Hi Sean,
It never seemed that sloppy to me. I had corn on the cob once on our
trip; it came as a side to our lobster dinner up in Maine. They subbed
out Stephen's corn with cole slaw. That was our first lobster meal--a
lot of work to get those things open! The next day we got lobster rolls (hot, with melted butter on a hot dog type roll), much easier to handle but the only side was a small bag of potato chips. The trip was nice, about 4,700 miles, saw a lot of New England, but good to be back home.
It can be if I don't have my teeth in! XD
True; I still have all of my teeth except the wisdom ones and a molar
that was being reabsorbed from the inside out so pulled about 30 years
ago. No problems with eating corn, either on or off the cob.
Seriously though, it just depends on what kind of corn, how it's
prepared, et cetera. I especially like to shuck it myself, cut the
larger cobs into two, and eat it with salted butter. It's been years since I've had it like that.
I grew up with corn on the cob (picked after the water went on the stove
to heat) in the summer, frozen corn the rest of the year. Sadly I've not
had corn that fresh since getting married, close a few times but more
often a few hours old. Sometimes frozen corn on the cob before we found
out about Stephen's allergy but always with butter and salt.
Lobster is delicious but it's too much work for me now becuase of
my SD> nerve-damaged hands. Lobster rolls, however, go down quite
smoothly. SD> I've never had a genuine New England lobster rolls but
the ones I have SD> had tasted pretty good to me.
Stephen ended up cracking mine open; my wrists/hands are too weak from
breaks. We decided that in the future, we'll go for lobster rolls as
cracking the bugs is just too much work. Did you know there are 2
different types of rolls? One is more like a lobster salad--served cold,
mixed with mayo and usually diced celery. The other one is the one
Cousins Maine Lobster says is the real lobster roll--steamed, picked out
of the shell and piled into a roll with lots of melted butter. The
latter is our choice. CML is a food truck franchise that specialise in
lobster, got their big break on Shark Tank; we've seen them at various
local events and bought lobster from them from time to time.
I am considering going back to work part-time under Social Security's "Ticket To
Work" program and if I can scrape up a little extra money to get a few more things on my van fixed, I might go up to Washington DC to visit
some memorials and museums. Something I have always wanted to do.
Sounds good. On this trip we went to both Bar Harbor, ME and
Williamsburg, VA--both places I visited as a teen with my family. Sadly
in the over the years since, they've both gone very commercial; neither
of them are the sleepy little towns I remember. I've not been to DC
since my senior class trip; I know it has changed but I'm not really
that interested in a return visit.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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