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***A Rare (medium-rare?) Trip To The Beach***

***A Rare (medium-rare?) Trip To The Beach***

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** ~~~~~Florida~~~~~ ~~~~~(what’s not to love?)~~~~~ My older daughter and her oldest friend went to the beach last week….. Both women were born and raised in Florida….. Both were born after the introduction of sun-block…and both know how to take care of themselves in the sun….. Where my era was known to slather themselves with Crisco and Coppertone (before the advent of SPF)…their generation is completely SPF-Conscious….. The Sun-Protection-Factor….. Both used sun block lotion…they…

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The Infamous Goop

The Infamous Goop

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** I have a secret recipe….. It’s goopy…..but it’s helpful….. I made it up….. I’ll tell Pascal…..he’ll keep the secret….. *****Pascal…..My Reticent Friend***** …..it’s inexpensive (relatively speaking)…..(I don’t use brand name anything)….. …..it makes volumes….. …..it’s easy (but messy) to make….. And it helps SO MANY things around here….. It’s good for…..rashes…..lacerations…..abrasions…..fly sores…..rain-rot…..mud-fever….. I save the expensive-veterinarian-prescribed-stuff for the important injuries….. …..but for the run-of-the-mill farm ouchies….. ………….!My Goop Rules!…………. I got the idea…

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*****Boiled Peanuts & The Art Of Southern Snacking*****

*****Boiled Peanuts & The Art Of Southern Snacking*****

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I’ll put this out there….. …..I’m a Northerner by origin….. …..so none of what I’m about to say comes from a true/dyed-in-the-wool Southerner….. But over the years I’ve absorbed some of the nuances of southern-country-snack-habits and southern-cooking….. I’ve always believed in Crisco….. …..it’s a universal/gob of usefulness…..north or south of the Mason Dixon line….. …..Crisco rules….. ***Bob Explains Crisco~~~Plus Yummy Recipes*** (but to be honest…..I’ve recently gravitated to lard…..) (shhhhhhhhh, Pascal…..it’s yummy good in its lardiness….and…..don’t let anybody know that…

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