Thursday #294 - For our Richard

[slick]

Oh Richard....I see you!!!

I'd love to join in and honor Angelita! She sure sounds feisty, if I can use that word.

LOLOL I have to laugh at all the "Mom" stories here. I could tell you a few about mine but this is a family bar! Anyway, Gini has met her.....'nough said.

So, now it's the end of a long work day and I'm winding down. I'm going to plunk myself down on the comfy couch and chill a little before heading home. Hmmm, I could sure use a double BM with a twist of lemon, a celery stick and a prawn & tomato skewer! Oh and bartender, please put a dash of horseradish in the BM....just the way Richard makes it! Yummy!

So Richard, you posted that we could all come and live with you. I'll take you up on that provided Ed. E. Katz gets to sleep with me. Only trouble is if I eat too much Mexican food, well....my intestines will probably complain loudly, if you get my drift. Poor Ed. E. Not sure if he could stand it.

Here's a toast to you Angelita. Thank you for giving us Richard.

[RICHARD]

I have a wonderful fire in the fireplace here at home, the cat is arse end toward the hearth and I would love a sip and bite of everything you all have made today.


Would anyone be interested in a homemade tortilla with real butter on it.

I made a batch today and the masa/dough was really great. THe best batch yet.

Let me roll out a few and let's sit down and hang out for a while!

[blue]

And I just orderred a salad and pizza.

ETA: When we where kids visiting dad at Granny Mo's house, we called her that because my brother and I couldnt pronounce our last name when we where real little, GM came out from whatever she was doing in the kitchen and pointed at each of us in turn saying, "einy meany miny" then pointed to herself and said "Mo". She then went back to whatever she was doing in the kitchen.

[gini]

How heartwarming is all of this? All of us are telling stories about our parents or grandparents. This is great!

Richard, I hope you are coping - you are such a faker - you try to hide behind that sense of humor and have all of us laughing. That's why we love you.

I have an Uncle story. I loved this Uncle Hal. I didn't get to see him often but when I did it was clear that he loved me. So fearlessly I would climb on his lap and ask him to "click" his teeth. He had false teeth that just fascinated me - I was just a wee one then.

He is also the one that taught me "I scream.....you scream......we all scream for ice cream. That meant ice cream was in my near future.

A homemade tortilla - you betcha - can I add some salt on top of the melted butter?

[zippy-kat]

Salt? How about a little bit of sugar and a lotta bit of cinnamon!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Salt?

How about a little bit of sugar and a lotta bit of cinnamon!

Uhhhh ... Isn't there supposed to be some "stuff" in there, too?
Like maybe:

* A Meat
* A Cheese
* A Salad
* Beans
* SOMEthing ??

But I could be wrong.

[zippy-kat]

Nope. Butter, sugar, cinnamon inside a folded and browned-just-right tortilla makes a YUMMY dessert.

[RICHARD]

Phred,

Tortillas are like bread to us!

You can take a flour tortilla, deep fry it and while it's still hot take some cinnamon and sugar to it!

Or you take them hot off the griddle and you can stuff it with beans, rice and meat too!

IT's Mexican white bread!

Gini,

I am a faker.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Ooooh-Kaaaaay ...

Now I wonder what those things I order from the place with the Sombrero and the Bell are????
They always come stuffed with more *stuff* than Cinnamon & Sugar!

I hate it when you can't pronounce the stuff on the menu board!
But then ... if ya can't pronounce it, ya prolly shouldn't otta try *eating* it!
Remynds me of my first of only TWO visits to a Chinese Restaurant -
with "authentic" Chinese Waitresses AND Chinese MENU!
How you say PLAIN *BEEF* Hamburger?

[Pam]

We would tell her she was drunk on the beach in Mexico all those years ago and she would call us liars.

Hey Richard, shame on you...what happens in Mexico stays in Mexico!

Actually the whole episode sounds like it would make a good Kenny Chesney video!

[zippy-kat]

Oh Phred, that's not even good Mexican food! (And I hesitate to even call it real food!) lol

I think my area is probably more Tex-Mex but come on out and I'll treat you guys to something alot better (and more tastey!) than the drive thru.



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I have a jar of unopened local honey that I've been wanting to try. How about some homemade sopaipilla... better known in our house as "sophie-pillas." (Oh how I still miss that bunny, Miz Sophie! Mom was missing/recalling her antics the other day, too.)

[Cinder & Smoke]

Oh Phred, that's not even good Mexican food!
(And I hesitate to even call it real food!) lol

That's the shame of it - MOST of us don't know what Mexican food is
*supposed* to taste like! "The Bell" is all we know!

How about some homemade sopaipilla ... better known in our house as "sophie-pillas."
(Oh how I still miss that bunny, Miz Sophie!
Mom was missing/recalling her antics the other day, too.)

>gulp<

I try to mentally sound out words I can't pronounce ...
My first try at "sopaipilla" came out as "Sophie-pilla" ...
We ALL *Miss da Lil Black Bunny*!

**THUMPZ!**

[RICHARD]

That's the shame of it - MOST of us don't know what Mexican food is
*supposed* to taste like! "The Bell" is all we know!



>gulp<

The old menus on the TB board had a phonetical translation under the names of the offerings.

I love the Bellbeefers- it was a hamburger bun with ground beef, lettuce and I can't remember what else!

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Spooky stuff?

I was upset that I didn't have my mom recorded on any tapes or video...


I was vacumning my mom's house and ended up getting the cord stuck behind the phone jack and ripped it out.

As I tried to see how I could get it hooked up again I came across an old portable phone my mom hated.

I plugged it back in and one of the last messages was her talking to my brother- she didn't turn off the machine and it caught her voice!

A while later I put on the cable channels for music and was skipping thru to find something cheery.

I was coming close to the seasonal music and thought how mom loved Silent Night...

Sure enough, I hit the channel and.......

That woman!

[RICHARD]

Anyone out there?

I am going to build a fire and was hoping for a little company!

[shepgirl]

Richard you sound like you have some real good memories of your mom, some of us don't have that. You're a very lucky person to be able to share this with us. Thanks and enjoy the treats your friends have for you.