My mother became ill in August 2008 with ovarian cancer. This is a story of the final months of an exceptional woman.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Moustache?

Chef Paul Edmund reveals Slo-Cooked Piggy Recipe

Judy: T-Rex of Appetite

Lard: the best Emollient

Chef Paul Edmund is at his finest this morning. What a feast. PJ's Big Biscuits! Cackling golden eggs! A tiny piggy slow-cooked through the night! I'm like a stump grinder...a cloud of biscuit dust floats around my head as my fork flashes up and down through the air stabbing eggs and piggy bits. I even had to take a piggy-biscuit-egg sandwich with me for my quick "pause that refreshes". Hard to quench a hunger like mine these days. I am a T-Rex ... insatiable, prowling. Don't visit here with bon bons on board. You may have to run for cover once I scent you out.

Saw the doc yesterday and he said I am fluffing up nicely. Everything is adding up to indicate my cancer is having a major setback.

I will have 5 chemo treatments in total. The third one is scheduled for Wed, 22 October. I am more or less on schedule for a tratment every three weeks so I hope to have chemotherapy completed by Bodhi Day (8 Dec, mark your calender!)

My biological war has been filled with the unexpected. Unexpectedly good. Miz Flounce quite approves.

Basta! Enough writing. I will now whisk out my Maybelline compact mirror to relish my new moustache of bread crumbs and lard. That combined with the sight of my bald pate shining in the background is the stuff of dreams! One serious concern: Queen Janita, my daughter, has sent me a photo of herself implying my hands are in need of reconstitution. She recommends piggy fat as the emollient of choice. Given Paul Edmunds style of cooking I am in luck there.

Your Gracious Gourmand,
Judy (via jeff)

PS I found a "Sarah Palin Bonny Bouffant" at a fire sale. I ran that rug through boiling bleach and the color is now a perfect "sexy blond". This hairdooz has proven a glorious addition and festoons my head nearly constantly. Perhaps I should hit the campaign trail and stand side by side with Miss Alaska? What say you?
PPS I have reviewed all of the "comments" lo these several months. Some of you (mostly friends and relatives) are obviously repositories of a saucy, satisfying wisdom. You "others" induce heart palpitations and gas mor often than not.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Judy, Judy, Judy!

Your daughter knows. I was noticing your hands myself and thought "such a nice lookin' gal...how she's let her hands go!". Glad to hear that girl of yours has stepped up to the plate and set you straight.

We had a pig farm but the floods here in Indiana 2 or 3 years ago took care of that. Merle hordes everything so he rendered down a bunch of the dead ones and rented the old shut down Dairy Cream in town. We have vats of chilled old lard for you to use if you need it?

I find that adding a few drops of "Not Just a Pretty Face" perfume to the glop makes the somewhat, how can I say it, porcine stench into something tolerable.

You will not regret slathering this combo all over your body parts!!

Mildred

Anonymous said...

i think your hands are ok and you sure don't need pig fat stuck on them. mildred is kinda whacked. won't say anything bout yr girl

whats with the feet? they were so phat with the purple and all. now thay just look blah. do you have more of the "daddys girl" polish to splash all over your toenails?

good for you that you are doing so great. the hair is awesome

duncan

Anonymous said...

Judy,

I have grown to love you but today you are breathtaking.

Not enough time in the day. I have to chase down the kids, keep Foozball (our terrier) from plunging off the deck, stare at the dirty dishes, pick up Vidam's dirty underwear. You get the picture.

Now, with the image of you dining and relieving yourself simultaneously I am inspired to find new ways to multitask AND get time alone!!

You are the best...

Jill

Anonymous said...

looks like Paul has inhaled more than a few of those Big Biscuits of his?

Maurice

Anonymous said...

Most of these folks writing to you sound as if they have more than a few bolts rattling about in their heads?

I love the Buddhist link you gave to us. I was not familiar with the Eightpath Way. Great stuff!

Paul's approach to your diet might stand for a few improvements?

But that Marie Antoinette 'fro you were sporting on your lake deck was beyond awesome. You look just like the Belle of the Ball!

Tippy

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Born in rural Arkansas my tongue took up residence in my cheek shortly thereafter. I use it to speak "Genteel Southern Lady". Cussin' I only use when provoked by the Uppity. Paul, my husband, and I have lived in Cajun Country for many years raising cane, twins (a boy and a girl; now adults? definitely old) and other mischief. Alligators, water moccassins and bears have tussled with me as I protect our swampy coastal farmstead. We are stuck now on lovely Lake Hamilton near Hot Springs where we have our second home. We have been here waiting for Godot since my heart valves blew out Late November 2007 and now with cancer diagnosed August 2008. The Furies have me in their sights... I am writing this blog to let my Beloveds know how I am doing so they will not "get off" in imagined ways on my dire straits. The reality is bad enough without turning my story into a B-grade movie of the mind. I know all of you wish me the very best. And I miss you! never no mind your fevered imaginations. This is as close as I can get to a fond and loving chat with you right now... Sadly, Judy aka Mizflounce passed away peacefully early on Sunday morning May 30th 2009 age 78.