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Post by lola on Feb 28, 2017 13:55:15 GMT
ps I my last job before starting a family, was in the Cadbury factory, unfortunately, not in the production line handling the chocolate, moreso in an office doing data processing on computers, we had a special key to enter the premises. Interesting thing is, I did a tour of the chocolate factory, and learnt that Cherry Ripe bars have pumpkin in it, to keep it moist. Where I used to sit on the computer, I had a window to the back of the factory, where the delivery trucks would go. And the amount of trucks filled with sugar that was delivered was phenominal and made me realize there and then, too much sugar consumption as a society on the whole. Anyway, used to get a bag of 15 cherry ripes for $1 back then from the factory seconds shop (only for the Cadbury workers)......who could resist!!
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Post by DADDY O on Feb 28, 2017 21:12:39 GMT
ps I left my last job before starting a family, was in the Cadbury factory, unfortunately, not in the production line handling the chocolate........ Visions of Lucille Ball at the chocolate factory just entered my mind. It was one of her best TV shows of all time.................well, that one and when she was stomping grapes was pretty darn good also.
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Post by sherri on Feb 28, 2017 23:00:15 GMT
I don't care much for cherry ripes. It is one of the few chocolates I can resist. *Sigh* it is probably the only one with a vegetable in it too. Probably the very one I should eat!
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Post by DADDY O on Mar 2, 2017 19:21:25 GMT
I just came back from the Supermarket and noticed a woman buying a package of "Pigs Feet".
I have no idea what you use pigs feet for, but I would guess it might be used to develop some kind of soup broth.......just a guess.
I wouldn't use a pigs foot for anything that I consumed.......even if it had a layer of vegemite spread between its toes.
There are somethings you just don't eat..........Pigs Feet and Vegemite are two of those.
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Post by sherri on Mar 2, 2017 22:02:44 GMT
I know chicken feet are a treat in a lot of countries. Haven't heard of pig's feet but then, I am probably not an adventurous eater. When I see photos of those stalls in some parts of Asia, with cockroaches and spiders and such all cooked and on sale, I don't think "yum", put it that way.
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Post by sherri on Mar 2, 2017 22:04:17 GMT
The words 'pig's trotters' just jumped into my mind. I am sure my mum talked about them once, how they were used, but I have forgotten how it was now. It was not something she cooked.
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Post by DADDY O on Mar 3, 2017 11:40:33 GMT
Pig's Trotters? You Aussies have a way with words.
But what do Aussies call "Chitlins"?
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Post by sherri on Mar 3, 2017 20:27:14 GMT
I don't know what chitlins are. But I do know with pigs they are called the pig's trotters here.
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Post by daybreak on Mar 6, 2017 11:47:11 GMT
One thing came to mind that I don't think anyone has mentioned. Vegemite has it's own song. Don't know if I can remember the words. " We are happy little vegemites as bright as we can be. We love our vegemite, we adore our vegemite, it puts a rose in every cheek."
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Post by DADDY O on Mar 6, 2017 12:02:10 GMT
I don't know what chitlins are. Apparently Chitlin's is America's answer to Haggis. It's at the top of the list of "Soul Food". Not my cup of tea, but then neither is Vegemite. If you are interested in how they are prepared.........read this. whatscookingamerica.net/History/ChitlinsHistory.htm
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Post by sherri on Mar 6, 2017 14:03:31 GMT
One thing came to mind that I don't think anyone has mentioned. Vegemite has it's own song. Don't know if I can remember the words. " We are happy little vegemites as bright as we can be. We love our vegemite, we adore our vegemite, it puts a rose in every cheek." yep, daybreak, I can sing it! I don't think it has ever quite gone out of fashion, bit like the aeroplane jelly song-that's back on TV.
Hey, daddyo, how do you know vegemite isn't your thing if you haven't tried it? You may love the stuff. Heck, you probably would!!
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Post by DADDY O on Mar 6, 2017 18:55:00 GMT
Maybe the same way I know I won't eat the stuff that I pick up on the bottom of my shoes (I have 3 dogs). Some things are better not tested.
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Post by sherri on Mar 6, 2017 22:32:59 GMT
When did it get to 3 dogs? I only ever saw photos of 2.
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Post by DADDY O on Mar 7, 2017 14:56:43 GMT
Actually, it was four dogs until two weeks ago. I had to put one of my wife's "Rescue" dogs down. She adopted a Greyhound after she broke a leg during a race. The dog's Owner was going to have her destroyed, but Wifey stepped in and adopted her and then spent a couple thousand on getting her leg fixed. This was when we lived in Austin America. Greyhounds are bred for racing, and they don't make very good house pets......but what's a man to do?
When I met her, she had two dogs and I had two dogs. Hers was the Greyhound (Bootzy) and another small white fluffy dog (Sugar) that looked like a Cocker Spaniel of some sort. Both of my dogs were also "Rescue" dogs that I found on the side of the road freezing to death. This was when I had the ranch near Ft. Hood, TX. The thing about living that close to an army base is when hubby deploys, Wifey usually does two things.....(1) she immediately has an affair with Hubby's best friend, and then (2) she gets rid of all of the things she never wanted around that belonged to Hubby.......like his dog(s). So, Wifey loads up the dog(s) and drives 20 miles away from Ft. Hood and then dumps the dog(s). Many of them ended up on my ranch, tired, hungry and afraid. Most them had to be shot, less they turn feral and run in packs.....not good for the livestock.
When I was "between wives", as I like to call it, I was going to a horse auction and saw a dog on the side of the road. It was in January and the dog was shivering. I went to the auction, bought a horse, and on the way back the same dog was still sitting at the same location, so I pulled over and she jumped into the truck immediately. Took her home, fed her and I had a new friend for life. I named her Lizzy........short for the famous American Axe murderess "Elizabeth Borden", who hacked up her mother and father. She had a little Pit Bull in her, so it seemed like an appropriate name. The second dog of mine was found the same way. He was laying in the middle of the road trying to stay warm by hugging the asphalt. I picked him up and he and Lizzy were best friends. He was....still is, the smartest dog I have ever had, thus I named him Ollie.......short for Sir Oliver Wendell Bones.......named after the great American Jurist "Oliver Wendell Holmes". He is a Scottish Terrier. Very bright and very obedient. I take him everywhere with me.
OK, and to make a long story more boring..............Lizzy got bit by a rattlesnake at the ranch and did not survive it.
So, now I'm down to just Ollie and Wifey still has her two dogs.....but, one of her dogs (Sugar) died a few weeks later.
I took wifey to dinner at a seafood place in Austin and when we were done we walked back to the car and passed a pet store. Never, ever go into a pet store when you have had too much wine for dinner.
We ended up with two more dogs.....Paco the Yorkie and Millie, the Pug (worst damn animal I have ever owned).....Pugs are bred into stupidity.
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Post by sherri on Mar 7, 2017 21:01:09 GMT
You have a kind heart. My dad & brother both worked (part time) at 'the dogs' as everyone called it. Greyhound racing. dad and friends owned a greyhound at one stage but it didn't do so well. Neighbours down the road trained greyhounds back on the 1960s. I would say my brother knew just about every greyhound owner/racer in metropolitan Melbourne as his job was to check out dogs and IDs and sometimes lead onto the track. Sometimes we saw him on TV if they televised the races. One of the nice things the track did for him when he was ill was they named one of their official races for the day after him.
Greyhounds actually do make great pets. I know they are big and not particularly pretty but they are usually very friendly and love to laze around on couches. The only thing is they are probably best not in a home with cats but as for their natures, they are lovely dogs.
I can understand divorce but I cannot understand any wife who would dump her husband's dog. That is vicious and to me, evil. There are pounds. To me, people who are cruel to animals are probably not going to be all that good to people either.
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