FYI, a new season of “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern” kicked off Tuesday night on the Travel Channel. Andrew has come a long way since he broke into our consciousness as “that guy who eats weird stuff” although he still does that. And speaking of Ludwig, the cat. You know how a cartoonist sometimes will copy a comic strip panel, usually of talking heads, and sequentially paste it, changing only the dialog, or maybe a few details to throw you off? It’s very easy and very common (and very tempting!) in this digital age. I’m not being judgmental; I’ve done it myself in a pinch. The point I want to make is, sometimes repetition serves a purpose. Take, for example, today’s A&J appearing at GoComics.com and in newspapers. The gag is built around the merciless stare of cats. Each panel is individually drawn and inked, as usual, except for the cat figure, which was copied and pasted three times. Works perfectly.
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Fried rat is about the same thing as fried squirrel… squirrel is pretty good if it is cooked appropriately (not too done, but not too raw). It’s a Goldilocks food.
Close up, if it is still there.
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Coming from a hunting family we cooked squirrel but I gave up eatting it at about age 9 or so, along with rabbits.
My oldest aunt, bless her soul, loved squirrel and dumplings. We’d have to cook them for her at every visit as she never learned to cook them herself. Her delicacy was squirrel brains ehich she sucked from the heads like crawfish. .
Anonymous, but I have seen stories in the last few years that people eating squirrel brains are showing up with symptoms similar to mad cow disease. Not something I’d care to risk if I liked that. But as it is, I’m in no danger.
Never watched one of his shows as the commercials alone put me off anything he might recommend.
There is a reason why alcohol is known as “the social lubricant”, Janis. Let Brad explain it to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3zkkLckeyM
Neat. OTH, these people outdoors in Germany are [mostly?] sober, but it’s fun to sing along w/ them, if you know the words. Wish I could actually speak German, French, Finnish, or something.
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Same tune as #89 & #702 in the UMH hymnal.
Peace,
Great “Ode to Joy” clip. Thanks.
OK so I was anonymous in the squirrel story about my aunt but not in the Ode to Joy comment!
Mark, my aunt would be about 120 years old if she were ice. She was a bit odd but we thought it genetic not squirrelly.
Personally I did not eat my family road kill if I could avoid it.
This post brings us (well, me, anyway) back to the discussion of cat food. Why not rat and mouse flavored Friskies? Or squirrel, for that matter? I can guarantee my furry horde would enjoy them and rats are cheaper to raise/catch than fish and chicken scrap.
I can even see some of the flavor names, “Rodent Delight”, Wharf-rat Wonder” and a favorite “Mouse Mousse Pate”.
EMB, I really liked the street orchestra/choir when I saw it a couple of days ago. It dropped me into a several hour fugue of street performers. 🙂
This was one of the videos…. I found the article later that explains. It has the video attached, so the story and the video are included.
https://inspiralight.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/the-story-behind-the-train-passengers-singing-over-the-rainbow/
Ghost, thanks for the video. I, or at least my younger self, was able to relate quite well to most of it.
‘Twas I who liked the “Ode to Joy”.
Ha! Almost sent this in anonymously, too!
Took a tumble off a stairstep around midnight. No apparent lasting damage, but my right [Leno-ism coming up] buttockal area really got creamed and has been telling me so. Elbow cleared out a heavy oak chair, while my noggin actually moved the oak table before bouncing off the maple flooring. Ouch, but no symptoms of anything worth investigating. Yes, I am on the watch for such, as is the MBH.
Ghost, just by the way… thanks for the earworm that I’ve been carrying ALL DAY! 😀
c ex-p, maybe you need to redecorate with forgiving surfaces, rather than wood which is hard on the body? Glad to hear you came away with nothing broken as that is not a happy tale. Take care of yourself.
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Mark: Loved the crow posting! You are so punny….
Me too, but the big beaks and ruffled neck feathers suggest they are likely ravens. Peace,
Folks in my local astronomy club are distraught that on Facebook they’re being told “Trump wants to end funding for the International Space Station in 2024.” It took about 2 minutes of research to find that its original end-of-service date, complete with a plunge into the Pacific, was 2020. In 2014 Congress extended that to 2024, with NASA tasked to see if it could be safely extended to 2028. I haven’t access to their classified reports to Congress or the President, but it’s likely the ISS mission will end as currently scheduled.
Why are so many people willing to believe everything they see on FB and not bother to find out for themselves what’s really going on? FB is hardly a reliable news source.
Good morning Villagers! Let’s all rise and shine and get going. Make this a good Saturday!
Get out and do something interesting. Don’t stay home and .be bored even if you are snowed in.
Getting up early to start rearranging the living room today.
That has been interesting. We found things I had never seen!
What? No one up? You say you found things to do in bed?
Sleep? Read? Watch t.v.? Knit? Exercise?
Living room is 90% done and looks 200% better.
Ghost has to clean his desk top. We aren’t supposed to mess with it.
Jackie: Thanks. I’ll attend a funeral, then finish working on signature West Afr. style chicken curry for Sunday’s potluck. May have a stout w/ supper.
Peace,
Working from 0530 to 1130 trying to get caught up while fighting a case of acute bronchitis. Coughing like Val Kilmer’s Doc Holliday while trying to not touch the keyboard during the spells. No telling what I would type out while shaken by the coughs.
Good luck to c ex-p today. Bruises always seem to hurt more the second day.
Couple rearranging the nursery, S. of Decorah. Which is M, which is F?
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