tang-erine tea

We started out talking about his birthday and the next thing ya know, we're talking about our moms!

Actually, it began with him talking of an upcoming trip to Pigeon Forge.

He was telling me about this bus that had been turned into a restaurant where all the foods were smoked - not boiled or baked or fried, just smoked.

Even the dessert, an apple pie, was smoked, though he wasn't sure if the apples were smoked or the pie itself was cooked by smoking.

He and Amy had stumbled upon the place when they took a shortcut that ended up being a lane through the woods.

Of course they'd sampled the food!

After all, that kind of place is what he lives to discover!

(smile!)

Anyhow, on one such trip, the folks in charge had included some "tangerine tea" along with the meal.

"Tasted more like it was Tang-erine tea," Jeff said.

And I just cracked up with laughter!

Then I told him about the "Russian tea" that Mama made when I was in high school...

and he remembered his mom making that, too, when he was about ten...

and it had some orange drink and cloves and cinnamon...

and I said, yeah, it was like "THE" crafty gift for the holidays that year, with folks putting it in fancy jars and tins...

and he knew all about that, because folks in Monteagle were doing the same thing...

and we realized we had both lived through the same fad at the same time!

That was pretty cool!

(smile!) 

 

Happy 56th birthday, Jeff...

good to have you 

still part of my life 

and my family.

(smile!)