“Peanut butter is the paté of childhood.”
No snow last night, just rain, so I’m content. The sky is gray but a light gray. It’s warm for now. Tonight, however, will be cold so I need to put deicer on the front steps before the wet snow left over from Saturday freezes.
Yesterday, the kids on the street were sledding down a neighbor’s front lawn, a hill of a lawn. They used thin metal sleds that look more like metal signs. They went far and fast, even across the snowless road.
Game night was great fun. Luckily, I did not have to wear the L earned last week, a night of total losses for me; instead, I was the big winner. My friend Tony wears the L.
I have no chores on my to do list. I could find a few, but I don’t really want to do anything constructive. Yesterday was busy. I went to the dump and then to the grocery store and then made food for last night. I went with comfort: mac and cheese and garlic bread. The Mac and cheese was delicious, oozing with Irish cheddar. The garlic bread was just the right touch. My friend, Clare, did the dessert: mint chip ice cream with hot sauce and whipped cream, a decadent end to a great evening. We do treat ourselves well.
When I was a kid, we couldn’t eat meat on Fridays. That meant school lunches with egg or tuna salad sandwiches. We didn’t like peanut butter and jelly or peanut butter and marshmallow. We thought of those as snacks, not meals. For dinner my mother often made fried dough which was our favorite. She’d fry the dough, and we’d slather it with butter then sprinkle on a bit of salt. She couldn’t fry fast enough.
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March 4, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Hi Kat,
We weren’t Catholic but my mother decided that we couldn’t eat meat on Friday. So it was tuna for school and some kind of frozen fish for dinner. Unless my parents decided to go to Kitty’s for pizza which they often did in the good weather. Pizza is always better than some kind of frozen fish.
I got a ton of snow up here. Somehow that 6 to 8 inches turned into 10 to 15 inches although I think there’s at least 18 inches on the ground around my house. I’m leaving the removal to my plow guy whenever he decides to show up. I did clear paths to the jeep and the trash barrel and a couple of paths for the dogs. But I’m done.
Yay for getting the big W instead of the big L.
Enjoy the day.
March 4, 2019 at 5:04 pm
Hi Caryn,
What made your mother do meatless Fridays?
Since my childhood was so filled with tuna, I don’t like it at all. I had fish sticks for supper on many Fridays, usually with French fries. I can’t imagine eating them now. I don’t think they had a whole lot of fish in them.
Wow, I was surprised to find out how much snow you got up there. I’d also wait for my plow guy to come to plow and shovel. I don’t even own a shovel so poor Henry would have to go on his own.
I should have had a duck boat parade last night!
Have a great evening!
March 5, 2019 at 12:36 pm
I don’t know. My mother was Episcopalian who went to church every Sunday. My father was a nominal Catholic who hadn’t gone to church since he was 16 except for weddings and funerals. Perhaps she was trying to save his soul as best she could. She buried him from his Catholic parish too so they got him in the end. 🙂
March 5, 2019 at 2:14 pm
I think when I got to college, a Catholic college no less, I went rebel and ate what I wanted, when I wanted it. I think eventually my parents did the same.
March 4, 2019 at 3:16 pm
Ash Wednesday approaches and Mrs MDH and I are discussing what should or should not be given up for Lent. She is testing how Catholicy I really am by asking obscure questions which I cannot possibly answer. I am wondering if weekday abstinence with weekend misbehavior will be acceptable to the Big Guy – I have potato chips in mind.
Apparently I have been “volunteered” as an “Asher” on Wednesday so some of our faithful will be a dreadful mess when they leave services.
Meanwhile in the land of the Bochum Belle, Tottenham Hotspur have arrived for their showdown tomorrow night with the vile Borussia Dortmund team. One team will continue to the last 8 of the Champions League while the other, well, not so good. I heard that Robert Kraft loves Dortmund.
March 4, 2019 at 5:08 pm
My Dear Hedley,
I am quite bad at giving up something for Lent and then following through so I don’t even make the attempt anymore. I would guess it needs to be every day during Lent, but I do like your idea.
My imagination went wild picturing the faithful after meeting up with you and your ashes.
I suspect Robert Kraft has much more on his mind than just Dortmund.
March 4, 2019 at 6:03 pm
Welcome Tottenham! I think I need beer tomorrow 🙂
March 5, 2019 at 9:24 am
Birgit, Its only 9:30 and I am staring at the clock. Not too gigantic a game for us today
Wonder if I can sneak a beer when we kick off
March 4, 2019 at 3:55 pm
Unfortunately, it was bitter cold this morning and I had to gas up the car to make it to work. No snow or ice so far this winter and maybe we have dodged a bullet. Tomorrow should also be cold in the morning warming up in the afternoon. By Thursday we should top out at 75 degrees.
I have never liked peanut butter with jelly. I want the peanut butter sandwich followed by a jelly sandwich. I don’t like things touching on my plate. I love the segmented plates where each food has its own zone. I still enjoy peanut butter on Ritz crackers especially the crunchy variety. One time I had cashew butter which was like an adult version of peanut butter.
I find it interesting that even though the Catholic Church has loosened the rules on eating meat on Friday and the Protestants didn’t care, our very secular cafeteria always has clam chowder and a fish dish on Fridays. Old habits die hard.
I’m amazed that the only thing many gentiles know about being Jewish is the prohibition against eating pork. Some of my colleagues are surprised when I eat bacon at work in the cafeteria. I tell them that I’m a reformed Jew and I have forgiven the pig long ago. Knowledge about other religions and cultures are a major shortcoming of our education system. Here in Texas the primary reason for public high school is to support Football. School districts spend millions of dollars building Football emporiums with skyboxes, lights and artificial turf. Education seems to take a backseat.
March 4, 2019 at 5:31 pm
Hi Bob,
Our day stayed warm, but now that the sun is down I figure the predicted cold will be taking over. Th sky is still gray ut even deeper than it was all day.
I think peanut butter and jelly sandwiches get oozy and ugly if not eaten right away. My friends would have one for lunch and the jelly would have seeped through the bread.
I don’t care if my food touches. Gravy belongs on potatoes or, if you live in the west, on biscuits. I could never have just jelly or just peanut butter in a sandwich. I do like peanut butter on crackers.
It has been so long since the no meat Friday rule was relaxed (1966I), and the generation which observed this rule all their lives are mostly gone, and if alive, it wouldn’t matter anyway as the old were exempt anyway.
You’re right about the study of religions though I did have a course where comparative religions was part of the course material. I had totally forgotten about Jews and pork. I do remember about Muslims and pork.
High school football is way down the list of what needs to be funded here. The football field here has lights, but the parents’ group raised all the money. They also pay for a couple of coaches and some equipment. Most of the money goes to the core courses.
March 5, 2019 at 12:24 am
No snow here yesterday but it is falling right now and it will stay too since temperatures have dropped below 32. Big flakes but not too many at a time so I do hope it stays that way. We’re having the appointment at the vet at 3:50 pm so I can take all the time in the world to drive down there if I need to, still why does it always snow when I must drive down to Gothenburg 🙂 🙂 🙂
No food rules at all here and since we have free lunch in school we ate what they served but I can’t remember if it was anything special on Fridays. I know that the restaurant we buy our lunches from at work always have something special on Fridays and I think they do have something special in school now days too but I doubt they had back in the days 🙂
Have a great day!
Christer.
March 5, 2019 at 12:51 am
Hi Christer,
My sister got 14 inches of snow. Everyone in the area was surprised as it far exceeded the prediction of nine inches. Other parts of the state got even more. We were the luckiest. Another storm is being watched for Sunday.
We didn’t have free lunch so we brought lunch to school in our lunch boxes. Sometimes on a Friday my mother would give us money so we would leave school and go buy a sub sandwich.
I hope your trip went well!
Have a great day!