TRUFFLES

"TRUFFLES"

((I'd heard of "truffles" somewhere along the

way...and I guess, paying little attention to 

their mention, I thought "Well, I've never hunted

them...mostly it's been bob whites and blues and

once't some Gambel's and prairie chickens....

and of course---pheasants!"

"Guess they are like grouse, ptarmigans, and other

Alaska birds..."truffles..." Hmm, I'll look into it!))

                       TRUFFLES

I'm a simple boy from the cotton country

of that Great Place! West Texas!

They can cook down there and know how

to cure unbelievably-good bacon and sausage.

Their "main sauce," you French, is BUTTER---

except some old-timers like sage on their corn

bread dressing at Thanksgiving.

We left there when I was four and moved to NM,

just ten miles from Texas. Clovis---a fine town!

The first really big joys in life that I remember, were 

the five cent candy bars, mostly made of 

chocolate:

Hersheys, Snickers, Baby Ruths,  O Henrys,

Milky Ways, Black Cow suckers, Bit O' Honeys,

Best Pals, Mounds, Almond Joys, and 

Walnettos!

Somewhere, much later on, there came the

chocolate candies which came in boxes like 

Whitman's and collections too numerous and

expensive to name...

Chocolate covered cherries were unusual

and one always wondered how they put those

things together so nicely....but they were messy

when bitten-into!

Now one day, a dear friend of me and BE, sent

us each a fancy little box with a two-word

French name...and it had "truffles" written on

it. There were two big ones in the box.

Ah, truffles are candy!

They were almost as big as golf balls, I thought.

You bit into one and ate and ate the creamy

chocolate filling (and it didn't "run") which was

"decadent," as they love to say it! I mean---these

were  big---compared to some I ate later---which

were much smaller.

BE and I finally found out where to buy these big

ones, but the gift-lady did not remember the

name of the truffles!

We will head out to Model Pharmacy, almost to

downtown, and see about a BIG BOX FULL...and

they may run $2.00 each, per truffle---who knows?

No prob---we are not going to Branson and 

spending the big bucks.

Also, Model is known far and wide to the-lunch-

crowd for its great sandwiches!

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BY MIL

9/17/16

AND THE REST OF THE STORY.....12/26/16

Sit down, my dear reader for this one!  Christmas gift 

opening occurred at our house two days ago.  But 

before that...

My son was here and had to make a long run downtown,

was passing the Model Pharmacy, and had heard of my

desire for some REAL, GENUINE truffles!

He stopped, went in, and bought me a DOZEN!  They are

made by Le Grand.  The lady at the counter will load you

a box of two, four, or six.  A very attractive real chocolatier

box!

Yes, two boxes he gave me!  Hand packed.  Choice of 

truffles from counter:  $3.50 each.

Mil