[speaker001:] good morning my name is Jean
[speaker002:] hi 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 you're the farthest person I've ever talked to yeah
[speaker001:] really do you work for Texas Instruments
[speaker002:] my husband does yeah probably most people you talk to do huh
[speaker001:] uh-huh huh most of them do now I don't have anybody that works for TI but uh
[speaker002:] huh
[speaker001:] my son works for a computer company the National Institute of some something I don't know what
[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 okay yeah
[speaker001:] yes uh-huh you ready okay  uh foods like you would plan for a a dinner party or something like that yeah
[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
[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
[speaker002:] oh really
[speaker001:] 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:] um um-hum
[speaker002:] and up there of course they ate a lot of sea food and that kind of thing and down here sea food is pretty expensive because you have to ship it a long way to get it
[speaker001:] oh uh-huh right yeah and it's not as good as if it's fresh it
[speaker002:] right and and uh and but here we eat a lot of like Mexican foods and um up there there was no no place that we went tasted like real Mexican food to me
[speaker001:] uh-huh is that right yeah
[speaker002:] yeah it tasted like they were trying to do the best they could but it just didn't taste right
[speaker001:] well they probably were trying to do the best they could yeah
[speaker002:] yeah and uh down here we eat a lot more fried foods I think like chicken fried steak is a real big thing and up there uh it was hardly ever heard of and
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] we drink ice tea with every meal and
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] up there hardly anyone drank ice tea
[speaker001:] yeah well they do in the summertime I think that tea big in the summertime mostly of course you have warmer weather most of the time
[speaker002:] really yeah right yeah it never gets real cold so
[speaker001:] so uh 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 and a lot of the times when we get together well everybody will bring a Mexican dish or and Italian food is real big too
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh more like covered dishes for those type of dinners
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah yeah how about you what is real popular up there
[speaker001:] well I don't know just about anything
[speaker002:] oh really
[speaker001:] yeah we we really uh use most anything I uh I think are like parties and that though are well like we had a dinner party here here not too long ago with a mystery dinner party but basically we tried you know included all the basic uh foods that you are supposed to have in a meal here
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh
[speaker001:] your uh bread family and your or least what it used to be the regular menu followed and ham and bake potatoes and uh
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-hum
[speaker001:] uh something from each each area that you're supposed to choose from
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and uh we we we ourselves are into the wok cooking you know they been advertising that and we've really been enjoying those uh meals
[speaker002:] um-hum well that's good
[speaker001:] they have a lot of vegetable to them and uh they really are very good
[speaker002:] um-hum right 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
[speaker001:] is he a meat and potato person well all our family is is gone they are out on their own and uh
[speaker002:] right they uh-huh 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 and of course
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh well my husband didn't like that so we as kids we had five children and we ate that when he he wasn't going to be home for supper that's what we had
[speaker002:] uh right yeah well that's pretty much what we do if dad's not coming home we have macaroni and cheese or something
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] but they like uh spaghetti you know that's one meal I can fix and the whole family eats but there are several things that well as a matter of fact I keep chicken nuggets handy all the time because
[speaker001:] uh yeah yeah yeah oh those always go good
[speaker002:] yeah the children love them and uh they are real easy to cook and that way whatever meat we have if they don't like it well and my girls don't like beef I don't know
[speaker001:] yeah yeah oh really well maybe that's good the way way the things are going
[speaker002:] I guess well yeah it could be because they don't I think it's the texture of it but it takes more chewing and
[speaker001:] uh-huh right children usually they like the ham and the hamburgers and that and it is easier to chew
[speaker002:] uh-huh right right so they're not too much into beef and my husband and I eat more beef than we should but at least we keep our chicken nuggets handy for them
[speaker001:] uh-huh right 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 activities
[speaker002:] yeah well most of the entertaining we do is church associated we have a real tiny little house we don't have room really to have people here but we do get together for what fellowships at our church and
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] my husband and I do a lot of the planning in that and
[speaker001:] yeah 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:] um-hum yeah we do a lot of that type thing at church and our homemakers meet at the church also and uh that's what we do mostly most of the time for that
[speaker002:] yeah uh-huh yeah yeah
[speaker001:] so you don't really include any certain food groups you just bring what you like
[speaker002:] right that's right
[speaker001:] sometimes you have all desserts sometimes you have all vegetables
[speaker002:] yeah yeah that's truth that's the only problem with just letting you bring whatever you uh like best
[speaker001:] yeah but it doesn't happen very often usually you get a pretty wide variety and you can you can have a pretty good meals from one of those
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah yeah I remember one time we had a progressive dinner it's the only time that ever yeah they are
[speaker001:] oh those are fun uh-huh
[speaker002:] but the it's the only time that 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
[speaker001:] uh
[speaker002:] several people were supposed to bring you know each like uh a an appetizer and a main dish and a dessert and we had tons of desserts and tons of appetizers and
[speaker001:] uh uh-huh uh uh-huh oh
[speaker002:] but when we came to the main main dish plate there was only like two or three
[speaker001:] oh is there enough to go around
[speaker002:] well not really you know we all took real tiny little portions and uh were kind of angry with whoever it was we weren't sure who didn't show up with the food
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh they were suppose to keep uh yeah that's kind of irresponsible but that what upset you because they are grown adults usually and they know they know better even if they can't do it they can always need to get somebody else that could
[speaker002:] yes right right either either go ahead and fix your dish or call someone that can I know it
[speaker001:] right right
[speaker002:] well that sounds neat I can't uh believe you're so far away but you sound so close
[speaker001:] they said that we could share we share a recipe but I'm up at my daughter's I don't even have any of my recipes with me uh you know
[speaker002:] it sounds like you're here in Dallas oh I don't know if I have anything handy we were just about we were getting ready to go swimming and we're waiting on my sister
[speaker001:] oh oh great
[speaker002:] Cara hold on just a second as a matter of fact my little one is hollering
[speaker001:] they're ready to go well I we probably have we talked long enough I'm I
[speaker002:] yeah I I think it probably has been so I've enjoyed talking to you
[speaker001:] okay so I'll let you oh same here you have a good day
[speaker002:] thank you thanks for calling bye-bye
[speaker001:] uh-huh bye-bye