Tara wrote:
> No swimming until thirty minutes after you eat!
> Make a wish when you eat the point of a piece of pie.
>
> Tara
oh you reminded me- What about the baby doll or trinket in the King Cake
during Mardi Gras? Is that good luck, or just the obligation to host the
next party?

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:46:01 -0500, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>lol, not to be confused with the good ole "Hook 'em Horns!" sign of
>which I'm more fond being from a good Longhorn family.

AHA! So that's what it is! http://tinylink.com/?xpSp9UqjDq I
guess we kids got mixed up because apparently they flash that sign
while singing The *Eyes* of Texas. LOL!

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In article >,
(TammyM) wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:07:23 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:

> >
> >Is the Evil Eye the same thing as The Look?
>
> Man, oh man, my mom has MEAN one of those! To this day, and I'm
> nearly 47, she can stop me in my tracks with that look!
>
> TammyM
>
> ObFood: pot roast for dinner tonight, along with some spaetzle, and a
> nice big spinach salad

Yes, well when The Look has to be directed to Small Child AND the
Grandfather, the Baba's ship has left port and sunk in the harbor.
Honest to Alex, I can't win! EVERYbody gangs up on me.
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sf wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:46:01 -0500, Goomba38 >
> wrote:
>
>> lol, not to be confused with the good ole "Hook 'em Horns!" sign of
>> which I'm more fond being from a good Longhorn family.
>
> AHA! So that's what it is! http://tinylink.com/?xpSp9UqjDq I
> guess we kids got mixed up because apparently they flash that sign
> while singing The *Eyes* of Texas. LOL!
>
You forgot.. we *stand* for that song too!

Goomba38 wrote:
> sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:46:01 -0500, Goomba38 >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> lol, not to be confused with the good ole "Hook 'em Horns!" sign of
> >> which I'm more fond being from a good Longhorn family.
> >
> > AHA! So that's what it is! http://tinylink.com/?xpSp9UqjDq I
> > guess we kids got mixed up because apparently they flash that sign
> > while singing The *Eyes* of Texas. LOL!
> >
> You forgot.. we *stand* for that song too!


My old aunt years ago would never permit any batter or sauce to be
stirred counterclockwise after it had been mixed clockwise. It would
unwind.

Another is that if you dropped a piece of food on the ground, it would
be okay to eat if you "kissed it up to god". This might only apply to
children... or their mom's who didn't want them to waste food.

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:50:43 -0500, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>oh you reminded me- What about the baby doll or trinket in the King Cake
>during Mardi Gras? Is that good luck, or just the obligation to host the
>next party?

The baby represents the Baby Jesus. I know you have to buy the next
King Cake if you get it.

Tara

wrote:

> Another is that if you dropped a piece of food on the ground, it would
> be okay to eat if you "kissed it up to god". This might only apply to
> children... or their mom's who didn't want them to waste food.
>
Wow... the origin of the "five second rule" LOL

On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:49:21 -0500, Goomba38 >
rummaged among random neurons and opined:

<snip>

>So do you have any superstitions to share?

I recall two: "Fruit before bed settles like lead" and "Never eat new
potatoes in a month with an "R." Don't ask me the genesis of either.

My mother had superstitions and sayings for every occasion. Fer
instance, depending on what point she was trying to make, "Look before
you leap" or "He who hesitates is lost." <sigh> I was a confused child
who grew up into a confused adult.

Terry Pulliam Burd

--
"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:35:28 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:
>
>Yes, well when The Look has to be directed to Small Child AND the
>Grandfather, the Baba's ship has left port and sunk in the harbor.
>Honest to Alex, I can't win! EVERYbody gangs up on me.

Not exactly *everybody*.
<sigh>
I can relate, sometimes you feel like the only enlightened one in a
family of cave people.

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TammyM wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:07:23 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> Goomba38 > wrote:
>>> Sitting at the dinner table, 7 of us, I know he would often grumble and
>>> point the evil eye at someone as he was being stern. Perhaps a warning
>>> or just teasing...?
>>
>>Is the Evil Eye the same thing as The Look?
>
> Man, oh man, my mom has MEAN one of those! To this day, and I'm
> nearly 47, she can stop me in my tracks with that look!

FWIW, it's also called the stink eye.

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On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:05:45 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> "The Ranger" > wrote:
>
>> Goomba38 > wrote in message
>> . ..
>> > "Superstitions?"
>> > Of course there is the well known the "Never give a
>> > knife or scissors as a gift or you'll cut the friendship"
>> > ...and we always paid a penny (often provided) for
>> > that type of gift.
>>
>> I've never heard of this one... And my Sainted Mother(tm) knew a lot
>> of them... What's the penny signify?
>
>That it was not a gift. The recipient has to give the giver money --
>that makes it a purchase. Can't get much smaller than a penny.
>
I just did exactly that with my daughter. I gave her a couple of nice
little santoku knives for Christmas and demanded a penny to preserve
our bond. I believe it worked.
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On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:36:05 -0500, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:46:01 -0500, Goomba38 >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> lol, not to be confused with the good ole "Hook 'em Horns!" sign of
>>> which I'm more fond being from a good Longhorn family.
>>
>> AHA! So that's what it is! http://tinylink.com/?xpSp9UqjDq I
>> guess we kids got mixed up because apparently they flash that sign
>> while singing The *Eyes* of Texas. LOL!
>>
>You forgot.. we *stand* for that song too!

Honest to goodness..... *I didn't know*. You're giving me a real
educatumation, woman! Is there something else I've missed?




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sf wrote:
>> You forgot.. we *stand* for that song too!
>
> Honest to goodness..... *I didn't know*. You're giving me a real
> educatumation, woman! Is there something else I've missed?
>
>

Probably gobs. But if I told you, I'd then have to kill you... and there
would be no more food chat,eh?
ObFood: tonight's dinner-leftover moo shu pork over rice.

Goomba38 wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > Another is that if you dropped a piece of food on the ground, it would
> > be okay to eat if you "kissed it up to god". This might only apply to
> > children... or their mom's who didn't want them to waste food.
> >
> Wow... the origin of the "five second rule" LOL


Now I'm curious.
What is the 5 second rule?

Goomba38 wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:46:01 -0500, Goomba38 >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> lol, not to be confused with the good ole "Hook 'em Horns!" sign of
>>> which I'm more fond being from a good Longhorn family.
>>
>>
>> AHA! So that's what it is! http://tinylink.com/?xpSp9UqjDq I
>> guess we kids got mixed up because apparently they flash that sign
>> while singing The *Eyes* of Texas. LOL!
>>
> You forgot.. we *stand* for that song too!

HMMMMPF! You folks in Baja Oklahoma will stand for pert'near anything (G).

Ed Rinehart (who stands for (BOOMER SOONER).

> wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> Goomba38 wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Another is that if you dropped a piece of food on the ground, it would
>> > be okay to eat if you "kissed it up to god". This might only apply to
>> > children... or their mom's who didn't want them to waste food.
>> >
>> Wow... the origin of the "five second rule" LOL
>
>
> Now I'm curious.
> What is the 5 second rule?
>

Food that has only been on the floor/ground for 5 seconds is still okay to
eat.

cybercat wrote:
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > Goomba38 wrote:
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Another is that if you dropped a piece of food on the ground, it would
> >> > be okay to eat if you "kissed it up to god". This might only apply to
> >> > children... or their mom's who didn't want them to waste food.
> >> >
> >> Wow... the origin of the "five second rule" LOL
> >
> >
> > Now I'm curious.
> > What is the 5 second rule?
> >
>
> Food that has only been on the floor/ground for 5 seconds is still okay to
> eat.

Funny.
I'll be sure to pass this along to my nieces and nephews. It doesn't
bother them to teach the old farts a lesson or 2.

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:49:14 -0500, "cybercat" >
wrote:

>
> wrote in message
roups.com...
>>
>> Goomba38 wrote:
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Another is that if you dropped a piece of food on the ground, it would
>>> > be okay to eat if you "kissed it up to god". This might only apply to
>>> > children... or their mom's who didn't want them to waste food.
>>> >
>>> Wow... the origin of the "five second rule" LOL
>>
>>
>> Now I'm curious.
>> What is the 5 second rule?
>>
>
>Food that has only been on the floor/ground for 5 seconds is still okay to
>eat.
>
Well you sometimes you have to blow off a few animal hairs or dust,
but often you send it a good puff 'just in case".

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sf wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:36:05 -0500, Goomba38 >
> wrote:
>
>
>>sf wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:46:01 -0500, Goomba38 >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>lol, not to be confused with the good ole "Hook 'em Horns!" sign of
>>>>which I'm more fond being from a good Longhorn family.
>>>
>>>AHA! So that's what it is! http://tinylink.com/?xpSp9UqjDq I
>>>guess we kids got mixed up because apparently they flash that sign
>>>while singing The *Eyes* of Texas. LOL!
>>>
>>
>>You forgot.. we *stand* for that song too!
>
>
> Honest to goodness..... *I didn't know*. You're giving me a real
> educatumation, woman! Is there something else I've missed?
>
>
>
>
Yes, I have not seen a post about the magical powers of Garlic. Not
only will it cure you of intestinal worms, it will also keep away
Vampires. Or attract them, I don't remember which.

Goomba38 wrote:
> As we're discussing New Years food traditions, it made me think of other
> food customs out there. I grew up in a family with many assorted
> superstitions. For example-
> "Never lay the bread upside down or the baker will get a tummy ache"
> Then there was the always creepy "Don't eat too much cheese or you'll
> get worms"
> Of course there is the well known the "Never give a knife or scissors as
> a gift or you'll cut the friendship"....and we always paid a penny
> (often provided) for that type of gift.
> So do you have any superstitions to share?

"Eating fresh hot bread will give you indigestion." That one was
probably started by mothers who wanted some bread left over for
breakfast.

"When you first cut a cucumber you must rub the two cut edges against
each other to take out the poison."

"You must never drink milk or eat ice cream when you've eaten lobster."


Gabby

In article . net>,
lid says...
>
> Yes, I have not seen a post about the magical powers of Garlic. Not
> only will it cure you of intestinal worms, it will also keep away
> Vampires. Or attract them, I don't remember which.
>
>
It keeps them away. I've eaten garlic all my life and I've *never* had
a problem with vampires.

Bob

yetanotherBob > wrote in
:

> In article . net>,
> lid says...
>>
>> Yes, I have not seen a post about the magical powers of Garlic. Not
>> only will it cure you of intestinal worms, it will also keep away
>> Vampires. Or attract them, I don't remember which.
>>
>>
> It keeps them away. I've eaten garlic all my life and I've *never* had
> a problem with vampires.
>


Been eating garlic for a long time now......... seems to also keep the
werewolves at bay, as well as the midges and mossies.

And non-garlic-eating girls.

Good thing the SO of 13&1/2 years is a garlic lover:-)

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

http://www.beccycole.com/albums/vide...ter_girl.shtml

In article >,
says...
>
> Been eating garlic for a long time now......... seems to also keep the
> werewolves at bay, as well as the midges and mossies.
>
> And non-garlic-eating girls.
>
> Good thing the SO of 13&1/2 years is a garlic lover:-)
>
>
My experience with the non-garlic-eating girls has been that it doesn't
necessarily keep them away, at least initially, but it does seem *very*
effective at keeping them from returning. (Which Works For Me, as the
saying goes.)

Bob

yetanotherBob > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> Been eating garlic for a long time now......... seems to also keep
the
>> werewolves at bay, as well as the midges and mossies.
>>
>> And non-garlic-eating girls.
>>
>> Good thing the SO of 13&1/2 years is a garlic lover:-)
>>
>>
> My experience with the non-garlic-eating girls has been that it
doesn't
> necessarily keep them away, at least initially, but it does seem
*very*
> effective at keeping them from returning. (Which Works For Me, as the
> saying goes.)
>
> Bob
>


LOL!! My SO was never a garlic eater before she met me :-)


I think I was a wog in a past life!!



--
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Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

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yetanotherBob wrote:
> In article . net>,
> lid says...
>
>>Yes, I have not seen a post about the magical powers of Garlic. Not
>>only will it cure you of intestinal worms, it will also keep away
>>Vampires. Or attract them, I don't remember which.
>>
>>
>
> It keeps them away. I've eaten garlic all my life and I've *never* had
> a problem with vampires.
>
> Bob

I believe it is not eating garlic, but you must wear a garlic clove in
a small pouch on a string around your neck. Now I will worry that
you will encounter a Vampire before you get the proper protection. (

Someone gave me a bracelet once, to keep me safe from Lions and Tigers
and it has really worked like a charm until now. But that has nothing
to do with food, unless it stops working and I become someone's lunch.

yetanotherBob > wrote in message
...
> In article . net>,
lid says...
> >
> > Yes, I have not seen a post about the magical powers
> > of Garlic. Not only will it cure you of intestinal worms,
> > it will also keep away Vampires. Or attract them, I
> > don't remember which.
> >
> It keeps them away. I've eaten garlic all my life and I've
> *never* had a problem with vampires.

From John Carpenter's "Vampires" (1998) with Jack Crow (James Woods)
pontificating about vampires:

Jack Crow: You ever seen a vampire?
Father Adam Guiteau: No I haven't.
Jack Crow: No... Well first of all, they're not romatic. Its not
like they're a bunch of ****in' fags hoppin' around in rented formal
wear and seducing everybody in sight with cheesy Euro-trash accents,
all right? Forget whatever you've seen in the movies: they don't
turn into bats, crosses don't work. Garlic? You wanna try garlic?
You could stand there with garlic around your neck and one of these
buggers will bend you ****ing over and take a walk up your
strada-chocolata WHILE he's suckin' the blood outta your neck, all
right? And they don't sleep in coffins lined in taffata. You wanna
kill one, you drive a wooden stake right through his ****in' heart.
Sunlight turns 'em into crispy critters.

An earthy description but charming in a James Woods' sort of way...

The Ranger

yetanotherBob said...

> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> Been eating garlic for a long time now......... seems to also keep the
>> werewolves at bay, as well as the midges and mossies.
>>
>> And non-garlic-eating girls.
>>
>> Good thing the SO of 13&1/2 years is a garlic lover:-)
>>
>>
> My experience with the non-garlic-eating girls has been that it doesn't
> necessarily keep them away, at least initially, but it does seem *very*
> effective at keeping them from returning. (Which Works For Me, as the
> saying goes.)
>
> Bob


If I eat too much garlic, never mind garlic breath, it comes out in sweat
for about a day. You can't shower that stink away!

Andy

Andy <q> wrote in message
...
> If I eat too much garlic, never mind garlic breath, it comes
> out in sweat for about a day. You can't shower that stink
> away!

Andy, you remember the old ad jingle, "A sprinkle a day..." It
works. (Just expect a mild amount of hazing.)

The "Better that than the alternative" Ranger

Goomba38 said...

> So do you have any superstitions to share?


Celery provides negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a medium
stalk of celery than the calories it provides.

Under the microscope, that same stalk contains 0.07g. of fat.

Andy

The Ranger said...

> Andy <q> wrote in message
> ...
>> If I eat too much garlic, never mind garlic breath, it comes
>> out in sweat for about a day. You can't shower that stink
>> away!
>
> Andy, you remember the old ad jingle, "A sprinkle a day..." It
> works. (Just expect a mild amount of hazing.)
>
> The "Better that than the alternative" Ranger


The Ranger,

Sorry, it doesn't ring a bell. I google'd the quote and lots of references
to soaps popped up.

Care to elaborate?

Andy

Andy <q> wrote in :

> yetanotherBob said...
>
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>>> Been eating garlic for a long time now......... seems to also keep
>>> the werewolves at bay, as well as the midges and mossies.
>>>
>>> And non-garlic-eating girls.
>>>
>>> Good thing the SO of 13&1/2 years is a garlic lover:-)
>>>
>>>
>> My experience with the non-garlic-eating girls has been that it
>> doesn't necessarily keep them away, at least initially, but it does
>> seem *very* effective at keeping them from returning. (Which Works
>> For Me, as the saying goes.)
>>
>> Bob
>
>
> If I eat too much garlic, never mind garlic breath, it comes out in
> sweat for about a day. You can't shower that stink away!
>
> Andy
>


Much like Bundy Rum.



--
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Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

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Green M&Ms are an aphrodisiac.

Andy wrote:

>
> If I eat too much garlic, never mind garlic breath, it comes out in sweat
> for about a day. You can't shower that stink away!
>
> Andy


During all those years, how many Vampires have attacked you? None,
you say? Oh, well, then doesn't that prove the theory about Garlic
and Vampires? Or are you trying to be a Wise Guy?

Andy <q> wrote in message
...
> The Ranger said...
> > Andy <q> wrote in message
...
> >> If I eat too much garlic, never mind garlic breath, it comes
> >> out in sweat for about a day. You can't shower that stink
> >> away!
> >
> > Andy, you remember the old ad jingle, "A sprinkle a day..."
> > It works. (Just expect a mild amount of hazing.)
> >
> > The "Better that than the alternative" Ranger
> >
> Sorry, it doesn't ring a bell. I google'd the quote and lots
> of references to soaps popped up.
>
> Care to elaborate?

Johnson and Johnson's Baby Powder. If the "Fresh Rain" is too much
(and it is to me), the unscented works just fine. You aren't
offending people ten seconds before you enter a room.

The Ranger

Margaret Suran said...

>
>
> Andy wrote:
>
>>
>> If I eat too much garlic, never mind garlic breath, it comes out in
sweat
>> for about a day. You can't shower that stink away!
>>
>> Andy
>
>
> During all those years, how many Vampires have attacked you? None,
> you say? Oh, well, then doesn't that prove the theory about Garlic
> and Vampires? Or are you trying to be a Wise Guy?


Margaret,

Heh, heh, heh! I'M certainly not going to dispute the myth!!!

Andy

The Ranger said...

> Johnson and Johnson's Baby Powder. If the "Fresh Rain" is too much
> (and it is to me), the unscented works just fine. You aren't
> offending people ten seconds before you enter a room.

But ten seconds after entering I am???

Andy

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:40:05 -0800, sf wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:35:28 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:
>>
>>Yes, well when The Look has to be directed to Small Child AND the
>>Grandfather, the Baba's ship has left port and sunk in the harbor.
>>Honest to Alex, I can't win! EVERYbody gangs up on me.
>
>Not exactly *everybody*.
><sigh>
>I can relate, sometimes you feel like the only enlightened one in a
>family of cave people.

Or as my dear late-daddy used to say, some days you're the dog, some
days you're the fire hydrant.

TammyM

ObFood:

AUBERGINES BAYILDI

Servings: 2 as a main dish, 4 as a side
From Le Cordon Bleu Paris Superior Cuisine.

2 eggplants
olive oil
2 garlic cloves
bunch basil
------
2 tomatoes
2 zucchini
2-1/8 oz grated cheese
3/4 oz fresh breadcrumbs

Halve eggplants lengthwise, then score around perimeter and in
crosshatch pattern on flesh. Brush with olive oil and bake at 200C
until golden. When cool enough to handle, spoon out flesh then chop
well with garlic and basil. Refill shells and chill.
Peel tomatoes, then slice as desired. Slice zucchini to same thickness
then lightly sautee in olive oil.
Mix cheese - parmesan, gruyere, etc. - with breadcrumbs.
Fill eggplant with vertical, alternating slices of tomato and
eggplant, press on breadcrumb/cheese mixture, sprinkle with olive oil.

Bake at 200C until golden. Remove from oven and cool to just warm
before serving. Can also be served chilled.

Andy <q> wrote in message
...
> The Ranger said...
> > Johnson and Johnson's Baby Powder. If the "Fresh
> > Rain" is too much (and it is to me), the unscented
> > works just fine. You aren't offending people ten
> > seconds before you enter a room.
> >
> But ten seconds after entering I am???

Someone with minimal social grace will make a comment about it but
the group won't have removed themselves to the furthest corner in
the room, huddling in terror at your presense...

The Ranger

"TammyM" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:40:05 -0800, sf wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:35:28 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:
>>>
>>>Yes, well when The Look has to be directed to Small Child AND the
>>>Grandfather, the Baba's ship has left port and sunk in the harbor.
>>>Honest to Alex, I can't win! EVERYbody gangs up on me.
>>
>>Not exactly *everybody*.
>><sigh>
>>I can relate, sometimes you feel like the only enlightened one in a
>>family of cave people.
>
> Or as my dear late-daddy used to say, some days you're the dog, some
> days you're the fire hydrant.
>
> TammyM
>
bug<>windshield

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Goomba38 wrote:
> As we're discussing New Years food traditions, it made me think of other
> food customs out there. I grew up in a family with many assorted
> superstitions. For example-
> "Never lay the bread upside down or the baker will get a tummy ache"
> Then there was the always creepy "Don't eat too much cheese or you'll
> get worms"
<non-food superstitions snipped>
> So do you have any superstitions to share?

Nursing makes women horny (men too).

Sheldon