The Wednesday Medley...

A shout out of thanks to Katsumi for this week's Medley!!  You can click HERE to join in with all the other Meddlers!!

1. It's National Fig Week! We sing about figgy pudding in the carol We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

♫ ♪ Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding ♫
♪ Now bring us some figgy pudding
♫ And bring it right now ♫ ♪

Ever eaten figgy pudding? Or its close relative, plum pudding? How about cooking or baking with figs? Or plums?   I have never had figgy or plum pudding and I have never cooked or baked with either.  Joe's mom used to use figs now and then in her cooking. They had a fig 'tree/bush' in their yard.  I do like Fig Newtons.

2. It is also Intimate Apparel Week.  

Lace push-up balconette underwire bra and matching thong? Or the comfort of practical and machine washable 97% cotton with 3% Lycra?  I am an old grandma who goes for practical comfort and machine washable cotton undies.

Alternate question for male lurkers: Boxers or briefs?

3. And it is National Animal Shelter Awareness Week. Have you adopted an AniPal®?  We have never gone to a shelter to adopt a pet but all of our cats were rescued from the streets.

4. National Nachos Day. Credited to Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya who combined corn tortilla chips with melted cheese and sliced jalapeño peppers.  I really like nachos with jalapeno peppers!

Any recipes you've invented? Or tried-and-true dishes that you can make by heart?  When I make soups, I just wing it so I guess you can call that an invented recipe.  There are a few things I can make 'by heart' because I make them all the time.

5. Happy Birthday, Opal Kunz! (1894 – 1967.) Opal was an aviatrix at a time when women were discouraged from flying. In 1929, Opal raced in a transcontinental "powder puff derby" in a borrowed airplane. Her beloved 300-horsepower Beech Travel Air was ineligible as it was too fast and powerful; therefore, "inappropriate for a woman."

It seems we have all had such moments in our lives when we are held back because we are women. What's one of yours?  I mentioned this before.  When I was in high school I wanted to take drafting.  They wouldn't let me take drafting. I had to take home-ec instead.  I might have become an architect had I been able to explore drafting.

6. Please share with us something interesting about your week.  Yesterday, I had my usual 6-month visit with my cardiologist, who is also Joe's cardiologist.  I had my EKG and all my vitals by the nurse assistant.  When the doc came in he pronounced all looked fine with my heart, then asked me about Joe, then asked me about my knee and had to see it.  I showed him my Xray (on my phone) and he had me stand up so he could look... We have known him for years and years so it was all good.  He already gave me clearance for my surgery in January.

Thanks for your visit today!  Peace & hugs!  God bless!!