Comments on: My Idea of Fine Dining http://www.geezersisters.com/humor/my-idea-of-fine-dining Austin, Texas novelist Ruth Pennebaker, who's old enough to call herself "fabulous," writes about family, politics, marriage, friendship, feminism, aging and whatever else occurs to her. Her latest novel, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough, was published by Berkley in January 2011. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:24:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Winston http://www.geezersisters.com/humor/my-idea-of-fine-dining/comment-page-1#comment-5168 Winston Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:15:57 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1704#comment-5168 Every time you mention hubby in a blog, I like him more and more.  I picture him jowly, balding, wearing a deep blue cardigan, sitting sedately by his laptop much the way a bull frog sits on his lily pad.   Every now and again he croaks a little jewel-- not brilliant cut, more a diamond-in-the-rough.  It plops in the pond and disappears in the mud, unrecognized for what it really is.  I'll bet he well knows where to get a darn good vegetable plate.  Should we ever meet, I'll take him to dinner there.  We'll gladly drop you off at the nearest Beef Barn and gather you up on the return trip. Every time you mention hubby in a blog, I like him more and more.  I picture him jowly, balding, wearing a deep blue cardigan, sitting sedately by his laptop much the way a bull frog sits on his lily pad.   Every now and again he croaks a little jewel– not brilliant cut, more a diamond-in-the-rough.  It plops in the pond and disappears in the mud, unrecognized for what it really is.  I’ll bet he well knows where to get a darn good vegetable plate.  Should we ever meet, I’ll take him to dinner there.  We’ll gladly drop you off at the nearest Beef Barn and gather you up on the return trip.

]]> By: Jane http://www.geezersisters.com/humor/my-idea-of-fine-dining/comment-page-1#comment-4784 Jane Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:11:03 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1704#comment-4784 I think cream sauces on veggies is perfectly acceptable.  After all, dairy is also a basic food group. I think cream sauces on veggies is perfectly acceptable.  After all, dairy is also a basic food group.

]]> By: pajamadeen http://www.geezersisters.com/humor/my-idea-of-fine-dining/comment-page-1#comment-4781 pajamadeen Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:31:41 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1704#comment-4781 <p>A carrot?  Might as well offer me poison!  And okra is a joke - as you and others are pointing out, what is healthy about hairy, slimy, _fried_ okra?  Besides, we all know that chocolate is the basic nutritional building block.</p> A carrot?  Might as well offer me poison!  And okra is a joke – as you and others are pointing out, what is healthy about hairy, slimy, _fried_ okra?  Besides, we all know that chocolate is the basic nutritional building block.

]]> By: Anne Gibert http://www.geezersisters.com/humor/my-idea-of-fine-dining/comment-page-1#comment-4780 Anne Gibert Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:54:07 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1704#comment-4780 I'm with you all the way on okra. It is the only vegetable extant that is slimy and hairy at the same time. I’m with you all the way on okra. It is the only vegetable extant that is slimy and hairy at the same time.

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.geezersisters.com/humor/my-idea-of-fine-dining/comment-page-1#comment-4777 Cynthia Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:03:33 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1704#comment-4777 It seems that you're remaining quite the Texan, Ruth. And moving to New York may inspire you to hunker down and hold on to our Texan eating habits. How many sticks of celery do you find growing around here? Now meat is another story. We have lots of home-grown cattle. Stick to the meat! It seems that you’re remaining quite the Texan, Ruth. And moving to New York may inspire you to hunker down and hold on to our Texan eating habits. How many sticks of celery do you find growing around here? Now meat is another story. We have lots of home-grown cattle. Stick to the meat!

]]> By: Jenna http://www.geezersisters.com/humor/my-idea-of-fine-dining/comment-page-1#comment-4772 Jenna Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:42:49 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1704#comment-4772 That's it Ruth. You're coming out to Queens and I'm giving you an around-the-world tour de vegetable. We will feast. You will kvell. You will go home with leftovers and eat them at 2am after they enter your dreams and remind you that you want more more more! Oh, and we'll have some seriously delish crispy pork, too.  That’s it Ruth. You’re coming out to Queens and I’m giving you an around-the-world tour de vegetable. We will feast. You will kvell. You will go home with leftovers and eat them at 2am after they enter your dreams and remind you that you want more more more! Oh, and we’ll have some seriously delish crispy pork, too. 

]]> By: Jeannie http://www.geezersisters.com/humor/my-idea-of-fine-dining/comment-page-1#comment-4770 Jeannie Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:10:16 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1704#comment-4770 You hang in there Ruth. Only difference between you an I...if it is fried or mashed or creamed I will eat it. One other rule I have if I can't spell it I don't eat it!!!! and my sellping is ralley bad! You hang in there Ruth. Only difference between you an I…if it is fried or mashed or creamed I will eat it. One other rule I have
if I can’t spell it I don’t eat it!!!! and my sellping is ralley bad!

]]> By: Ellen http://www.geezersisters.com/humor/my-idea-of-fine-dining/comment-page-1#comment-4769 Ellen Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:36:46 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1704#comment-4769 Something Jamie and I have always had in common is an appreciation for carrots (I just finished one and am up for another). Cooked vegetables? Bleahh. Worthless, whatever their accompanying sauces, except for potatoes, corn and beans. Keep on avoiding them, Ruth! Something Jamie and I have always had in common is an appreciation for carrots (I just finished one and am up for another). Cooked vegetables? Bleahh. Worthless, whatever their accompanying sauces, except for potatoes, corn and beans.

Keep on avoiding them, Ruth!

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