Pats at Giants: Official Game Thread and Ployes

[sprocketboy]

Gotta say, I'm impressed with your geography! Any one who asks where I'm from and I tell them, they are like "Is that next to Bangor?" uh no..it's 4 fricken hours north of Bangor.

"My geography" courtesy of Google Maps.

From the satellite photo, that border crossing station on the Canadian side of Bridge Avenue looks like a fast food drive through. Do the guards serve fries with that, eh?

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Also, do the high school football teams from Edmundston and Madawaska ever play each other, and if so, by whose rules? Canadian rules if Edmundston is hosting, American rules if Madawaska is the home team???

 

[Muse]

Mimi is right, we called it head cheese growing up. And back then it was the brains. Only the true ones use it now, mostly it s ground beef used today. But back then you ate what you had on the table and was grateful you had food. Most times my mom did not eat so we would have at least a meal for the day. You didn't eat well you went hungry.

But I am not a picky eater( piggy seriously, you are not in this thread, why?) you can't be in those times.

But now I want strawberry rhubard pie which people butcher down here not to forget rhubard is stupid expensive and looks as appealing as mud pie.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Mimi is right, we called it head cheese growing up. And back then it was the brains. Only the true ones use it now, mostly it s ground beef used today. But back then you ate what you had on the table and was grateful you had food. Most times my mom did not eat so we would have at least a meal for the day. You didn't eat well you went hungry.

But I am not a picky eater( piggy seriously, you are not in this thread, why?) you can't be in those times.

But now I want strawberry rhubard pie which people butcher down here not to forget rhubard is stupid expensive and looks as appealing as mud pie.

1. You DO NOT want to send an open call to the pig whilst discussing "head cheese". What exactly do you think he's been doing?

2. I'm amazed to hear times were so tough in rural country like that. I'd expect to hear moose and deer stacked like cord wood by the back door, and salmon or some other fish drying in racks. Not to mention rabbits, birds of the table, and all the other wild things to nosh.

3. But maybe since you're eating teh brainz 2 is irrelevant and you guys are just wood zombies.

 

[Muse]

1. You DO NOT want to send an open call to the pig whilst discussing "head cheese". What exactly do you think he's been doing?

2. I'm amazed to hear times were so tough in rural country like that. I'd expect to hear moose and deer stacked like cord wood by the back door, and salmon or some other fish drying in racks. Not to mention rabbits, birds of the table, and all the other wild things to nosh.

3. But maybe since you're eating teh brainz 2 is irrelevant and you guys are just wood zombies.

1-I have known Piggie a long time, before I even came to the Planet. I am use to him. If anyone can get use to him.

2- My father died when I was 5. My mom had an 8th grade education and had three girls under the age of 12 to raise on her own. We did what we had to do. We had a huge garden. We sewed our own clothes. We had hand me downs. We had relief food. We had free lunch at the school which helped out a lot. We canned goods. We figured it out. Circumstances dictated we figure it out. We did fish there was a lake behind our house where we caught salmon, trout and smelt which is a yummy fish. We did get deer, moose and bear meat when our uncles would shoot one during the season. Mom would buy half a cow and it had to last a good portion of a year. I've taught my son to be damn grateful for what he has. He has only said once he is hungry, I told him flat out you don't know the meaning of hungry like I do, I been hungry, sometimes going without food for a few days. When I get paid now and it has been this way for a while now, the first I do is buy groceries, The bills come after that. All my sisters and I been working for a long time, from as young as 7 picking potatoes to babysitter to any job we could find to help out.


3-We are zombies, duh.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

1-I have known Piggie a long time, before I even came to the Planet. I am use to him. If anyone can get use to him.

2- My father died when I was 5. My mom had an 8th grade education and had three girls under the age of 12 to raise on her own. We did what we had to do. We had a huge garden. We sewed our own clothes. We had hand me downs. We had relief food. We had free lunch at the school which helped out a lot. We canned goods. We figured it out. Circumstances dictated we figure it out. We did fish there was a lake behind our house where we caught salmon, trout and smelt which is a yummy fish. We did get deer, moose and bear meat when our uncles would shoot one during the season. Mom would buy half a cow and it had to last a good portion of a year.


3-We are zombies, duh.

Ahhhh. There we go. Sorry to hear your dad passed at such a young age. Congrats to your mom for doing such an admirable job in what was surely a difficult environment to say the least for a single mom.

But I'm half correct? If there were an avid shooter food options were plentiful?

 

[Muse]

Ahhhh. There we go. Sorry to hear your dad passed at such a young age. Congrats to your mom for doing such an admirable job in what was surely a difficult environment to say the least for a single mom.

But I'm half correct? If there were an avid shooter food options were plentiful?

Mom's side of the family is big, 15 children and each had a handful of kids. So while they did go shooting we got what they could afford for us to get since they had to feed their own. We did not have an active shooter in our house.

I'm very proud of my mom and that is why I do anything I can for her. Reason why we brought her down here for a few months. It is our turn to watch after her, two us feel that way, the middle child not so much. My mom was raised during the Depression which was hard enough as it is let alone a family of 17. I'm writing a book about mom, my dad and life back home in Northern Maine so relatives can have it to remember what a lot of us are slowly forgetting.

 

[Claremonster]

1. You DO NOT want to send an open call to the pig whilst discussing "head cheese". What exactly do you think he's been doing?

2. I'm amazed to hear times were so tough in rural country like that. I'd expect to hear moose and deer stacked like cord wood by the back door, and salmon or some other fish drying in racks. Not to mention rabbits, birds of the table, and all the other wild things to nosh.

3. But maybe since you're eating teh brainz 2 is irrelevant and you guys are just wood zombies.

There's probably more economic depression and poverty in Rural America than in Urban America. My experiences growing up were not all that different - grow what you can in a rocky garden and fish/hunt/gather for everything else...

It kinda sucked, but was kinda cool at the same time.

 

[mikiemo83]

There's probably more economic depression and poverty in Rural America than in Urban America. My experiences growing up were not all that different - grow what you can in a rocky garden and fish/hunt/gather for everything else...

It kinda sucked, but was kinda cool at the same time.

Yeah, I think it is easy to overlook the Rural areas because we just assume they all fish and hunt with an abundant feast of fresh kill on the table.

 

[deec77]

There's probably more economic depression and poverty in Rural America than in Urban America. My experiences growing up were not all that different - grow what you can in a rocky garden and fish/hunt/gather for everything else...

It kinda sucked, but was kinda cool at the same time.

We kinda did the same. Had a big garden and lots of fishing. My Grandfather taught us how to live off the land what mushrooms and berries you could eat. We were by the ocean so collected steamers, clams and mussels all the time. Mussels are some mean creatures. We use to come back from collecting them and our feet would be torn up between the barnacles and mussel along the jetty.

~Dee~

 

[Claremonster]

Yeah, I think it is easy to overlook the Rural areas because we just assume they all fish and hunt with an abundant feast of fresh kill on the table.

I have to admit, I may have had no choice but to spend a little time scheming against the game wardens a time or two.

 

[Big/Sky/Fly]

Mimi is right, we called it head cheese growing up. And back then it was the brains. Only the true ones use it now, mostly it s ground beef used today. But back then you ate what you had on the table and was grateful you had food. Most times my mom did not eat so we would have at least a meal for the day. You didn't eat well you went hungry.

But I am not a picky eater( piggy seriously, you are not in this thread, why?) you can't be in those times.

But now I want strawberry rhubard pie which people butcher down here not to forget rhubard is stupid expensive and looks as appealing as mud pie.

Rhubarb is a weed that grows in numerous places...and free. :shrug_n:

And it's awesome in jams and pies, like you said.

 

[Muse]

Rhubarb is a weed that grows in numerous places...and free. :shrug_n:

And it's awesome in jams and pies, like you said.

In Maine yes. I'm in NC and have not seen any yet.

 

[Muse]

I have to admit, I may have had no choice but to spend a little time scheming against the game wardens a time or two.

You would get along with my moncle. The warden searches his home even at 68. ☺

 

[patsload]

In Maine yes. I'm in NC and have not seen any yet.

I bought a small plant at a greenhouse this spring and planted it in my garden (I like to eat it raw as a snack). It grew like a weed but you can't harvest it the first year. It will come back year after year and it will supplement the rhubarb I buy at the farmers markets in season

 

[Muse]

I bought a small plant at a greenhouse this spring and planted it in my garden (I like to eat it raw as a snack). It grew like a weed but you can't harvest it the first year. It will come back year after year and it will supplement the rhubarb I buy at the farmers markets in season

I prefer it raw dipped in sugar. I have brought some from home but it has never took.

 

[patsload]

I prefer it raw dipped in sugar. I have brought some from home but it has never took.

I eat raw with salt so good! I was reading the health benefits to my wife and she said oh maybe I should eat it so she asked for a small piece to try.
Her reaction was priceless. She will never eat it again

 

[Muse]

I eat raw with salt so good! I was reading the health benefits to my wife and she said oh maybe I should eat it so she asked for a small piece to try.
Her reaction was priceless. She will never eat it again

It is an acquired taste. We had two patches growing on our yard. Glorious it was.

 

[patsload]

It is an acquired taste. We had two patches growing on our yard. Glorious it was.

Yeah we had it in our yard in Quebec, and to just go out and pick a piece and wash it was the best, which is why I am growing it

 

[MaineMimi]

"My geography" courtesy of Google Maps.

From the satellite photo, that border crossing station on the Canadian side of Bridge Avenue looks like a fast food drive through. Do the guards serve fries with that, eh?

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Also, do the high school football teams from Edmundston and Madawaska ever play each other, and if so, by whose rules? Canadian rules if Edmundston is hosting, American rules if Madawaska is the home team???

Unfortunately, here football is not "the" sport - for Madawaska, it's soccer..for Edmundston, it's hockey.

However, they did form a football team that has both Canadian and US Players - they are called the Valley Mustangs - both my nephews, who are from Edmundston, play on the JV Team. It's actually pretty cool and they've had feature stories this past fall on them from CBC TV from Moncton NB, and another snippet on a Quebec station (there are a few kids from Quebec that play on the Varsity team). It's actually pretty friggin cool to see them learn the game and have their parents translate (most of the canadian players are french only). A few of our coaches speak some french so that helps.

And no, the customs officers don't offer fries..hell, some of em can't even offer a smile when we cross - which is often. Talk about rude!

 

[Muse]

Unfortunately, here football is not "the" sport - for Madawaska, it's soccer..for Edmundston, it's hockey.

However, they did form a football team that has both Canadian and US Players - they are called the Valley Mustangs - both my nephews, who are from Edmundston, play on the JV Team. It's actually pretty cool and they've had feature stories this past fall on them from CBC TV from Moncton NB, and another snippet on a Quebec station (there are a few kids from Quebec that play on the Varsity team). It's actually pretty friggin cool to see them learn the game and have their parents translate (most of the canadian players are french only). A few of our coaches speak some french so that helps.

And no, the customs officers don't offer fries..hell, some of em can't even offer a smile when we cross - which is often. Talk about rude!

One year we used my inlaws van, SC plates, crossed into Canada since well it is an obvious choice considering where you and I live, entered at the border of Madawaska having NC license and my family being one of mixed origins We were stopped and asked to pull over. My father in law forgot to take his plants out, as we did also, so we were contained for a good hour. My son was young and crying thinking the mean Canadians were sending all of us to jail. It was an adventure. The time my relatives were not on duty as border patrol guards. They are not as friendly as they us to be and not just cause of this incident but whenever I am home and I cross to visit relatives they stay solid. I get why but miss the days when we could have a nice chat with them before coming into and leaving the country.


I found a small mason jar of confiture(sp) in the fridge this weekend, so the day is staring off really good.