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Default Canned wild rice

On 2/17/2016 6:28 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 3:23:38 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 2/16/2016 5:42 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2016-02-16 12:35 PM, Roy wrote:
>>>>> On Monday, February 15, 2016 at 6:37:42 PM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> That's the one we didn't like. Weird texture.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't even imagine why anyone would buy canned rice let alone eat it.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There are lot of things about the world of Bove that most of us cannot
>>>> imagine.
>>>
>>> I think she just enjoys opening cans.

>>
>> You'll be happy to know there were no cans involved in tonight's dinner
>> although there was a jar of hamburger dills. I made burgers with Colby
>> Jack. Mine had no cheese. Fresh lettuce, tomato and white onion. Jo Joes,
>> coleslaw and melon on the side. I wasn't very hungry. I only had the
>> burger and a few leftover pickled beets. I guess those did come from a can
>> but I opened it a few days back. It was a freebie.

>
> For everybody who's never heard of jo jo's (which included me up until
> a minute ago), they're potatoes:
>
> <http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/09/have-you-heard-of-jojo-potatoes.html>
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

I'd never heard of jo jo's, either. There used to be a restaurant/diner
in west Tennessee called Jo Jo's; it was attached to an inexpensive
motel chain.

Jill