Mother's Day Brunch-Prime Rib and French Toast

Finally, the much awaited French Toast is in our Menu again today's Sunday Brunch ( see flyer above), after a hiatus of several months. Norman Nelson  and I and several other residents here who love French Toasts thank the Kitchen Staff and the THD management for listening to our requests to have French Toast in our menu.💗  

💗https://marinduquemyislandparadise.blogspot.com/2024/03/responses-to-my-e-mail-on-french-toast.html

Besides French Toast we will have Prime Rib and Eggs Benedict and Mixed Green Salad with fresh strawberries and other Goodies. 

Speaking of Mothers Day, Here is my previous postings on this Day. 

💚https://planningtovisitthephilippines.blogspot.com/2021/05/mothers-day-may-9-2021.html

Here's also one of my favorite acrostic Poem for your reading Pleasure

M - O - T - H - E - R

"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,

Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER," A word that means the world to me. Howard Johnson (c. 1915)

Here's an excerpt from my blogs about my own mother- Paz Barrido Balleza Katague

My Mother and Me, Lapaz, Iloilo City, Philippines, 1978

"My mother, Paz Barrido Balleza and family are big landowners in Barotac Viejo and the neighboring towns of Banate and Ajuy. The Balleza family were considered rich at that time. She was born on January 14, 1909 and is the youngest of three children, the only girl with two older brothers, Modesto, Jr (lawyer) and Jose who are much older than her. My mother’s parents both died, when she was only in high school. So, she was under the care of her oldest brother, Modesto. At that time, Modesto Balleza family had a big house in Iloilo City, just across the street from St. Paul Hospital and one block from Assumption College-an exclusive and private school for girls.

My mother went to high school at Assumption College until she was a junior. In her senior year, she met my father, fell in love with him, stopped school and got married. My mother with tears in her eyes told me that the reason she married without finishing high school was to get away from the control of her oldest brother. When their parents died, there was no will. Thus, the Balleza properties (rice and corn lands, coconut plantations, fish ponds) were all under the control of her two older brothers.

The division of property according to my mother was very unfair. The brothers claimed the best rice lands to themselves. What was left for her to inherit were the properties in the distant barrios, rice land with no irrigation, except for one parcel of rice land (20 hectares) near the town. Of course, she did not receive one-third share of their parents' properties. When she married, control of her properties was given to her. My Dad then helped her manage the rice lands and other properties.

My mother was very frugal. She would not leave a morsel of rice on her plate. I remember her saying, “If you do not finish your food, God will punish you”. So even today, I always have a clean plate after lunch or dinner( not true anymore). My mother had a strict budget and allocated 10% of the farm income into her savings. By the time, I was in college, they had enough savings to purchase a commercial property in Iloilo City. With the back pay that my father received having served as a Dental Officer in the Philippine-American Army from 1941-1945, they were able to build a commercial building at Iznart street, just across the YMCA building, etc...". For the whole article, you are welcome to read my blog dated💚 12/15/11 as indicated above".

Again, Happy Mother's Day to All the Mothers of the World!!!