Memorial Day Came Early This Year

Did you notice? Usually Memorial Day, the last Monday in May is also the last weekend in May. Not this year. May 31 is a Sunday. The following Monday is the 1st of June. So we have a typical two day weekend as the last weekend in May rather that a 3-Day weekend at the lake or something else fun to kick off the unofficial start of the Summer Season.

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Sunday’s Grilled Game Hens

Maybe it’s old-school thinking, but there is just something about chicken and Sundays that, in my mind, naturally go together. Go to church, come home and have a great Chicken Supper. Roast chicken, fried chicken. It really didn’t matter. It was chicken on Sunday.

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Portuguese Grilled Chili Basted Game Hens

A few years back, I was on a Portuguese cooking kick.  I couldn’t get enough of it.  In this quest, I stumbled upon a treasure-trove of wonderful dishes at portuguesecooking.com. Not only were there recipes, but stories and tantalizing tidbits of how the dish came to be from folklore and historical facts of many of the dishes.  Needless to say, I was in heaven, devouring the tidbits while adding recipe after recipe to my collection. I adore them all.

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