[speaker001:] Good morning.
[speaker002:] Hi.
[speaker001:] My name is Jean.
[speaker002:] I'm Tina.
[speaker001:] Oh, where you from Tina?
[speaker002:] I live in Garland, Texas.
[speaker001:] Oh, Garland, Texas, I'm in Pennsylvania.
[speaker002:] Oh, my lands, [LAUGHTER] you're the farthest person I've ever talked to.
[speaker001:] Really? [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Do you work for Texas Instruments?
[speaker002:] My husband does.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Yeah. Probably most people you talk to do, huh?
[speaker001:] Most of them do. [LAUGHTER] Now, I don't have anybody that works for T I, but, uh
[speaker002:] Huh.
[speaker001:] my son works for a computer company, the National Institute of s-, s-, something, I don't know what [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I see, well that's neat.
[speaker001:] So, I guess we're supposed to talk about foods today.
[speaker002:] Yeah, I guess you have to push one, though.
[speaker001:] Yes, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Okay.
[speaker001:] You ready?
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Okay. Uh, foods like you would for a dinner party or something like that.
[speaker002:] Yeah, I guess so, it may be interesting, because probably here in Texas, we may eat a little differently than you do up there [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Well, I don't know, my brother lives down East of us down there, and I don't think they ate all that much different [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Oh, really.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Uh, I think as long as you plan your basic foods, course, for a dinner party, you fancy things up a little bit more.
[speaker002:] Yeah, that's true.
[speaker001:] Uh.
[speaker002:] Well, uh, the thing that I found interesting, my husband and I lived up in Washington State for awhile
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and up there, of course they ate a lot of sea food,
[speaker001:] Oh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and that kind of thing, and down here, sea food is pretty expensive, because,
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] you have to ship it a long way to get it [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah, and it's not as good as if it's fresh.
[speaker002:] Right, and, and, uh, and, but here, we eat a lot of like Mexican foods,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and, um, [lipsmack] up there there was no, no place that we went tasted like real Mexican food to me.
[speaker001:] Is that right?
[speaker002:] Yeah, it tasted like they were trying [NOISE] to do the best they could, but it just,
[speaker001:] Yeah,
[speaker002:] didn't taste right.
[speaker001:] well, they probably were trying to do the best they could.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] and, uh, down here, we eat a lot more fried foods, I think.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Like chicken fried steak,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] is a real big thing.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Up there, uh, it was hardly ever heard of and,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] we drink ice tea with every meal,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and up there hardly anyone drank ice tea [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah, well they do in the summertime, I think that
[speaker002:] Really?
[speaker001:] tea is big in the summertime mostly.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Of course, you have warmer weather most of the time.
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] So, uh,
[speaker002:] Yeah, it never gets real cold.
[speaker001:] Yeah. So, I,
[speaker002:] Yeah, but when, when we have a dinner party around here, I think a lot of the time a Mexican menu is something real popular.
[speaker001:] Is that right?
[speaker002:] Yeah. I know that, um, I do a lot of planning with our church,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and a lot of the times when we get together, well everybody will bring a Mexican dish or.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh
[speaker002:] And Italian food is real big too.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh. More like covered dishes for those type of dinners.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah.
[speaker001:] .
[speaker002:] How about you, what is real popular up there?
[speaker001:] Well, I don't know, just about anything [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Oh, really.
[speaker001:] Yeah, we, we really, uh, use most anything. I, uh, I think like parties and that though are, well, like we had a dinner party here, here not too long ago with a mystery dinner party [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] But, basically, we tried, you know, included all the basic, uh, foods that you are supposed to have in a meal.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Your, uh, bread family and your, or least what it used to be the regular menu was followed and,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] ham and bake potatoes, uh,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] uh, something from each, each area that you're supposed to choose from.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And, uh, we, we, we ourselves are into the wok cooking, you know they been advertising that and,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] we've really been enjoying those, uh, meals.
[speaker002:] Well, that's good.
[speaker001:] They have a lot of vegetable to them, and, uh,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, right.
[speaker001:] they really are very good.
[speaker002:] Oh, yes. I, I love that kind of cooking. My, uh, unfortunately, I am married to a man and have two children that eat about four things [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Is he a meat and potato person?
[speaker002:] Right. [LAUGHTER] They.
[speaker001:] Well, all our family is, is gone. They are out on their own.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And, uh.
[speaker002:] That probably makes it easier, but.
[speaker001:] It, it's much different and, uh.
[speaker002:] Yeah. We find ourselves eating a lot of macaroni and cheese and, uh,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] and of course,
[speaker001:] Well, my husband didn't like that, so we, us kids, we had five children and we ate that when he, he wasn't going to be home for supper,
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] that's what we had [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yeah, well, that's pretty much what we do, if dad's not coming home, we have macaroni and cheese,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] or something. But, they like, uh, spaghetti.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] You know, that's one meal,
[speaker001:] Uh, yeah.
[speaker002:] I can fix and the whole family eats. But, uh, there are several things that, well as a matter of fact, I keep chicken nuggets handy all the time, because.
[speaker001:] Oh, those always go good.
[speaker002:] Yeah, the children love them,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] and, uh, they are real easy to cook and,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] that way, whatever meat we have, if they don't like it, well, and my girls don't like beef, I,
[speaker001:] Oh really.
[speaker002:] don't know,
[speaker001:] Well maybe.
[speaker002:] I guess,
[speaker001:] that's good the way, way the things are going.
[speaker002:] Well, yeah, it could be, bec-, they don't, I think it's the texture of it,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] but it takes more chewing [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Right. [LAUGHTER] Children usually they like the ham and the hamburgers,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and that, and it is easier to chew.
[speaker002:] Right. Right. So they're not too much into beef.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] My husband and I eat more beef than we should, but at least we keep our chicken nuggets handy for them [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Right. [LAUGHTER] We don't really have, uh, you know, entertain too much.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] I don't know if you do or not, but we, we don't a whole lot, we're more, once in a while, but mostly family,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] activities.
[speaker002:] Well, most of the entertaining we do is church associated.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] We have a real tiny little house, we don't have room really,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] to have people here.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But, we do get together for wh-, fellowships at our church,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and, my husband and I do a lot of the planning in that.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] And,
[speaker001:] Well that's good.
[speaker002:] Yeah, it is and it's fun to, uh, I like just having a pot luck meal where everyone brings their favorite dish.
[speaker001:] Yeah, we do a lot of that take,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] things to church and our homemakers meet at the church also, and, uh,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] that's what we do mostly,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] most of the time for that.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] So, you don't really include any certain food groups, you just bring,
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] what you like [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] That's right [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Sometimes you have all desserts, sometimes,
[speaker002:] Yeah [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] you have all vegetables [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yeah, that's true, [LAUGHTER] that's the only problem with just letting you bring whatever,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] you, uh, like best.
[speaker001:] But, it doesn't happen very often, usually you get a pretty wide variety and you can, you can,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] have pretty good meals,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] from one of those.
[speaker002:] Yeah. I remember one time we had a progressive dinner.
[speaker001:] Oh, those are fun.
[speaker002:] It's the only time that ever. Yeah they are.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But it's the only time tha-, I can remember that, I can't remember what food it was I, it might have been the main dish that hardly anyone showed up with. Several people were supposed to bring,
[speaker001:] Uh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] you know, each, like, uh, a, an appetizer,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and a main dish and a dessert. And we had tons of desserts and tons of appetizers and,
[speaker001:] Oh, uh-huh ,
[speaker002:] but when we came to the main, main dish plate,
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] there was only like two or three [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Was there enough to go around? [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Well, not really, you know we all took real tiny little portions,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and, uh, were kind of angry with whoever it was, we were not sure who didn't show up with the food [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah, that's kind of irresponsible and does upset you, because they are grown adults usually [LAUGHTER],
[speaker002:] Yes.
[speaker001:] and you know they know better.
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] Even if they can't do it, they can always maybe get somebody else to cook.
[speaker002:] Right. Either, either go ahead and fix your dish or call someone that can.
[speaker001:] Right. Right.
[speaker002:] I know it. Well, that sounds neat, I can't, uh, believe you're so far away, but you sound so close.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] They said that we could share, we share,
[speaker002:] It sounds like you're here in Dallas.
[speaker001:] a recipe but, I'm up at my daughter's, I don't even have any of my recipes with me.
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] Uh, you know,
[speaker002:] I don't know if I have anything handy, we were just about, we were getting ready to go swimming,
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] and we're waiting on my sister.
[speaker001:] Oh, great.
[speaker002:] Cara, hold on just a second [to another person in the room] As a matter of fact, my,
[speaker001:] They are ready to go.
[speaker002:] little one is hollering [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Well, we probably, have we talked long enough I,
[speaker002:] I think it probably has been.
[speaker001:] Okay, so I'll let,
[speaker002:] So, I've enjoyed talking to you.
[speaker001:] Oh, same here. You have a good day.
[speaker002:] Thank you. Thanks for calling.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Bye-bye.
[speaker001:] Bye-bye.