Sunday, June 26, 2016

I'm On Vacation. Don't Hate Me

Welcome to my summer vacation.
I fully intend to do some new writing over the next eleven days off...okay, more like eight days now. I have pictures from a local small boat messabout. I have thoughts swimming in my head regarding my upcoming birthday. I am notes for a short story.
I promise you, there will be new and original posts upcoming. 
But today, I must make a traditional family snack to take to a swim party, and when my daughter found out I was making this particular treat she asked in her tiny four year old girl voice, "can I get some of those....?" 
This particular snack is not one handed down from my German forefathers. But it is my contribution to my family's handful of iconic foods. Right up there with my Mom's fried chicken and French Cookies, German Grandma's Springerlies and French Grandma's pies. I found the recipe in Seventeen Magazine when I was around 14 years old. Which means I have been making them for forty years. 
Wow. I could have gone a long time without doing that math. 
But, I digress.
So, without further ado...

It's Scroodle Time!

What follows is the original post I wrote in 2012 on Scroodles. 
Enjoy!

 Suck It Dr. Atkins!


So, not only am I devoted to getting people to see the weird and interesting in their everyday life. I am also dedicated to getting people to eat the weird and interesting as well. Food, that is, not people. Calm down, that's not what I meant either, this is not THAT sort of site...

Anyway... I have always been an adventurous eater and have happily raised a family of the same. We were enjoying hummus WAY before it was hip. Which leads me to the introduction of one of our favorite snacks: Scroodles.

These are boiled then fried corkscrew macaroni. That's right. Boiled. Then fried. And then liberally doused with garlic salt. The trifecta of dietary no-no's. Totally white flour CARBS – fried in CRISCO – the covered with SALT.

Yum. 

its like my arteries on a really hot day...


Oh, and Sorry about the Suck It, Dr. Atkins. That was really just an attention getting ploy. I am sure Dr. Atkins was a wonderfully delightful person, who before he became all Anti-Carb would have enjoyed Scroodles. God Rest His Soul.

 
Scroodles. Or, the crap they pull of out or your arteries.



PS - didn't Dr. Atkins actually die of a heart attack? Perhaps if he had re-examined the joy of deep fat fried noodles... 

As a note - I recently made these with Brown Rice Noodles, because that's what I happened to have in the house. Not only were they even better than the plain noodles, they have the added benefit of being GLUTEN FREE! 
Ha! Take that diet!!


4 comments:

  1. Wow, deep fat fried health food! That is so awesome!

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    1. It is high fiber too!! I am totally writing a diet book!

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  2. You are so funny!! just saw your post about the sailboat. we are sailors too. For 9 season, we took our Blew Bayou out for 3-4 months at a time. mostly caribbean and central amerrica. had the time of our lives. we chalked it up as a mid life thing.
    but then grandchildren came and our kids couldn't take off and go with us as much and it was costing a fortune to keep her in a marina during hurricane season....
    I miss her. She was a good friend!!

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    1. Thank you for stopping by! So glad you enjoyed the posts. So sorry you had to give up the boat. The marina costs are one of our biggest cons. Our current boat lives in the garage, so the only cost is to our other cars! Lol! Still, what wonderful adventures you surely had. And who knows, maybe one of those grands will catch the sailing disease!

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