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Skriven 2015-11-11 22:07:53 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 32933 av Dave Drum (1:18/200)
Ärende: Funky                                                    [1]
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Hi Dave,

 DD> spice heat. Her chilli would sell well in a Pennsylvania diner -- but,
 DD> I'd not buy it.

 RH> But you eat it graciously when she serves it--or when it's on the menu,
 RH> you volunteer to make it. I don't order chili anywhere, don't want to
 RH> be disappointed.

 DD> I cook other things in her kitchen - but, not chilli. My chilli rig
 DD> with the spice stash is elsewhere. I also learned that she doesn't
 DD> like bell peppers - which is often a component of my chilli. The

I use bells quite a bit, and had a friend in AZ who thought they were
pushing the upper levels of her heat tolerance.


 DD> biggest hit I had here (other than a simple chuck roast) was the Swiss
 DD> Chicken.

Calls for an encore performance?

 DD> I'm not eligible for the American Legion - my service falls into the
 DD> chasm between the end of the Korean police action and Vietnam - and
 DD> that period is specifically excluded - Cold War notwithstanding. I

 RH> Yes, you do fall into the crack on that one. But, by the same token,
 RH> you missed going to either of those two exciting places. (G)

 DD> Beale Street in Memphis (before the Tourist Commission got hold of it)
 DD> was exciting enough for me. Now it's all cleaned up and "sanitised" to
 DD> attract the tourist dollars. I saw many blues legends there in clubs
 DD> for a 50c cover charge or a two-drink minimum. Including B. B. (Riley)
 DD> King and Rufus Thomas, Memphis Minnie, the Memphis Jug Band, etc.,
 DD> etc.

I was still in grade school at the time, had never heard of those folks
then.


 DD> In other parts of Memphis I saw Johnny Cash - before he left Sun
 DD> Records, Carl Perkins (who did the ORIGINAL "Blue Suede Shoes") and
 DD> went to a party at Graceland, invited by Elvis himselvis.

I think I first really became aware of Johnny Cash and Elvis in my early
teems--but wasn't allowed to buy any of their music. Dad and Mom did
watch the Johnny Cash show on tv, but there wasn't much of a choice on
other shows so they picked the best of the worst, in their opinions.

 DD> could join The Sons of The Legion - off my dad's WWII service and
 DD> Phil's Vietnam adventures (plus he has been nearly everything in the
 DD> 40 & 8 as well as Post Commander of Post 32) but, I have a problem
 DD> with joining auxiliaries in my head.

 RH> Depends, some of them are real go getters in their own right. Our
 RH> Auxillary sponsors a 5K fun run, a holiday craft fair and other events.

 DD> What they do is what they do. No concern of mine. I keep busy with
 DD> chilli suppers and sometimes serving meals at the 8th Street Rescue
 DD> Mission (long since moved from 8th St.) or the Helping Hands Shelter.
 DD> My next big deal is the Sid Wood Memorial Toy Run -- On Sunday
 DD> November 29, 2015, members of the Central Illinois motorcycle
 DD> community will gather in the parking lot of the Pipe Fitters Local #
 DD> 137 for the annual Sid Wood Memorial Toy Run.
 DD> Approximately 70-100 riders will convene for "the oldest and the
 DD> coldest" motorcycle charity ride in Springfield with riders from
 DD> Springfield, Decatur, Salisbury and other surrounding communities. The
 DD> event, was originally started by a local group of motorcycle
 DD> enthusiasts to help Contact Ministries collect toys and raise money
 DD> for their annual Christmas Giveaway. Sid Wood, a former Contact
 DD> Ministries Board member (and local radio personality), enjoyed the
 DD> annual toy run so much that it touched the hearts of his fellow
 DD> riders, and that with his passing, the event was named the Sid Wood
 DD> Memorial Toy Run in his honor. (partially cribbed from my motorcycle
 DD> club's web site - the Sid run is one of our big events).

Yes, you do keep quite busy. We'll drop a level in busy-ness after
December 13. Today we were at the city Veteran's day ceremony, followed
by a mid day meal at TX Roadhouse. Steve was at an early morning flag
raising & breakfast at one of the local nursing homes. Had church
nursery duty tonight, plus choir practice so I'm doing Fido a bit later
than usual.

 RH> members of the short term (Christmas concert is Dec. 2) Kingdom choir,
 RH> composed of Southeastern students and several local church choir
 RH> members. Tonight Steve brought chicken from the VFW supper home to
 RH> cook--the oven in the building where they meet had gone flaky and we
 RH> live the closest to it so................................

 DD> Cook for you? Or to take back to the post?

 RH> To take back to the post. I had Zaxby's chicken for supper; he said I
 RH> ate better. We stopped at Tropical Pickin' Chickin last night--the
 RH> meats (chicken for Steve, pork for me) were good but the salad was
 RH> laced with cilantro and they were too heavy on the rice portion for me.
 RH> Steve never commented on his other side so I don't know how it was.
 RH> Lesson learned is to go there for meat (watch out for cilantro in
 RH> sauces, etc) but avoid sides.

 DD> Or find another venue with meat as good and sides/ingredients that
 DD> agree with you.

There's that possibility but we'd want it to be in WF, instead of
Raleigh or outlying areas. A lot of times we don't get much beyond the
WF city limits in our run arounds.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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