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They look delicious!! I've always loved good salami--but often I can only get a sort of standard not overly exciting salami. I hope yours, Paul, are what you hope for them to be in a few months time!

Ps. I wish you didn't have to be so right about joy and happiness sometimes being as fleeting as sun peaking through the clouds. Why do some people have to be such jerks? but I think I can finally move on and close that chapter of my life. Yeah, I will miss the good stuff, but it's not enough to outweigh the crappy stuff that I got primarily of late, just because he's too afraid to allow something good into his life, such as love, true friendship and someone who was willing to stand by him no matter what. I feel pretty broken right now, but I'm going to get up and piece my life together and I am going to be happy without him. I just wish I could have pulled away a lot sooner than I did. I tried, but didn't manage so far, now I want to.

Never fear Evelyn there are lovely sunny days to come.

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Paul, they look scrumptious! Toasting you back on a successful batch! Cheers!

(I didn't know that comments could be removed--there have been times when I've hit post and when I reread what I wrote (or how it came out) I have thought of how I could I do a retake!)

Evelyn, your post could have been written by me three years ago when facing the breakup with my fiance. I didn't want it, but he put me in a position where I could no longer stay. ((HUG))

Melody I didnt know that people could take back their comment either and I think it is not right! Make your comment, say your piece, speak from the heart or where ever it is you are speaking from, put it out there fearlessly, stand tall, let the key board be proud of it's place in your right to be read so read it aloud and be proud and after you have read it and you think ooops! you can always write a retraction or a more scathing piece! LOL

Alright I will put it out there - Yes they do look rather phallic and I must say when making sausages it is,...um...ah...well not erotic at all but kind of provocative in an uncomfortable kind of way when people are watching you which is why I prefer to do it in the dark, I mean off camera. I did make sausages on camera for my TV show once much to the smirks and childish amusment of the film crew. You gotta laugh and we did.

And yes just in case someone has the passing thought(and I know some of you will you naughty readers) one of the salmai's may be modeled on my good self - can you tell which one!

Ha!

Oh I've gone too far!!!!(wheres the retract button?)

Oh, gracious, this is too much for an old lady...
my eyes are terrible; in the other thread with the
painting, I got it all wrong; in the picture
of the salamis, I did recognize you, Paul, but glad I am in good company with all the snickering going on over the salamis.

P.S. A kosher salami is usually much longer, and hung up until it dries a bit...(oh, goodness, I'm quitting while I'm ahead...(where's the delete button!!!!!!)

Shalom and love,

Grandma

Can I just say, I most throughly enjoyed my salami sandwich for lunch today ? :)

Paul and PCs, I will never think of salami, Polish Kielbasa, and even our Chicago's very own Vienna all beef hot dogs in the same way!!! LOL

So, Paul, dare we ask, which one IS it???? ;)

(Too much brandy in the Tiramisue last night . . . what can you expect from a non-drinker like me!)

ah, come on Melody--not buying that argument :)

In some sort of weird way, I feel much better today. The prep work of the last few weeks is helping me right now as well. Somehow that negative power bind is broken and I feel freer, sure still sad and there's pain, but I feel that I'm in control of my life again and actually understood something important about these weird dynamics between him and me that have been tearing me apart on the inside by their contradictoriness. I'm sure I will have my ups and downs ahead of me, but I can deal with that! On to happier, sunnier times! :)

Evelyn--you go girl! :)

Evelyn, here's hoping you move on to be better, stronger, and all the wiser! No regrets!

Paul...hmmm. I'm having trouble finding the words and seem to keep deleting whatever I type.

o.k. here goes...

I never thought there could be too much of a good thing!

You're looking quite adorable in your butcher apron, and it's a good thing that table wasn't about a foot taller or that picture would have possibly been unprintable!!

Thanks for a great chuckle everyone!

Thank you all (especially Paul) for the much needed laughs. I have to say that I will most likely never look at any time of salami or sausage the same way again, but I am suddenly craving salami. LOL Sometimes I'm far too naughty for my own good. ;o)

Evelyn, I'm proud of you. Keep holding your head high!

What is wrong with this sentence:
"in the picture of the salamis, I did recognize you, Paul" Are you saying in looking at the salami's you recognised me....therefore you see me as a salami?? Mmmmm and while I am on it will you stop bragging about Ellie!

Evelyn is contradictoriness actually a word? Glad you are feeling better (could I tell you a story or two but I cant so I wont - well proabably another time)in the meantime you should print up the picture of me and my salami (stop sniggering people) and put it on your fridge for those moments when you feel contradictoriny.

Very funny Marys!!

Sarah nothing wrong with craving a bit of salami infact my wife really craves mine!

oh dear! retract retract :)

Paul, if contradictoriness is not an officially accepted word of the English language, it should be!!! :) I think I will just declare it an official word [and maybe take it up with the language authorities later, that is if you guys do have such a thing. We do have that for German--big surprise, I know. We and our rules and regulations ...]

And please tell away, Paul! ... I can think of a few biergärten in Munich that would just be perfect for that kind of exchange of stories and man, the beer is yumm here. That is something I will definitely be missing upon returning to the US in 1 1/2 weeks time. Hearing other people's stories gives me good perspectives or just makes me feel less 'weird' or less alone in the situation.

I may just take you up on your suggestion and print out your picture with you and the salamis when I'm back at home in St. Louis and put it up on my fridge. However, how you and your salami will cure feelings of contradictoriness (in me...), I don't know but I'll be happy to report back, should I notice such an influence coming from the picture :) --and yes, puns/multi-valency intended ... and no, I refuse to blush now!!! and no, I will not retract and instead "Ich steh dazu" --dang it, why can't I think of the English equivalent for that phrase?!?, never mind, it's time to go back to proof reading and reading my medieval manuscript transcription against the actual manuscript. I'm running out of time ... but this is so much more fun! :)

Thanks guys for cheering me on. It feels great!

Great Bangers Paul!

It would be a nice autographed pictured to give to your PC fans.

**Hint**

Julie

Paul--

I think all of us at PC can agree that Andrea chose well and has great taste.

"Still 'craving' after all these years . . . "

(to the tune, "still crazy after all these years")

I'd better stop here . . . I've already typed and retyped about 5 times now! ;)

Wow, this conversation has gone south!

Paul, here's hoping your salami's don't shrink too much! And please don't send us the "after" pic of them all shriveled up!

LOL

p.s. It doesn't surprise me somehow, that Millie is a STINKER!

There are so many puns in this chain of discussion that I don't know where to begin. The worse part? Paul started it all - and continues it! (I keep waiting for Andrea to step in and deflate it all.)

Thanks for the much needed laughs. :o)

Sarah I'm with you on the needed laughs. this thread is rather amusing, and is putting a smile on my face. How are you doing Sarah?

I'm going to keep going until Liz reposts her orignal comment!

As for Andrea stepping in and deflating it all - she is far too busy squeezing my salami to see how they are going and I am certainly not going to stop her. (thats a double oh dear!)

Uh, excuse me Paul, but I was referring to my bad eyesight, where I misinterpreted the painting, and
finally recognized you among the thousands of salamis.

I don't believe I mention Ellie that much, and I don't know why MaryS referred to me as a STINKER,
but perhaps it's time to get off this topic for awhile and start talking about Tara Morice's visit to Florida bearing the MBF documentary for the premiere here in September..(there, Melody, I did it!)

Shalom and love,

Grandma Mil

Millie stop being so serious its all in fun and games.

Liz, There are wars and all kinds of tragedies going on in the world whatever your original post was I'm sure its not going to rock civilization.

Waxy's menu of course offers "Bangers and Mash" as the main featured entree. As a vegetarian I can't really say if its good or not but since the patrons always refer to sausage as "Bangers" I have been calling them that ever since.

so I guess the only comment I can make on this is "nice bangers". But I'm sure its not as contraversal as Liz's (I'm pulling your leg Liz).

Paul--that certainly was a "double"!

This has been fun!

Bangers and mash? What's the mash? (Mashed potatoes??)

Hopefully not mashed eggs . . . looks like another double there, too!

LOL ;)

Its salami I just realized not sausage. It makes sense you don't dry sausage in a garage I was thinking about that today.

I don't think Waxy's has an equivalent expression for salami.

oh well. So I guess I have to say, "nice salami".

see I finally made a pun intended! I'm so proud of myself.

All my best to everyone!

Melody: Mash is refering to potatoes you're right.

Evelyn, I'm doing ok. I am taking small steps as far as "tackling" everything that needs to be done, and right now I'm trying to make sure no family crisis erupt. *sigh* But that's all a downer... I'd rather have fun. :o)

Grandma Mil, do you have a date yet for the premiere in FL?

Julie, I went right along with the bangers... completely forgot they were referring to sausages and not salami. But hey, same theory I suppose. (BTW, as a non veggie, I love bangers & mash.)

***the remaining has been deleted in order to keep from completely embarrassing myself***

I would rather be seen as warped and perverted than be called cowardly as Paul implied in the first post. The comments about the erotic salami were mine solely and I own up to it. During the first posting of the picture, I immediately saw the pics as erotic--what else would I think if you put Paul Mercurio and 43 sausages together. (Yes, You are Mr. Hunk of the Universe and I was getting impatient that everyone was saying how delicious the stuff looked etc, while totally ignoring what it implied.) And so I said so -- but then had to retract as the PCs have not been exactly as open about talking about Paul in this way--which really ignores a large part of how Paul has been seen/admired by his fans. It cannot be ignored that he is sexy and I have to be frank about this and being silent about it in the PC blog amounts to not being truthful. I felt the site is super clean and nice but does not really go into talking about such things. Or worse I was not brave enough to speak about it.

I was not explicit about the phalluses etc in the original post, but I get what Paul is saying about being candid and bravely stating what you think. Thank you for being so cool about it--I never doubted it would be ok with Paul and Cat.

Which leads me to really standing up and speaking up--be it about sausages and unjust wars, or taking a stand on anything. But for now my cause is the sausages and yes, Julie, that will not change civilization. But if our silences add up it can really be harmful--as in the moment of not taking a stand or letting something unjust happen without calling someone on it. Or letting unkind actions pass. So thanks Paul, this is a good start for me.

I would rather be seen as warped and perverted than be called cowardly as Paul implied in the first post. The comments about the erotic salami were mine solely and I own up to it. During the first posting of the picture, I immediately saw the pics as erotic--what else would I think if you put Paul Mercurio and 43 sausages together. (Yes, You are Mr. Hunk of the Universe and I was getting impatient that everyone was saying how delicious the stuff looked etc, while totally ignoring what it implied.) And so I said so -- but then had to retract as the PCs have not been exactly as open about talking about Paul in this way--which really ignores a large part of how Paul has been seen/admired by his fans. It cannot be ignored that he is sexy and I have to be frank about this and being silent about it in the PC blog amounts to not being truthful. I felt the site is super clean and nice but does not really go into talking about such things. Or worse I was not brave enough to speak about it.

I was not explicit about the phalluses etc in the original post, but I get what Paul is saying about being candid and bravely stating what you think. Thank you for being so cool about it--I never doubted it would be ok with Paul and Cat.

Which leads me to really standing up and speaking up--be it about sausages and unjust wars, or taking a stand on anything. But for now my cause is the sausages and yes, Julie, that will not change civilization. But if our silences add up it can really be harmful--as in the moment of not taking a stand or letting something unjust happen without calling someone on it. Or letting unkind actions pass. So thanks Paul, this is a good start for me.

And I just said the p word explicitly and sorry for the PCs I will offend

Liz, no need to worry on the P-word. It leaves enough to our imaginations and we can make whatever we want out of it!

Sarah, definitely take your time. When we needed to close my mother's estate, my brother and I didn't do much for the first two months. We needed to wind down from the two years of my mother's illness, and too, realizing that we're now closing her life, deciding status on things that meant alot to her and the family, but we couldn't keep everything. We did as much as we could. It will touch your heart and soul, but also bring back good, loving memories. Hang in there! :)

And Grandma Mil, I know exciting times are ahead--September will be here before you know it!

Do you guys have any idea how much fun it is to pull up this blog with this photo coming up first in a prestigious research library? Always makes me wonder what the person sitting behind me is thinking when they see me do that. :) Just thinking about that makes me chuckle. It's a good thing that tomorrow is my last day there ... a few more days unwinding with my Mum and sisters and then it's back to the US. Hmmmmm ...

Liz, I'm glad you re-stated your thoughts. I have rarely been a shy one, and anyone who has really gotten to know me knows I have an exceptionally dirty mind. I have only kept my posts clean out of respect for any minors who might be passing through. Well, at least that's my story and I'm somewhat sticking to it. (Sticking as well as a cheap imitation post-it note. LOL)

So, Paul, I'm too lazy to go back and find Salami 101 part 1 to refresh my memory on part of the entire process. That means you have to refresh it for me. It sucks, doesn't it? So what do you use for casings? It's not easy to tell from the photo, so please put an end to my curiosity.

Melody, I'm not rushing things too much. However, I do need to take care of my father's tax/accounting clients and close the business in a timely manner. I already know that one of the trucks, his motorcycle and the townhouse in FL will be sold - basically because I don't have a need or desire for them, and neither does any of the family. The rest of it I'll work on as it comes. (Anyone looking for a townhouse on the West Coast of FL? LOL)

Liz - the 'P' word??? I looked through both your posts and coulndt find it - found Paul and pathetic but not penis! Mind you those three words should never be put in the one sentence!!

Hey lets be completely upfront here the whole gag about the salami (not sausage!) is that they are somewhat penis like - I guess I have spoilt it now by revealing that fact and perhaps we can snigger no more by hiding behind that unmentionable fact.

Well it was fun whil it lasted.

In regards to this site being squeaky clean I agree with you and have on occassion been frustrated by that fact as I have wanted at times to post a topic but havent as I knew it would offend some friends here not to mention the occassional minor visitor. The truth is I can offend no one -unless I say something of a personal nature/attack to an individual but if I post a topic that says penis and people are offended by that then that is in fact their choice. If I posted only what I thought would be a completely offensive free blog it would resemble disney.com - mind you there are people who get offended by that site...

I have kept it clean on purpose and thank you for pointing that out Liz. I dont need to be shocking or sensational, I do need to be true to myself as indeed each of you need to be for yourselves.

BTW just to clarify the squeezing of my salami (I cant help but smirk naughtily when I type that)the reason you do it is not just for enjoyment but to determine how it is drying. If it dries too fast you can lose them and if they dry too slow you can lose them. so I recommened a good squeeze at least once a day :)

Ah Sarah you made me laugh!! love your attitude you lazy so and so!:)It will be a pleasure to refresh you - READ THE POST :) The skins are sheep intestine cleaned out although I think I used cow intestines for my latest batch. Just for you because you are rather busy dealing with things I know you really would rather not be - I had to look after my brothers stuff after he killed himself - I will see if I can put a link of the short version of salami 101 on here!

ps Liz, thanks for thinking I am still a hunk

Thank you for the invitation to be truthful; I also recognize there are limits to what can be in the site. As moderator Cat can remove abusive entries, etc., although she has been very specific about not being a censor.

Thanks for asking more of us as bloggers by owning up to what we say. This salami thread has been very interesting and I hope they turn up good after all the that. And I am not alone in my opinion that you are a hunk!

Right on! This conversation got us back to being real! We've all be a little subdued in the last few months. I think the whole "politically correct" thing is a crock of bs sometimes. I don't suggest that we go all wonky and get too funky, but hell, a little candid exchange now and then, I feel can be trusted. I do appreciate the age protected caution. I think we all kind of know each other well enough now to know that none of us has weird intentions, other than now, to suggest that we are picturing Paul in ways that maybe we are taking too much liberty with! Yeah! We all think you are a damn sexy man, or we wouldn't still be hanging out after all this time. Come on! o.k. well, maybe I should just speak for myself. We also, of course, recognize your multitude of talents...making salami can be added to the list. You're so fun to watch! We all want to know what you're doing and visit this site regularly to see what's new with you.

O.K. on a little more of a serious note, we have all shared so much of our private lives, feelings, loves and losses here, that it's fun as crap to get down right goofy sometimes!

I LOVE this site and all who frequent it!

Gee Liz I wish I was brave enough to write all that.

And before you slap me one I will make a special toast at Waxy's in your honor for not being afraid to use the "p" word. None of the usual gang will know who you are but I'm sure they'll have no problem toasting a woman who's not afraid of saying...well you know.

If I may say so I think most of us here in PC think Paul is forever a hotty...well I'm sure Andrea still thinks so but I can't speak for her so I can't say ;)

Good week-end to all!

Julie

Oh, my, hotties do come in all types and sizes,
don't they? My experience among the seniors is
that if one has his own hair and teeth, one is able to compete with the "younger" guys, over 60!

Ellie still gets compliments, right, Julie...we are part of the "young at heart" bunch and when MBF is released you all will know what I mean!

Alicia, como esta? (That's all I remember from my spanish classes years ago, until Melody taught me
"Ole!")

I had lipsynced Queen Latifah's big song from "Chicago" in a variety show in our retirement community in 2005. I was onstage and in costume, while performing it.

That part was on film, and got into a documentary
that Tara Morice (Paul's dancing partner in "Strictly Ballroom") produced; she will be coming to our community in Florida in September, and we will be able to see the documentary, called "My Biggest Fan". She had to get Queen Latifah's permission and had to pay for the rights.

Have a wonderful weekend,everyone and try to have salami and eggs for breakfast one day...a perfect combo if one is on a no carb diet! Ole!

Shalom and love,

Grandma Mil