I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Italian ice cream -- absolutely heavenly!

Being Italian , I grew up eating it.  However, when we were in Italy on a trip, I found that ours back home was even better.  I don't know if you know what canolas are but they are my favorite dessert! But the Italians in Italy CAN't make them correctly.  Theirs were disgusting and nothing like the ones we got back home that I grew up on.  It seems the Sicilians who immigrated to the US brought the better recipes with them.  The younger generation in Italy and Sicily have not kept it up, imo.  Gelato is not creamy the way our ice cream is.  It is an entirely different taste.  I love it because it is a lighter dessert than ice cream and more fruity. 

Medigal .. you are cracking me up!!

Bren

I love the squirrels in my yard.  They scamper back and forth between an oak loaded with acorns and a hickory loaded with nuts.  Squirrels crack open the hickory nuts, take on bite of the nut meat, and then throw the nut on the ground.  The small birds love this because the squirrels make it possible for the birds to get high fat nutrition in the winter.  I don't mind it a bit when the squirrels eat bird seed because they share nuts with the birds.

I hope Melissa will select some additional moderators and change the report post function so it is no longer automatic.  Volunteer moderators can review the reported posts and delete those that don't conform to the rules.  Melissa can ban repeat offenders.  This is how it is on almost every forum I am on.  It will take some reconfiguration of the board and it might not be possible.  We can only hope.

Bren:  I am "not" kidding about those piggy tails.  The feet are great for eating but those tails can work wonders if you really know how to eat them the right way.  Hubby will be following you from room to room they are sooooo enticing. 

Blue:  I only visited Sicily and Italy a couple of times.  It was padre mio who was born and raised in Palermo and immigrated to the US as a young man.  He always literally cried because he missed his "Bella Palermo" so much but never had the money to return and even visit it.  So a few years back, I took a photo of him and put it in a Kodak can and went to Palermo and buried it under the tree where the ship he used to immigrate to US took off from.  I said a little prayer and told him spiritually, he was now back in his "Bella Palermo" and didn't have to cry for it any more.  

It gave me a great feeling of peace to know although his body rested in a plot in the US, his true spirit was now smiling from being back in Palermo.  I know I made him very happy that day.  I could see why he loved it so much.  It is a beautiful place compared to where he ended up in the US,   I never got to see Reggio but it must have been a beautiful place too.  I sure hope you don't spend your days crying for your "Bella Reggio" Blue.

Blue:  You are so fortunate to be able to return to a place you love so much!  I guess no one will have to plant "you" under a tree in a Kodak can!  I'm so glad you are able to return and enjoy it.

Gelato's okay. But give me rich, creamy ice cream, preferably home made. We have a couple really great ice cream shops here in Boulder that are locally run with organic products. Sooo good!!!

My absolute favourite ice cream flavour is Tiger.  I won't waste caloric intake for any other flavour.  My husband laughed at me for years for eating "kid ice cream", then last year, sick of him mocking me, I made him try it.  Funny how now his ice cream cone now holds Tiger. 

So glad Athena is ok.  The longer she was silent, the more worried I became.  Sometimes, de Nile is the best place to be, particularly when faced with the reality of this site.  Hugs to her if she is lurking.

My grandson has turned me into a Coldstone addict, fortunately there is not one here in town or I would be 200 lbs.  I do love the Blue Bell, haven't been disappointed in any of the flavors I have tried.  We always have some of the vanilla in as our Jack Russell loves ice cream and we can't give him anything with chocolate.  I don't think I have had gelato since I left Canada, no one local offers it.  When I went to college in Burlington, VT, Ben and Jerry's was in their original location in an old service station on a street corner.  We got to stand there and watch them work their magic on concocting the most wonderful flavors.  Don't think I have ever had better ice cream.

Athena -- if you're reading this -- SO glad to hear you're recuperating nicely and comfortably (I hope! -- ah, the magic of percocet!!).  We've missed you.

Warm and gentle hugs,

Linda

Bren:  Thanks for the link.  So what are they going to do with all the elderly on Medicaid in Nursing homes in Arizona?  Throw them out in the streets!  I guess some mom doesn't get food stamps for food for her children so some 90 year old person can be kept alive when they would prefer to "meet their Maker".    This could start a complete change of how Medicaid is handled in the US.

Oh!  Has anyone seen that the Chinese are now selling their Yens in certain US banks and allowing us to buy them.  They are paying a higher interest rate than we can get for US dollars!  Hmmmmm where is Shirley when you need her?  Maybe out buying up all those Yens to hoard with all the food she is buying.  Whose laughing?  It's just coming even faster than Beck predicted!  Mandarin anyone?   Not the fruit......the language!!  

Yen = Japanese currency

Yuan = Chinese currency

Currently the income tops out at $903 a month for a single person and about $1,200 for two people.  I don't know how much lower they can get in AZ.  Only the homeless will be eligible for medicaid. 

http://www.azahcccs.gov/applicants/default.aspx

Bren:  Or anyone.  How do you get your links to come out blue so they can be opened after pasted? I notice that my link can not be clicked on.  Thanks!

The baby boomer generation is a very big group.  This age group will be retiring, enmasse, in the next several years and a little later in Canada (our boom was later).  Health Care and Nursing home costs are going to sky rocket as the boomers continue to age AND live longer.  Double whammy with the boomers.

Then of course, boomers didn't have as many children and had them, often, later in life.

As a result, there will be less workers supporting these expensive, non-productive boomers.

I think there is a strong probability that when the next generation takes over government - they will be inclined to be not generous to the elderly.

Of course it depends on how they were brought up and whether they value their elders.