Monday, December 20, 2010  Christamas Caroling, The Legend of
the Beer Wagon Revisited, and Random Weekend Eats  Saturday, I
was running errands all morning, Christmas shopping mostly, and
stopped by my parents' house. We'd talked about possibly going
to lunch, but after dealing with traffic and the number of
inconsiderate people at all the stores, I had no desire to go
out. I stopped by Taylor's and bought stuff to make burgers.  My
burger had garlic pickles, Provolone cheese, thick-cut bacon,
and grilled red onions. It was fantastic.  In my early 20s I
lived with a couple of my good friends from high school. The
grandmother of one of them is English, and she had given him a
can of spotted dick (a suet pudding popular in the UK). We kept
it in the pantry for two reasons: 1) it was always hilarious to
ask guests if they wanted some spotted dick, and 2) no matter
what, we would always have something to eat.  I had told
Elizabeth that story before but I think she thought I was
joking, just making up the name of