[color=green]And remember - hay fever season is just around the corner…
Lots of snow to the south of us, but we’re just getting occasional flurries. Several schools in the snow belt closed today, others are curtailing evening activities.
That soup does sound, good, though.[/color]
Thanks, Carl, for tracking that “n” down and putting it to use.(8:24 am MT today) Did it give you a hard chase? It simply got away from me before I posted my comment. Sometimes, even when I compose a post on Word Perfect, a letter will get away, or an unwanted one will insert itself. Business must have been booming thirty-eight years ago; it certainly did not take long for you get off the extra board.
Mookie, Do you and Driver need another box or two of tissues? I’ll send some over if you do (I have found that toilet tissue also works). Both of you, get well soon.
It was about forty-two degrees when I set out for my morning walk today–quite a change from the past few weeks. A cloud cover last night held the heat in.
I hope I am done with dentist visits, except for cleaning, for a long time now. Last week, I had a tooth added to a partial (made necessary because an olive that I did not see in a forkful of salad had a difference of opinion with a tooth as to which was stronger; my tooth lost) that I started using about a year and a half ago–and went in for a tuneup on it this morning. Aside from the hidden olive, it was a good salad served on VIA’s Ocean.
Johnny
One of my granddaughters asked Pat if we could go somewhere else, so we didn’t go to Johnny Rocket’s, after all. Both granddaughters were asking us riddles that made no sense, and were laughing hysterically at the responses–the funniest thing about this was their brother (8 months) laughing at, or with, them!
SJ, you have my sympathy–both of you. You’re apparently not alone–Emily has chapped areas all around her mouth, and Katelyn is puffy under the eyes (allergies?). We go through the tissues at an astounding rate here, thanks to someone always having something in season.
We have a force to be reckoned with here. Katelyn informed us, her grandparents, that she’s growing up fast, and soon she’ll be five (she hasn’t been four for two months yet). “And what can you do when you’re five?” Pat asked her. Katelyn’s response: “Drive?” The look on our daughter’s face: priceless! I was told that her interest in maps is no accident: she follows the GPS in their car with interest, and has no problem identifying streets, or water…or railroad tracks!
Johnny, my new computer likes to insert or omit letters, too. Fortunately, everything on the screen gets spell-checked, so others don’t get much chance to see what comes out initially.
Good Tuesday morning, everyone. Went to bed early last night: wore myself out yesterday, what with all the baking, and everything else done. I was out about as soon as my head touched the pillow. Hope everyone is beginning to see a little bit of improvement, as far as sniffles, sneezes, etc., are concerned. My nose is stuffed up this morning. (And no, I haven’t stuffed anything up in my nose, either![:P])
Coffee, juices, hot chocolate, hot cider, and hot water for tea are ready.
On the warmer bar this morning: bagels, bear claws, oatmeal, grits, cream of wheat, toast, turkey bacon, sausage, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy and western omelettes.
Looked out the front window a few minutes ago, and so far, no one has shown up to wait for the Produce truck. I normally already have about four, five vehicles sitting out front.
Everyone enjoy your breakfast, have a good morning, and I’ll see you all later, after Tuesday Produce is over.
good morning
happy fat tuesday.its also international pancake day.so what do we have first the punchkies or the pancakes?? matt is on time and on the bus.here are some tissues for in the diner.
stay safe
joe
Pancakes sound good, especially with some real maple syrup (almost that season here!). Blueberry pancakes would be even better!
Carl - I like Johnny Rockets - good old hamburgers and a smiley face in the ketchup tray.
No snow for today, but the temps will be all over the place for the rest of the week and we’ll see both rain and snow. I’ll take rain, I’ll take snow, but I hate getting both on the same day…
Larry, I vaguely remember the smiley-face from the time we visited Johnny Rocket’s, and wouldn’t mind going again sometime soon. Granddaughter Emily had apparently been looking forward to the smiley-face, too; I guess she wasn’t consulted when her sister asked for the Italian place instead.
Now, can somebody explain why a pseudo-Italian restaurant, serving pizza, pasta, salads, and Italian-style sandwiches would have a bottle of ketchup alongside the grated Parmesan cheese at every table?
Carl, have no idea to the answer for your question. It does sound a little bit odd, that a pizza restaurant would have bottles of ketchup on the table, though! I admit, I eat some combinations that are odd to anyone else, but I’d never consider putting ketchup on anything at a place like that, not even on a hamburger pizza.
Our Tuesday Mexican Fiesta is now under way:
tacos, burritos, spanish rice, chimichangas, fajitas, black bean & rice tostadas, enchiladas, south of the border snapper, gazpacho w/shrimp, chipotle tomato soup, cheesy beef nachos
We didn’t get much at Produce today: potatoes, yellow sweet peppers and little 4 oz. containers of orange juice. And we only had about 35 people show up.
We’re supposed to warm up to the mid 40s this afternoon, may see 46 for a high here.
Everyone enjoy your meal, have a good afternoon, keep safe and take care.
[color=olive]Recall that the late Jackie O used to infuriate the great chefs by dousing their creations in ketchup…[/color]
Good morning and afternoon to all. Paula, thanks for the sausage and grits.
As to pancakes, Ricki will take pecan pancakes, if you have pecans. I like plain pancakes, spread with butter and almost awash in syrup. Maple syrup, of course.
As to catchup on the table, who can explain everyone’s taste? One of my brothers would ask the waiter/waitress if he wanted steak sauce for his steak, “Is there something wrong with the steak?,” not adding “and ou need to hide the bad taste?” There is something wrong with my keyboard; I keep having to go back and correct its mistakes. And you have seen people put lots of salt on their food before they have even tasted it.
In college, I learned about honey and margarine (we were not given butter) on hot cornbread, catchup on french fries–but freshly fried, freshly cut, potatoes do not need anything. The cafe where I often ate before I married ran out of the frozen french fries one day. The proprietess cut a potato up and fried it for me–and she did the same when I asked for french fries after that.
Johnny
…isn’t it possible the {pseudo-Italian}, restaurant also has hamburgers available hence, making ketchup avail. for such…
Must be molting season for dust mites! These are true allergies, and since nothing is growing, we have no pets and it can’t be a dusty house…well, maybe just a little…I am going to blame it on the warm dust we get from Kansas! That’s it!
Ketchup - like it only on fries and pot roast. Otherwise, don’t use the stuff.
Corned beef and cabbage for supper then back in diner/cafe for late pie, maybe cake and milk before bed! Yum!
I could have missed that on the menu, I suppose, but I was looking it over pretty well (as a first-timer), and I didn’t see any sandwiches that I’d want to put ketchup on, and no fries available.
afternoon
a guy I used to work with has a ketchup dispenser(like you would find at a ballpark) in his refrigerator.Some say to put mustard on a hot dog or brat isn’t cool.matt says ketchup on fries is great.Cw thanks for supper tonight.going to help mamma with chores.
stay safe
joe
Joe, remind Matt that ketchup doesn’t go on Chicago-style hot dogs (it’s okay to put it on the ones you buy at the store, though). Mustard, no problem–or relish, tomato, onions (optional for me), sport peppers (I’ll take those off!), and a crunchy dill pickle slice. The secrets: celery salt and a poppy-seed bun, steamed.
…I am a hotdog lover and ketchup must be included…on any i eat.
A big DITTO from here.
I like a well dressed dog - but I don’t care for regular yellow mustard. Maybe some good brown or hot Dijon…
Nice out, if cold. Just discovered that my low temp this morning was minus 7. I missed that minus on the digital thermometer and thought it was 7 above. Silly me.
Reports of upwards of 4 feet of snow to the south of me from that latest lake effect event. Haven’t talked to my daughter in Syracuse, but first hand reports indicate a foot + there.
Of course, I just signed up to work the Easter Bunny trains, so spring must be on it’s way!
We’ve been seeing the annual advertisments now of all kinds of fertilizer for the farm crops upcoming so when we see them on TV, Spring can’t be far behind…And saw more Robins in our back yard again this morning…
To be in the 50’s next few days.
Good Wednesday morning and Happy Ash Wednesday to you all.
Our temps this morning are in the mid 30s, going to a high into the mid 50s this afternoon. Unfortunately, supposed to see some rain sometime tomorrow, with a cold front that is coming into the area.
Coffee, juices, hot chocolate and hot water for tea are ready.
On the warmer bar this morning: bagels, bear claws, turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, oatmeal, grits and toast.
You all have a good morning, enjoy your breakfast, and if any of you have any meal requests for today, now’s the time to speak up and let me know.