Random Observations- Two Crotchety And One Upbeat

[poliphilo]

1. I'm never going to make one of those lists of things I'm thankful for because my mother told me when I was small that if you make too much noise about how happy and fortunate you are God will squash you like a bug.  Just look what he did to Job. Or maybe it's not God, it's the Brownies. Same difference. The point is there are powers out there that are very, very jealous of human success and only a fool would provoke them.

2.  What's this Cool Whip stuff you Americans put on your pie? It sounds disgusting. Whatever happened to cream?

3. John Howard's gone. That guy was a toad. I'm just so happy for all my Australian friends.

Comments

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

Well, you know...if I could GET Double Devon clotted cream (which I've had exactly once at high tea in Kingston, Ontario,Canada)I would gladly never have another taste of CoolWhip again.

And oh yes, there's one other thing, - expense. My grandmother used both mayonnaise and miracle whip in her salads- and they were fabulous. She was a depression era cook, and that was a way to make the mayo go further. *I* can afford to whip a pint or even a half pint of cream and then leave it sit in the fridge because I just wanted a spoonful.

I feel as though I've been put down because I have to economise.

(not by you, Tony, I know you would never do that.)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We're on a pretty tight budget too and normally it wouldn't strtech to things like clotted cream, but they had a special on it at our local supermarket last year and I binged on it.