The Boy on the Plane by Cole Parker

[Cole Parker]

I was writing a story, not a cookbook, and so, while I spoke of several dishes and their ingredients, I didn't go so far as to define recipes.  However, anyone wishing a recipe, just send me a note and ask for it.  I'm happy to oblige.

C

[Pedro]

Ch5 -”As long as there are no problems from Massachusetts.”

George Hannover III could have told you how that will work out.

 

 

 

 

[Camy]

I adore pecan pie. I can't say for certain, but George III (and those at the Boston tea party) would probably have adored pecan pie, too.

'No taxation repression without representation!'

Daniel's dad has Robin's back! 🤞

PS I'm much looking forward to the recipe appendix.

[Cole Parker]

Never thought of that!

C

[Camy]

Please thank Daniel for the meatloaf and pecan pie recipes, Cole.

HOWEVER: -

1) Cups. Over here Cup size is what women buy bras in, not a unit of measurement for scrumptious baked goods. We use grams. There are cup to gram conversion charts, but apparently it depends on what you're measuring. What?! Why?
Here's the best one I found: https://www.allrecipes.com/article/cup-to-gram-conversions/
2) Pecan meats? I went blank thinking of pecans thundering over the plains alongside their friends, the bison. Nuts!
3) Karo syrup. Corn syrup is banned over here. Luckily, surprise surprise, Amazon have it!

I'll have a go at the meatloaf, first, then build up to pecan pie. Yum.

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[Cole Parker]

The gram equivalents seem right.  A pound is 454 grams.  At least it was when I was in school in the middle of last century, and I doubt it's changed much since then. 

The oz. equivalents are way, way off.  One cup equals 8 ounces.  I have no idea how they came up with what they did.  But, I'd totally ignore their oz. amounts.  Use them and you'll be scratching your head with the results.

C

 

[Camy]

Chapter 6

Best line ever: 'I think I have a hugging deficit.'

[Rutabaga]

I think a lot of us have a hugging deficit.  Especially in these whacko times.

R

[Cole Parker]

If you're not going to hug, or be hugged, this is the perfect time for that.

C

[Bruin Fisher]

I have a hugging deficit. It's increasing during lockdown.

[Camy]

Chapter 7

In which Robin gets flat-packed furniture, new clothes and a scrumptious dinner. Lucky Robin. 

Unfortunately, it ends before the court case . <glare> Oh, how could you, Cole?! </glare>

Now I'm all bumfuzzled, and on tenterhooks until Saturday.

PS I still have a hugging deficit. The cat isn't keen... I knew I shouldn't have got her that scratching post.

[Cole Parker]

Much more to come!

C

[Rutabaga]

I put together 23 IKEA full-height bookcases when we moved into a new house some years ago.  That was an experience.  We've since moved into a much smaller place and gotten rid of all but a few of those bookcases.

Re hugging:  I remember reading somewhere about some kind of study where babies who did not receive holding and cuddling in their early months would actually sicken and die.  Don't know where to find that study now.

R

[Cole Parker]

There was an expose of Romanian orphanages a few years ago about places that just left babies alone in their cribs for years, and how they grew up entirely antisocial and in some cases, psychopathic.

 

C

[Camy]

Well, there's a cheery, if jarring, segue.

I trust we aren't going to find that Robin is secretly a Romanian psychopath. 🤡

[Camy]

Chapter 8

It seems Robin's mother has a touch of the Norma Desmonds about her, which explains a lot.

Nice one, Mr. Parker.

 

[Cole Parker]

As Mr. Churchill so eloquently stated, that's the end of the beginning.  Although, truthfully, Mr. C said it was perhaps the end of the beginning, and I can state firmly and without equivocation, this most definitely is the end of the beginning.

C

 

[Rutabaga]

Always nice for the good guys to win.

R

[Camy]

If that's the end of the beginning doesn't that mean we're into the beginning of the end?

[Cole Parker]

I knew I couldn't slip that by a purist like you!

 

 

[Rutabaga]

On 8/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Camy said:

It seems Robin's mother has a touch of the Norma Desmonds about her, which explains a lot.

The difference being that Norma Desmond actually had a prior career.

R

[Cole Parker]

That might make the phobia worse.

C

[Camy]

Chapter 9

A new house and a delightful puppy! Robin is one lucky chap. Not to mention Daniel with his parents' expandable wallet. They should think about a nice holiday cottage in Wales, too.

So, the sun is shining and all seems rosy in the garden... hmm. Methinks a turning point approaches.

A good chapter, Cole!

[Cole Parker]

Thanks.  Fun writing less about problems and more about a vibrant life.

C

[Rutabaga]

 "I doubt any dog can do sad as well as a Lab." 

 

Ours would agree.

R