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    Kitty in Katy '22- Texas baby!

    So I have arrived. Beat the winter storm in at DFW to arrive safely. So far I have:
    been to a proper Country & Western place with some real bands(next week they have the Bellamy Brothers performing!) and joined in East Coast, West Coast two-step and something called the wobble..
    been to a high school performance of Phantom of the Opera. Boy those guys are good-they got a standing ovation!-amazing scenery, music and performance all round.
    trekked through most of Katy checking out the Kroger and Walmart. Haven't met any Walmart people yet, but have stocked up on yummies
    Had giant ice cream in Sugar Land Town Square.
    Finally(!) got to join in our church meeting bodily in person after two years-we have two churches joining together so there'll be even more of us.
    Today was mindblowing trip to NASA@Johnson Space Centre. and then seafood for sea. I tackled the fried gator,gumbo and hush puppies after having to translate most of the menu (blimp? etoufee? pontchartain?)
    Already had the waffle/blueberry breakfast combo and tried to explain what squash(the drink),haggis,courgette and other strange British things are...
    The Copyright Monster has made me tell you that my avatar is courtesy of the wonderful Alice XZ.And you don't want to annoy the Copyright Monster.
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    You'll never find true haggis in the US so few people know what it is. They may have heard of it, but never seen or tasted it. Sheep lungs are illegal to sell if they are to be used in food.

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    • #3
      Find a good barbecue place. Get the brisket.

      Also, how did you like the Johnson Space Center? Years ago when my wife and I were dating we took a trip there. We enjoyed it.

      And it's too bad you didn't come in the fall. You could have caught a high school football game as well.
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      • #4
        Find SEVERAL good barbeque places and try the brisket at each of them. If it comes with sauce already mixed with it, that's NOT a good barbeque place. Also, what the heck is a swede??? I know what courgettes are. We call them zucchinis here.
        You're only delaying the inevitable, you run at your own expense. The repo man gets paid to chase you. ~Argabarga

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        • #5
          Sounds like you found a good Cajun place I'll always approve of that!

          Etouffee is a thick stew made with a blond (light) roux and usually has seafood such as crawfish in it; normally served with rice. Creole varieties will often include tomatoes in the recipe, while Cajun ones will not. Ponchartrain is the big lake just North of New Orleans; in cooking, it's a sauce for fish dishes usually made with butter, cream, garlic, fish stock, and white wine.
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          "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
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          • #6
            Quoth Kittish View Post
            Also, what the heck is a swede???
            Baby carrots.
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            • #7
              Quoth Kittish View Post
              ... what the heck is a swede???
              I know them as rutabegas. Which is my baby brother's nickname from excessive vegetation. Call Any Vegetable!
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              • #8
                Swedes? I know them as large burly folks from Scandanavia. >_>
                "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
                Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
                "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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                • #9
                  So... the seafood place was somewhere called Tookie's. Tonight we did a junior high girls' basketball match. Very fast and furious... fortunately we were fast and they were furious. Considering everyone here is supposed to be junk food mad, we excelled with cereal and berries for breakfast, ham and swiss on rye and apples and milk for lunch and pork tenderloins with Caesar salad, broccoli and garlic mash for tea. We did make it for it with home made brownies and Blue Bell ice cream. And I have topped up my treats I've hardly heard of with some Swedish Fish, Good and Plenty, Hershey's Kisses, Kool Aid, Baby Ruth, Newtons, Oreos,Lutzs and Hershey bars. We've done Tex Mex and proper Mexican and had a walk around the lakes (travelled further in one afternoon than some Yanks do on foot in a month)
                  The Copyright Monster has made me tell you that my avatar is courtesy of the wonderful Alice XZ.And you don't want to annoy the Copyright Monster.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Kit-Ginevra View Post
                    travelled further in one afternoon than some Yanks do on foot in a month
                    I believe that based off the way you ran us around London.

                    Don't forget Whataburger.
                    Life is too short to not eat popcorn.
                    Save the Ales!
                    Toys for Tots at Rooster's Cafe

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                    • #11
                      Quoth csquared View Post
                      Don't forget Whataburger.
                      I haven't passed within a hundred miles of a WB in years, but I second this. IIRC, most or all are open 24 hours a day. They're goooooooood! If you like chicken tenders, hit Raising Cane's if there's one in the area (there are at least 3 in the vicinity, apparently).
                      "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                      "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                      "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                      "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                      "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                      "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
                      Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
                      "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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                      • #12
                        What's chicken tenders? Today was Texas A&M at College Station and the George Bush Library.
                        The Copyright Monster has made me tell you that my avatar is courtesy of the wonderful Alice XZ.And you don't want to annoy the Copyright Monster.

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Kit-Ginevra View Post
                          What's chicken tenders? Today was Texas A&M at College Station and the George Bush Library.
                          Chunks of boneless chicken meat, usually fried. Other names are chicken strips and chicken nuggets.
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                          • #14
                            Today was a bar crawll(you might be a ble to tell...) and a trip to Minuite Maid stadium to see Houstomn Dynamo play Austin. Houston sucked. 4-0 down when we left.
                            *It was PNC stadium not Minuite Maid. Your my best friend y'all is. Show me yaour tits now! *hic*
                            The Copyright Monster has made me tell you that my avatar is courtesy of the wonderful Alice XZ.And you don't want to annoy the Copyright Monster.

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                            • #15
                              Church and Superbowl party today
                              The Copyright Monster has made me tell you that my avatar is courtesy of the wonderful Alice XZ.And you don't want to annoy the Copyright Monster.

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