So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[2jakes]

You've been spying on me, my guilty secret is out.

One day, when Admiral Nelson gets his other eye back, I'm going to master technology, so that I can cut and paste like that. 2jakes compliments on your skill.

I’m a-thanking you for the compliment pilgrim.
(local expression over here to show gratitude)

This “technology” is so simplistic & not $$$$$$ at all,
I’m almost embarrassed to admit it.
I merely use a built-in app called “Preview” that came with Mac.

I reckon even Capt. Bligh’s men would be able to master this
"high tech" in no time.
Truly.

 

[Bamaboots]

Sometimes I'll put steak sauce on my eggs, which does have a tendency to frighten onlookers.

That doesn't sound too bad but I have a buddy who sprinkles sugar over his fried eggs. Talk about frightening.

 

[2jakes]

^^^^^
Sometimes on weekends, I’ll put “pico-de-gallo”
on top of my eggs which causes Polo
to run out the door.

 

[BlueTrain]

Well, at least we don't eat baked beans and fried tomatoes for breakfast. I mean, we usually don't, but breakfast can be eaten at any hour.

If you want a real retro-style dance party, just go down to the local National Guard armory and let the girls dance with each other while the boys stand outside the front door combing their hair and trying to smoke cigarettes the way the custodian at school showed them while chewing gum at the same time. Afterwards, you and your date, if you were lucky, drive (if you were luckier still) up to your favorite drive-in just outside of town (the only one, in fact) and order something to eat that is served on waxed paper in a plastic basket. Then you take her home, careful to get to the front door by curfew and not a minute too soon. The evening costs you most of your life savings but it might be worth it because of things I left out. There aren't that many things to do in town except go to the movies, which is always a good thing to do, or maybe drop by the Dairy Queen or the closest local ice cream place, which is something you mainly do in the summertime. There might be a carnival in town sometime over the summer, which can be fun if your girl is in the mood for that or there might be some other local amusement park or swimming pool. The swimming pool is okay and you will see all your school buddies but it's not a place to be alone with that special someone and the girls will spend all their time together just talking with one another, probably about movie stars like Rock Hudson. There are only so many sock hops but there's only one prom, the big event of the year. You have to dress up more and find money for a corsage for your girl. It's more fun for the juniors because the seniors are starting to realize that the end is near. There will be no more dates at the drive-in, no sock hops, no driving around the Dairy Queen on Saturday evening. It's like there's nothing left to live for, that is, unless you go to college, which is pretty much like high school except the distances are greater, the prices are higher and you drink more. There are other differences, too, provided you didn't make the mistake of enrolling in a school close to home. So don't make that mistake, kids, and don't sign up for any eight o'clock classes either. If you can manage it, try not to graduate in four years either but stay in one school if you can, because it's a pain to move. If possible, enroll in a school on the opposite coast unless your folks pay the bills and have you go to the same school they went to, which they probably will. Don't flunk out, either, because that causes headaches all round.

 

[swanson_eyes]

And looks extremely german, too.

Lots of people descended from German immigrants in this part of the country. I'm one of them.

 

[TimeWarpWife]

I put ketchup on my scrambled eggs and I like to dip fried potatoes and onions in the yolk of my over easy eggs. I also eat pancakes or French toast last as dessert.

 

[Touchofevil]

I’ve never heard of Pajama Jeans until tonight
when it was brought up by the bartenders of the forum.

I’m pretty sure I will have forgotten them with no difficulty.

I had completely forgotten them until I read your post.

Now, I will work on forgetting them again.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

I'm sitting here in my designer denim boot cut pajamas and sh*t kicker high top slippers sipping a Dolly Pardon me double D daiquri. So what...

 

[Stearmen]

1. Carefully rinse cactus pads; pat dry. Holding cactus pads with tongs, use a small, sharp knife to carefully trim off eyes around edges and on both sides of pads; discard. Cut cactus pads into thin strips (you should have about 2 cups).
2. In a large skillet cook cactus with onion and sweet pepper in margarine or butter about 3 minutes or until onion is tender.
3. In a bowl beat eggs, milk, chili powder, salt, and black pepper with a fork. Pour egg mixture over vegetables in skillet. Cook over medium heat, without stirring, until mixture begins to set on the bottom and around the edge.
4. Using a spatula or large spoon, lift and fold the partially cooked eggs so the uncooked portion flows underneath. Continue cooking over medium heat about 5 minutes more or until eggs are cooked through, but are still glossy and moist.
5. Remove from heat. If desired, serve with tortillas and salsa. Makes 6 servings.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Lots of people descended from German immigrants in this part of the country. I'm one of them.

I know about. I read the commentaries under this legendary rollmops-video:

 

[GHT]

You should mash your sunny-side up eggs into your grits, then sop it up with your biscuit...like God intended.

Grits!!!!!!!!!! An acquired taste.
One recipe that I brought back with me from the US, was Eggs Benedict, now you guys really did come up trumps with that. A poached egg on an English style muffin, with bacon and Hollandaise Sauce. I served it up yesterday.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Lots of people descended from German immigrants in this part of the country. I'm one of them.

I do believe the majority of 'Euro-Americans' today i.e. Americans with Eurorpean ancestry, are indeed of German descent. There was a massive immigration wave from Germany in the middle of the 19th century.....yet it still remains the most highly populated country of Europe.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

One recipe that I brought back with me from the US, was Eggs Benedict, now you guys really did come up trumps with that. A poached egg on an English style muffin, with bacon and Hollandaise Sauce. I served it up yesterday.

Oeufs Benedicte ? Sauce Hollandaise ? Muffins ? doesn't sound very American to me

 

[BlueTrain]

I'm also descended through the male line from German immigrants, only it was a long, long time ago. If what I read is true, the first one moved to England and his son or grandson (don't remember) came to Virginia well over 350 years ago. It was a few generations before the name settled down to its current Anglicized spelling and even so, not everyone spells it the same way. I was the first one in my line not born in Virginia since the first settler arrived but I live in Virginia now. But I have other antecedents who were here earlier, also in Virginia, as well as later immigrants who were also from Germany. So basically I am descended from foreigners.

I believe the Declaration of Independence (or was it the Constitution) was printed in German at the same time it was printed in English. Although there was a large German-speaking population in Pennsylvania (and there still is, only fewer) a the time, it just happened that the printer who did the work was German, too. I suspect that modern Germans would have difficulty reading it now because the language has evolved, same as English.

 

[LizzieMaine]

There's a town down the road from here that was founded by German immigrants -- who were victims of a real-estate swindle. The promoter traveled around rural German villiages telling anyone who would listen about this place in America where the soil was so rich and the crops were so lush that they could be farmed with very little effort. Well, there might have been such a place somewhere, but it wasn't in Maine, as these poor folks found when they arrived and discovered that the best crop they could grow on their land was rocks. But they stuck around and the town eventually thrived. Today the German inflluence is felt largely by the presence of an old family-owned company that makes very very good sauerkraut and pickles.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Oeufs Benedicte ? Sauce Hollandaise ? Muffins ? doesn't sound very American to me

Typical Germany:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=spargel+with+sauce+hollandaise&FORM=HDRSC2

 

[Fading Fast]

Grits!!!!!!!!!! An acquired taste.
One recipe that I brought back with me from the US, was Eggs Benedict, now you guys really did come up trumps with that. A poached egg on an English style muffin, with bacon and Hollandaise Sauce. I served it up yesterday.
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In the twenty years we have been together, I have gone out to breakfast with my girlfriend I don't know how many hundreds of times, but I do know that in well-over 90% of those times, if available, Eggs Benedict is what she ordered.

 

[HudsonHawk]

There's a town down the road from here that was founded by German immigrants -- who were victims of a real-estate swindle. The promoter traveled around rural German villiages telling anyone who would listen about this place in America where the soil was so rich and the crops were so lush that they could be farmed with very little effort. Well, there might have been such a place somewhere, but it wasn't in Maine, as these poor folks found when they arrived and discovered that the best crop they could grow on their land was rocks. But they stuck around and the town eventually thrived. Today the German inflluence is felt largely by the presence of an old family-owned company that makes very very good sauerkraut and pickles.

The "town" I live in now (hometown of noted hat lover Lyle Lovett) was founded by German immigrants, and their presence is still all over the place. All of the local schools and streets have German names. The Germans also settled much of central Texas and the German influence is still very strong there...food, culture, music and even some language.

Myself...I'm as English as tea and crumpets...which means I'm really Scandinavian, speaking an obscure German dialect known as "English". It's a small world after all.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

So basically I am descended from foreigners..

All 'Americans ' are, apart from the Native Americans.

 

[BlueTrain]

There are also a surprising number of German place names in Virginia, too, but given the persistence of place names, it may not be that remarkable. There was a town founded during the colonial period named "Germanna," for a group of German immigrants brought here by Governor Spotswood to work as miners. But it didn't last and only the name remains. A local community college was given that name when it was founded in 1970. There are a few places names Germantown, too.

My late step-mother had relatives who were not Amish or Mennonites, yet still wear "plain" clothing, at least sometimes. I only met them at my step-mother's funeral and spoke to them. They referred to themselves as German Baptists.