I haven't had oysters or clams anything in over 15 years and not really looking to have them anytime soon especially considering the typical "oyster" here in the mountains are the Rocky Mountain kind........
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Good morning--we still have 15 minutes left of morning here--everybody. A little slow getting around today but all is well. Can you believe it is Wednesday again already?
Leshanah tovah tikateiv veteichateim,” “May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.” to our Jewish friends as Rosh Hashanah ushers in their most sacred time of year.
Leshanah tovah tikateiv veteichateim,” “May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.” to our Jewish friends as Rosh Hashanah ushers in their most sacred time of year.
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Are you enjoying the RV experience, BBD? Do you consider the gain, worth the effort or is it too soon to tell?
Hugs, to Taco. I missed seeing his name here.
We've had the RV out for two trips and we enjoyed them both. For years when we were field trialing beagles we had a pop up camper we used on those weekends and we had a 30 foot travel trailer once for a while so camping is not a new experience for us. The RV experience is though but it's very similar to the other times we had a pop up or the other trailer. I find it much easier to use in terms of setting up and the nice thing is you can pull over just about anywhere and get a quick nap or eat some of your own food. Very little effort involved in setting it up. Plug in the electric, hook up a water hose and hook up the sewage line and you're all set. It's worked out fine so far. The only thing that ticks me off is because it has duel rear wheels tolls are higher when you hit the toll booths. On our trip to New England we spent nearly $200.00 in tolls and I think that's just awful.
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You folks still talking about oysters? I love 'em any way I can get them. Good stuff.
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That's pretty much how I reacted too. And what do you mean swallow? I not only disliked the residual taste in my mouth but I have a personal objection to food that you don't have to swallow to eat.
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I hear you. My son and daughter both love raw oysters--daughter is a great sushi fan--but I just can't get with the program. Happily that is one adversion Hombre and I share so it isn't an issue for us.
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Our Oyster Fest has beer. Maybe that would entice him?I can't get past the way raw oysters feel in my mouth. They feel like I should be spitting that out. Now Oysters Rockefeller, broiled oysters, smoked oysters, fried oysters, oyster bisque, I'm all good with that.
I've also had them broiled with spinach/butter.....Rockfeller.....but I've never tried them raw....not sure I would like them raw, hmmm, I guess there is the one thing...
There's an oyster festival here in the late fall. You buy tickets and a ticket will get you an oyster any way you want it. With 50 or 60 different recipes, if you leave hungry, you're doing something wrong.
St Mary's University in San Antonio has an Oyster Fest right around the same time as Fiesta....and they also have them any way you want them. I would love to go, but Mr. Mertex doesn't like oysters, so he doesn't see any real reason to go.....
So does this one.....lots of beer....but, he doesn't like crowds and it's mostly college age kids that attend......it'd be like pulling teeth.
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Ymmmm, I saw the recipe ingredients and they sound heavenly. I'll have to try them next time I visit the coast.
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Last night I was sorting through my linen closet, dragging out comforters and blankets for the coming cold nights. What did my little eye spy? Why the 48 star flag my uncles and aunts flew over the family homestead on VE Day back in 1945!
A bit thread worn but not at all faded, the old cotton flag measures an impressive four by six feet! There is a little paper tag attached with a message written by my late Uncle Alex. The tag reads "Flown on St. George Street, August 1945".
I remember in 2001 after Uncle Alex passed away (age 97) when I became the custodian of the family war flag. Coincidentally, I saw an Antiques Roadshow where the appraisers explained that relics like this should be rolled up in a cotton bed sheet and tucked away from any damaging light source. That's just what I did. I put it on the top shelf of the linen closet and forgot all about it.
My family was a typical wartime family. Two of the four sons enlisted, the other two were either too old or married with children. The two who went to war were my Uncle Robert (the youngest son) and my Uncle Ducky, who was a police officer here in town when he enlisted in the Navy.
Ducky spent the war in Hawaii breaking up bar fights as a CPO in the Shore Patrol. Robert enlisted in the Army Air Corps but never saw any action. He did fly supply missions to Berlin during the Berlin Airlift.
The end of the war the brothers came home and Great Granddad hoisted the flag in celebration. Other families on the block had made bigger sacrifices, losing sons and fathers to combat. But what a relief that August afternoon must have been! I'm glad I have a memento of an occasion that happened years before I was born.
A bit thread worn but not at all faded, the old cotton flag measures an impressive four by six feet! There is a little paper tag attached with a message written by my late Uncle Alex. The tag reads "Flown on St. George Street, August 1945".
I remember in 2001 after Uncle Alex passed away (age 97) when I became the custodian of the family war flag. Coincidentally, I saw an Antiques Roadshow where the appraisers explained that relics like this should be rolled up in a cotton bed sheet and tucked away from any damaging light source. That's just what I did. I put it on the top shelf of the linen closet and forgot all about it.
My family was a typical wartime family. Two of the four sons enlisted, the other two were either too old or married with children. The two who went to war were my Uncle Robert (the youngest son) and my Uncle Ducky, who was a police officer here in town when he enlisted in the Navy.
Ducky spent the war in Hawaii breaking up bar fights as a CPO in the Shore Patrol. Robert enlisted in the Army Air Corps but never saw any action. He did fly supply missions to Berlin during the Berlin Airlift.
The end of the war the brothers came home and Great Granddad hoisted the flag in celebration. Other families on the block had made bigger sacrifices, losing sons and fathers to combat. But what a relief that August afternoon must have been! I'm glad I have a memento of an occasion that happened years before I was born.
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That sounds delicious, but not on grilled cheese...do you have a recipe??
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Husbands are a hoot. I got a compliment this afternoon (yeah, I'm vain) and my guy shoots back "How can a blind guy be a cashier?"
Your large green eyes are lovely...
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No I just mix to taste, sorry. Roughly 2/3rds cup of mayo, 1/8th cup of taco sauce, 1/8th cup horseradish sauce and three or four of good shakes of cayenne pepper.
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I'm sort of in the Rachel Ray school of cooking. If you can buy it at the grocery store and save time, it is all good. The sauce you put on tacos? Hey go to a Taco Bell and nab a bunch of those little packets.
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I am fond of the sayings on Taco Bell taco sauce packets. Witicisms like "Your my main squeeze" or "Help, it is dark in here let me out!"
Sherry
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Yeah, well it's even darker in your intestines.
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Sherry
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You're bad.
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