Category: Food and dining

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Too Many Bananas

Sometimes I think my mother buys a bunch of bananas to just torture them slowly as they all ripen so quickly and no one eats that many bananas in her house. Every time I go over there I see a bunch of 5-6 ripe bananas in a large bowl on her kitchen table. And then a couple days later she throws them out because they are over ripe and then she buys a new bunch at the grocery store when she does her weekly shopping.

When I was over there yesterday I teased her and called her a banana sadist. She doesn’t buy them to eat them – she buys them to watch them die a slow death. She got a little defensive, so then I asked if maybe she thought of herself as a banana rescuer instead? She buys them because she feels sorry for them in the store, and brings them home so they have a chance?

Or maybe she buys them to put in the bowl to be a pretty centerpiece and fool everyone who comes to visit into thinking that she eats a lot of fruit? I think that next time I go to the hobby and crafts store that I will buy some artificial bananas that look real and put them in the bowl at my mother’s house. I might do that as a joke and see how long it takes for her to realize that they are not getting over-ripe and are not real. LOL!

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Chocolate eclairs

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Once in a while, maybe every 3 months or so, my mother would drive across town to the little Italian bakery and buy some fresh bakery goods. She claimed to go their for their homebaked breads for my dad, but I think she just wanted to buy pastries. If us kids were lucky enough to ride along with her, she would let each of us pick out a treat from the bakery case. I always picked a jelly donut and my mom always bought two of the chocolate eclairs for herself.

As soon as we got home and put away our bounty from the shopping trip, she would make a big deal about pouring a small glass of cold milk for us all and then serving up the bakery treats for an afternoon snack. Thinking back on it, she never did buy a dessert treat for my dad. They were just for us kids and her. An I believe she served the treats that same afternoon so that they were eaten before my dad got home from work and found out about them.

Every time I see chocolate eclairs, I think back on how my mom would buy her two eclairs and hide them from my dad. They were her secret indulgence and I’m glad she was able to have a few guilty pleasures in her life.

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Oatmeal Cookies

I have a box of oatmeal and decided that cookies would be nice. There is a recipe for “Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies” under the lid – and that sounded easy enough. I checked the cupboards and pantry and actually had all the ingredients on hand. So I made a batch and they are awesome! To be honest, I’ve never baked cookies in my life but these were easy – I can do this!

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Eggnog Shakes

This time of year is when some of the fast food places sell their eggnog flavored milkshakes. I am a big fan of the eggnog shakes, but I can’t afford the extra sugar and calories. But to celebrate the holidays I will allow myself one or two eggnog milkshakes before Christmas. I am heading to the Steak ‘n Shake this afternoon for their “Happy Hour” deal of buy one and get one free. anyone else want to go with me for an eggnog milkshake? Since I’m getting one, yours is free!

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Ham Sandwich

This time of year I start craving ham. This is actually hog killing season, and farmers are putting up hams to cure, making bacon and fresh sausage. If I can find someone selling fresh sausage, I will buy at least 40 pounds of it and put it in the freezer. In the meantime, I’m holding off the cravings with a ham sandwich.

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Chicken Soup

i don’t know what it is about chicken soup that makes me feel better when I’m sick. Maybe because that is what my mom used to make for us when we were kids and got sick. All I know is that the first signs of a sore throat, earache or fever, I crave a big bowl of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup and a couple of saltine crackers.

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Elvis

The great Elvis Presley turns 74 this year and I have one set in stone rule that I must follow every year. I will not work on Elvis’s birthday or the day he died. I worked a couple of years ago on his birthday and I wound up wrecking my truck it cost me $5,000 not to follow my own stupid rules. So this year I am going to set on the couch with a peanut butter and banana sandwich and watch TV all day. There is a reason for all rules and this one is set in stone for me.

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Best BBQ

I have had BBQ in many parts of this country and some have been very good………Martins BBQ in Nolensville TN. Some have been very bad…….Lucille’s in Oklahoma City it was roast beef swimming in ketchup, and I do mean swimming. Texas makes a very good BBQ, and in my opinion the folks who do BBQ in the south are way over rated to much vinegar for me, give me good Kansas City or Texas BBQ and I am one happy boy.

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Winter

Let me start off this rant by saying I hate winter and I hate any one who likes winter. I think that pretty much says it all. The people here in Nashville have no idea how to drive on ice or snow so as soon as it starts falling they all herd towards the grocery store to get milk, bread and eggs. I call it snow food, they do not want to be stranded with out those three things, it may be all they have in the house but the can make french toast and scrambled eggs, I guess they will not starve unless the power goes out and they can not cook, then that is another rant to come later on.