A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-12,13-05....Ready ~ Set Tables ~ GO!

Billie

[NicknamedBob]

You gals are funny! Who'd have thought you'd get excited over a poem about spiders?

Add it to your collection, Amy.

[NicknamedBob]

Hi Gabz, Thanks.

I've heard you've given up sewing and are currently knitting,

I hope your bones knit well!

[Gabz]

Groan..................

[bevlar]

Did someone offer to teach us how to make good French Fries? If so....please share with me. I have grandchildren coming to visit the last week of July and I would LOVE to dazzle them with my cooking French Fries skills :-)

[tuliptree76]

LOL! ;-)

[JustAmy]

There is a funny western song with lyrics something about ....

spiders and snakes. :)

If I knew the title, I would post it.

I wonder if Victoria knows it?

[Billie]

"There is a funny western song with lyrics something about ....
spiders and snakes. :)
If I knew the title, I would post it.
I wonder if Victoria knows it?"

Hmmmmmm, that sounds like something that Tom T. Hall (I think that's his name) would sing.

[Billie]

Just had to tell you what a neat post this is! Great job on the background layouts! Spiders.....ugh!! Nothing pretty about them. :)

[luvie]

Glad I found your spider table. Heard it was very good, and they were right! Perfect for the poem! NNB is obviously a very talented guy (I have always admired people who can write!) and you are making him look even better! LOL!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Beautiful table.

Spiders....EWWWWWWW!!!

[tuliptree76]

Thank you. :-)

[Mrs.Nooseman]

You are welcome!:)

[Kitty Mittens]

WOW!! Amy, your Table with the Butterflies and Flowers is BEAUTIFUL, and Tulip, yours with the Spider and the Webs is Wonderful, too!

NicknamedBob, you just can't Write a Bad Poem! Your Butterflies and Spiders Poems were both Great!

[JustAmy]

Thank you!!

Billie helped me and also made a suggestion; See #378. It is much better after I took Billie's suggestion.

[NicknamedBob]

Jim Stafford : "Spiders and Snakes"

I remember when Mary Lou said
"You wanna walk me home from school"
And I said, "Yes, I do"
She said, "I don't have to go right home
And I'm the kind that likes to be alone
As long as you would"
I said, "Me, too"

And so we took a stroll
Wound up down by the swimmin' hole
And she said, "Do what you want to do"
I got silly and I found a frog
In the water by a hollow log
And I shook it at her
And I said "This frog's for you"

She said, "I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I want to be loved by you"

Well, I think of that girl from time to time
I call her up when I got a dime
I say, "Hello, baby"
She says, "Ain't you cool"
I say, "Do you remember when
"And would you like to get together again"
She says, "I'll see you after school"

I was shy and so for a while
Most of my love was touch and smile
Til she said, "Come on over here"
I was nervous as you might guess
Still looking for somethin' to slip down her dress
And she said, "Let's make it perfectly clear"

She said, "I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I want to be loved by you"

[JustAmy]

Wow ..... thanks, NnB.

I don't like spiders and snakes either.

I'm glad you found some info on that silly song.

[NicknamedBob]

Bob’s Bad Poem

Someone said my poems,
Were all so very good,
I couldn’t write a bad one so,
I guess I thought I should.

I’ll start by saying orange,
That doesn’t rhyme with squat.
So if you speak of oranges,
A poet you are not!

Another thing I hate to see,
Is words that don’t quite rhyme,
So if you happen on such things,
You’ll know they aren’t mine.

And meter is important too,
The rhythm of the pome,
I try to keep mine steady on,
And not wandering too very far from home.

The essence of a poem,
At least where I’m concerned.
Is that you have a point to make,
Not clever phrases turned.

Anyone can write a poem,
Free verse is free-for-all,
But it takes art to have them shown,
Somewhere other than a wall.

NicknamedBob . . . . July 14, 2005

[NicknamedBob]

All I can suggest about the French Fries is to use good, large Idaho spuds, keep them under water after peeling and slicing, and rinse them three times in fresh cold water to wash away some of the starch.

Now all the ones I made were blanched, at a modest heat setting, for two or three minutes. This pre-cooked them, and drove off some water. It also coated them with the vegetable oil or shortening to reduce oxidation.

When it came time to fry them, the oil was HOT! and there was a large reservoir of it. This would indicate that keeping the Fries to oil ratio low is important to keeping the temperature at its proper heat setting.

They were cooked for a limited amount of time. It may be best to use a timer. Then pull them from the hot oil, let it drain off a bit, and spread them on a surface to drain further and receive their generous dose of salt.

Gather them into serving portions and serve HOT!

Obviously some of this is up to the cook, but the basic principle is: reduce the starch level, prevent oxidation, and cook quickly at high heat for the last phase. And don't be afraid to use salt, unless you're afraid to use salt.

[Gabz]

Thanks, Bob!

[JustAmy]

Bob’s Bad Poem

Someone said my poems,
Were all so very good,
I couldn’t write a bad one so,
I guess I thought I should.

I’ll start by saying orange,
That doesn’t rhyme with squat.
So if you speak of oranges,
A poet you are not!

Another thing I hate to see,
Is words that don’t quite rhyme,
So if you happen on such things,
You’ll know they aren’t mine.

And meter is important too,
The rhythm of the pome,
I try to keep mine steady on,
And not wandering too very far from home.

The essence of a poem,
At least where I’m concerned.
Is that you have a point to make,
Not clever phrases turned.

Anyone can write a poem,
Free verse is free-for-all,
But it takes art to have them shown,
Somewhere other than a wall.

NicknamedBob . . . . July 14, 2005