On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 7:00:12 AM UTC-5, Chatty Cathy wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:09:07 -0700, Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> > So seeing Sheldon's garden pix got me all nostalgic about when I was a
> > kid. A childhood memory was some of the food that my Midwestern small
> > town grandparents routinely ate in the late 50's and into the 60's, some
> > now seem a bit "old - fashioned" to me (but grandpa lived 1876 ->
> > 1965!). Here are some:
> >
> > - ring baloney
>
> OK, I hafta ask, what's 'ring' baloney? (as opposed to 'normal' baloney -
> which is known as 'polony' in my neck of the woods...)
>
> All my grandparents had passed on by the time I was about 6 or 7 - and I
> never met any of them - but my Dad used to love 'stuffed cabbage leaves';
> he used to stuff them with a mixture of ground beef, onions, garlic and
> carrots (IIRC) - which he said his Mom used to make and was one of his
> father's favourites.
>
> Unfortunately, being a cabbage hater, I didn't like them and don't make
> them myself. Stuffed bell peppers, OTOH - are really good.
>
I am a cabbage hater too, and one of the things that I detested as a
child was stuffed green peppers, but I eventually got to really like
green peppers. My mother stuffed them with rice, ground beef and
whatever else.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

--Bryan