- (When having Scotch pancakes on a Sunday evening) - "Save that, I'll have it for my breakfast in the morning"
- The classic: "I always like to give the chef a wee peck" and then chasing mum around the table
- (When having pre-lunch drinks to mum) - "The potatoes aren't boiling over are they", to which she exasperatedly replies "I don't know, why don't you go and check"
- Not a quote, but a memory - when carving how he would use the carving fork to feed himself large, dripping slices of fatty meat. Same for the mash potato, where a tea spoon was needed to "test" the spuds
- When asking for what he wanted for Christmas, it was always the chocolate mouse
The funny sayings, mannerisms and other idiosyncracies of our dear old Dad, Kerr Kirkwood (1927-2007).
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
A couple more food related ones...
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Oh i love these - keep em coming! particularly enjoyed the memory of the potatoes boiling over exchange that happened, well, most days i suppose! all those potatoes they must have eaten! we don't have them that much here!
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