Hot Sausage Feta Honey Pizza and Grace and Frankie

Mari

LOL! I sent this to my kids, and they all said thank you. Two of them will be making it this weekend, and I will be making it tonight. Two of them cook and bake, but my other one never made it past fish sticks or takeout. I’m sure he must have made other things, but I don’t know. I don’t think I ever watched Grace and Frankie, and I’m not sure I had heard about it, which is unfortunate, because it looks good. I exercised with Jane Fonda every morning for over ten years, and had all the vhs tapes. My daughter joined me, and eventually we moved on to other tapes and DVDs.
I preferred reading to TV, and if I watched anything, it was something my husband watched. Quite often I would sit with him and read while he watched his shows. I have seen and admired both actresses many times over the years. Back in the day Miss Fonda gave a speech at my school. I remember thinking how small and pretty she was, and how brave to make a speech in front of people she didn’t know. A lot of people disliked her for her advocacy, and they missed some amazing performances boycotting her.
Now back to our regularly scheduled and often I interrupted, long running series, Stump The Chef. Today’s category is goofy, but holds fond memories for me. Children’s shows of the 50s. One you may have heard of, the second one, probably not, but it is on YouTube. Everyone watched The Flintstones. We thought it was funny, but mostly we wondered if you could live in a cave and drive a card made out of a huge rock. My mother hated the show and said Fred was a blowhard, but that’s how he was written. We enjoyed his gruff and sometimes surly interactions and outlook on life, because like my Dad, he was a softy underneath his gruff exterior. He even vaguely resembled my Dad. What kind of pizza would Fred and Barney eat after their Friday evening bowling league. I only remember them eating bronto burgers and ribs that threatened to capsize their cars when tey went to the drive in. I think a good pizza would have definitely improved his outlook on life. The second entry was featured on Captain Kangaroo. The Captain was on every morning from Monday through Friday. I was a very introverted child and I was frightened leaving home to such an extent, that I became physically ill. Captain Kangaroo was very soothing and kindly, and featured a cartoon called Tom Terrific who could be anything he wanted to be as the theme song went. He simply redrew himself into other shapes. That wasn’t very difficult since he was basically a line drawing of an intrepid little boy with a funnel on his head. Tom hung out with a big dog, and had an archenemy called Crabby Appleton. There were twenty some episodes made and they were in syndication throughout part of my childhood., so I watched Tom a lot, but I have forgotten most of it. I have such fond memories, and Tom helped me get through K-2. By third grade I was used to school and not so timid, and I didn’t need Captain Kangaroo, but I still liked Tom Terrific. If Tom could turn himself into anything, he could have drawn himself a pizza. What would he have liked? Back then we had pizza on Friday, and it was always the boxed and ghastly Chef Boyardee cheese pizza. For years I didn’t Ike pizza. The parents finally gave up making me eat that dreadful pizza, and let me eat peanut butter and jelly. I’m sure I can’t imagine what kind of pizza I would have drawn because I couldn’t imagine it being good. Luckily for Tom, he had imagination and talent. What kind of pizza would an imaginary super hero little boy eat when he wasn’t after. Crabby Appleton?
Happy Friday to Kelly, Alex, Terry, Beth and the superhero canine triplets. Have a great weekend and lots of sunshine. 😊☔️🌷