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If I may. Does STX offer any meals of the Mexican variety? Tortillas, Green Chili, Tamales, Huevos Rancheros [ Wayvos Ranch-eros], Stuffed Sopaillas [ Sopapiias]? The desert cuisine grows on you after so many years...

Maybe there's an opportunity for a Mexican Restaurant???

Ok, I am peeing my pants laughing so hard. JJ just got up out of bed and came to get me. He told me that I needed to come to bed right now. I asked him why as he and hubby went to bed earlier watching man TV. He told me that daddy was stinky, slobbery and hairy. I started laughing and told him that daddy was not stinky that they had both just taken a shower. JJ said, well he is hairy and I need someone to cuddle with right now and it isn't him. I am on the floor at this point rolling. I went into the bedroom and hubby is sound asleep so I wake him to take off his glasses and tell him what JJ said. He said that's it I am sleeping somewhere else. He got up and went and climbed in JJs bed. I'm still laughing as I get into bed with JJ intending on scratching his back until he fall asleep when he says mom I feel hair on your legs.

I'm amazed as I read this...we go so far as to put 1/4 cup of sugar in our tea....when we make a gallon at a time...'cause growing up our kids liked it sweet! But, we also like our cornbread without sugar, and haven't found a mix to beat Jiffy....

Ok, it's off to bed for me at this early hour. JJ is calling. It won't be long until he doesn't want me anymore so for now I will treasure cuddling with him. His soft hair and sweet smelling skin, his milk breath. It won't be long until some little thing comes along and replaces me. I never understood when I was raising my other children and older people would say enjoy them while they are young. Now I am older and I am truly enjoying this little man child. Again, I am so blessed.

When I think southern food the first thing that pops into my head is fresh creamed corn. Is this more of a Texas thing or all over the south?

this is funny......
i am so enjoying this.

i live in winston-salem, nc.......home of rj reynolds, hanes, krispy kreme, pepsi, texas pete hot sauce, and goody powders.....

here ones love sweet cornbread and 98% of the potato salad making populace uses sweet pickles in everything.....lol. (not me, although i do love a good gherkin)

i never had grits before i moved here as we were raised on cream of wheat.....but over the years i have perfected cooking them.

the secret is to cook them slowly until they are creamy....much longer than the package calls for.....add your butter as they start to get thick and near the end add some canned milk or cream...you have to tend to them and stir constantly....i cook mine for about 25-30 minutes.

can't stand sugar in grits, beans or greens though.....blah i say blah.

dougtamjj,

jj is proof that children have fully formed intelligence, but without benefit of experience or the ability to process. it's wonderful that he feels so confident with you as his mom that he can tell you anything. and i do mean anything, LOL!

Novanut...we have a "fast food style " mexican restaurant....Luncheria

microwave magic,and Tammy i make the best potato salad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't believe you trw. Let's both make a batch and have a taste test. Who wants to volunteer for the taste test?

Me, me, pick me!!

Went for lunch at Shipwreck. Friday is 1/2 off all burgers day for their 3/4 pounders. There's an 18% service charge added on plus either $1.50 or $2.00 service charge for take-outs & a couple of dollars if you want to split an order. I always tip more than 18% but didn't because while I understand the need to do that for large groups I'm not thrilled with it for a table for 2.

For it being 1/2 off on burgers I thought $25.37 for 2 cheeseburgers, an order of onion rings, an iced tea & a Haake Beck was steep. The place was empty. It's back to Delly Deck for me.

i revived this because a friend and i ended up visiting shipwreck tavern on st. thomas and i noted that the bill had tip suggestions, but the amount was not automatically added on. just thought some might like to know!

i'll certainly be happy to go again after seeing that.

me too! My dad owned a deli in Lowell Mass he made potato salad every day. People cried when he closed.

I tend to keep to myself when having a rough time and then I thought about this thread. It is a place where we talk about our days in the VI. The last two weeks here have been the worst and most trying of my 3 years on island. It is my nature to try and joke and make light of misfortune. The last two weeks I have experienced racism towards myself on two occasions. It didn't bother me so much towards myself but a young man in Fredricksted was stalking us and in a deliberate way trying to make me feel like he was threatening my child. I had to take my child and leave because I felt unsafe. Even when I left he found us a few miles away and did the same thing again. I am not a person who runs away and I usually confront but for the first time on this island I felt like I could be harmed in public and no one would help me so I could not risk my child being harmed. The second occasion was in Schooner Bay Market. A female police officer twice and very deliberately bumped me very hard. The second time she did it I said excuse me and she put her face right up next to mine and stared into my eyes. Again my child was with me. I took him and left the store. I was trembling with rage. You know, I don't care what people do. I don't care what color your are, whether you are gay or straight, whether you are a nerd or a jock. What ever. I have never understood racism or people arguing over religious beliefs. Really. Who cares. Back in the states my home is in a predominantly black neighborhood and I have had people be rude to me because I am white but I just give it right back to them. I have never backed down and I have never felt afraid. When I first moved here a young teen aged girl shouted rude racial comments to me and I asked her where her mamma was so I could smack her for raising a child with no manners. I have long embarrassed my children because I am such a spitfire.

So I really had to think about all this. It wasn't what happened to me. It wasn't because it was racial. It was because I felt fear. A new emotion. I had to figure out why I felt the way I did and why. After much thinking I decided that I felt fear was because I was in danger and I had a child and my body was reacting the way it was supposed to. I have not suddenly turned into a wimp. So I did the right thing. I removed my child and I from danger instead of confronting it. So I am over that now but it took a few days of soul searching. Whew!

So JJs allergist put him on singular for asthma. We got the prescription from Kmart west because it is the only pharmacy that takes our insurance which is on the other side of the island. I get home and give it to him only to find out it is a pill he has to swallow instead of a chewable or liquid. We manage with him partially chewing it. I call the pharmacy the next day to see if they have a chewable and they say no. Oh well. We go on for a month with this medication and JJ gets sick. We think swine flu because he has been exposed. He has flu symptoms. We take him to the doctor and find out he has ear infections. It is time to refill his meds so I call it in. While looking at the bottle I see that it says for adults 15 years and older. I call the pharmacy and the doctor. No one can decide who made a mistake but I have overdosed my 5 year old for a month. The side effect of overdose is flu, fever, ear infections, ect. Yes, I feel like s hit. All three of us failed him . His doctor wrote the wrong prescription, The pharmacy did not catch it was for a 5 year old and I trusting both did not look at the warning on the label. Please always check prescriptions before giving them.

I was driving to Kmart last week with pregnant daughter when the brakes go out on my truck for the second time. I call hubby and berate him for letting me drive the truck when the brakes were not fixed. It was my fault. I put power steering fluid in the truck instead of break fluid which damaged all the seals causing the master cylinder to fail.

Took JJ to the doctor to get test for swine flu when a red light came on in the other car. I ignored it in order to get JJ to Drs appointment. Hole in the radiator. Drove it home that way too. Don't know how we made it. JJ is saying, "mommy a red light is on. Mommy smoke is coming out of the car. Whatever. I just wanted to get home with a sick baby.

My adult children have been extremely dysfunctional lately. I was more grown up at 12 than they are in their late 20s. I don't want to talk to any of them for a month. They have all lost their minds.

I took my oldest rottie outside tonight to take a break. She started eating chicken poop and rolled in the cow poop which is all over my yard. I couldn't make it inside. I threw up.

Hubby brought me this delicious food home. Didn't tell me what it was until after I ate it. It was good. Then he told me it was goat water. I threw up.

My entire house is covered with concrete dust and big chunks of concrete because hubby is replacing windows that were concreted in.

Wapa killed our TV.

My cat loves me. She brought me a partial eaten rat in my bed. I threw up. Yes!!!! I have a weak stomach.

JJ told me that I had a little bit of fat going on. He said it just like that. Makes me want to kill the adult children for teaching him to talk like that.

Hubby is watching Ace Ventura again with JJ. So tomorrow he will be talking with his butt cheeks. Calgon take me away!!!!!!!!

Ok, I feel better now. Thanks everyone for listening. Tomorrow is another day.

If anyone wants any cow pies. I have a bunch.

PS trw, I still make the best potato salad. Whew! I feel much better.

I hope things get better!

Have a rum and coca cola!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWY4_GyLufI

Really laughing. I don't drink firewater which means anything other than miller lite. I so wish you were a fly on my wall right now roto. JJ was sitting next to me drawing and I clicked on your post and he started dancing, singing rum and coca cola naked as he usually is. Really very funny. Thanks.

Great news, Anita about Shipwreck. Glad they wised up & now the servers will get their usual more than 20% from me if they're good. Thanks for the info.

Tam, I think you need a vacation. What a hellish week.

so the ex and i are in the hurting each other stage lol we get mad at each other and he says things like you smoked any crack today and i come back with you grown any balls today you gutlessfuckinwimp because he's never actually had any,i've always saved him, from the mosh pit at lollapalooza to the black thugs on the sidewalk in minneapolis,and then i remind him that i'm the biggest adventure he's ever had in his life and if he wants shag carpeting and wood panel walls i'd be happy to send him back to minnesota,lol i called his mother last week and told her to deal with him and she said no thanks,and so we're stuck together,which i guess is my punishment from god,neither of us wants to go back to america and there is no place on stx that we want to live,my birth parents taught me how to be vicious, i don't like it but it's there and i can and will use it to survive,on a lighter note my papayas have all sprouted and it poured today

dougtamjj, i hope that the clouds break for you soon - you've really been up under it. jj will always forgive his wonderful mom because he knows how much you do love him!

yep trade, i am glad too because i missed the shipwreck, i just wanted to retain my right to tip as i choose.

trw, you are a hoot. no one can take life's education from you.

you all have a great day.

I cleaned up all the cow pies, dog poop and now working on the chicken coop. I didn't even get sick. The chickens are making me crazy. They follow me around everywhere and will peck my ankles if I don't pay attention. One is much smarter than the others. I was watering plants and she was following me around pecking at me. Then she started drinking the water as I was watering the plants. I saw later that their water dish was empty and she wasn't waiting on me to fill it.

Hubby and I refinanced our house back in the states. Yesterday we went to sign the papers in front of a notary and JJ kept trying to sign the papers as well. I kept saying no. He could not understand why we would be signing papers that did not include him. He was quite put out about it. He said next time we signed papers he was signing too. After thinking about it for a while I realized that we do everything together. JJ has never even had a baby sitter.

Trw, hang in there.

A friend of mine in Ormond Beach, FL (not really the "south") owns a restaurant, very popular lunch spot, particularly with the elderly residents in that area, and he is FAMOUS for his potato salad. He took the recipe straight off the Hellman's mayo jar. My "recipe" is just like his, but I use Kraft. Lots of sweet pickle relish in everything!

Tammy, I have seen the dill relish. If I see it again, I'll let you know where.

I can go either way with the sugar in greens, beans, etc. Just a pinch, though. Then serve with apple cider vinegar.

I am soooo cooking southern this weekend!

lol tammy and juanita i still make the best pot salad,i will go to the store this week, and the ex and i are still battling, i just asked him where did you get the venision stew and he said friends and i said oh really you know people that need a tokenfag god can i be one please,lol today is not a good day here in lavallee,oh well he leaves for work soon

Why don't we go hide behind the wall where he works and blow spit balls at him tonight. I taught JJ how and he is really good at it. After he leaves for work put itching powder in his under ware drawer.

As for the potato salad, we will see. Blind taste test.

lol tam leave the tim alone,he's my mess and i love him,so no spitballs