GK: As Easter approaches, your ode to marmalade brought a children's story to mind. An orange rolled under the chicken-yard fence, and some of the chicks ran up to see it. One of the brighter peeps cried out, "Look at the orange mama laid!"
Having lived outside Oxford, England, for a pair of years as part of military service, I learned many wonderful ways to enjoy toast or toasted sandwiches. Accompanied by the ubiquitous cup of tea in tea rooms, or a room-temperature pint in pubs. Orange marmalade on toast with tea quickly became a breakfast favorite and a quick anytime snack. All the fruit preserves and jams were delicious. There was however, one horrible combination with toast I came across over there called Marmite. Its not a fruit at all but a spread made from yeast extract that resembles axle grease. I could never get past the smell, so I never acquired a taste for it. When I recently discovered it was invented by the German scientist Justus von Liebig, I wondered, given the distain most British of a certain generation have for the Germans over a pair of World Wars, why it was so popular in England. The answer may be that it is made from by-products of beer brewing and there is no shortage of breweries in the UK!
I see no problem with getting an Italian sausage from a decent food truck, however, as an Italian-American, I must take exception to one putting mustard on it. 😂
Man, this is great. I get the emails about the podcasts regularly and I scan the verbiage that's in the email and up until now I always assumed that was what I'd hear if I played it. For whatever reason I clicked the audio today and this little meandering story was really wonderful to hear. Thank you. You really are a genius of everyday life and a treasure.
As you have aged, Mr. K., your voice has become a bit of a W. C. Fieldsian drawl.
My Dad eats strawberries every day for the same reason.
GK: As Easter approaches, your ode to marmalade brought a children's story to mind. An orange rolled under the chicken-yard fence, and some of the chicks ran up to see it. One of the brighter peeps cried out, "Look at the orange mama laid!"
Roger Krenkler - L.A. Groaner
Having lived outside Oxford, England, for a pair of years as part of military service, I learned many wonderful ways to enjoy toast or toasted sandwiches. Accompanied by the ubiquitous cup of tea in tea rooms, or a room-temperature pint in pubs. Orange marmalade on toast with tea quickly became a breakfast favorite and a quick anytime snack. All the fruit preserves and jams were delicious. There was however, one horrible combination with toast I came across over there called Marmite. Its not a fruit at all but a spread made from yeast extract that resembles axle grease. I could never get past the smell, so I never acquired a taste for it. When I recently discovered it was invented by the German scientist Justus von Liebig, I wondered, given the distain most British of a certain generation have for the Germans over a pair of World Wars, why it was so popular in England. The answer may be that it is made from by-products of beer brewing and there is no shortage of breweries in the UK!
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I see no problem with getting an Italian sausage from a decent food truck, however, as an Italian-American, I must take exception to one putting mustard on it. 😂
Man, this is great. I get the emails about the podcasts regularly and I scan the verbiage that's in the email and up until now I always assumed that was what I'd hear if I played it. For whatever reason I clicked the audio today and this little meandering story was really wonderful to hear. Thank you. You really are a genius of everyday life and a treasure.