Lying in wait

As I sit here in my chair awaiting Patti's efforts to get a closing package together for me to travel to East Point, I was sitting and reading some of my blogs. I happened upon one of my blogs written while we were in St. George Island. Kate had mentioned that she drinks only the cheapest of beers when she drinks, unless someone else is buying. I would like to give Kate a little advice.

There have to be some things that you don't compromise on. I am the Baynham child who really likes the taste of beer. As such, I prefer to drink beers which have a distinctive taste. Beer is one of those things upon which I prefer not to compromise. Orange juice and peanut butter are two others.

As you know, child, I like fresh squeezed full pulp orange juice. I also like Jiff brand crunchy peanut butter. If I have orange juice or peanut butter, those are the varieties I prefer.

Of course, my taste in beer is more varied. But I ordinarily purchase beer at the high taste end of the grocery or liquor store shelf.

So I would suggest that you only buy and drink good beer. If you can't afford to buy good beer, I would suggest that you not buy beer at all.

Oddly, I am not that picky about barbecue, even though I recognize that some barbecue is better than others. Your mother says that there is no better barbecue than the barbecue that your father makes with his own two little hands. Personally, by the time I get to the end of the process, I usually could care less about barbecue. That is why it is a good thing to freeze the left overs and reheat later. That is another advantage to smoked meats.

Now ham is another matter and bad bourbon gives me a hangover. Once again, there are certain things with which we should not compromise. Kentucky ham and bacon. Tennessee pure pork sausage. Single splash bourbon from the heartland of bourbon country in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Keep these words in mind.

I wonder if this message to my child will go down in literary history like other great messages of sage advice to children.

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