Mystery Food ???

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

I've never learned how to make grits so they won't taste like the box they came in.

When they are close to done, add a raw egg (stir vigorously). When the egg is mixed in and pretty much cooked, throw in a little bit of butter and a good bit of sharp cheddar cheese (shredded is best) and season with Old Bay and pepper. Add some Tabasco to give it a good kick.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by dar512

Are we talking food here or dirty clothes.

Hamper must be a Brit-ism. A hamper here almost invariably refers to a receptacle for dirty clothes.

Things you never knew you never knew!

A hamper here still technically refers to the receptacle (traditionbally a wicker box with a carrying handle.) But although people tend to specify Picnic Hamper or Christmas Hamper, I think it is generally accepted that the word refers to a container full of food, rather than dirty clothes.

[hideouse]

Joe Dolce, american, early eighties:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.ha...csd/dolce.html

SHADDUP YOU FACE - 21/02/1981
3 weeks at #1 - 10 weeks on chart

'Allo, I'm-a Giuseppe, I got-a something special-a for you, ready
Uno, duo, tre, quatro
When I was a boy, just about the eighth-a grade
Mama used to say don't stay out-a late
With the bad-a boys, always shoot-a pool
Giuseppe going to flunk-a school

Boy, it make-a me sick, all the t'ing I gotta do
I can't-a get-a no kicks, always got to follow rules
Boy, it make-a me sick, just to make-a lousy bucks
Got to feel-a like a fool and-a mama used to say all-a time

What's-a matter you Hey! Gotta no respect
What-a you t'ink you do? Why you look-a so sad
It's-a not so bad, it's-a nice-a place
Ah, shaddap-a you face

That's-a my mama, I can remember
Big accordion solo
Ah! Play dat again, Really nice, really nice

Soon-a come-a day, gonna be a big-a star
Den I make-a TV shows and-a movies
Get-a myself a new car, but still I be myself
I don't want-a to change a t'ing, still a-dance and a-sing
I t'ink about-a mama, she used to say

What's-a matter you Hey! Gotta no respect
What-a you t'ink you do Why you look-a so sad
It's-a not so bad, it's-a nice-a place
Ah, shaddap-a you face

Mama, she said it all-a da time
What's-a matter you Hey Gotta no respect
What-a you t'ink you do Why you look-a so sad
It's-a not so bad, it's-a nice-a place
Ah, shaddap-a you face
That s-a my mama

Hello, everybody!
'At's out-a dere in-a radio and-a TV land
Did you know I had a big-a hit-a song in-a Italy with-a disc
Shaddap-a you face
I sing-a dis-a song, all-a my fans applaud
Dey clap-a da hands, dat-a make me feel-a so good
You ought to learn-a dis-a song, it's-a real-a simple
See, I sing: what's-a matter you You sing Hey
Den I sing-a da rest and den at de end, we can all-a sing:
Ah, Shaddap-a you face! O.k., let's-a try it, really big

Uno, duo, tre, quatro
What's-a matter you Hey Gotta no respect Hey
What-a you t'ink you Hey do Why you look-a so sad Hey
It's-a not so bad Hey it's-a nice-a place
Ah, shaddap-a you face
OK one more-a time for mama
What's-a matter you Hey Gotta no respect Hey
What-a you t'ink you Hey do Why you look-a so sad Hey
It's-a not so bad Hey it's-a nice-a place
Ah, shaddap-a you face

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Thanks, Beestie; will take for action.

N.B. for our friends elsewhere: Old Bay Seasoning has nothing to do with bay leaves. It's a spiced, red-peppered salt used for seasoning blue crabs (Callinectes spp.). Good on popcorn too.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

. . . I think it is generally accepted that the word refers to a container full of food, rather than dirty clothes.

The connection seems to be that both were at least formerly made of wickerwork. My parents owned one such -- shaped like a tall kitchen wastebasket.