It's no secret that we were not impressed with Memphis, in general, while living there. The one thing we repeatedly said was that although we were happy to get out of there we'd miss the BBQ. We loved our BBQ. Scott & I both love pork...and we loved our BBQ. Our favorite place was Central BBQ. We tried pretty much all the BBQ
restaurants out there and Central was our favorite. Another one high up there in our ratings was, Corky's BBQ. We were never disappointed there. Well, we knew that Corky's made frozen BBQ. We saw it all the time in the frozen food section in Memphis. Having the freshly made stuff available, we never thought to buy the frozen stuff. Well, to our surprise, Scott found frozen Corky's babyback ribs here. We said we'd give it a try. What would be the harm? Well, let me tell you we were very impressed! From the first whiff we knew it was the real thing. There's no mistaking the smell of Memphis BBQ. Scott grilled it up and we pretty much devoured it. I'm not a finger licking type person, but with good BBQ you have to lick your fingers. You can't help yourself. I think I licked my fingers a dozen times tonight.
restaurants out there and Central was our favorite. Another one high up there in our ratings was, Corky's BBQ. We were never disappointed there. Well, we knew that Corky's made frozen BBQ. We saw it all the time in the frozen food section in Memphis. Having the freshly made stuff available, we never thought to buy the frozen stuff. Well, to our surprise, Scott found frozen Corky's babyback ribs here. We said we'd give it a try. What would be the harm? Well, let me tell you we were very impressed! From the first whiff we knew it was the real thing. There's no mistaking the smell of Memphis BBQ. Scott grilled it up and we pretty much devoured it. I'm not a finger licking type person, but with good BBQ you have to lick your fingers. You can't help yourself. I think I licked my fingers a dozen times tonight. Benny has always been a pain when it comes to eating. It's hard to explain but he's just difficult. We will often
times offer him some of our leftovers after dinner & he usually turns his nose to it. What dog turns away steak.........bacon, even?! Well, Benny does! The one thing he has never turned his nose to is BBQ. He loves it. He was sniffing the air from the moment Scott started grilling. He slept close by while we ate & kept a watchful eye on us. When we were done, Scott got up & offered him a little bite of pork & Benny practically bit Scott's finger off. We scraped up as many scraps as we could and he kept coming back to us for more. Poor guy, we barely had anything left for him. While in Memphis, I would always save him half my pulled pork sandwich. He'd see the white Styrofoam box in my hands and practically attack me at the door. He is from Memphis after all......he knows his BBQ.
times offer him some of our leftovers after dinner & he usually turns his nose to it. What dog turns away steak.........bacon, even?! Well, Benny does! The one thing he has never turned his nose to is BBQ. He loves it. He was sniffing the air from the moment Scott started grilling. He slept close by while we ate & kept a watchful eye on us. When we were done, Scott got up & offered him a little bite of pork & Benny practically bit Scott's finger off. We scraped up as many scraps as we could and he kept coming back to us for more. Poor guy, we barely had anything left for him. While in Memphis, I would always save him half my pulled pork sandwich. He'd see the white Styrofoam box in my hands and practically attack me at the door. He is from Memphis after all......he knows his BBQ.It's starting to heat up over here. We're slowly approaching the 80's and soon will be in the 100's. We are not looking forward to that. It was very windy here a few consecutive days this week. Because of all the dust and sand here, the air was thick and gray. It looked like a good smoggy LA day. I miss LA so much. We are looking forward to returning there soon! We are now in our 5th month in Bahrain. Hard to believe! Just 19-more months to go. We will miss Bahrain, though. So far it has been a really nice experience.
Work is good. My kids are keeping me on my toes. We just finished two weeks of learning how to tell time. How I got myself into this, I just don't know. To think that I would be responsible to teach 25 people how to tell time. Telling time is such an important skill. Let me tell you it's not the easiest thing to teach. I pretty much lost my voice trying to teach time to these kids. In the end they got it, of course. I should say most got it. There's always the few that are clueless to pretty much everything. We had our big chapter test on telling time and most made really silly mistakes & the grades weren't great. There are three students that ace everything, of course. They knew I didn't have to grade their test on a curve like I did the rest of the class. All in all, they're a smart group of 8-year-olds. We start multiplication tomorrow. God help me!
We are starting t
o learn how to write rhyming poems. This is going to be another opportunity for me to lose my voice. Oh, are they horrible rhyming poets! I have to share this one kid's poem because he incorporates the fact that his mom yelled at him about his math test grade in it. When I read it I couldn't stop laughing. It really cracked me up. I'm still laughing hysterically at it. As you'll see, Ahmed, and all his classmates have a long road ahead of them before they can write a poem. There were some other pretty funny ones but this one was my favorite.
o learn how to write rhyming poems. This is going to be another opportunity for me to lose my voice. Oh, are they horrible rhyming poets! I have to share this one kid's poem because he incorporates the fact that his mom yelled at him about his math test grade in it. When I read it I couldn't stop laughing. It really cracked me up. I'm still laughing hysterically at it. As you'll see, Ahmed, and all his classmates have a long road ahead of them before they can write a poem. There were some other pretty funny ones but this one was my favorite.Otherwise, things are good here. We're both busy. I'm on pins-and-needles daily now expecting Scott to tell me that he has to go to either Iraq or Afghanistan. I pray that doesn't happen. It is a very odd and unexplainable feeling when you know your husband is in a war zone. Freaky! Thankfully, everything went just fine.
My class is going on a field trip to see The Mad Hatter. Hopefully I won't lose any of them at the mall. These malls are massive & these kids just do as they please. There's no fear of kidnappings or law suits here. Should be interesting. I'm sure that I'll have some stories for you next week!
Praying that all of you are safe.
ReplyDeleteBenny might like a tip from Barney. Barney was luke-warm about his Innova, but I changed him to Beneful light and he LOVES it!
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It's raining!
Hooray!