On 8/15/2010 12:49 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sat 14 Aug 2010 12:12:39p, George Shirley told us...
>
>> On 8/14/2010 1:19 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Thu 12 Aug 2010 04:50:46a, George Shirley told us...
>>>
>>>> On 8/11/2010 11:01 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>> On Tue 10 Aug 2010 05:00:34a, George Shirley told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/9/2010 11:11 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun 08 Aug 2010 08:38:21a, gloria.p told us...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mostly, I just don't think about
>>>>>>>>> serving pickles and relishes. They're available but you'll
>>>>>>>>> probably have to ask for them and then get them yourself.
>>>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I was growing up, various kinds of cured black olives
>>>>>>>> were frequently on the table, pickles almost never. Relish
>>>>>>>> (pickle or onion) was for hot dogs and hamburgers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My late mother-in-law served a variety of things I'd never
>>>>>>>> had, like pickled cauliflower, watermelon rind pickles,
>>>>>>>> pickled crabapple slices, sauerkraut, pickled red cabbage,
>>>>>>>> etc. It was quite an experience. I never knew what was
>>>>>>>> going to end up on my plate.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> gloria p
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A "relish tray" was pretty much standard on our table when I
>>>>>>> was growing up, and on my Grandmother's. Many of the items
>>>>>>> you mentioned, but always pickles (usually bread& butter
>>>>>>> or limed sweet pickles), black and stuffed olives, often
>>>>>>> pickled beets, stuffed celery, etc. This was weekly fare,
>>>>>>> but usually more elaborate or varied on the weekends. The
>>>>>>> pickled items were always homemade.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't do this now, as David doesn't eat any of these
>>>>>>> things, but I will usually grab a few pickled things to go
>>>>>>> with my dinner.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Miz Anne and I still prepare a relish tray for our holiday
>>>>>> dinners, the descendants really like that as they usually eat
>>>>>> store-bought pickles, etc. when at their parents homes. I
>>>>>> still like celery sticks stuffed with either pimento cheese or
>>>>>> cream cheese, particularly pineapple cream cheese.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> George, I really like pimiento cheese and pineapple cream
>>>>> cheese stuffed in celery, too!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but you're only a few years younger than me Wayne, we've
>>>> become our parents. My grandkids don't care for relish trays,
>>>> the great grands love them so much that is all they will eat if
>>>> we serve one. Go figure.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Skips a generation? As so many other things do. :-) For the
>>> great grandkids it's something new, novel, and adventurous,
>>> perhaps. Your kids and grandkids saw it often, so it's probably
>>> ordinary and mundane.
>>>
>> I think part of it is that they're ages 9 and 5, at that age they
>> are getting to the point where they will eat anything that doesn't
>> bite back. When they come to visit I have to make either waffles
>> or pancakes for breakfast and they get to tell me what to add,
>> blueberries, bananas, apple slices, whatever they want. They
>> prefer good, thick, crisp bacon to sausage, want orange juice, not
>> apple. They like my old-fashioned oatmeal cookies with cran
>> raisins, not grape raisins. I like these little girls, they are a
>> total hoot. And, when they get tired and grumpy, my grandson takes
>> them home. They third girl, Molly Anne (guess who the middle name
>> is from)was born in December 2009 and is developing a lovely
>> personality. She loves everyone, grins a lot, eats three meals a
>> day (breast fed as all the little girls were), is starting to eat
>> solid foods and hollers at you if you're not feeding her fast
>> enough, and, most importantly, loves her great granpa a lot. I
>> should have started with great grands if that was possible,
>> they're even better than grands.
>>
>
> You're a very lucky man, George!
>

It took me several years of marriage to realize that for myself Wayne.
Miz Anne and I don't always agree on everything but we never go to bed
mad. On December 26, 2010 we will have been married fifty years. Our
kids are planning a feed at a seafood restaurant in the Houston area as
a celebration. That will be some crowd, two kids, five grandkids, four
greatgrandkids, five spousal units plus the two of us. Going to be one
helluva bill for someone to pay.

I can still remember the day I met the young lady in 1958 too.

George Shirley wrote:
> On 8/15/2010 12:49 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>>>
>>
>> You're a very lucky man, George!
>>
>
> It took me several years of marriage to realize that for myself Wayne. t's
> Miz Anne and I don't always agree on everything but we never go to bed
> mad. On December 26, 2010 we will have been married fifty yeas. Our
> kids are planning a feed at a seafood restaurant in the Houston area as
> a celebration. That will be some crowd, two kids, five grandkids, four
> greatgrandkids, five spousal units plus the two of us. Going to be one
> helluva bill for someone to pay.
>

That's OK, they'll manage. Y'all deserve it.

We'll celebrate 44 years in September.

gloria p