I used to live down the street from a General Foods plant in Mass when I was young, and it was not great. Neither was the smell of the tannery across town. Our neighbor's uncle was missing 3 fingers from a machine that processed bones to make gelatin for Jello.
Yessir, that was the Atlantic Gelatin/General Foods plant in Woburn, on the Stoneham (east) edge by Montvale and 93. Stoneham is border-adjacent, and has a wonderful zoo.
AIB mother has Parkinson’s. She’s had it for a while and is doing okay on the new generation of drugs. The occasional hallucination but she’s astute enough to know when it’s happening.
I will make and consume green bean casserole, but I will do neither for pea salad. Don't know what pea salad is? Count. Your. Blessings. It's cold peas from a can with miracle whip, with little chunks of Velveeta and gawd knows what else. It looks like something the cat threw up and my sister made it every year.
Wouldn’t be pea salad without lots of raw white onions. Blegh.
GB casserole can be fine if you start with fresh or frozen beans, add mushrooms, make your own sauce and top with breadcrumbs and Parmesan instead of those durkee abominations. But it’s not as easy as the traditional kind.
When I was a kid, we got to reject a food but not every food all the time with childish whimsy. My kid brother hated canned peas. In retrospect, i realize that he was right and I was wrong to eat those repulsive grey-green hamster pellets.
All this talk of Thanksgiving and recipes is stressing me out. All week I’ve been trying to decide if I should cook a full meal with all the traditional sides or just be a lazy slug and opt for a nice salad (without jell-o) and a loaded baked potato. Right now the potato option is winning. It’s just me and the dog, so nobody else would be impacted by my lack of enthusiasm.
Just how quickly Rush Limbaugh has been forgotten about is the one thing that makes me the most hopeful for our country. To go from Defendant "Vermin" Trump giving him a medal to being mostly forgotten even by the far right just shows how little staying power fascism has in this country.
Hurrrrh.... that's my reaction to Rush, and this potion. What to do with the leftovers?
Some mistakes become traditions. Some become conservative radio assholes.
I would like photographic/image proof.
DISNEY SHELVES COMPLETED "L'ETRANGER"
The animated movie scheduled for release next year has been pulled for what are assumed to be tax reasons
Bold of them to adapt Camus in the first place
Green jello a la Newt's Ma was repulsive then and still is repulsive.
The people of northern India are very smart, and they build big-ass towers of ice to fight climate change
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-67469222
Who ees this Tank Gibbons, and why birb hear so much about him?
I used to live down the street from a General Foods plant in Mass when I was young, and it was not great. Neither was the smell of the tannery across town. Our neighbor's uncle was missing 3 fingers from a machine that processed bones to make gelatin for Jello.
So, no thanks on the Jello salad.
I used to do a stop in Stoneham that smelled like Jello
Yessir, that was the Atlantic Gelatin/General Foods plant in Woburn, on the Stoneham (east) edge by Montvale and 93. Stoneham is border-adjacent, and has a wonderful zoo.
Birb Uncle has Parkinson's.
Sigh.
Plees send him Good Thoughts.
I'm so sorry Birb...Hugs and Thoughts......
Good thoughts to Uncle Birb. Parkinson's sucks.
I will be keeping Birb Uncle in my thoughts and send good vibes his way!
The Hug
AIB mother has Parkinson’s. She’s had it for a while and is doing okay on the new generation of drugs. The occasional hallucination but she’s astute enough to know when it’s happening.
Wing tap
Google 'jello aquariums'. Now that's something I would love to serve at T Day.
Reading this makes me grateful that the closest my mother ever got to jello salad was serving jello with sliced fruit on the side.
In our house jello was only served to invalids, plain.
My mother, a lifelong liberal feminist, is turning over in her grave, for this salad was a favorite of hers at holiday gatherings.
I will make and consume green bean casserole, but I will do neither for pea salad. Don't know what pea salad is? Count. Your. Blessings. It's cold peas from a can with miracle whip, with little chunks of Velveeta and gawd knows what else. It looks like something the cat threw up and my sister made it every year.
Canned peas and canned spinach are both on the bottom of the inedibility scale.
Wouldn’t be pea salad without lots of raw white onions. Blegh.
GB casserole can be fine if you start with fresh or frozen beans, add mushrooms, make your own sauce and top with breadcrumbs and Parmesan instead of those durkee abominations. But it’s not as easy as the traditional kind.
Canned clams are no big deal.
But canned PEAS?
YOU MONSTER!!!
Sorry John, LeSeur peas are required for mixing with mashed potatoes and gravy.
When I was a kid, we got to reject a food but not every food all the time with childish whimsy. My kid brother hated canned peas. In retrospect, i realize that he was right and I was wrong to eat those repulsive grey-green hamster pellets.
Well, the cat only threw up once a year.
NEVER had I had pea salad with canned peas. FROZEN, people! And no velveeta. Use REAL cheese. Oh, water chestnuts add a bit o' crunch.
Henlo.
Birb went to store with Birb Mom and saw theese budgies!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz9ldYRuQ1q/?igshid=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ==
Who's a pretty Birb!!!!
Awwww
All this talk of Thanksgiving and recipes is stressing me out. All week I’ve been trying to decide if I should cook a full meal with all the traditional sides or just be a lazy slug and opt for a nice salad (without jell-o) and a loaded baked potato. Right now the potato option is winning. It’s just me and the dog, so nobody else would be impacted by my lack of enthusiasm.
Zatarain's red beans and rice, with some tomatillo salsa. Total cost, $3 (the cats get the good stuff:)
I’m planning to eat a ham sandwich in the car. The mister is going to see his parents, and since I’m a pet sitter I’m working.
I think you should make and eat whatever the hell you want, and not worry about it.
Just how quickly Rush Limbaugh has been forgotten about is the one thing that makes me the most hopeful for our country. To go from Defendant "Vermin" Trump giving him a medal to being mostly forgotten even by the far right just shows how little staying power fascism has in this country.
Is he dead yet? I honestly don't know
He'll likely arise and be back swingin' that medal around for the home stretch before his master's re-christening.
He does live on in an old Simpson's parody, as Birch Barlow, author of "Only Turkeys have Left Wings".