While on the subject of food, my mother was a great cook and always made home cooked meals for us. She was also very adventurous and had us try all kinds of things as kids. Her motto was, if you are hungy, you will eat what is put on the table--period. She never worried that one of her kids would not eat, we always ate everything she put in front of us and would never have thought about doing anything else. The only thing that I really did not care for, was Suelze, and I can't recall what the English is for that right now, but the thought of eating it really made me want to .......but I did anyway. She also went to the local farmer's market, now a very upscale, downtown Cincinnati market called Findley Market to buy tripe for our dogs. Now that is one terrible looking and smelling piece of meat, but the dogs loved it, especially when my mom fixed it for them. Findley Market is still in business and I try to get there at least a couple of times a year because they have really good sausages, cold cuts, breads and fruits and veggies there. Just is a long drive for me. I will have to check if they still carry tripe. -- Christiane Rudolf Tanglewood Farm Fayetteville, Ohio ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================