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Civilized Mania

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A sheet of menu cards I’d like to draw your attention to a few things. First, appreciate how accommodating Mr. Big Food is with respect to menu planning. Something for everyone. ABCVegVGF. We had to make a separate stop in our Tuesday is tailgate shopping day to get GF bread. [No sides are listed b/c

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Marica

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We won. Yeah yeah. The football team won a game.  Go Dawgs.

That’s not what I’m talking about.

We won. We won… if I may… BIG.

The food was awesome. We like to play off our opponents’ strengths– in this case South Carolina– and so there was She Crab Soup, and Frogmore Stew in a Corn Muffin (Yea, Kat!). And stuff. Stuffed peppers and tomatoes (Yea, Alix!). And Carolina BBQ. And perloo. That’s how you say it, “Per’-loo.”

(But that’s not how it’s really spelled. It’s really spelled p-i-l-a-u. It is hard to find this on the Internet. It is much easier to wake Mr. Big Food and say, “Hey! How do you spell ‘perloo’?” And if you ask loud enough– and repeatedly– Mr. Big Food will wake from his slumber and say, “P-i-l-a-u.” And the internet will confirm that Mr. Big Food knows what he is talking about with regard to how to properly spell ‘Perloo’.

Everyone really liked the Puppy Dawgs’ table (Yea, Daughter C!) and that we had Dawg water (Yea, Gil!). And a satellite television (Yea, me)!

As I have said, we know how to do this.

BIG thanks to Daughter C, Kat, The J-Man. Andrew. James, the visiting guest speaker. Evan, his wife (I’m no good with names) and their kids who Gil-sat. Carolyn and Tim who guarded the tailgater.

So! What happened in the World today while we were winning?

The Good Stuff

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I have put Daughter C in charge of Tailgate decorations. She’s thinking ahead to the October 29th homecoming game against Samford. October 29th. Halloween. She does not want to use the deer skull that belongs to Chris as a tailgate decoration because she worries that it would get broken– and it doesn’t belong to us.

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Dear DirecTV Lady,

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It’s not your fault. It’s not personal. You have a job. I hope you can keep it. But nothing you can say– nothing you can offer– will persuade me to stay with DirecTV. Can’t be done. Have a nice day, Marica ~~ DirecTV/AT&T decided it/they didn’t want to renew its/their contract with our local ABC

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Recipe: Spinach Balls II

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The final item in the last course of appetizers for supper. My favorite! Entire apps for supper menu below the fold. SPINACH BALLS II Makes 7-8 dozen. “Freezes well.” 2 10 oz packages frozen chopped spinach, cooked, drained well, cooled Large onion, chopped fine 1 ½ sticks butter, melted 1 tsp garlic salt ½ tsp

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In Life,

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as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard. –Theodore Roosevelt

Marica Cooked Monday | The Frugal Gourmet’s French Onion Soup

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Here’s the story. As you know the NCAA National Football Championship Game was last evening. Kickoff 7:30 central. My timing on Marica Cooks Monday had to be impeccable. Here is Missy hanging out at 6:32pm by which time I had reviewed the recipe many many times. It’s very easy but I didn’t want any unnecessary

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F.I.R.E.

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Mississippi State University. Green Light. From the “About” page at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (F.I.R.E.) Why is free speech important on campus? Freedom of speech is a fundamental American freedom and a human right, and there’s no place that this right should be more valued and protected than America’s colleges and universities.

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to be clear

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Western Civilization– you know, like all the noteworthy things that have happened in the last 2000 years– is under assault. STATE BEAT AUBURN!! 🙂  

Why I had nothing to say

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yesterday: yesterday evening: That’s right. Miss M & I went to the Prairie Arts Festival in West Point, Mississippi and later Mr. Big Food and I watched the State game which didn’t start until 9pm. Today I am trying to resolve an issue in my library card catalog. TTYL.    

“Who are these people…?”

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Who are these people to impose their values and their brand of “morality” on others? G.T. Lenard, New Jersey State Winner, in American Voices: Prize-winning essays on Freedom of Speech, Censorship & Advertising Bans (1987). What a great question, isn’t it? Who are these people? One is a certain U.S. District Court Judge named Carlton Reeves

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Recipe: Football Food! Shrimp Appetizer Supreme

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We had appetizers for Sunday supper. Try it sometime! Cocktail Wieners and Variation  Hi Hat Mushrooms in Wine Sauce and Vegan Variation Hot Mexican Bean Dip (Veganized) “This excellent shrimp appetizer could be served as a main dish with either rice or noodles.  (Recipe contest entry: Susan Strommer, Los Angeles, CA)”—The Garlic Lovers’ Cookbook (1980)

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Recipe: Football Food! Shrimp Jambalaya

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This is interesting, we thought. Jambalaya with no tomatoes? No ham? Neither Mr. Big Food nor I understood until we saw it. It’s beautiful. With no tomato distraction, the translucent onions and cream colored rice make a wonderful background for the shrimp. The green onions make everything “pop” as we used to say. Whoever came

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Quick aside re: Carolina vs. Arizona. That was beyond disgusting. Those last few seconds especially were a complete embarrassment if it’s even possible anymore for the NFL to be embarrassed which is highly doubtful. Oh wait. It gets worse. Here’s Bob Costas. Mr. Big Food tells me the next game might– might, I say– be better. Ha. We’ll see.