[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

I hear ya.

Back in 1968 I landed a job on a survey crew contour mapping what would eventually become Voyageur's National Park, up on the border of Minnesota and Ontario. Great summer job for a young buck: ten on, four off and the four off if not spent at home were spent in places like International Falls raising hell. Maybe 12 of us, living in tents and running lines from benchmark to benchmark that were always near lakes. One night my buddy and I, together with our surveyor, misjudged the time and ended up not being able to get back to camp by dark. No problem; we just bedded down on whatever looked soft and sort of slept. No food, and water gone. Just before dawn we got up; my buddy remembered a small stream about 100 yards down hill from where we were, and volunteered to get water. He used his hard hat for the purpose. When he got back we all had a big drink. When it became light enough to see though we saw what was left in his hard hat wasn't just water: dozens of mosquito larvae were busily swimming around.

You had protein drink!

[RustyandEthel]

My best dinner was my first meal after I got released from prison. Just a simple Big Mac and fries. I served 35 years for elder abuse and aggravated manslaughter.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by RustyandEthel

My best dinner was my first meal after I got released from prison. Just a simple Big Mac and fries. I served 35 years for elder abuse and aggravated manslaughter.

The Villages will be like a playground for you!

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by RustyandEthel

My best dinner was my first meal after I got released from prison. Just a simple Big Mac and fries. I served 35 years for elder abuse and aggravated manslaughter.

Originally Posted by Two Bills

The Villages will be like a playground for you!

Overheard at Mallory Country Club

3 single women sitting together, when a dark haired stranger walks by.

One of the women turns around to talk with him and asks who he is and where he's from.

"I'm new here and just move to TV", he says.

The women ask, "so where are you from?" He hesitates and then says, "I'd rather not say".

"Oh come on, you can tell us," they reply.

"Well, I just got released from Prison last week. I served 30 years for killing my wife and hiding her body parts in a freezer."

One of the women jumps in ... "Oh wow, so now you're single? Why don't you sit down and join us.?"

[phojo]

Best chicken in The Villages is at MacCall’s Tavern in Spanish Springs.

[sloanst]

I prefer the fried chicken at McCall's Tavern in Spanish Springs. It's the best I've ever had.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by MorTech

Bistecca alla Fiorentina from Trattoria dall’Oste Chianineria...It's a bit out of town.

that sounds amazing.

I had spaghetti carbonara in some little hole-in-the-wall neighborhood place in Rome, 20 years ago, with my dad, that I still dream about. Just the red house wine with it, was delightful.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by RustyandEthel

My best dinner was my first meal after I got released from prison. Just a simple Big Mac and fries. I served 35 years for elder abuse and aggravated manslaughter.

You win the prize for Best First Post Ever!
Congratulations on your release, and we all hope parole goes well for you.

[Taltarzac725]

Jenny's Birthday dinner on the Zephyr Dinner Train back in 1990. Zephyr Dinner Train - Stillwater MN - On the Lake

It might have been 1989.

I do remember she argued with the man from the couple seated with us during the trip about the worth of lawyers as a profession. But that was and is Jenny,

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by MorTech

Bistecca alla Fiorentina from Trattoria dall’Oste Chianineria...It's a bit out of town.

Bistecca alla Fiorentina, sitting outside at a restaurant in a park in Cortona--husband.
Me: simple pasta dish with shaved white truffles in a tiny restaurant in San Quirico d'Orcia in 2000. Can't get it out of my mind.

[patriciashew@me.com]

Originally Posted by shaw8700@outlook.com

My husband and I had that once on a trip to Baltimore - we still talk about that more than thirty years later.

As a fairly new Florida transplant I can say we grew up eating steamed crabs almost every Sunday. My brother caught and steamed them. They are the one thing we miss the most.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

The most perfect meal? That's a tough one. The setting/location means a lot.
For instance:
Rack of musk ox, grilled asparagus, smashed Yukon gold with musk ox au just at a first rate restaurant overlooking Vancouver Island as the sun sinks slowly in the west, or,
Fresh caught white abalone steak, lightly dipped in egg batter and quickly pan fried, with fresh mixed green salad and grilled garlic sourdough while at anchor in Cherry cove, Catalina, or,
Baramundi "wings" (pectoral fins) cooked in a wine and butter sauce with (I really can't remember. It's been so long ago) in a jungle themed restaurant in Port Douglas, Australia, or,
Saimin on Waikiki after spending the morning surfing/snorkeling.
This reminiscing could go on for hours. Thanks for asking.

OMG, baramundi at our son's wedding reception at an eco lodge in the n Daintree Rainforest, Australia. Yellowtail snapper in the Florida Keys.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by CFrance

OMG, baramundi at our son's wedding reception at an eco lodge in the n Daintree Rainforest, Australia. Yellowtail snapper in the Florida Keys.

We stayed at the old Rusty Pelican, Port Douglas, Aus. for five nights. 1992.
Had Pumpkin Soup, Barramundi, and Pavlova every night. It was that good.

[Carla B]

I had the misfortune to break a leg in July in Dover, England a few years ago. I spent nine days in a hospital in Ashford having surgery and getting well enough to be put on a plane accompanied by a nurse from "On Call Intl." The hospital was an old facility and there either was no AC, or it was broken the whole time. So was the WiFi.

The care from the staff at the hospital was very caring and good, but the meals were beyond skimpy and tasteless. Usually no more than a cup of thin soup and maybe a piece of dry bread at lunch and dinner, though one day they did bring a baked potato. One of my four roommates thought that National Health spent $3 or $4 per day per patient on food.

So, after days of this regimen, the one meal I daydreamed about was a big helping of tender boneless chuck pot roast submerged in a rich red wine gravy with onions, carrots, red bell peppers, etc., a piece of artisan bread, and mashed potatoes on the side. No matter it was hot in the room with no AC. My hunger overrode all other desires.

On arrival home, at the first opportunity, my husband made the trip to Sam's Club for a beautiful piece of boneless chuck and roasted it to perfection.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Carla B

I had the misfortune to break a leg in July in Dover, England a few years ago. I spent nine days in a hospital in Ashford having surgery and getting well enough to be put on a plane accompanied by a nurse from "On Call Intl." The hospital was an old facility and there either was no AC, or it was broken the whole time. So was the WiFi.

The care from the staff at the hospital was very caring and good, but the meals were beyond skimpy and tasteless. Usually no more than a cup of thin soup and maybe a piece of dry bread at lunch and dinner, though one day they did bring a baked potato. One of my four roommates thought that National Health spent $3 or $4 per day per patient on food.

So, after days of this regimen, the one meal I daydreamed about was a big helping of tender boneless chuck pot roast submerged in a rich red wine gravy with onions, carrots, red bell peppers, etc., a piece of artisan bread, and mashed potatoes on the side. No matter it was hot in the room with no AC. My hunger overrode all other desires.

On arrival home, at the first opportunity, my husband made the trip to Sam's Club for a beautiful piece of boneless chuck and roasted it to perfection.

I know our hospitals do not serve gourmet meals, but gruel and dry bread?
I call BS.
If you had any decent medical insurance, you would have been in a private ward anyway.

Ashford NHS Hospital menu below.
https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/p...cilities/meals