Candied Smelt anyone ?

[saddlebum]

So I be out shoppi'n cause I is all alone due to wifey being in Highlan Il just outside of St Louis and gots ta fend for my self for a while. So while I bees a shoppi'n I sees a whole mess a fresh smelt so I gets me some. Gets i'm home mixes up some milk and egg, dipps in the wet stuff and then coats i'm with flour. Toss im in the hot oil and first thing I notice the flour aint-a-stick'n. Oh well lets em fry up any way when there done I toss em to drain on a towel then onto the plate. Goes to eat them and many they kinda sweet and crunchy Dat Don't Makes No Sense, Pull out the flour pot and finds out it aint flour Its Icing sugar. Dang they still tasted good though if not a tad on sweet side.

[Patch]

So I be out shoppi'n cause I is all alone due to wifey being in Highlan Il just outside of St Louis and gots ta fend for my self for a while.

Between your shopping and key in the door comment, any wonder why wifey chose to leave?

 

[cowpuc]

So I be out shoppi'n cause I is all alone due to wifey being in Highlan Il just outside of St Louis and gots ta fend for my self for a while. So while I bees a shoppi'n I sees a whole mess a fresh smelt so I gets me some. Gets i'm home mixes up some milk and egg, dipps in the wet stuff and then coats i'm with flour. Toss im in the hot oil and first thing I notice the flour aint-a-stick'n. Oh well lets em fry up any way when there done I toss em to drain on a towel then onto the plate. Goes to eat them and many they kinda sweet and crunchy Dat Don't Makes No Sense, Pull out the flour pot and finds out it aint flour Its Icing sugar. Dang they still tasted good though if not a tad on sweet side.

 

Ya know Ben,,,, they say that lots of really great things have been discovered by "Serindippity".... Think I read somewhere that even sticky notes were created by such means... Now ya got me wondering if my geezer brain is crossed wired and that should have been "smeltndippity" and not serindippity as your Candied Smelt actually sounds scrumptous!!

 

P.S. = last time Tip left me alone, like your bride did to you, thru "Steakensmokidy" I discovered that WD works pretty good at getting cooked on steak splatter removed from the surface of the broiler in the oven and may also work for sugared smelt splatterings on the stove top... If you try that though,, its not a bad idea to let your wife know that you used it so she can professionally clean the surfaces and your next meal dont have a funny,,,, WD40 taste to it that you discover by serindippity..

[saddlebum]

So I be out shoppi'n cause I is all alone due to wifey being in Highlan Il just outside of St Louis and gots ta fend for my self for a while.

Between your shopping and key in the door comment, any wonder why wifey chose to leave?

 

She actually did not choose to leave. Her Dad is not well and is under her sisters care. Every so often she goes down to give her sister a break.

Edited March 16, 2020 by saddlebum

[Patch]

Just for the record she did not choose to leave. Her Dad is not well and is under her sisters care. Every so often she goes down to give her sister break.

 

So not to worry then, she's left you before and, always comes back! Got It!

[saddlebum]

 

So not to worry then, she's left you before and, always comes back! Got It!

And I am not skin and bones when she gets back either. Though I do loose a few pounds that needed loosing anyway. Problem is when she does get back home she fattens me up again with all her good cooking and baking.

[Patch]

And I am not skin and bones when she gets back either. Though I do loose a few pounds that needed loosing anyway. Problem is when she does get back home she fattens me up again with all her good cooking and baking.

 

 

OK look I see an intervention is needed! Unless of course you prefer Carl share;)

 

If you want thing back to normal, send some flowers now, let Wify know she is present in your thoughts, and, have a couple dozen ready for when she gets back home! That's the easy stuff....

 

But Bum don't forget this important sharing of experience, remember Wifey has a key!

 

[saddlebum]

No need to worry about that. The thing I need to worry about is her discovering I brought home a 3rd Venture and that I may have forgot to water the flowers a time or two. They do recover though......right?......Don't they?

[Marcarl]

I had to deal with some other issues in my life the last couple of days, but this morning I'm back.

Laughed myself sick when I read this.

Guess it's best you stay at your place for another day or 2 Ben, don't need any of your sheehanigans making a mess over here, and I'm keeping may wife at home.

[Patch]

No need to worry about that. The thing I need to worry about is her discovering I brought home a 3rd Venture and that I may have forgot to water the flowers a time or two. They do recover though......right?......Don't they?

 

OH my Bum, she shouldn't have left you alone! What was she thinking? And knowing you have this addiction?

 

Hope that helps;)

 

The plants well, survival is the fittest; after all Bum, you survived her leaving you behind;)

 

Bet Carl has some good ones...

[Patch]

ooops, I see Carl has already spoken on the issue....

[Marcarl]

OOOOhhhh Ben!!!! you let her plants go thirsty??? really??? how could you??? you know she will be displeased with you when she returns, and she even left you with specific instructions on each one, when and how and how much!!!! and you forgot???? don't worry though, I have a solution, at least for this time. Quick, take pictures of them all and then the day before she comes back run out and buy all new ones and chuck the dead ones in the neighbors yard. She'll be so proud of you and you may even get the SPECIAL reserved prize!!! well at least until she discovers the switch and THEN you'll be in the doghouse for weeks!!! Best get some beer in the doghouse, a pillow and some blankets and maybe buy a TV for out there.

[saddlebum]

OOOOhhhh Ben!!!! you let her plants go thirsty??? really??? how could you??? you know she will be displeased with you when she returns, and she even left you with specific instructions on each one, when and how and how much!!!! and you forgot???? don't worry though, I have a solution, at least for this time. Quick, take pictures of them all and then the day before she comes back run out and buy all new ones and chuck the dead ones in the neighbors yard. She'll be so proud of you and you may even get the SPECIAL reserved prize!!! well at least until she discovers the switch and THEN you'll be in the doghouse for weeks!!! Best get some beer in the doghouse, a pillow and some blankets and maybe buy a TV for out there.

And then will come the one and only day of all times she decides to visit the neighbors upon her return to Burlington look out into the back yard and recognize her plants. Don't ask me how but she will know......she always knows......If this is your plan for helping me out I'm think'n you ain't exactly a plan'n on my behalf. As a matter of fact something tells me your look'n to enjoy'n this.

[Marcarl]

And then will come the one and only day of all times she decides to visit the neighbors upon her return to Burlington look out into the back yard and recognize her plants. Don't ask me how but she will know......she always knows......If this is your plan for helping me out I'm think'n you ain't exactly a plan'n on my behalf. As a matter of fact something tells me your look'n to enjoy'n this.

 

I just don't know about you,,, here I give you good advice and then you go shoot holes into it, what's with you? Maybe I can adjust this a bit. Throw the plants into the ditch in front of your house,( after all, would you throw HER plants out in plain sight?) and then when she comes home and notices right off the bat that there are plants thrown into the ditch and inquires about them, tell her one of the neighborhood people ( you are one of the neighborhood people) must have done that,, she'll be so worried that it was hers that when you take her into the house and show her how nice her plants look she'll be so relieved and happy, she'll never see the difference,, and you'll be her biggest hero!!!

 

Works good on paper anyways,,,at least I think so.