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Little Johnny was attending his first wedding.
After the service, his cousin asked him, "How
many women can a man marry?"
"Sixteen," Little Johnny responded. His cousin was amazed that he had an answer so quickly.
"How do you know that?"
"Easy," Little Johnny said.
"All you have to do is add it up, like the Bishop said: 4 better, 4 worse, 4 richer, 4 poorer"
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1. Born and reared in Texas
2. Married to a native at least ten years.
3. Does not use words like "Yuse Guyz"
4. Understands the meaning of "Y'all"
5. Knows that "Over yonder" can be anywhere from 1/4 mile to 100 miles.
6. Knows that "Just down the road" means anwhere from 1/10 of a mile but less than 50.
7. Knows that cornbread is not a dessert and does not need to be sweet to be delcious
8. Knows what "hot water cornbread" is and loves it
9. Believes that T. Boone Pickens is probably going to inerit the wind with his "plan."
10. Knows where the best chicken friend steaks and catfish buffets are and will drive the distance to get to them. |
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Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read ' Vote Obama, I need the money.' I laughed.
Once in the restaurant my server had on a 'Obama 08' tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference--just imagine the coincidence.
When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight.
I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I've decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful.
At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient deserved money more.
I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application . . .
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September 10 marked one year at ALCO for me. And a long year it has been. Setting up a store is not easy, getting to know a new job is not easy, dealing with new employees is not easy and learning the expectations of new bosses is not easy. Thankfully I survived the first year.
So after surviving a year I am rewarded with some vacation time as well as a personal holiday for having made it for a year. I took today as my personal day, tomorrow as a vacation day and it was supposed to be my weekend off, so I'm off Saturday and Sunday.
We stayed home and did little of anything today. Tomorrow we'll decide if we want to go camp out for a night. Saturday we're going to Pop's to camp out on the floor of his new house. Of course he's moved and he hasn't exactly told me where yet, but somehow I'll find the place. |
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1 Chicken (I used four breasts I had in the freezer)
Pot of water.
2 t. salt (your taste might demand more)
2 t. black pepper (again, your taste might demand more or less)
1 C. milk (reserved)
Cover chicken in water, add salt and pepper and boil until done.
Mom had a huge mixing bowl and a "washpot" that she used for this, I don't have that big a mixing bowl, or that big a cooking pot, so I had to make this in two batches. So to know what I did divide everything in half
4 C. all purpose flour
6 T. shortening
2 t. salt (some might want more, but my theory is that you can always add salt after it's done)
1 C. milk
Using a pastry blender, your fingers or two knives blend the the flour, salt and shortening together until you have a "coarse meal" like texture. Add milk and stir together. Work completely together with your hands until all the dry ingredients have been picked up from the bowl and you have a stiff lump of dough.
Press the dough flat on a floured surface and roll out to 1/8" thick with a rolling pin (this will require some elbow grease, since with no leavening the dough is rather hard). Cut into strips about 1 1/2" wide and 2" long. Dust strips with a little bit of flour (important for making your soup thicker)
Remove the chicken from the pot and let cool for a few minutes. While it's cooling drop your strips of dough into the boiling chicken broth a few at a time. Add the reserved cup of milk. Stir occasionally so your dumplings don't stick to the bottom of the pot and burn. Debone and remove skin from the chicken and drop the pieces back into the pot with the boiling dumplings. Boil for about one hour uncovered.
These dumplings will be a a little "tougher" than what you get at Cracker Barrell or Luby's, but they have a much better texture and taste. Serve them with some hot cornbread to soak up the juice.
By the way, Mom's cornbread recipe will keep you from buying Jiffy ever again!
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