Butter My Biscuit and Take Me To the Gun Show - UPDATE Recipe included

For those of you poor folks who eat your biscuits out of a CAN, this is what a real homemade biscuit looks like (this was just half of one).

This is the whole thing. (the recipe for the stunt biscuit was added to the comments by reader request)

Now, for those of you that have never been to an honest to goodness gun show, it's time you tried one out.

This weekend was the big IND 1500 Gun and Knife Show.  I was a bit late to the festivities, missing it completely yesterday,  fighting off a head cold, but Tam has all the action from Saturday in her latest posts.

We got there about 11, no line at all, unlike yesterday where the line went around the whole building, and then some.There was "no photography" at the event but I did get a photo of this really cool pharmacy museum at the fairgrounds which we stopped at on the way out.

Partner in Grime and I were entering the building when over comes a stunning blond in a long coat who had spotted him with a big "Hi E!" as she came on over.  It  was Ashley Varner, Director of Public Affairs for Gun Laws by State,  www.gunlawsbystate.com.  She had wanted to meet me, and after, gave us a quick synopsis of the show. But being in charge of much of the media goings on, she couldn't stay.  We promised to catch up with her later.  If any of you are looking for a outstanding reference on state to state  gun laws, from Indy's own Bryan Ciyou Esq., please check out the website. It's a wonderful reference source, one I have on hand at home.

The gun show is still as big as I remember. A lot of tables were empty, it being the tail end of the event, but there was still a LOT to look at (Hey, where are the "Tasers, just in time for Valentine's Day"?) Though we didn't come away with much, reloading dies, something for the kitchen  - "Lester's.  America's Cheapest Ammunition. . it usually works".

This was certainly not my first gun show, nor will it be my last, but I came away with an impression that I always do at the big and small shows here in Indiana and one that would not uphold the stereotypes often portrayed by those in the media that report on such things.

You've never seen so much camouflage wear  in  your life, people with long hair, beards, overalls, military uniforms, military haircuts, women, kids, old men, young veterans, old veterans, disabled veterans.  You could not  pick any other large group of people and put them all in an enclosed space and find a more laid back, courteous bunch, respectful of each other and the event itself -  "no, you go first"  "Thank you".  No, go right ahead, after you". "Please".  There's no litter, that's something I also notice. Kids are told "now don't touch other's people's things unless you ask first, be polite" and they are.  People wait in line, for hours, patiently.

This is a cross section of America of which I'm proud to belong, even if we are as different as what we wear, what we do to earn our own way during the work week. We were all here for one thing, for a show of support of that which we uphold and support as a right, not a right as in something that is bestowed,  but a right as something that we inherently possess, which can not be taken from us.

I hope to be at another one, soon.  But the shadows were lengthening and it was time to go.

First we headed to Big Hat Books in Broad Ripple.

This is why I can't write children's books, I'd run out of words that rhyme.

Then to the Broad Ripple Brew Pub.  No official  blog meet today, just friends catching up.

There were bangors and mash and  pub pizza's, I ordered the bacon and pineapple (That's a 10 inch pizza?  They need to have a chat with Subway.)    

The bacon on the pizza, I believe, is from Goose the Market, best bacon in Indy. There was a fair bit of pizza left, but NO bacon.

 This small one was bacon, jalapenos and feta.  mmmm.

Then it was home, to release the hound, as the weather is supposed to be down in the single digits for the next couple of nights and not much warmer in the day. So he's not going to get much in the way of outside playtime.

A big thanks to the folks at the Indy 1500 for such a fine event, and thank you my friends, for a good day.