"Goomba38" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>> "Goomba38" > wrote
>>
>>> We loved eating Sunday dinner at Grandma's house. We could drink
>>> coca-cola with the meal (or wine or mixers..heck.. even a screwdriver,
>>> lol) instead of the milk we normally had to drink with meals at home. My
>>> grandmother felt it was just *wrong* (for unstated reasons) to drink
>>> milk with tomato sauced macaroni. What a treat that was!
>>
>> Are you implying that your grandmother was wrong? Cause, she
>> had it right.

> <gasp!> Grandma wrong?! Never. But I never quite understood the reason she
> didn't allow it? Language barriers to explain her reasoning existed for
> sure, but it was just the rule and we all caught on quickly. As I said, we
> could drink things during those Sunday afternoon meals that in our own
> daily home were verbotten, or at least wayyyyyyy more regulated. No one
> would bat an eye at a kid of 13 or so drinking wine or even mixing a
> screwdriver up (gads!) but try pouring a glass of milk to go with that
> meal .... ai ai ai!!

Heh, that's funny. And milk doesn't go with tomato sauce, everyone
knows that. Wine, sure! Soda, great. No milk.

That's a cute memory of your grandmother.

nancy
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