Big Top by Rob Harrell

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big G 3469 said, 8 days ago

GOOD MORNING HAPPY YAPPERS (BOING BOING BOING BOING!!!) IT’S A NEW MONTH NOVEMBER 1ST & DID YOU ALL REMEMBER TO TURN YOUR CLOCK BACK ONE HOUR??
Steve Remembers said, 8 days ago

So I guess we know the top breakfast entree…

Morning Tribe!
JFri said, 8 days ago

HI, MARG!!!!
big G 3469 said, 8 days ago

Breakfast is as follows :

Scrambled eegs with diced ham,green onion & three kinds of cheese,
Saugage patties
Cinnamon French Toast extra thick
Fresh buttermilk biscuits
Tater Nuggets
Doc’s Nuclear coffee
Hot Apple Cider
Assorted Juices
And TONS of leftover Halloween Candy!

ENJOY!
big G 3469 said, 8 days ago

(boing boing boing boing boing!!!) Sorry trying to shake off this Post Halloween Sugar Rush!(Boing boing bnoig boing boing!!)
Dry said, 8 days ago

What about adding some Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with cream cheese filling? I have a lot here!
Dry said, 8 days ago

big Yes I turned my clock back, it’s only 12:30 here! :-)
JFri said, 8 days ago

WHAT SUGAR RUSH, BIGG???
Dry said, 8 days ago

MARG, You can come out now that Halloween is over, and you have to stop scaring the C R A P out of people! :-D
JFri said, 8 days ago

No!! It’s only 10:30 here!!
Margueritem said, 8 days ago

LOL, DRY!!!
Margueritem said, 8 days ago

What does FHIG stand for?
Dry said, 8 days ago

Saint (though I GAG as I type the word!) Fri

:-P :-P :-P :-P
cleokaya said, 8 days ago

Hello big, Steve, Fri & Dry - Did everyone have a nice Halloween. I had a great time over at a friends house who actually gets Trick or Treaters. What is it nowadays? There were more high schoolers than little kids.
Margueritem said, 8 days ago

HI, Saint JFI!!! I hope that you’ll be less holy tomorrow.
Dry said, 8 days ago

Marg, Feisty Hot Italian Girl! ROFLMAO!!!!!
dcguys said, 8 days ago

Now if I could just really gain an hour…morning all! Here’s some fruit bits & various teas for you to enjoy with Big’s wonderful breakfast spread. See everyone after the sun rises. Or at least those who can be out in the sun.

P & L!
Margueritem said, 8 days ago

Morning big G and Steve!

I’ll have the scrambled eggs, please. Got any Dark Milky Ways?
dcguys said, 8 days ago

Nice touch, Dry!
Dry said, 8 days ago

dc guys What, the pumpkin whoopie pies?
JFri said, 8 days ago

Of course I will be less holy tomorrow, Marg! It won’t be All Saint’s Day then!! Did I say

HI, MARG!!!??? (Yes, but what the hey!!)
Dry said, 8 days ago

Cleo, “FRI AND DRY?” LACMBO! :-D
JFri said, 8 days ago

Dark chocolate Milky Ways over here!! Get ‘em while you can!!!
Dry said, 8 days ago

SAINT ( AND I USE THE WORD LOOSELY) FRI, tomorrow is All Saints Day, bubblehead! Nov. 1st???:-D
cleokaya said, 8 days ago

I’ll be skipping any thought of breakfast until tomorrow morning. Crepes with seafood in a cheese sauce and deep fried zucchini, tasty dinner, but way heavier than I am used to eating. None of us could eat the pie and whipped cream. Just no stomach space left. We had a great time though and it was neat to see the kids in costume. But, I have noticed, both last year and now this year, the college students are dressing very provocatively. Lots of bare skin. Our friends daughter was dressed in the costume of a Playboy club bunny and her boyfriend was dressed in a loin cloth. Last year on the streets, young ladies were in baby dolls and skimpy dresses. Ah…Halloween. For me, it’s not the candy, it’s the eye candy.
Dry said, 8 days ago

DC guys, I’ll bet those West Coasters don’t know what a Whoopie Pie is! No wonder they don’t want one!
Margueritem said, 8 days ago

cleokaya, we gave out all our candy this year. Usually we have a bunch left over. I love having the kids come for Trick or Treat.
Margueritem said, 8 days ago

Now I have to put all my Halloween decorations away, sigh.
cleokaya said, 8 days ago

JFri - I am all over anything with dark chocolate, but right now I would prefer a Booker’s.
Margueritem said, 8 days ago

Dry, yes FHIG suits you!
JFri said, 8 days ago

Uhhhhhhhh, Turdette, what is the date on the comic strip above? What day is it where you are right now?

NOVEMBER 1ST, TURDETTE!!!!
Margueritem said, 8 days ago

Saint JFri said, 4 minutes ago

Dark chocolate Milky Ways over here!! Get ‘em while you can!!!

I’ll be right over!!!
JFri said, 8 days ago

bookers for the gentleman from Washington!!
Margueritem said, 8 days ago

Cleo, see Bound and Gagged.
JFri said, 8 days ago

i’ll leave the porch light on, Marg!!
cleokaya said, 8 days ago

Dry - our friends went through all their candy as well.

Mopar & Terry - You guys might appreciate this. The friends we visited tonight jacked their house off of it’s foundation and it is a big house. Over a year’s time metal joists were added as support and a full, huge auto body shop was added as a basement. My friend likes to race cars at Bonneville Salt Flats and he also likes to restore and rebuild cars. He can have four cars in his shop at one time. He has added a bar with stools plus a pool table and ping pong table, plus a bathroom with a hot tub. It is a paradise for anyone interested in working on cars. He has a work bench that is probably 30 feet long. It is all heated and he has also added a seperate garage for his motorhome. He has two garage doors into his shop and then another door to allow access to his motor home. The space with all of this is not cramped . I don’t know how much he spent on this, but he made it look nice. It doesn’t look like a house jacked up. He added river rock walls on the outside so it looks just like a neighborhood house.
Dry said, 8 days ago

*Dare I call a Saint (SNERK) a TURD? Oh well, *

TURD!! :-P :-P :-P
cleokaya said, 8 days ago

Thanks JFri.
Dawn said, 8 days ago

We had nine kids this year - guess they’re afraid of the flu around here - Vancouver island is a high risk area.
Ah well, more for me. We had twelve last year!
In honor of my American friends I have chosen a Thanksgiving avatar.
Dry said, 8 days ago

* so how come no one wants one of my Pumpkin Whoopie Pies?*
Dawn said, 8 days ago

Wow! Cleo, that’s my husbands dream too!
Steve Remembers said, 8 days ago

I’ve got some Mars bars left over if anyone’s interested.

And aren’t Dry fhigs something you take for constipation?
cleokaya said, 8 days ago

Marg - I read Bound and Gagged and believe me I have one of my own. LOL
Dawn said, 8 days ago

No thanks Dry…
cleokaya said, 8 days ago

Well it looks like I have hit the end of the late nighters. I have a little energy left any up and atem morning folk or arriving Halloween party folk still about.
Dawn said, 8 days ago

Steve I’ll trade you a few Oh Henry’s
cleokaya said, 8 days ago

Dry - Sorry, I thought earlier that you said that you had a pumpkin whoopie cushion.

*Dawn - Yeah, he gave himself this shop as a retirement present.
Carmy said, 8 days ago

Goodnight big G, Steve, St. JFri, Dry, marg, cleo, dc guys and Dawn!
Thanks for breakfast, big G! the cinnamon french toast was delicious.
Dry said, 8 days ago

Whoopie Pie
History of Whoopie Pie - How To Make Whoopie Pies

History of Whoopie Pies

Whoopie pies are considered a New England phenomenon and a Pennsylvania Amish tradition. They’re one of Maine’s best known and most loved comfort foods. Mainers will even claim that they were weaned on whoopie pies. In Maine, these treats are more like a cake than a pie or a cookie, as they are very generously sized (about hamburger size). they’re so hug that you’ll want to share one with a friend. A big glass of milk is almost mandatory when eating a whoopie pie.

A whoopie pie is like a sandwich, but made with two soft cookies with a fluffy white filling. Traditional whoopies pies are made with vegetable shortening, not butter. The original and most commonly made whoopie pie is chocolate. but cooks like to experiment, and today pumpkin whoopie pies are a favorite seasonal variation.

The recipe for whoopie pies has its origins with the Amish, and in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, it is not uncommon to find roadside farm stands offering these desserts. Amish cooking is about old recipes that have fed families for generations, with no trendy or cross-cultural fusions or mixtures. These cake-like whoopie pies were considered a special treat because they were originally made from leftover batter. According to Amish legend, when children would find these treats in their lunch bags, they would shout “Whoopie!”

The question of how the Amish dessert got to be so popular in New England probably is addressed in a 1930s cookbook called Yummy Book by the Durkee Mower Company, the manufacturer of Marshmallow Fluff. In this New England cookbook, a recipe for Amish Whoopie Pie was featured using Marshmallow Fluff in the filling.
dcguys said, 8 days ago

FHIG & I think you’re right about the West Coasters. Good night all y’all!