March 2016 Newsletter

Bayard Cutting Horticulture Society Meeting

Saturday March 12, 2016

Upper Carriage House - 1:00 p.m.

The Pros and Cons of GMO's (Genectically Modified Organisms in our food): A Panel Discussion with Stuart Brown (NYU), Meg McGrath (Cornell),and Danielle Zanzarov (SouthBay Wellness)

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March Membership Meeting

Thursday, March 17, 2016
6:30 PM
East Islip Public Library

Dahlia 101 "Planning Your Dahlia Garden"

Plus this special event!

Saint Patrick's Day "Irish Soda Bread Contest" -
our first bake-off! Bring your best! Blind tasting.

Contest is open to all LIDS members

Grand Prize - one year, total bragging rights to the
"LIDS Best Irish Soda Bread", in effect until March 16, 2017.

Rules

1. Bring your own homemade Irish Soda Bread, cut up in advance for the tasting.
2. Conceal your entry in a brown paper bag.
3. Turn your entry over to the moderator (Carol)
4. Your entry will be assigned an entry number.
5. Members will do a blind taste test and then vote by secret ballot.
6. No butter during the taste test, after is fine. (thank you Ted)
7. One vote per person.

Jig

If anyone would like to do the Irish jig as a closing act, we will clear space for you.

Irish quiz

Who said this? "I am who I am: an Irish Catholic kid, working class from Long Island. And I made it big."

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Annual Spring Luncheon and Cup Auction

Save the date!

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Irish Coffee Pub - 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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April Membership Meeting

Thursday, April 21, 2016
6:30 PM
East Islip Public Library