Smartie's Bar & Grill #73

I always thought that Whitney Houston had one of the best voices that I ever heard. I don't know... I didn't listen to her much. Maybe I got a false impression of her. Maybe it's because I didn't listen to many of her songs. I just didn't like the performances that I heard.

She had such a beautiful voice, but her performances suffered from having too many notes.

 

There's a point in that song, at about 1:50 in, where she shoots her hand up into the air. I think that it's so impressive that, as she lowers her hand, she lowers her pitch - with no breaks at all.

 

They prob deliver, too.

 

Nobody does THAT for me.Probably on account I'm a batch.
No help atoll around me house.Think Marie Dressler in :
- Tugboat Annie - Independent as a shade tree in late spring
and bundled up like a Lumberjack in winter.Takin no guff,no
how from nobody.But brings a nice box of chocolates and that
Tugboat just keeps a churnin'.Like Grandmas homemade butter.

 

I'm not sure if I was complimented or insulted.

I like it here. I like the people, most of the food, and the scenery. I go north once a year for pizza, a Taylor ham, egg and cheese sandwich on a hard roll, and a couple of hugs with family. Matter of fact, I am convincing another Damn Yankee to leave that God-forbidden state and come south.

We live to make your life interesting.

 

Polenta is a killer on the blood glucose, sky-high spike for hours. Grits, while dangerous, at least raise your blood sugar politely and doesn't blow you through the roof.

 

Uh oh... I had sweet & sour something for lunch.

 

I was teasing. My skin be thick, no matter anyhow.

Are you married to my spouse? Me, I could take our space or leave it, the sunrises are about the only thing I enjoy on this spit of dirt. Spouse's feet are glued to this place, ignoring a house that is literally, and I do mean literally, falling down in pieces, property so much of a hill that there is only about a 100x100 workable for a veggie garden and parking. Give me about 2 acres in the country of relatively level land, a simple, easy to keep house, a couple cats and I'd be perfectly happy.

Never say never. I will use the word voluntary as my caveat.

 

Sometimes, you are better off not asking what it was.

 

When spouse and I went to Sacramento years and years ago to see the MIL, we wandered our way through a parking lot to get to a restaurant. In the parking lot, there was a Veterinary office... next door to a Thai restaurant. We still joke about it to this day

Glad your friend's dog was well.

 

We salt down the cabbage and let it sit. This pulls the moisture out of the cabbage so it isn't as wet when assembling rolls. You can rinse cabbage to get rid of the salt... pat dry and put ingredients in the roll. Less volatile that way.

 

Chinese food is very popular in my area. There's a place called Sesame Express that delivers Chinese and Mexican. Now there's your mystery meat. Ever dissected a tamale?

 

Back when I still had a job, I would stop at a Mexican restaurant that was owned and operated by a Chinese couple.

They served good food.

 

When I was a kid they served them at the drive in theater. I never cared for a tamale.

 

However let me quess.Never as in Never upon a Star would you
dare wish yer precious Homemade Ice tea have as mush a drop of
any thing sour.Maybe not as much a squeeze of lemon.
My Grand Ma Ma loved her tea.Not a coffee person.I can't recall
her using Sugar.But dat lemon was a necessity.
Go Figger. People are as habit forming as Icelantic
Icicles in Norway.

 

I wasn't aware that Tamales need caring for.Explain how that works.

 

This is nice

 

Yes, but hubby will love you for the effort.

Where else can you get that?

 

I like lemon in my tea. So there.

 

Good morning earthlings. Whats shakin?

(Me if I ran across this Texas sized wild hog!)