Comments on: Cottage (Garden) Industry? http://melissawiley.com/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/ Children's Book Author Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:44:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: MomToCherubs http://melissawiley.com/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6047 MomToCherubs Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:39:48 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6047 It would indeed make for a good story -- but YUCK !! (the "menu" ideas). My feelings aside, however, my boys have been discussing the "options" ever since. The majority of this talk was taking place over LUNCH today, much to the dismay of their sisters (and Mom). There is talk of a Resturant ... and then franchise opportunities, making them a chain ! Hummm ... God Bless. MomToCherubs http://www.becksbounty.blogspot.com It would indeed make for a good story — but YUCK !! (the “menu” ideas). My feelings aside, however, my boys have been discussing the “options” ever since. The majority of this talk was taking place over LUNCH today, much to the dismay of their sisters (and Mom). There is talk of a Resturant … and then franchise opportunities, making them a chain ! Hummm …

God Bless.
MomToCherubs
http://www.becksbounty.blogspot.com

]]> By: patience http://melissawiley.com/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6046 patience Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:12:38 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6046 Oh no, poor frogs!! You almost had me in tears by the end! If I was writing that book, I'd have the farmer and his wife alright, pleasant enough people, but my main character would be the little children next door who tried to rescue all the frogs! Or else it would be the frogs themselves, a froggy version of Chicken Run ... :-) Oh no, poor frogs!! You almost had me in tears by the end! If I was writing that book, I’d have the farmer and his wife alright, pleasant enough people, but my main character would be the little children next door who tried to rescue all the frogs! Or else it would be the frogs themselves, a froggy version of Chicken Run …
:-)

]]> By: sarah in va http://melissawiley.com/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6045 sarah in va Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:07:01 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6045 This is so funny. I had no idea frog legs were such a delicacy. I was reading today how a large gentleman was asked to pay extra at a large buffet-style restaurant because he repeatedly ate so much of their most expensive items-crab and FROG LEGS!! I nice, big, fat toad will keep my girls busy for an entire afternoon. I think the toads hightail it to the pond after that! This is so funny. I had no idea frog legs were such a delicacy. I was reading today how a large gentleman was asked to pay extra at a large buffet-style restaurant because he repeatedly ate so much of their most expensive items-crab and FROG LEGS!!

I nice, big, fat toad will keep my girls busy for an entire afternoon. I think the toads hightail it to the pond after that!

]]> By: Alli ~Mrs. Fussypants http://melissawiley.com/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6044 Alli ~Mrs. Fussypants Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:54:32 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6044 Yikes! Frog legs! I was thinking, "Oh, people will buy them as pets. How very cute!" "They are then put into small pens awaiting the dresser who grabs them by their rear legs and pierces the head with a nail by a downward stroke of the hand. The entrails are removed and the frog is ready for shipment in barrels of cracked ice." Eeeek! I do love frogs. I've lived all over & never had frogs in my kitchen like Jeanne! ;) Poor little froggies. Yikes! Frog legs! I was thinking, “Oh, people will buy them as pets. How very cute!”

“They are then put into small pens awaiting the dresser who grabs them by their rear legs and pierces the head with a nail by a downward stroke of the hand. The entrails are removed and the frog is ready for shipment in barrels of cracked ice.”

Eeeek!

I do love frogs. I’ve lived all over & never had frogs in my kitchen like Jeanne! ;)
Poor little froggies.

]]> By: Jeanne http://melissawiley.com/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6043 Jeanne Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:33:59 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6043 One of our "differences in where you live" observations when we moved to Mississippi was FROGS. When we opened the back door, we had to close it fast, or we would have thirty frogs inside in a matter of a minute or two. More than once, I had Kafka-esque dreams: frogs in my kitchen. We're back to Virginia, where the plagues come as proper locusts. One of our “differences in where you live” observations when we moved to Mississippi was FROGS. When we opened the back door, we had to close it fast, or we would have thirty frogs inside in a matter of a minute or two. More than once, I had Kafka-esque dreams: frogs in my kitchen.

We’re back to Virginia, where the plagues come as proper locusts.

]]> By: Anne Marie http://melissawiley.com/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6042 Anne Marie Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:55:37 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6042 Lissa, check this out: http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/55334/rolling-in-cash Lissa, check this out:

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]]> By: eden http://melissawiley.com/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6041 eden Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:22:38 +0000 http://72.29.64.190/~mwiley/blog/2008/01/03/cottage-garden-industry/#comment-6041 This reminds me of the movie 'Triplets of Belleville' - the triplets (when they are old ladies) subsist entirely on frogs - frog legs, frog soup, popped tadpoles, frog popsicles. Of course, they 'harvested' the frogs by throwing dynamite in a swamp... This reminds me of the movie ‘Triplets of Belleville’ - the triplets (when they are old ladies) subsist entirely on frogs - frog legs, frog soup, popped tadpoles, frog popsicles. Of course, they ‘harvested’ the frogs by throwing dynamite in a swamp…

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