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[LJJohnson]

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

As far as froggie dollies are concerned, I think that anyone who has seen the National Lampoon cartoon knows, "That's not funny, that's sick!"

I was taught to gig for frogs in the swamps near the oil fields where my dad worked (along with how to avoid the water moccasins), and I've been eating their delicious little legs ever since. An IMHO, froggie dollies are *very* funny.

As an aside, for my junior science project, I boiled all the bones off a large frog, put all the little bones back together, and labeled them all. It won, and they asked to keep it for their biology class. It did smell up the house a bit, and my mom wasn't happy.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

It's actually supposed to be unusually cool in the southeast for several days.

Okay, okay. I didn't want to let you do it. But if you insist, you can get a heavy-duty styrofoam cooler and dry ice. Supplement the styrofoam with additional slabs of styrofoam. I've had frozen things shipped that way, and they were rock hard when they got here. The cake should be fine. As much sugar (most caramelized) as the icing has, it's not going to be a problem anyway.

But, if you still insist on precautions, you can ship it overnight. USPS is okay; it's a more convenient way to mail packages. 'sides, I think that they use third parties--FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc.--to ship that kind of mail anyway.

Thank you for your kind offer. Remember: you said that my wish is your command.

Or you can wait till winter.
I don't think the carrier would appreciate a sticky melted cake.
And the wish was for a meat cookbook not a cake.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by LJJohnson

I was taught to gig for frogs in the swamps near the oil fields where my dad worked (along with how to avoid the water moccasins), and I've been eating their delicious little legs ever since. An IMHO, froggie dollies are *very* funny.

As an aside, for my junior science project, I boiled all the bones off a large frog, put all the little bones back together, and labeled them all. It won, and they asked to keep it for their biology class. It did smell up the house a bit, and my mom wasn't happy.

You sound like an east Texas girl. Tyler area???

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Or you can wait till winter.
I don't think the carrier would appreciate a sticky melted cake.
And the wish was for a meat cookbook not a cake.

Oh, I thought that it was a general statement.

If you do it right, the cake icing will not get sticky--it's hard, and won't hardly melt. That's the "old-fashioned" caramel cake.

Has any other MobileReader had experience with an old-fashioned caramel cake?

Oh, and add some homemade vanilla ice cream with it and . . . there are no words to describe the ecstasy.

[LJJohnson]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

You sound like an east Texas girl. Tyler area???

Girl, no. Tyler area, yes. Henderson, about 30 miles from Tyler and 25 miles from the alcohol of Kilgore. Worked at Henderson Clay Products the summer after my senior year building up bundles of brick. And got enuf scholarships that I didn't have to go to the University of Southern Kilgore, but got to TCU and leave Henderson basically forever (except visiting the parents).

[bgalbrecht]

Originally Posted by LJJohnson

I was taught to gig for frogs in the swamps near the oil fields where my dad worked (along with how to avoid the water moccasins), and I've been eating their delicious little legs ever since. An IMHO, froggie dollies are *very* funny.

HMM, I think the cartoon that's gracing that National Lampoon album I linked to was originally from The New Yorker, but whatever, I still laughed when I saw it.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by LJJohnson

Girl, no. Tyler area, yes. Henderson, about 30 miles from Tyler and 25 miles from the alcohol of Kilgore. Worked at Henderson Clay Products the summer after my senior year building up bundles of brick. And got enuf scholarships that I didn't have to go to the University of Southern Kilgore, but got to TCU and leave Henderson basically forever (except visiting the parents).

Sorry about mixup on the girl.

My uncle lived midway between Tyler and Henderson right near Sexton City.
My mom was born in Overton.
My great granddad had service stations in Arp and Kilgore.
I know the area fairly well.
My granddad worked the oil fields from the time he was 15.

So you chose Lubbock for college. Oh well at least you didn't pick the University of Tea and Peanut Butter.

So what part of this great state do you live in now? Reread your location. Maybe we will run across each other sometime. We stayed at Lake Tawakoni our last vacation.
And back on topic I do collect regional cookbooks.

[GA Russell]

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[LJJohnson]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Sorry about mixup on the girl.

My uncle lived midway between Tyler and Henderson right near Sexton City.
My mom was born in Overton.
My great granddad had service stations in Arp and Kilgore.
I know the area fairly well.
My granddad worked the oil fields from the time he was 15.

So you chose Lubbock for college. Oh well at least you didn't pick the University of Tea and Peanut Butter.

So what part of this great state do you live in now? Reread your location. Maybe we will run across each other sometime. We stayed at Lake Tawakoni our last vacation.
And back on topic I do collect regional cookbooks.

(That is TCU - Texas Christian University in Ft Worth). It was the only place I could start actual research as a second semester freshman. Which I continued until my senior year.

My Dad worked the oilfield 52 years. He started as a muleskinner (early version of 18-wheeler) hauling oilfield supplies. They lived, and I was born, in Price, about 10 miles or so out of Henderson.

I spend a lot of my Texas time in Dallas (son, daughter-in-law, only grandson) and outside of Austin (currently in a wonderful campground out of Dripping Springs). Spent a number of months in Alpine (drive 2 miles to get phone service, bad wifi, but almost 1 mile high and great scenery - not to mention jack rabbits, cotton tails, road runners, cows, horses, oh my. My 7-year old perpetual puppy got up early to back at them all.)

I collect all interesting cookbooks, since a recipe is only a ambiguous concept until implementation, and good ideas can come from even "bad" recipes.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by LJJohnson

(That is TCU - Texas Christian University in Ft Worth). It was the only place I could start actual research as a second semester freshman. Which I continued until my senior year.

My Dad worked the oilfield 52 years. He started as a muleskinner (early version of 18-wheeler) hauling oilfield supplies. They lived, and I was born, in Price, about 10 miles or so out of Henderson.

I spend a lot of my Texas time in Dallas (son, daughter-in-law, only grandson) and outside of Austin (currently in a wonderful campground out of Dripping Springs). Spent a number of months in Alpine (drive 2 miles to get phone service, bad wifi, but almost 1 mile high and great scenery - not to mention jack rabbits, cotton tails, road runners, cows, horses, oh my. My 7-year old perpetual puppy got up early to back at them all.)

I collect all interesting cookbooks, since a recipe is only a ambiguous concept until implementation, and good ideas can come from even "bad" recipes.

I was thinking Texas Tech in Lubbock. I had a brain fart. My dad dated a woman from Alpine in the late 70's. Odd thing, I have a cousin in Dripping Springs. I also have a cousin in Johnson City and several in the Dallas area.
Fort Davis is pretty too.

So was your dad around the east Texas area in 1937?

On the cookbooks, I have over 1400 regular cookbooks and nearly 700 booklets. On all manner of cooking and some I won't touch due to their age.
About 1/3 are regional cookbooks.

[LJJohnson]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I was thinking Texas Tech in Lubbock. I had a brain fart. My dad dated a woman from Alpine in the late 70's. Odd thing, I have a cousin in Dripping Springs. I also have a cousin in Johnson City and several in the Dallas area.
Fort Davis is pretty too.

So was your dad around the east Texas area in 1937?

On the cookbooks, I have over 1400 regular cookbooks and nearly 700 booklets. On all manner of cooking and some I won't touch due to their age.
About 1/3 are regional cookbooks.

My Dad and Mom moved over to east Texas in 1931. Lived in big tent for a while, till they were able to build an inexpensive house.

I have no DT cookbooks, for obvious reasons, but have 7500 in my virtual library, 764 of which are 25 pages or less. I've used quite a number of them to come up with interesting new (for me) meals. If I had my druthers, I'd never eat the same food twice. But since I only cook the special meals, and my wife cooks the rest, can't get her to agree.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

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On the cookbooks, I have over 1400 regular cookbooks and nearly 700 booklets. On all manner of cooking and some I won't touch due to their age.
About 1/3 are regional cookbooks.

Please donate these to some institution where they can be scanned, for public use, and adequately protected. You can read the books anytime that you want to, then, and not have to worry about causing damage to them. As they are, they will continue to deteriorate, maybe to the point beyond which they can be scanned without a lot of restoration work.

I have no idea what your tax situation is, but these may be an enormous tax deduction, too.

I have an 1832-35 original bound volume of an old religious magazine, in pristine condition. It literally may be the only one left in the world. I have got to donate it somewhere where it will be safe, but I've just put it off. Too, I haven't decided exactly who should get it.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by LJJohnson

My Dad and Mom moved over to east Texas in 1931. Lived in big tent for a while, till they were able to build an inexpensive house.

I have no DT cookbooks, for obvious reasons, but have 7500 in my virtual library, 764 of which are 25 pages or less. I've used quite a number of them to come up with interesting new (for me) meals. If I had my druthers, I'd never eat the same food twice. But since I only cook the special meals, and my wife cooks the rest, can't get her to agree.

Well now, why don't you offer to take over the cooking? Or is she not open to that?

[LJJohnson]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Well now, why don't you offer to take over the cooking? Or is she not open to that?

She's more than open. I'm not. If I can't cook something at least a little bit fancy/difficult, I get bored cooking. Bored like "I'm not cooking, just make a sandwich". And I don't have the energy/desire to cook every day.

[Little.Egret]

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