Reflections of a Boomer

ML VanBlaricum

VVV Open Mic 5 31 2020 Reflections of a Boomer

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I have to wonder what such delight could happen if lyrics of music of the 80s + were collaged?

Food, Glorious Food

Food. Give me food.

Think back to your youth and remember foods that you loved, that was a peculiar speciality for your home area. What was it? Would you eat it now?

Take your time and peruse the food below. As you say, ewww, try to recall history where cooks always found a way to stretch a dollar/pound and feed a family. 

Amazon has quite an extensive selection.

Varied menu
Granted, this menu is decidedly upscale. Blackberry bread pudding? Oh, yeah.

creamed squirrel over fried grits

Wines for Wild game pairings

Hasenpfeffer rabbit stew

stuffed skunk

Cake for dessert Crazy cakes

In our rural area, where some farmers still live in "hollers/hollows", wild game is a food source, and is still hunted. Deer and Elk hunting are important in the economy of Pike County, Illinois.  Celebrities and sports figures can be seen in the local diner in November. 

Southerners also hunt these wild animals, as part of their food base. 

Did our family eat wild game? You betcha, it was part of the culture. Mom prepared rabbit, squirrel, snapping turtle, ducks, geese, venison, elk, and frog legs. She emphatically refused possum and skunk. "Have to draw the line somewhere."

Since this was part of the culture and time, we didn't think anything about our dinner. Mom could cook anything, wild or not.

At least now, canned products may be purchased which removes hunting, killing, cleaning, skinning, and cooking. Two cans of creamed possum for $12? Worth every penny.

Sites for further information:  Amazon cookbooks.  Broken Arrow Ranch, Amazon Wild Meat assortments

**These days, some cans are gag gifts. Have to read the can label carefully to confirm that. "Here the beavers have been known to get under your covers and snuggle you to sleep."

August Sucks #3

The exhibition celebrates the history of an old candle making factory which was based on Bankside more than 100 years ago  

It is August 19 and the day will be roasting hot by noon. Temperatures of our area may reach 108 deg. today. 

Just when the inside feels like I could bake cookies on the counter, a magical thing happens.

Source: livia-maria

Our local energy company SDG & E electric employs the FLEX energy plan to keep the electrical grids from overloading.  That means they can turn my A/C off.  Off!! with the fan still running. 

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Off, with the interior thermometer rising slowly up the scale.  82º?  That is nothing.  86º, and it keeps rising.  I stop looking.

Outside?  Thermometer past 95 and still going...

The A/C returned.  God bless it.

Truth is: Summer makes me cranky.  Life sucks.  Leave me alone.

This is a re-post from 2014 or 2013.  It doesn't matter; hot one year or the other doesn't matter.