Our 21' Escape Trailer purchase issues

[oldwave]

Makes one want to eat more veggies

 

[Farther]

Scrapple is scraps of meat ground up and fried as a thin patty. As the son of a full blooded Czech mother, we made Souse which is head cheese with extra vinegar. A hogs head was boiled for about 3 hours. Spices are added, the bones in the head give up juices that when cooled turn to a clear gelatin. The snout, forehead, ears, tongue, jowls cheeks and temples are boned out and cut up into bite sized pieces. The meat is combined with the juice and put in a mold. In our case, cake pans. Then it’s cooled in the refrigerator or out on the porch in winter and eaten like a meat infused jello. Not bad. Makes a hot dog look like Sunday school
Meat. Did I mention there was a lot of gout in the old Bohemie crowd? And high blood pressue was a way of life. There are recipes for all of this. In rural Iowa there are still some small independent locker plants that custom butcher. They are the source for hogs heads, Rocky Mountain Oysters, Jowl bacon, award winning sausage and delicacies like landjaeger. Sometimes called weasel peter for some strange reason.
Iowa Dave

People were so poor that they had to extract every bit of nutrition they could from there meager existence or so I have been told. I try to avoid most if not all of what you just said.

 

[k4zvu]

Took delivery on our 21' in June; during the orientation, expected Reece or the Carl (new manger) to say "hello" but didn't even see them...Someone at higher management should greet and personally thank customers for their business; Simple business ethics.

 

[steve dunham]

When I was growing up I loved eating my Grandmother’s homemade head cheese , blood sausage and pickled pigs feet with saurkraut . The main reason was that my Grandmother made them , nobody told me how they were made , and I was too young to care . Now I find that these delicacies are hard to find and if I do find them they don’t taste the same or as good as what my Grandmother made .
Growing up we had fresh liver sausage and eggs on Sunday mornings . Again hard to find and not as good as the liver sausage from 50 years ago

These things may be depression food but as my Dad said “ If your hungry , you eat it and don’t ask questions”
Some day I hope to try Jim N’s scrapple , it sounds delicious to me !

 

[oldwave]

Coddling is something I never took much stock in. My orientation was handled professionally by an employee and my questions were answered . The manager coming out to greet you at the time of sale ? I could care less unless there was a serious issue with the employee or the product. Reace is the production manager, I assume he is busy building trailers. If there are QC issues fine, but how is not being greeted a business ethics issue? I just don’t get it.

 

[dmdunca44]

Took delivery on our 21' in June; during the orientation, expected Reece or the Carl (new manger) to say "hello" but didn't even see them...Someone at higher management should greet and personally thank customers for their business; Simple business ethics.

We recently purchased a new truck. It cost considerably more than the TA we are buying. The only person we ever saw was the salesman. We had no expectations otherwise.

 

[gbaglo]

Took delivery on our 21' in June; during the orientation, expected Reece or the Carl (new manger) to say "hello" but didn't even see them...Someone at higher management should greet and personally thank customers for their business; Simple business ethics.

It's a courtesy to spell people's names correctly. It's Reace and it's Karl.

 

[Farther]

When I was growing up I loved eating my Grandmother’s...

What, no Lutefisk? A story my Norwegian mother would tell me is that it was a common practice to keep the Lutefisk in large crocks outside the house (presumably because of the smell) at the front curb to cure and the very best Lutefisk was from the crocks that had been flavored by the local dogs.

 

[steve dunham]

What, no Lutefisk? A story my Norwegian mother would tell me is that it was a common practice to keep the Lutefisk in large crocks outside the house (presumably because of the smell) at the front curb to cure and the very best Lutefisk was from the crocks that had been flavored by the local dogs.

My Grandparents were German / Austrian , lutefisk is Scandinavian
I do like lefse but that’s a different topic

 

[cpaharley2008]

Steve,
I plan on bring plenty of scrapple to Mississippi Rally in September, cool nights and hot scrapple in mornings with coffee, means you have arrived...and bacon, the scrapple needs bacon grease for cooking.

 

[cpaharley2008]

Speaking of bacon....
I had a grandmother who routinely cooked bacon in the mornings and then would dip her bread in the grease and eat it like toast. she lived to be 94....

 

[Ron in BC]

Coddling is something I never took much stock in. My orientation was handled professionally by an employee and my questions were answered . The manager coming out to greet you at the time of sale ? I could care less unless there was a serious issue with the employee or the product. Reace is the production manager, I assume he is busy building trailers. If there are QC issues fine, but how is not being greeted a business ethics issue? I just don’t get it.

I agree. The expectations some folks have continues to surprise me.

Ron

 

[emers382]

It's a courtesy to spell people's names correctly. It's Reace and it's Karl.

And Carl is not the new manger, Karl is the new manager

on edit: I do believe this thread has more than run its course. Perhaps a moderator should close it.

 

[gbaglo]

And Carl is not the new manger, Karl is the new manager

on edit: I do believe this thread has more than run its course. Perhaps a moderator should close it.

In my experience, the thread will pop up again under a new title within a few days.

 

[steve dunham]

Speaking of bacon....
I had a grandmother who routinely cooked bacon in the mornings and then would dip her bread in the grease and eat it like toast. she lived to be 94....

My father use to tell the story about during the depression kids would eat bread fried in bacon fat for breakfast so that when they got to school they smelled like bacon and the other kids would think they were not poor and their family could afford bacon
We used to eat bologna sandwiches and potatoes fried in bacon fat .
My Grandmother use to render lard every Fall , makes the best pie crust .
I am amazed to this day how women during the depression and WW2 could make good tasty unhealthy meals for the whole family out of practically nothing and still live to be in their 90’s .

 

[Oldtimer-ESC]

My father use to tell the story about during the depression kids would eat bread fried in bacon fat for breakfast so that when they got to school they smelled like bacon and the other kids would think they were not poor and their family could afford bacon
We used to eat bologna sandwiches and potatoes fried in bacon fat .
My Grandmother use to render lard every Fall , makes the best pie crust .

Now youve done it. I’m off the deli shop to get thick slices of bologna so I can have fried samwhiches mmmmmmmmmmmm ( doc gonna chew me out for indulging )

 

[Allan Bornestig]

Farther.
Don't get me started on Lutefisk.Growing up in Sweden in the 40s and 50s we ate that stuff most of the winter.Will never touch it again.

 

[Telescopist]

And Carl is not the new manger, Karl is the new manager

on edit: I do believe this thread has more than run its course. Perhaps a moderator should close it.

Unsubscribe to the thread. Go to 'Thread Tools"

 

[Ian and Sue]

And Carl is not the new manger, Karl is the new manager

on edit: I do believe this thread has more than run its course. Perhaps a moderator should close it.

Not only is the horse being beaten dead but I think the beating is turning it into scrapple!

 

[Ron in BC]

on edit: I do believe this thread has more than run its course. Perhaps a moderator should close it.

Ah, come on, I'm learning all sorts of interesting food stuff.

My father use to tell the story about during the depression kids would eat bread fried in bacon fat for breakfast so that when they got to school they smelled like bacon a.

Ah, where did the bacon fat come from? I used to do that well into my 20's until I started to eat a little healthier. Well, maybe not entirely, gotta go upstairs and fry up some hash browns for lunch.

Ron