"jmcquown" > wrote in message
.. .
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > The little goblins will start showing up at about 5:30, I'm guessing.
> > I think supper will be a pan of Chili con Carne (what we used to call
> > it in the old days) -- the kind of recipe that will make the purists
> > curl their toes and grit their teeth -- ground beef, onions, chili
> > powder, tomato stuff, a little cumin, some canned beans (kidney
> > and/or pintos). Mom used to add elbow macaroni to it -- made it
> > stretch to feed the family.
> >
> Also known as "chili mac" around here. And if you add cheese on top and
> bake it, it's a hot dish!
>
> > My costume will consist of my headband with the three little
> > jack-o-lanterns on it. Unless I get inspired between now and 5:00
> > p.m.
>
> We had a costume-thingey at the office today. I got to wear one of my
Civil
> War repro gowns (made for reenactment ball affairs). Complete with
> theatrical brunette 'Scarlett' wig with ringlets and a fancy hat I found
on
> eBay from LaBelle Chapeu out of New Orleans. It was fun! But by the time
I
> got home I was sure ready to loosen those stays!
>
> Lunch (and dinner) was leftover "old timey" food: cabbage and smoked
> sausage.
>
> Jill


No wonder Southern ladies got the 'vapors' with a dinner like that. All
that gas penned up under a bell skirt. Lift the skirt a little and leave a
vapor trail......

Best definition I heard of the 'vapors' was a comedienne who said that
vapors was the polite way a Southern lady excused herself to pass gas.
-Ginny