Posted on 12/30/2009 10:21:09 AM PST by Graybeard58
Oh my heavens! I meant her cow who was named Betsy!
Thanks for calling my attention to it. Oh my....
And my Mama was my Grandmother. My Mother was Mother. :-)
While in Vietnam during the war some fool at headquarters thought it would be a great idea to initiate an program where a few of us pilots would go out to the province chiefs and “break bread” with them. Thank God for booze....they would always serve you a glass of bourbon because they thought all Americans liked whiskey.. The first time I had the privilege of attending one of those affairs I poured most of my glass out when no one was looking. The second time I slopped it down like I had good sense because I knew the food that followed was a challenge that needed all the help it could get. Knowing that the Vietnamese liked to eat fido makes one’s mind go bonkers..... I honestly have no idea what I ate in those two international dining experiences....but each bite tried to come back up....fortunately I had been through survival school where we practiced mind control.....or else I would have put those dinners out for my hosts to inspect. I can almost taste that pungent, nasty crap as I type this...and that was 40 years ago!
As a kid, one of the sickest times of my life was because of "circus peanuts".
Grandpa took a bunch of us grandkids to NY and Washington DC for a few days. We were about 10-12 y/o. He was not too patient a man and we soon got on his nerves. By time to leave, he had enough and did a 12 hour drive from Philadelphia home without stopping for most the trip. We kids in the backseat were starving... and all we had to munch on was some old circus peanuts grandpa had hidden under the driver's seat.
To this day, I will not touch them.
My “can’t eat” food is flounder...and really all fish now.
When we were younger my father would thaw frozen flounder, cover it with tomato sauce and bake it in the oven then serve it with canned spinnach....one evening in particular I couldn’t keep it down and now any fish brings back that feeling.
I never understood people who put lowfat in their coffee. (Only whole milk with mine, thank you very much -- lots of it.) It's the cream that gives the milk its flavor -- and enhances that of the coffee. Lowfat is pointless.
The Portuguese places in New Jersey do grilled sardines the best. One of my faves, washed down with Vinho Verde.
We know a family where the eldest grandchild dubbed the grandmother, “Honeymama”. I’ve claimed that for when I am a grandmother. ;)
Any poultry makes me want to vomit. I tried turkey for the first time in years last Thanksgiving and I couldn’t keep it down.
"I'm NOT your sugar!"
Great film. Too bad Claudine Longet turned into a murderous succubus.
Chop cabbage into manageable pieces. Drop a large tablespoon of bacon grease into skillet, then cabbage. Cook until tender. Salt and pepper to taste.
Black Licorice - Yuck!
Red Licorice - Yum!
I am now also a Grandmommy! 2 of them - 2 years, and 6 months.
Well, I tried and tried to be a Grandmommie. And all that came out of her sweet little mouth was Mimo. Pronounced Meemo.
I asked her, “What’s a Mimo”?...she looked at me and said, “you!” :-)
So we have 6 grands that call me Mimo.
Oldest is 17, youngest is 10. 4 boys and 2 girls.
So I wouldn’t get too hung up on any name before being christened by a grandchild. :-)
The rest call me Grandpa Bill. This is because my son's life would be in danger if they call me anything Else.
:-) Funny...moment of weakness huh? :-)
God bless you sir and Happy New Year to you and yours!
Same here. I have a b-i-l who feels the same. I guess there are a few of us out here.
I think I have you beat.
I like lutefisk.
Thanks very much for the info....Another reason I enjoy FR!
Cabbage and noodles! Yum. Making some tomorrow.
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