Posted on 08/01/2025 6:03:57 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Salmon and grouper are my favorites. I know what you mean about bones.
The smoked SWEET is the best. They are out right now but given they probably source it from down south I would think it would be soon.
We ate fried perch early every Friday. I hated picking out the bones and more than once I had one catch in my throat. One so bad it took a couple of bread balls to shake it loose. No fun when you are a kid.
I’m not sure what kind of fish we ate as young kids. I do know I hated fish sticks. Had to eat them anyway. If you didn’t eat what was put in front of you, you went hungry. If you complained about how you didn’t like something, you got a smack AND had to eat all of it under threat of more severe punishment. There was no pussyfooting around that. Amazingly, I am not a picky eater, save for a very few things, which I still sometimes try, and still reject. (I don’t like bleu cheese or goat cheese. I keep trying them every so often, but I still haven’t taken a liking to either of those.)
Weird weather - very cloudy, looks like a storm any minute, but nothing on radar. It’s “cool”, high 70’s with a bit of humidity. There’s also been quite the breeze. All of this has Fall on my mind. The gray days remind me of November skies except it’s not cold.
Perfect day for shoveling that second load of dirt out of the trailer. It’s all in the 3rd bed, mounded up & tarped. I waited a week to pick up this load after we had a spell of heavy rain - the rain had drained out of most of what I got ... dry dirt isn’t near as heavy as wet dirt (duh!).
I didn’t mention that we saw “wildlife” going across the mountain for the dirt. A handsome red fox crossed the road in front of us so I slowed down to look in the woods - it had stopped & I got a good look. That was going .... coming back a snake crossed the road in front of me. It was on a fairly steep downhill and I was hauling heavy so I didn’t brake or swerve .... snake made it without getting hit. The interesting thing about the snake was that it sure looked like a Timber Rattler to me! I have seen plenty in the mountains doing trail work & hiking so I know what they look like. As long as I don’t see any Timbers around our place, I’m good with just seeing them in the mountains.
No more work today that involves my back. I think I’ll go on a date this afternoon with Clyde :-)
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