Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[bluecastle]

Gratitude Haiku

To waken each day
Time alone, time with loved ones
Laughter, bounty, peace

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Great haiku, Bluecastle!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Useful Animals:

Definitely the bats that inspired the topic - I've always been fascinated by them instead of finding them scary.

Horses - for farm work, transportation help, and being there as therapy animals for kids.

And another vote for all pollinators!

 

[SpaceMan5]

#3 - Police Dogs - they are amazing! My lab, back in 2004, went to be a bomb & arson dog to be with a police officer. I often wonder how he did with this. I have no idea what department he went to, but I was happy that he had the opportunity to do this in his doggie life.

Amen to that! Absolutely fearless

 

[SpaceMan5]

@WDWEPCOT Nice! You took it a step further by listing the service dogs and those that serve in the military.

My DW's employer has been training service dogs for many years. It has been such a treat for her to be around these precious pooches on a daily basis and knowing they are going to help others.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Well they really are different just like the dogs that service the police - I used to work at a place that trained guard dogs / bomb sniffing dogs and drug dogs !! They can even teach dogs to sniff for cancer !!!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Wow! That is incredible, WDWEPCOT. Thank you all who love and care for animals. Sweet dreams, friends

 

[PollyannaMom]

Today's Topic (Thu, 4/18) - 3 strange combinations you're grateful for

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I’m going to struggle with this one …

Apple Pie & Cheddar Cheese yummy

Cheddar Cheese with pepper & Honey

Egg Sandwich with jelly - yes it has cheddar cheese

Pineapple on my pizza !!! Yummy

 

[slo]

Good Morning!

I gotta think about this one - as of now I only have one and that’s…..

Sugar and Cottage Cheese - I love love love putting sugar on my cottage cheese.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I’ve never tried my cottage cheese like that but now rI’m intrigued…. yeah I need another sugar habit

 

[flyingdumbo127]

When I was younger I enjoyed briefly corn chips and chocolate pudding. French fries (or potato chips) in sandwiches, and frosting on graham crackers.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

French Fries with things other than Ketchup - I know we're not the only ones, but dipping French fries in a Wendy's frosty was big when I was a teen. Mayo, cream gravy, Cane's sauce, tartar sauce, and remoulade are also high on my list.

Cake combos - I went through a phase where I was making odd combos. Maybe I'm more grateful for the people willing to try them, but the avocado pound cake with bacon brie buttercream really stands out in my mind.

Bacon and anything sweet - I made bacon candies one time. They were good. Some where just straight chocolate dipped bacon, but others involved things like apricot and brown sugar.

 

[PollyannaMom]

My unusual combinations:

sweet potato fries dipped in blue cheese dressing,

salt on watermelon (a trick I learned from my dad)

and I actually did make a pizza cake years ago:


The "sauce" and "cheese" were frosting, the "pepperoni" was cut from fruit roll-ups, the "green peppers" were sour jelly candies, and I can't remember what the "olives" were - maybe some sort of licorice??

 

[mumto3girls]

When I was younger I enjoyed briefly corn chips and chocolate pudding. French fries (or potato chips) in sandwiches, and frosting on graham crackers.

French fries on sandwiches and on salads is a very Pittsburgh thing. We have a whole chain of restaurants that are known for it—Primanti’s. They put coleslaw on them too.
1. French fries on salad
2. Anchovies on pizza
3. Apricot jelly to glaze a ham loaf.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Love potato chips on sandwiches still do that
Salt in watermelon and cantaloupe

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Frosting on any kind of crackers I still do that too when I want a snack but I’m too lazy to bake a cake I’ll just make frosting and break out the ritz crackers yummy

 

[1420Elexismc]

Another vote for salt on watermelon
creamy italian dressing on pasta with red sauce
I put cinnamon, butter, and cayenne on my popcorn

 

[bluecastle]

The only ones I can think of right now are pretty boring.
Cottage cheese and crushed potato chips
Vanilla ice cream and the same
Cottage cheese and ketchup
Peanut butter and banana (not at all unusual)

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Ok the things you people are putting in your cottage cheese is causing me to wonder about y’all