Nothing better than crackers and milk, especially when the milk is really cold. -----Original Message----- From: Neysa Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 7:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VERMONT] Oysters... or, crackers and milk My grandfather loved crackers and milk, but he also liked popcorn in milk. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Darrell A. Martin To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 6:46 PM Subject: Re: [VERMONT] Oysters... or, crackers and milk On 3/7/2011 3:29 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Good evening Darrell, > > I can relate to your description of the oyster stew...although, I can't > remember the frequency really, it was much more than annually...I loved > the smell and taste of them...but had to nearly close my eyes to eat > them. I didn't like the looks of them! I haven't had them in years!! > Thank you for the memory! > Crackers and all!!! > > Speaking of crackers..."crackers and milk" were a common "meal"...using > saltines generally and COLD milk...my kids and grands can't imagine > liking this! It was what I craved after the long labor/birth of my first > child...! And tasted just as I remembered it...so good! > > BATV Hi: I remember crackers and milk too, although as is so often the case, with variations. "Ours" was unsalted soda crackers in milk with sugar, eaten like a breakfast cereal. Best as you said with really cold milk; in our case, Jersey milk, which was about 1/3 cream. Darrell *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message