Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

jerry when you go to bklyn to see chubby dont forget to bring anthony his shell fish

PATSY

YES SEA SALE HAS LESS SODUM THEN TABLE SALT BUT YOU STILL NEED TO BE CAREFULL

DID YOU KNOW THAT 1 TEASPOON OF SALT = YOUR DAILY REQUERMENTS FOR THE DAY THAT 2300MG OF SALT

ME I AM ONLY ALLOWED 1000MG PER DAY YOUR BODY NEEDS SOME SALT

BUT WHAT I NEED IS SOMETHING TO SEASON THE WATER FOR PASTA

I ALWAYS SALTED THE WATER WITH A HAND FULL OF SALT

THE OLD ITALIAN WAY THE WATER WAS TASTE LIKE THE SEA LOL

4 pounds of mussels

Doggone it! I miss eating seafood at Randazzo's or Joe's Clam Bar in Sheephead Bay or at Spumoni Gardens at 86th Street.

My buddies and I would have a great workout playing paddle ball or handball and we would venture to those places for some really good eats back in the late 70s to early 80s. It sure was some really good times back then.

A few years later I made the mistake of moving to Sleepy St Paul, MN where life is beautiful all the time as in Napoleon XIV's song. And I sure miss that great sea food. Folks here HATE sea food with a passion as they think it smells like a urinal. Honest now ~ that's how these loons think!

Enjoy that good food while you can - you never know if you will move somewhere else and won't have the opportunity to enjoy it again.

WELL ITS SNOWING HERE IN GOOD OLD BROOKLYN

AND ITS STICKING THERE IS A THIN LAYER ABOUT 1/2"

Hey Prodigalson welcome back home. It has been along time since u posted here.

Jerry when u come here to visit I want to be there with u and mu Uncle....Love hearing the old stories.

JEANETTE..so true..that little gift from Santa meant so much to us. We did not have much (material things) but we had Family and Friends and LOVE.....

Miss those easy days when I did not have a care in the world and had my entire family around the Christmas table and the sunday dinners every week. that was when family lived near each other and was always together. Now we are scattered all over and i is hard to get everyone together at the same time due to us all having our own kids and family scattered all over...

Thanks for the memories.....

Hi Cuzzie miss ya!!!!

Off to nursery and book club in this freezing cold weather and I am still coughing my brains out....

HI CUZ...I PUT SOMETHING IN THE MAIL FOR YOU TODAY..I REMEMBERED WHEN YOU SAW TONIANN'S YOU COMMENTED ON THE FRAMES AROUND EACH SAINT.. (THE BRACELET), SO ONE IS IN THE MAIL FOR YOU.. LOVE YA, XX

Anthony

They have salt subsitute you can buy. One of my friends uses it in place of salt. I think the supermarket should carry it. If not let me know and I will ask him where he get his from. Hope this helps. It comes in packets like

sweet and low but its in place of salt. Good Luck.......

Yikes 11 days, I can't believe it, have so much more to do....

My brother in law will be having the bone marrow transplant on Thursday....Angels all around Jonathan, Laura and my nieces, Kathryn and Elizabeth....

I heard some of you have a little snow yesterday, we did not get anything, but today it is sooooo cold out...'

Terry - Glad you got together with all your cousins and family. Chubby looks great as always....

Well so busy at work, keep warm !!!!!

Judy.....Yikes is right and I love your countdown pictures :santa:...I can't believe it's almost here.....I'll be thinking and praying for Jonathan

Yikes & Holy Bannana Peels..... Predicted temp this AM was 29 degrees in Tampa & St Pete. I thought I left those temps in NY & NJ. High today 49 degrees. Water temp at Clearwater beach 49 degrees BRRRRRRRR! :lame:

Plain Christmas was the way it was. That little box of candy from Germain's, an Orange & an Apple from our Church-Neighborhood Christmas party along with a little toy. I wanted a bike for years. When I finally got one it was used. I LOVED IT! Getting that bike enabled me to learn how to ride a two-wheeler so when I was 14 I was able to get the job delivering meat on a bike at the Palace Meat Market accross from Germains. The fact that my brother had the job before me did not hurt either. somehow our parents always saw that we had a "good" and happy Christmas. I think we learned how to enjoy the simple things in life by what they could afford. As far as meals were concerned my Mother never knew how many to cook for on Sunday. We would always bring someone home from Church for dinner on Sunday and stray Uncles would show up because they new "Essie" would always have enough. Essie was my Mothers nickname. :santa:

HI ANNA.. HEY, YOU NEVER KNOW.. MAYBE JUSTIN WILL OWN HIS OWN MCDONALD'S ONE DAY.. SOUNDS LIKE CHICAGO IS IN A DEEP FREEZE!! ENJOY & STAY WARM.. TALK TO YOU SOON..:)

JUDY..PRAYERS FOR YOUR B.I.L. JONATHON & THE WHOLE FAMILY [-oB [-oB

HEY WARREN...WOW!! FLORIDA IS FREEZING TOO!!

YOU ALWAYS BRING BACK THE BEST MEMORIES.. LOVE YOUR STORIES..:)

FEEL BETTER CUZ...

GOOD NIGHT MY CUZZIE & FRIENDS

CUZ..GO TO BED EARLY, REST & PLENTY OF FLUIDS..LOL I SOUND JUST LIKE A MOM...LOVE YA, XX

EVERYONE.HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, STAY WARM & ENJOY!!!

PLEASANT DREAMS & C U ALL IN THE MORNING..XX

Good Night All

Watching Biggest Loser Our friend Frado is one of the finals. I say he wins and gives the money to the other guy who lost his job and needs the money. He is a warm sensitive man. You go Frado....God bless Ya....