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It’s Memorial Day weekend across the U.S., which means the nation takes a moment to honor those who served and died in its military. It also unofficially kicks off barbecue season, especially in northern climes where snow, wind and rain give way to sun, warmth and long days. If you’re firing up the grill for Memorial Day or upcoming holidays like Juneteenth and the Fourth of July, you might be wondering just how many burgers, hot dogs, and brats to stock up on per person. Fear not, for @foodandwine has done the cookout math for you:

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Food & WineHow to Calculate the Right Amount of Meat for Your CookoutHosting a cookout? Here’s exactly how many burgers, hot dogs, pork ribs, and other barbecue favorites you should buy for the number of guests you have.

The final installment of our holiday journey to the south of france and back to the UK.
We got back home as expected without any drama on the return journey - in fact it was a very relaxing day's travelling.
Thanks Eurostar & East Midlands Railway

The daily blog posts I've been putting up will be condensed into a single post for my main travel blog (with photos) - and I'll try to include some of our learning points from this trip too.

Here's today's blog post:
mikefromlfe.mataroa.blog/blog/

mikefromlfe.mataroa.blogDay 9 - To Home Sweet Home — Meanderings around Europe by train – and other stuff

Just back from a week on Ynys Castell in the Menai Straights to celebrate a Big Birthday with a group of friends. We were incredibly lucky with the weather, but you can keep your tropical islands, I much prefer this!
#holidays

sticking to the Finnish lake theme...

I love how the water here looks like quicksilver!

This is due to the pitch black lake bottom, and the perfectly clear air emphasizes it.

Photo taken 25/7/2023, at 10pm, with a mobile phone, brought to life with #Darktable.

#finland #suomi #finland #lake #serenity #holidays #travel #sunset #midnightsun #panorama #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #forest #tampere #throwbackmonday

Friday 26 April 1963

A big row is brewing up over the new American-style tenderised beef now reaching some shops. Animals are injected with juice from the paw-paw melon. Some people in the trade see dangers. They think that unscrupulous firms could use the process to disguise tough old beef as new meat.