Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 02-18-19 11:34 <=-

It would be cool to put together a platter of say
half a dozen kinds of chicharrones. Puffy fried
rinds, small cubes of meat and fat cooked in lard,
Colombian pork belly with the familiar sawtooth
appearance, fried chicken skin, fried chicken, and
chicharrones de queso (fried cheese things). There
are enough of us who like crunchy and fatty things
that it would be a worthwhile project.

Ooooooo.... that DOES sound good..... (G)

Easily doable with a few extra hands to help with
stuff like shredding cheese.

So a good picnic project... :)

Understandable for that sort of news to hit hard...

When people a decade younger start falling off
the branch, one starts to worry. Of course she
(as does Lilli) puts on a brave face mostly

Can't really do much else... I'm getting to an age now that I
understand mine and Richard's grandparents a lot better.... both in the looking back to a simpler time, and in feeling the pinches of losing
friends and family, some of which are younger.... and increasingly so,
as one continues to age....

Oh, for sure, but I'm still not a filing the
edges off person, even if my way involves a
little more heartache now and then.

The brave face often only masks the heartache...

I just got a notice of a friend passing, but she
had an excuse - she was 85, and her husband went
a year or two ago. But things do weigh heavy.

Indeed....

For the longest time our class death notices
were way below those of even several classes'
behind us, but we're catching up.

I don't really keep up with my college class (except for reading the
alumni stuff in the back of the alumni/college news magazine)... My high
school class was like your class... I think we're starting to catch up,
too...

... People say I'm apathetic, but I don't care!

I read "people say I'm spaghetti, but I don't cafe."

Interesting misread... :) I can see that one... ;)

ttyl neb

... ...And the celery stalked out of the kitchen.

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