I miss "The Rookie", "Young Sheldon" and a few others.
All I've been watching is C&I (aka Murder Porn) for the last six months.
The good news is that with my short term memory shot, I can watch the
same show two weeks later and think, "Hey, this is new!"

On 2024-02-03 5:00 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> On 2024-02-02, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> When I was a teen my best friend's family moved to a 45 acre farm. They
>> boarded cattle and the nieghbours on both sides had horses. We were
>> encouraged to hunt ground hogs. You could go a farm and ask permission
>> to hunt and they would sometimes give you a box of bullets.
>
>
> Ground hog burrows can wreak havoc on livestock legs. That's why
> they supplied the bullets.

Exactly. We rarely see groundhogs around here and can't shoot rifles
because it is a little too built up. It was a different matter up
there. Farms were well spaced out and it was nice and hilly so there was
always a safe backstop.

> On a different note, my youngest granddaughter turned 21 yesterday.

Congratulations.

On 2/3/2024 5:00 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> On 2024-02-02, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> When I was a teen my best friend's family moved to a 45 acre farm. They
>> boarded cattle and the nieghbours on both sides had horses. We were
>> encouraged to hunt ground hogs. You could go a farm and ask permission
>> to hunt and they would sometimes give you a box of bullets.
>
>
> Ground hog burrows can wreak havoc on livestock legs. That's why
> they supplied the bullets.
> On a different note, my youngest granddaughter turned 21 yesterday.

Happy birthday to your granddaughter! Hopefully she didn't shoot a
groundhog.

Jill

On 2024-02-03 5:15 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> On 2024-02-03, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> It seems a little odd to me that a specialty station would do that. I
>> thought that most satellite and cable receivers these days had recording
>> functions. If someone wanted to watch it at another time they could
>> simply record it and view at their leisure. That is what I do with most
>> of the stuff I watch on TV these days. I look through the schedule to
>> see what is going to be on over the next few days and record them. It
>> works great for TV shows because I can FF through the commercials, and
>> for movies that I am interested in. Sometimes when I a channel surfing I
>> come across a movie that looks interesting so I can go to the search
>> menu to find when it will be airing again and program it to tape it on
>> the next airing. There are a few shows that I like and I set it to
>> record new episodes. FWIW, this week I set it to record the new episodes
>> of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
>
>
> The major U.S. stations will be releasing their "Fall" schedule in the
> coming weeks. I miss "The Rookie", "Young Sheldon" and a few others.
> All I've been watching is C&I (aka Murder Porn) for the last six months.
> The good news is that with my short term memory shot, I can watch the
> same show two weeks later and think, "Hey, this is new!"

Not into any of those. I had been looking forward to the reboot of
Frasier but I was terribly disappointed in it. I watched the first two
episodes and that was enough. Kelsey Grammer was okay reprising his lead
role but the role of the son was a horrible. It's a shame because the
original show was brilliant. There was great writing and acting. It is
rare that a spinoff is as good as the original and even rarer that it is
better than the original.

On Sat, 3 Feb 2024 18:17:33 -0500, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>On 2024-02-03 5:15 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
>> The major U.S. stations will be releasing their "Fall" schedule in the
>> coming weeks. I miss "The Rookie", "Young Sheldon" and a few others.
>> All I've been watching is C&I (aka Murder Porn) for the last six months.
>> The good news is that with my short term memory shot, I can watch the
>> same show two weeks later and think, "Hey, this is new!"
>
>Not into any of those. I had been looking forward to the reboot of
>Frasier but I was terribly disappointed in it. I watched the first two
>episodes and that was enough. Kelsey Grammer was okay reprising his lead
>role but the role of the son was a horrible. It's a shame because the
>original show was brilliant. There was great writing and acting. It is
>rare that a spinoff is as good as the original and even rarer that it is
>better than the original.

Brilliant, he says. Ghe ghe. It was a run of the mill comedy with a
laughing tape. Lame entertainment for the masses.

On Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 12:00:26 PM UTC-10, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> On 2024-02-02, Dave Smith <adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > When I was a teen my best friend's family moved to a 45 acre farm. They
> > boarded cattle and the nieghbours on both sides had horses. We were
> > encouraged to hunt ground hogs. You could go a farm and ask permission
> > to hunt and they would sometimes give you a box of bullets.
> Ground hog burrows can wreak havoc on livestock legs. That's why
> they supplied the bullets.
> On a different note, my youngest granddaughter turned 21 yesterday.

Groundhog holes were used as a plot device in this tale. I guess it was probably prairie dog holes but what the heck, they probably taste the same anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJyX27Reu2w