When I lived there, there weren't any shepherds leftThe Navajo took to sheep herding in the 1500s and have some great
they'd all been run out of the state
lamb dishes including barbecue, tacos and chili. Of course Texans
didn't take kindly to Indians either so they all live in New Mexico,
Arizona and Colorado.
olives were an expensive store bought treat and so rationed.We had the standard jarred pimento stuffed green ones. I only
There's no sauce like deprivation. Did you grow up with green
or black, canned or salted or pickled, and are they all equally delicious to you?
discovered the canned black ones after I left home. Today I go to
the deli counter for the good ones: Cerignola, Picoline, Kalamata,
Royal black, Nicoise and jumbo green ones in brine, in oil, hard
salted, chile stuffed, garlic stuffed, almond stuffed and so on.
But I still buy the cheap, nasty canned and jarred ones too. It's
like Cheez Whiz or peanut butter ... some childhood foods have
nostalgia value and still taste good.
one of my all time favourite Belushi skits was theIt's worth a look ...
one about the Greek Dinner.
Not sure I'm familiar.
http://www.veoh.com/watch/v16038377qEdkrym4
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