Karin

This reminds me of a story in the Ramona series. We borrowed the movies from the library long ago.
The mom was serving "mystery meat" because it was cheap. And she wouldn't tell the kids what it was - just called it mystery meat. They all tasted it and thought it was weird and I think Ramona or her sister (Beezy?) finally figured out it was tongue. It's very funny in the movie.

Karin


>It was just our family going to eat, and after a four hour drive she had
>dinner just about on the table, and it was beef tongue. She said "I bet
>Keith misses having tongue." I didn't say "I bet he does NOT."

>I said as neutrally and politely as I could that I wasn't going to eat any
>and she said with a kind of laugh in her voice (which she has at the very
>worst times) "Yes you will."


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Tia Leschke

>This reminds me of a story in the Ramona series. We borrowed the movies
>from the library long ago.
>The mom was serving "mystery meat" because it was cheap. And she wouldn't
>tell the kids what it was - just called it mystery meat. They all tasted
>it and thought it was weird and I think Ramona or her sister (Beezy?)
>finally figured out it was tongue. It's very funny in the movie.

I love tongue. But then I was raised eating it as a special treat. I'm
not sure it's a taste that could be acquired in adulthood, or even as an
older child.
Tia

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Sharon Rudd

My Mother prepared tongue (beef) once a while as a
treat for herself. I was totally grossed out, as were
my brothers. Was unable to eat the rest of the meal,
each time, either. Still, I often didn't want to eat,
as a child, anyway. At least at those times (toungue
in cheek) she was being la grand' damme' rather than
Hansel and Gretle's witch. How 'bout escargo?

We have a kid's cook book of all sorts of (to
us)unusuall foods. I also have an American Indian cook
book with foods that mostly seem like a LOT of bother.
Acorns take a lot of work. Poke Weed scares me.

Sharon of the Swamp


> I love tongue. But then I was raised eating it as a
> special treat. I'm
> not sure it's a taste that could be acquired in
> adulthood, or even as an
> older child.
> TiaIsland


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Sharon Rudd

> >It was just our family going to eat, and after a
> four hour drive she had
> >dinner just about on the table, and it was beef
> tongue. She said "I bet
> >Keith misses having tongue." I didn't say "I bet
> he does NOT."


Remember the line in Braveheart about what the English
think tongues are for? the lovely French princess said
it to her handmaiden.

Then there is the Tower of Babel for those who speak
in many tongues. And forked tongues , we know some
folks who possess this facial defect(however we don't
like to fork the tongue at table) There is tongue
tied.....my shoes have tongues....there is tongue and
groove....

Good thing you "held your tongue" when served the
tongue....what if you had actually .....what if you
stuck out your tongue ......

Guess I better bite my tongue. I HAVE had plenty of
practice at that!!

Sharon of the Swamp

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In a message dated 12/28/01 9:02:14 AM, bearspawprint@... writes:

<< Good thing you "held your tongue" when served the
tongue....what if you had actually .....what if you
stuck out your tongue ......

Guess I better bite my tongue. I HAVE had plenty of
practice at that!! >>

Good ones!!!