Thongs. Photograph by Gary Lum.
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Thongs

Thongs

It’s finally warm enough to wear thongs, shorts, and a T-shirt around. Hallelujah! Thongs for your feet to be clear and not for what you might be thinking.

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A gift from across the Big Pond

The highlight of the week was receiving a gift in the mail from a couple of American friends. I refer to the gifts and how I’m using them in Yummy Lummy. Check out last night’s post for how I combined three items/concepts into my dinner of Old Bay Crab Cakes, Crispy chicken skin, Poached eggs, and Zesty Chick-fil-A salad.

Crab cake or crab rissole?

One thing that came to mind after I hit publish last night was that a crab cake is just a rissole, a crab rissole. Mum used to make the best salmon rissoles for tea.

Do you remember the movie, “The Castle” and the mention of a rissole? I heard the US version where the word rissole was replaced with meatloaf.
I’m not sure changing words for other English speaking audiences is really worth it. It’s like Paul Hogan’s “Shrimp on the barbie” for a US audience. Would it have really failed if he had said, “Prawn on the barbie“?

Separated by a common language

I mean, we (in Australia) seem to be able to appreciate English, Canadian, and American idioms in Australia, surely it can’t be that difficult for Americans, Canadians, and the British to understand what we’re saying.

I mean a pair of thongs is a pair of thongs and I would hope the context in which I use the term will make it clear I’m referring to footwear and not bum cheek floss with scrotum and penis support up front.

Dress thongs

If I say I’m wearing thongs, shorts, and a T-shirt, it should be pretty obvious I’m leaving the flat with a some pressed rubber and plugged straps on my feet. That said, I am currently wearing some fancy lime green thongs at the moment rather than the cheapo version I usually wear. These are my dress or formal thongs.

I wear these when I’m wearing a pair of shorts that require a belt.

Thongs. Photograph by Gary Lum.

Photographs from this week

So this week I ate Old Bay seasoning on chicken wings, leftover beef short ribs, crab rissoles, and crispy chicken skin. I also ate a nice box of nachos from Urban Bean Espresso Bar too.

There aren’t too many non-food photographs this week.

This is a gallery of photographs. Click on one image and then scroll through the rest.

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I hope you had a good week.

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Final thoughts

  • Do you have friends from overseas who send you things to try?
  • Do you like cooking with different seasoning mixes?
  • Do you wear thongs?
  • Do you get happy when it’s warm enough to get out and about in thongs, shorts, and a T-shirt?

15 Replies to “Thongs”

  1. Sometimes when I buy stuff from small businesses from the States, they include some American candy along with what I bought 😁 That looks like a pair of well-supported thongs. The only thongs I have are the typical beach ones which I can’t wear for long – not much heal or arch support. Time to go shopping for a better pair but a part of me can’t be ars*d 😁

    1. Thanks, Mabel. I like having two types of thongs. I also have a pair at my parent’s place which I leave there for Summer wearing.
      I know as a kid, I used to wear thongs when riding my bike in the bush and you guessed it, the plugs sometimes came out and that’s why my toes and the surface of my feet are pretty well mangled and scarred. I know at the beginning of Summer it takes a few days to get used to wearing them and get over the pain the straps cause on the top of my feet.

      Now, I want some American candy. Mind you, I feel full after a nice big pork chop 😂

    2. Yes, the plugs of thongs come out! One time I was walking with thongs in the city, crossing the road on a 40’C day and the plug came out. Feet and toes hit the hot, hot ground. Went shopping right away 😃 So I know how you feel 😃😃

      I am wanting some 3 Musketeers candy right now. Been ages since I had some. USA Foods is always such a tempting place 😃

    3. My dress thongs are moulded and there are no plugs. I really like them.

    5. The tread is pretty good. I bought them from Kmart for I think about $12. Expensive for thongs, but not super pricey.

    2. Noooo, being a person who walks with diabetes, I tend to wear sandals if I have bare toes. Thongs are dangerous!

    3. You make a good point Kris. I need to design steel capped thongs for people living with diabetes mellitus.

    5. They’d have special gel padding so skin would be protected and not turn.

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