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    Cucumber , Onion & Vinegar Salad

    Swampy, I been a-sayin that all along. Sumwhurs in histry, some brite gen'rl got th idea ta bury them folks in hog carcasses when they'uz executed fer crimes lak whut we seein taday. Hit seemed ta have wurked damned well fer him. Hit shore'n Hell ain't b'neeth th scruples uv them...
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    Pasta Putanesca

    Hit'z a Hit! Oldyaker, Well sir, you have an accomplishment. EP said to most definitely say "Thank you" to whomever supplied that recipe. She's agonna turn sum more a her pet moths aloose come Satiddy 'n build hit agin on her day off. That rat thar sez sumthin…… That recipe...
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    Understandin' Life

    A feller sent me this. Hit ain't th version I heard definin th phases of a man's sex life but hit's o.k. in hits own right. Guess this'un iz fer th whole famly. On the first day God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks...
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    Cucumber , Onion & Vinegar Salad

    Swampy!!!!! What are you a-sayin?? I kinda remember a line what follers in that lil ol lady's talkpiece--"...will all the pefumes of Arabia not sweeten this little hand...?" :shock: Lordamercy, "perfumes of Arabia" ta "sweeten yore little hands"? That on top of pink tutus 'n...
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    Cucumber , Onion & Vinegar Salad

    Chuck, Now you said: I ain't much of a catsup fan but I like fried egg sandwiches. World been gettin' under my skin lately so last night I kindasorta thought about going fishin this mornin. I woke up a three thirty so I decided to go fo sho. Didn't eat nuthin, just made coffee...
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    Italian dressin'

    Bearridge, Unfortunately, I had a severe problem with th midsection uv my fuselage fer many years 'n had ta give up my pepper quest 'n most a th spicy foods I hankered after like Indian curry 'n various non-commercial salsa picante recipes whut I got from Mexican friends back in Texas...
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    Cucumber , Onion & Vinegar Salad

    Chuck, Ok, that's fair enough 'n a good enough description overall that I kinda got the idea. I think that a lot of the time, the taste is "enhanced" or defined by whatever the meat is called. Some folks are just addicted to exotic nomenclature 'n let it affect their taste buds. I think...
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    Cucumber , Onion & Vinegar Salad

    Shoot! Got blowed offline 'n messed this'un all ta Hell. Deleted it. Oldtimer
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    Cucumber , Onion & Vinegar Salad

    Chuck, Yep, we wouldn't argue about eats. Pigs' feet are ok with me but I don't crave em. It just occurred to me that I've never had pronghorn. We had em out in Texas but I never hunted them--ya need a .270 flat-shooter er somethin like a 7 mil or 7 mil mag ta reach out them long, flat...
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    Italian dressin'

    Eyetalyun Bear, I ain't never got on no quest fer Eyetalyun dressin'. I did usta chase after all difrunt kinds uv pepper sauce. Now if'n you's usin one heap a vinegar, I rekin that stuff'll sit fer quite a spell jest lak pepper sauce. I usta keep mine in them tall, glass Heinz vinegar...
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    Cucumber , Onion & Vinegar Salad

    Chuck, I kin see you 'n me is just ol salts outta th same er similar brine barrel. I'uz sittin here rememberin that salad. It was always on the table in Summer when the fresh vegetables were flowin outta th garden. 'N yep, pickeld peppers, pickled eggs, pickled chitlins, 'n EP'll gag...
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    Cucumber , Onion & Vinegar Salad

    Lordee Chuck, I growed up on that salad 'n ain't EVEN thought about it in recent years. I had ta give up stuff lak that fer a few years when I'uz ailin in th middle. Now I's sittin here droolin. Oldtimer
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    Italian dressin'

    Oldyaker, Damn! That sounds purty good. Rekin if'n I kin get EP ta open up her purse a little wider, I gonna hafta try thet. She hates ta let them pet moths out'n her purse--she'll painch a damned nickel til th buffalo far.....passes gas. :shock: Anythin what got capers, anchovies, 'n...
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    Italian dressin'

    Oldyaker, I used to have a pretty good command of Spanish and, it being a Romance language, enabled me to get a grip on other Romance languages like Italian. I know some things don't cross-translate, even in the various flavors of Spanish but I have to ask...... Pasta Putanesca......does...
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    Oldtime Eats--Cowboy Pies

    Bearridge, Yessir, them cowpokes wouldn't a had no lemons ner lemon juice concentrate in them green bottles. Sech things wuz mighty scarce in south 'n west Texas 'n other places--th' cook had ta improvise on whut he mighta already knowed frum civilizashun. A ranch could rise er fall...
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    Oldtime Eats--Cowboy Pies

    Swampy, I misread yer post 'n thout y'uz talkin about thet vinegar drink. Oh HEELLLL yes--put sum Arm 'n Hammer bakin sody in a glass a tap water--one er two tablespoons til hit won't take no mo--that's whut chemikal folks call a 'colloidal suspension' az opposed ta 'a solution' :shock: ...
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    Oldtime Eats--Cowboy Pies

    Yak, Oh yea! That vinegar, water, 'n honey drink is still a part of th Delta pharmcopoeia. A couple a years after I got back here, I'ze hav'n heaps of stomach trouble 'n indigestion 'n when some folks found about about it, I got that recipe time 'n agin. I'uz desprate enuf ta try it...
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    The Farmer 'n the Cop

    That'll wurk!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Oldtimer
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    Oldtime Eats--Cowboy Pies

    Swampy, I think ya gonna find that true uv th vinegar fer shore. Hit'd jest be easier on me ta post them recipes 'n quit worryin' 'bout Sparkey's megabytes so thas whut I'm agonna do. Rat now. Vinegar Pie 1 cup sugar 2 tbsp flour 1 cup cold water 4 eggs beaten 5 tbsp vinegar 2...
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    Oldtime Eats--Cowboy Pies

    Since you fellas all et up with eatin', I have a couple of pie recipes that reputedly were cooked up by chuck wagon 'n ranch cooks. I kin well see whur they'uz pioneer level eats. One uv em is a vinegar pie 'n tother'n is a red bean pie. In spite a th names, they's actually purty good, my...