-=> Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Ruth Haffly on 07-12-19  22:49 <=-

 >  RHn>> young. As their taste buds mature, most of them outgrow
 >  RHn>> their enjoyment of it as much and move on to better forms
 >  RHn>> of pasta/sauce.
 >  RHf>> Then there are those whose taste buds never mature..........
 >  RHn> Some people never outgrow their taste for kid food.
 RHf> And that's why we have the proliferation of fast food places. A 
 RHf> mature taste enjoys a good burger, kid food taste is on the level
 RHf> of a McD's burger.
 > 
 RHn> We sent a notorious kid food/picky eater on a trip to the Dominican 
 RHn> with some kids from church.  He apparently found stuff to eat. 

Did he come back with his food horizons at all stretched...?  

 >  RHf> call it "beef-a roni"; his mom's version is what we use as
 >  RHf> pasta sauce, pizza sauce, whatever we need a good marinara
 >  RHf> sauce for.
 >  RHn> The former sounds a lot like "Dead 'orse"; the latter sounds 
 >  RHn> like food.
 RHf> The former is ground beef, onion, seasonings, tomatoes and
 RHf> tomato paste. It's much better than beef-a-roni out of a can,
 RHf> especially if you use decent quality ingredients. I usually
 RHf> add peppers and mushrooms, 

 RH> Not much would be worse, except the school cafeteria version. 

They use it out of the commercial size cans, after all.... 
 
 >  RHf> Cats usually are hired on for their mousekeeping abilities. 
 >  RHf> They're also good company. (G)
 >  RHn> I had one who wanted to hunt deer, a long time ago.  She
 >  RHn> wasn't a bright cat.
 Rhf> I've yet to find one that has their act totally together. Most of 
 RHf> them have some smarts, some more than others.

 RHn> Genie is more apt to sniff at a bug than attack it. Smarts aren't one 
 RHn> of her problems.

She's just more of a pacifist than a hunter...  (G)

ttyl     neb

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