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Deeby said:Just please somebody tell me that Coke Zero is a healthy beverage! Because that's all I ever drink. Once in awhile orange juice or cranberry. But Coke Zero rules!

Sure. Here ya go...."Coke Zero is a healthy beverage". Feel better now? Glad to help out!

Didn't know what sweet tea was until met my wife. I tried it and been drinking it since. But of course that's one of the things doc says I need to stop doing. Doc been wanting me to stop doing a lot of things lately.

Ed, I knew I could count on you!

I love sweet tea but it can only be a little sweet or, as they say in the south, a tad sweet. GH on the other hand loves sugar, the more the merrier. It is like tea flavored simple syrup.

olhippie said:Didn't know what sweet tea was until met my wife. I tried it and been drinking it since. But of course that's one of the things doc says I need to stop doing. Doc been wanting me to stop doing a lot of things lately.

But your 'bad habits' are good for his business!

Well, I like everything on Pats list BUT mountain oysters. Just can't wrap my mind or teeth around those. I will add frog legs to my list. Absolutely delicious! I've not met any fish or seafood I didn't like, either. Well, not fond of seas bass.

When hungry I will eat anything that does not eat me first. but I do have preferences. Parsnips to me are a last stage starvation food.

I've never even had fish or seafood of any kind. No alcohol or coffee or tea. No marijuana. Ironically I smoke like a fiend and guzzle Coke Zero. Not sure if I'm weird or just unique!

We used to accuse my grandfather of drinking pancake syrup because his tea was sooo sweet. To make it even worse, he used those horrid instant tea granules, Nestea (which should have been branded as "Nastea" ).

If I drink iced tea at a restaurant, I have to ask for 75% unsweetened & 25% sweet. Alternately, I may say 1/4 sweet & 3/4 unsweetened. Either way, you can often see the server's brain cells smoking. However, the funniest time was when my mom asked for her coffee cup to be filled with half decaf & half caffeinated coffee and the girl, with all sincerity, asked if she would like the decaf on the top or the bottom!

@farmerdill - I sent you a question via treemail a week or so ago. If you get a chance to reply, I'd be most appreciative. Thanks so much!

farmerdill said:When hungry I will eat anything that does not eat me first. but I do have preferences. Parsnips to me are a last stage starvation food.

Have you cut them into french fry type strips, tossed with olive oil and roasted at high heat until very, very dark brown, bordering on burnt? Delicious.

Deeby said: Not sure if I'm weird or just unique!

I can answer that for you...

JBarstool said:
Have you cut them into french fry type strips, tossed with olive oil and roasted at high heat until very, very dark brown, bordering on burnt? Delicious.

No never thought of that. When I was a child they were always mashed with butter. I like mashed potatoes but never developed a taste for parsnips. Have not grown them since I left the farm in 56.

Tomato thread - so, oddly, a tomato question.
Have any of you grown 'Aussie'? I've added it to my 2022 rotation but as with so many varieties that sound great I wonder what 'real gardener' experience is.
Lynda...?

I'm pretty sure I have Aussie, but I'm set on trying 'beefsteak' as my first tomato by seed. I also have 'super beefsteak' which is supposedly pretty hard to find and hard to grow, so I don't want to take any chances with it as my first tomato cultivar.

olhippie said:Didn't know what sweet tea was until met my wife. I tried it and been drinking it since. But of course that's one of the things doc says I need to stop doing. Doc been wanting me to stop doing a lot of things lately.

You thought about finding a different doctor?

I drink sweet tea, too...drank it for as long as I can remember. My MIL used to make it but swear all she did was hold the bag of sugar up so the pitcher of tea could see it! A bag of sugar lasted her a long time! I sure loved that lady! Quiet a woman!!!'👍

Deeby said:Ed, I knew I could count on you!

Hey, just lookin' out for a friend!

Change doctor? You kidding. I think sometimes to just quit going to doctor. I'm the the one kidding.

That's what I do too. I avoid my family doctor, so I only see him once a year.