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Vic Smith

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:13:37 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:42:50 -0500, " JimH" ask wrote:

My God, some of you folks are absolutely anal about (of all things) cooking
a turkey.

Get a grip. There are more important things to deal with in life.

More important than making tasty and nutritious food?
Gad man, where are your priorities! ;-)

If you just eat to stay alive, save your money and get green bag
Purina.

Funny you mention that. My wife is a cook, and I really appreciate
the fantastic dishes she puts in front of me. They are for the most
part "rich"
But if left to my own devices I can live on cereal, and an occasional
pizza to satisfy my fat cravings.
I just don't think about food until my stomach reminds me.
The only meal that earned a place in my memory was eaten down
your way. Went out on the Caloosahatchee out of Cape Coral with
my uncle. A small boat with a 5 horse. Fished about 6 hours, told
jokes and drank a couple beers. Hot day. Ended up with about a
dozen couple pound sheepshead and drum on a hook stringer, still
kicking.
Uncle Russ filleted them on the dock behind the house and Clara
had them in the skillet shortly after.
The only food on the table was white bread, margarine, fried fish and
beer. We were eating the fish as fast as Clara could fry them.
They lived simple, no A/C, so I might have dripped some extra salt on
the fish.
Best meal I ever had. Bar none.

--Vic