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Patricia
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since 2003-04-06

Posts 2160
Missouri

0 posted 2003-05-26 10:50 AM

It’s Dinner Time

Dinner bell rings...

An appetizing aroma of
titillation overpowers
the human senses.
Sustenance found in
tasty morsels
of media munchies
served as TV dinners.

Feasting for 30 minutes,
we are satiated for now.
We leave the buffet table,
passing over
food for thought
for junk food served with
drink of our choice.

Some say our tastes
have changed. I say the
recipe has all the
same ingredients
of a traditional meal,
but now made quick ‘n easy
by the appliances of our age.

[This message has been edited by Patricia (05-26-2003 10:56 AM).]

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

1 posted 2003-05-26 10:57 AM

Patricia~
*giggles* from this lady who just got one of those fancy-dancy new-fangled 'glass-top' ranges~
Seems to actually take longer because of the care involved in the 'don't slide the pans' warning~
I'm used to 'slinging the hash' ... so hoping that practice makes perfect !

Gave me a real chuckle, ya' did !
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Patricia
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since 2003-04-06

Posts 2160
Missouri

2 posted 2003-05-26 11:17 AM

Marge,
I am glad I made you chuckle. I must admit I felt a bit like a beatnik when writing this one. Now where is my bongo player?

LOL
Patricia

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

3 posted 2003-05-26 12:52 PM

Here comes the bongo player!!

Got a chuckle from this one Pat, can relate
very well. What would I ever do without a
microwave??

Richy
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

4 posted 2003-05-27 02:15 AM

Hi Patricia, Ahhh the fast food generation eh? Yeah, we eat our fair share of it (hate to admit it) lol. Actually I hardly ever eat it. But it’s hard to keep the kids away from it. Especially during the warmer part of the year. When its just too hot to turn on the stove, or oven.

We finally broke down and bought one of those Ron Popeil, Showtime rotisseries a few months ago. And let me tell you, it is a real fine product. We eat a LOT of chicken. And this machine cooks it so darn good. Even two whole birds, at once! And it hardly puts off any heat, so it’s really going to come in handy during the summer. And you just "set it, and fohgitaboutit!" Which is good, because even though I have a photographic memory, it doesn't offer same day service anymore... (!)

Hey, but if you make some decent choices, even fast food can be pretty nutritional. They have a lot of grilled chicken sandwiches, and if you omit the mayo (and cheeez... good luck huh?), and substitute with mustard (sound yucky? That’s what I do...lol) then that aint too bad. I just wish they had more whole wheat rolls, since I try to avoid any kind of processed flour products. Plus they got a lot of good salads coming out more and more too.

And then you got the darn mega soda’s ...lol. I hardly ever get them soda, unless they want a diet soda (Oooh Dad, they taste nasty!) unless of course, we’re on the road. But even then, I never travel without a case of bottled water in the car. And then the biggie supersized jumbo fries right? If they’re lucky, I’ll let them fight over a small fry or two...lol

Well any who, sometimes you just don’t got the time, or wherewithal to prepare a good meal. And so it’s either, “forage on your own kids.” Or, go out and get something, fast, quick, and in a hurry...

Hey, the other day, I found out, Dominoe’s takes checks...

Oh Geesh!

Nice write Patricia...

One, I could really relate to...

lol

Richy

snowpants
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since 2000-09-16

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KS

5 posted 2003-05-27 02:22 AM

"Some say our tastes
have changed. I say the
recipe has all the
same ingredients
of a traditional meal,
but now made quick ‘n easy
by the appliances of our age."

Give me the instant mashed or canned potatoes anyday...cute write. I enjoyed it...

sp

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

6 posted 2003-05-27 02:40 AM

needed this tonight...cute

GG
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since 2002-12-03

Posts 3532
Lost in thought

7 posted 2003-05-27 02:44 AM

rofl I know this!
I could have written this!
I SHOULD have written this!
I am the MASTER of this! lol
we don't actually buy 'real' food anymore. Well, we call canned food real, we get some of that, and a whollle lotta frozen stuff. But hey, no one's ever taught me to cook. So thats good enough excuse, right? I think so too

here's to frozen meals! *clinks pop can*

Always, Alyssa

- And so it was that time stood still -
(blink, breathe, stand, fight)

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

8 posted 2003-05-27 10:27 AM

Now see? I too have one of those new glass ranges and am enjoying the heck out of putting together some home cooked meals...I say - back to the past, where a meal was a meal, and didn't come from the box.

[But don't throw them out, just in case we get busy with our poetry!!!]

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

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Realms of Light

9 posted 2003-05-27 03:02 PM

I actually enjoy cooking--because I like to eat what I cook!--but I have resorted to the "quick stuff" when I have been on the run. Can't beat the convenience at times!

Enjoyed your poem!

Warm hugs,
Linda

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

10 posted 2003-05-30 02:27 PM

LOL Patricia, I was looking for your poem you mentioned in my thread and came upon this one. I love it!! I can relate very well, too....well, not as much as Richey did. HeeHee!! LOL (he's a real talker, isn't he? almost as much as I am sometimes)

Anyway, like Linda, I love my own cooking...the only problem is that I don't know how to cook small amounts of my recipes....and I have made up some recipes big enough to feed very large amounts of people at Church functions.

So, unless I'm cooking some good ole Southern recipes where you fry or use tons of fat, I like the low-cal dinners that I can pop in the microwave.

A very good poem, friend. Now I'm going to try to find the one you mentioned.
Hugs