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I'm off to my Moms for tea after work. She's done my favourite : stew. I'm not a bad cook but I just can't match it. No idea how she does it.

Must remember to tuck my shirt into my underpants before I go round

Uncle Kram;445251 wrote: I'm off to my Moms for tea after work. She's done my favourite : stew. I'm not a bad cook but I just can't match it. No idea how she does it.



Must remember to tuck my shirt into my underpants before I go round




What do you do if you're not wearing any then?? :wah:

Unc, can I borrow your handkerchief please,

cherandbuster;445250 wrote: Bet there are lots of happy ants :rolleyes:


Heeeeeee. yes. My dad was a farmer and had eight brothers most farmers. Farm wives cook very well and huge dinners. Us kids would swim and play in the creek while the dad tossed horse shoes. The women set the tables and after dinner the men cranked ice cream. Us kids had to sit on the ice cream freezer while they cranked. I guess to hold it still. Not sure why. The put a cloth on top the ice so we didnt freeze our patooties.

Uncle Kram;445251 wrote: I'm off to my Moms for tea after work. She's done my favourite : stew. I'm not a bad cook but I just can't match it. No idea how she does it.

Must remember to tuck my shirt into my underpants before I go round


Mom made great oxtail stew too. I loved it. My brother was a butcher and got them free.

Okie;445272 wrote: Heeeeeee. yes. My dad was a farmer and had eight brothers most farmers. Farm wives cook very well and huge dinners. Us kids would swim and play in the creek while the dad tossed horse shoes. The women set the tables and after dinner the men cranked ice cream. Us kids had to sit on the ice cream freezer while they cranked. I guess to hold it still. Not sure why. The put a cloth on top the ice so we didnt freeze our patooties.


that is how my teenage years were at my grandparents. almsot to a tee.:wah: the good ole days...................

i miss the old days when all the kids worked in tobbaco from sunup to sundown. when we stopped for lunch , granny and the other women had the biggest spread everyday!! fried chicken, ham, rice , beans fresh corn, cornbread, biscuits, okra, squash. cucumbers, fresh sun warmed tomatoes,......omg, i used ot eat like a truck driver and looked like a toothpick. :wah: and always some yummy dessert, pound cake, cobblers, ...............hmmmm mmmmm.



has anybody else on here ever had the experience of working a tobbaco farm?

pinky, you can't smoke green tobacco. but when it comes out of the cookers, the smell is heavenly. we always tried ot roll some up and smoke it. it will knock your head off!!!!

when we got out there early in the morning the dew is all on the leaves. you would get soaking wet. as the sun dried you off you would get stiff from all the nicotine and tar that had rubbed on you. you did not let it get in your hair. take a week to get it out.

forty nine more post and i will have a 1000!!!!!!! whooooooooo hoooooo!!!!:driving:

guppy;445345 wrote: forty nine more post and i will have a 1000!!!!!!! whooooooooo hoooooo!!!!:driving:


Way to go Gupster!! :guitarist

guppy;445297 wrote: i miss the old days when all the kids worked in tobbaco from sunup to sundown. when we stopped for lunch , granny and the other women had the biggest spread everyday!! fried chicken, ham, rice , beans fresh corn, cornbread, biscuits, okra, squash. cucumbers, fresh sun warmed tomatoes,......omg, i used ot eat like a truck driver and looked like a toothpick. :wah: and always some yummy dessert, pound cake, cobblers, ...............hmmmm mmmmm.







has anybody else on here ever had the experience of working a tobbaco farm?


Never worked a tobacco farm Guppy but did grow up on a farm. Harvest season was always lots of fun. It was hard work too but there was something grand about all the family being together and the meals were to die for! :yh_drool

I went to my 5 yr old nephews birthday party yesterday. There were children everywhere. The most adorable little girl ever hugged me. My heart melted into a pool of gaga. I could have died right then and there and been happy.

Nomad;445396 wrote: I went to my 5 yr old nephews birthday party yesterday. There were children everywhere. The most adorable little girl ever hugged me. My heart melted into a pool of gaga. I could have died right then and there and been happy.


She was probably wiping her nose on your shirt:sneaky: Girls learn very young how to wrap men around their little finger:-4

SuzyB;445400 wrote: She was probably wiping her nose on your shirt:sneaky: Girls learn very young how to wrap men around their little finger:-4




:wah: mmmm did she have a handbag too? bet she gave that a wipe too! :p

And we walk away stupid but happy right ? Thats ok.

Oh, that sounds so sweet Nomad!:-4

Nomad;445403 wrote: And we walk away stupid but happy right ? Thats ok.


I agree on both counts :-6

"Love and cook with reckless abandon."



Is that quote, and is it written correctly? Seems like I have heard this or read it somewhere.

jbbarker1947;445436 wrote: "Love and cook with reckless abandon."



Is that quote, and is it written correctly? Seems like I have heard this or read it somewhere.


Not sure JB but it sounds like a description of me:rolleyes:

guppy;445297 wrote: i miss the old days when all the kids worked in tobbaco from sunup to sundown. when we stopped for lunch , granny and the other women had the biggest spread everyday!! fried chicken, ham, rice , beans fresh corn, cornbread, biscuits, okra, squash. cucumbers, fresh sun warmed tomatoes,......omg, i used ot eat like a truck driver and looked like a toothpick. :wah: and always some yummy dessert, pound cake, cobblers, ...............hmmmm mmmmm.



has anybody else on here ever had the experience of working a tobbaco farm?




No but my very first paid employment was a days work on a Potato farm. I worked 8½ hours in the blistering sun picking potatoes. I had no drink and just raw potatoes to eat. It was back-breaking and for the whole days work I was paid the princely sum of 50 pence (ie £½) :-6

Ocnbrz;445373 wrote: Never worked a tobacco farm Guppy but did grow up on a farm. Harvest season was always lots of fun. It was hard work too but there was something grand about all the family being together and the meals were to die for! :yh_drool


oh it was a farm too. we broke the egss, harrassed the chickens, rode the pigs . had the cows chase me up the pears trees more than i care to say. we played witht he rabbits untill they disapeared only to appear on the table at supper. yuk.

i had a rule . if i named it, i couldn't eat it and i could name an animal in three seconds. spent many a day on the back porch shelling peas and creaming corn.

you are right. the best part of it all was all the family being together.

Betty Boop;445253 wrote: Unc, can I borrow your handkerchief please,
Sure... help yourself

Uncle Kram;445444 wrote: No but my very first paid employment was a days work on a Potato farm. I worked 8½ hours in the blistering sun picking potatoes. I had no drink and just raw potatoes to eat. It was back-breaking and for the whole days work I was paid the princely sum of 50 pence (ie £½) :-6


eating raw potatoes??? gag me with a spoon.

guppy;445445 wrote: oh it was a farm too. we broke the egss, harrassed the chickens, rode the pigs . had the cows chase me up the pears trees more than i care to say. we played witht he rabbits untill they disapeared only to appear on the table at supper. yuk.

i had a rule . if i named it, i couldn't eat it and i could name an animal in three seconds. spent many a day on the back porch shelling peas and creaming corn.

you are right. the best part of it all was all the family being together.


I noticed you mentioned corn bread in one of your posts Guppy, what is it and what does it taste like?:)

SuzyB;445449 wrote: I noticed you mentioned corn bread in one of your posts Guppy, what is it and what does it taste like?:)




i'm going out on a limb here it could be made from corn and it might taste like bread :wah: :wah:

jimbo;445450 wrote: i'm going out on a limb here it could be made from corn and it might taste like bread :wah: :wah:


Oy, cyber-stalker i asked Guppy not Gappy!!! :wah: :wah:

SuzyB;445453 wrote: Oy, cyber-stalker i asked Guppy not Gappy!!! :wah: :wah:




sorry i thought it was gappy hour :wah: :wah:

guppy;445448 wrote: eating raw potatoes??? gag me with a spoon.


It was either that or worms Gups :yh_sick

SuzyB;445400 wrote: She was probably wiping her nose on your shirt:sneaky: Girls learn very young how to wrap men around their little finger:-4


Aint it the truth. MY little girl had me wrapped up at a very early age.

I haven't been the same since someone dropped that house on my sister.

a little piece of Halloween advice...

If a homicidal maniac is running thru the neighborhood killing all the teenagers having sex......

Try not to be a teenager.

guppy;445448 wrote: eating raw potatoes??? gag me with a spoon.


That is good really. A little salt helps tho. I love raw turnips and cucumbers too. Especially in the Fall when the ground is cool.

Uncle Kram;445456 wrote: It was either that or worms Gups :yh_sick


on that note, raw tators are probably very tasty:wah:

Okie;445553 wrote: That is good really. A little salt helps tho. I love raw turnips and cucumbers too. Especially in the Fall when the ground is cool.


okie, cucumbers are only good raw. how are you going to cook them anyway?

turnips are not happening in guppy land no matter how you serve em. :yh_sick

SnoozeControl;445605 wrote: I had one of those unexplainable giggling fits today at work... I won't even attempt to describe what set me off, but I had one guy come around the partition to see what was wrong with me. I haven't had a laughing jag like that since I can remember, and it's still cracking me up thinking about it right now.


are u inhaling the white out again snooze?

SnoozeControl;445610 wrote: They don't let us use that at work anymore, did you know it's considered toxic? I've still got my super glue though. :sneaky:


that explains it!!:sneaky:

my husband just carved a very disturbing item out of silicone. :-3

Sheryl;445631 wrote: my husband just carved a very disturbing item out of silicone. :-3


dare we ask what?:-3

ya'll don't wanna know. trust me.

SnoozeControl;445644 wrote: Does it look anything like this?




snooze is that i think it is?

SnoozeControl;445605 wrote: I had one of those unexplainable giggling fits today at work... I won't even attempt to describe what set me off, but I had one guy come around the partition to see what was wrong with me. I haven't had a laughing jag like that since I can remember, and it's still cracking me up thinking about it right now.


Did you sneak that little bottle of "cough medicine" into your desk?

No that's a little knobby.....