You are not going to believe it but I was visiting with some friends of mine who are in their 50's and they never heard of peanuts in a coke! I thought everyone knew about putting a package of salty peanuts in a coke bottle (glass in my day) then drank and ate at the same time. Yes, you do put the entire bag of peanuts in the bottle at one time unless it got too full then you would add as there was space. Sweet and salty at the same time! Oh, how good! Ask Larry Travis, he remembers.
I could not believe it. Now this has nothing to do with mentos in a bottle of coke and it is not a joke to see if you get fizz up your nose. What you get is a great drink and peanuts at the same time.
Now if that does not shake you up try this one. Some folks have never heard of having a Coke or Pepsi with a Moon Pie! What is going on in this world? Are kids missing out on the joys of small pleasure because they have too many electronic toys? Jimminie Christmas, what is this world coming too? I bet kids can't even go on long bike rides or walk up and down the creek catching crawdads.
OK, maybe I need to explain catching crawdads in the creek or along a mud hole or around a pond. These creatures look like mini-lobsters but more brown or opaque. They burrow down in the mud and are easy to catch as long as you don't let those front pincher's get you first. The easiest way is to put a piece of bacon on a string and lay it down near the crawdad. They will latch onto it and you got one.
Now what do you do once you get a few? Some folks snap off the tales and cook them and eat 'em. Some folks put them in a boil, whole, then snap off the tails and eat the meat out of the tail and some folks even suck the stuff out of the head. I never could do that. At my house we used crawdads for fish bait to catch catfish. Now I am going to assume you know catfish don't have anything to do with cats other than they have whiskers like a cat.
So what do you learn in the Osage?
I could not believe it. Now this has nothing to do with mentos in a bottle of coke and it is not a joke to see if you get fizz up your nose. What you get is a great drink and peanuts at the same time.
Now if that does not shake you up try this one. Some folks have never heard of having a Coke or Pepsi with a Moon Pie! What is going on in this world? Are kids missing out on the joys of small pleasure because they have too many electronic toys? Jimminie Christmas, what is this world coming too? I bet kids can't even go on long bike rides or walk up and down the creek catching crawdads.
Now what do you do once you get a few? Some folks snap off the tales and cook them and eat 'em. Some folks put them in a boil, whole, then snap off the tails and eat the meat out of the tail and some folks even suck the stuff out of the head. I never could do that. At my house we used crawdads for fish bait to catch catfish. Now I am going to assume you know catfish don't have anything to do with cats other than they have whiskers like a cat.
So what do you learn in the Osage?
- A little sugar and salt make a tasty treat
- Kids are missing out by not living in the country
- Kids don't need fancy toys and in fact if you give them nothing they will become creative and think up things to do. Kinda like Eddie Harris and me but that might worry a parent!
Thanks for your time,
gary@thepioneerman.com
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