Andy wrote:
> yetanotherBob said...
>
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>
>
> 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

That happens to me, too! I used to work out with my best friend back on
Maui. We'd be on the treadmill for a warm up, she'd squint her eyes up,
wrinkle her nose say, "Did you have garlic today for lunch?" Sometimes all
it took to give me the "scent" was Italian dressing on a salad!

kili

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:27:53 -0800, sf wrote:

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

You've been peering through my windows again, haven't you? <g> I have
a sign in my kitchen that says "home is where the dog hair sticks to
everything but the dog". :-)

TammyM

In article . net>,
lid says...
>
> 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. (
>
>

Please, not to worry!

As it happens, I usually end up wearing a good bit of what I eat. Ergo,
ipso facto, etc., I'm probably covered.

Bob :-)

In article >, says...
>
> You've been peering through my windows again, haven't you? <g> I have
> a sign in my kitchen that says "home is where the dog hair sticks to
> everything but the dog". :-)
>
> TammyM
>
>
But don't you find that your rugs and carpets last much longer? Every
so often we'll peel off the veneer of cat hair that builds up on the
rugs, and I swear, they look like new! Well, except for the sites of
various "accidents", but still... ;-)

Bob

yetanotherBob wrote:

>
> Please, not to worry!
>
> As it happens, I usually end up wearing a good bit of what I eat. Ergo,
> ipso facto, etc., I'm probably covered.
>
> Bob :-)

Yes, that is good. I see that you also mention your dogs, an Ergo and
an Ipso Facto, who keep you covered. In these uncertain days, you
cannot be careful enough. M

yetanotherBob wrote:
> In article . net>,
> lid says...
>>
>> 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. (
>>
>>
>
> Please, not to worry!
>
> As it happens, I usually end up wearing a good bit of what I eat.
> Ergo, ipso facto, etc., I'm probably covered.
>
> Bob :-)

Literally covered! ROFL!!!!

kili

In article . net>,
lid says...
>
> Yes, that is good. I see that you also mention your dogs, an Ergo and
> an Ipso Facto, who keep you covered. In these uncertain days, you
> cannot be careful enough. M
>
LOL!

Bob [reminded that I've got to go clean up the Ipso Factoids now]

Margaret Suran wrote:

> 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.

I think it's keep them at bay. Garlic and crosses seem to annoy those vamps.

Of course there is also the debate about "feed a cold, starve a fever"
or is that "starve a cold, feed a fever" ?? <shrug> I can't keep those
straight.

Gabby wrote:

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

"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.

nancy

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.
>
> nancy

<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!!

Margaret Suran wrote on 28 Dec 2006 in rec.food.cooking

>
>
> 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?
>

"If you don't eat you'll die" is a superstition from my childhood.

"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
>

Goomba38 said...

> 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.
>>
>> nancy
>
> <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!!


ROFLMAO!!!

Andy

TammyM > wrote:

> AUBERGINES BAYILDI
>
> From Le Cordon Bleu Paris Superior Cuisine.

Shameful, simply shameful! Feh! Do they include chili and curry and
"goulash" in that Superior Cuisine, too? Fainting aubergines, indeed!

Victor

On 28 Dec 2006 10:09:17 -0800, "Sheldon" > wrote:

>
>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

I've always had a thing for nurses....... ;o)
<rj>

Andy wrote:

> Green M&Ms are an aphrodisiac.

Wasn't there a color that caused pregancy, too? Or made one sterile?
Or were these all variations of The Green m&m Mythology?

--
Blinky RLU 297263
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

In article >,
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

Nor attractive women, I'll bet.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
"Maligning an individual says more about you than the one you malign."

http://web.mac.com/barbschaller - blahblahblog -
12/23, stupid cookies
http://jamlady.eboard.com
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor

In article >,
says...
> > It keeps them away. I've eaten garlic all my life and I've *never* had
> > a problem with vampires.
> >
> > Bob
>
> Nor attractive women, I'll bet.
>
>
Define "problem". ;-)

Bob

In article >,
Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

> 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"

I've always liked "Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder." "-)
The corollary of which is, "Out of sight, out of mind."
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
"Maligning an individual says more about you than the one you malign."

http://web.mac.com/barbschaller - blahblahblog -
12/23, stupid cookies
http://jamlady.eboard.com
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:34:41 GMT, "limey" > wrote:

>I forgot! "Too much vinegar will dry your blood."
>
>Dora
>

Or remove nutrients from the food.

Koko
A Yuman being on the net
(posting from San Diego)

On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:49:21 -0500, Goomba38 >
wrote:

snippady doo dah

>So do you have any superstitions to share?

Don't take the last piece of food off the serving dish or you
will end up an old maid.

Koko
A Yuman being on the net
(posting from San Diego)

Koko wrote:

> Don't take the last piece of food off the serving dish or you
> will end up an old maid.
>
> Koko

Oh oh oh.. and then there are the "leaave a small bit on the plate for
the Gods"

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:39:50 -0500, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>Koko wrote:
>
>> Don't take the last piece of food off the serving dish or you
>> will end up an old maid.
>>
>> Koko
>
>Oh oh oh.. and then there are the "leaave a small bit on the plate for
>the Gods"

And, always leave a little sip in the bottom of the cocktail glass for
the leprechauns ;-)

Koko


A Yuman being on the net
(posting from San Diego)

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:36:56 -0500, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>Nancy Young wrote:
>> "The Ranger" > wrote
>>
>>> I've never heard of this one... And my Sainted Mother(tm) knew a lot
>>> of them... What's the penny signify?
>>
>> That it's not a gift, you are paying for the knife. I gave knives
>> to a friend at her bridal shower (they were on her list) and
>> I had the gift wrapper tape shiny pennies to the blades so she
>> could pay me.
>>
>Same with luggage, purses, wallets and the like. They're given with a
>coin inside so that they'll never be empty.
>I feel very strongly about that one, as did my parents before me. I gave
>my daughter luggage this year and each piece contained a 10 pfennig
>coin. She won't accidentally spend it and leave the luggage empty then.

What happens with empty luggage?
Chuck (in SC)

Chuck (in SC) wrote:

>> Same with luggage, purses, wallets and the like. They're given with a
>> coin inside so that they'll never be empty.
>> I feel very strongly about that one, as did my parents before me. I gave
>> my daughter luggage this year and each piece contained a 10 pfennig
>> coin. She won't accidentally spend it and leave the luggage empty then.
>
> What happens with empty luggage?
> Chuck (in SC)

Laundry? No, just kidding.
It is bad! To have a personal container like a wallet, purse, personal
luggage be berift of any coins as it is a harbinger of bad things to come.

Nancy Young > wrote:

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

And why is that, exactly? I remember running into that prohibition
at an Italian friend's house when I was a kid. They said it would
curdle the milk in your stomach or some such thing. The fact that
I had been drinking milk with spaghetti at home for years seemed to
have no bearing on the matter.

True, I'd prefer wine these days, but I really don't like soda with
meals.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

wrote:
> Nancy Young > wrote:
>
>> Heh, that's funny. And milk doesn't go with tomato sauce, everyone
>> knows that. Wine, sure! Soda, great. No milk.
>
> And why is that, exactly? I remember running into that prohibition
> at an Italian friend's house when I was a kid. They said it would
> curdle the milk in your stomach or some such thing. The fact that
> I had been drinking milk with spaghetti at home for years seemed to
> have no bearing on the matter.
>
> True, I'd prefer wine these days, but I really don't like soda with
> meals.


I used to chug milk with lasagna as a child...

--
"All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one
quoted old Billy Shakespeare. Not even once.'"
- The Dresden Files