Comments on: A Happy New Years

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I don't know if I've had a Runza or not– I had a meat pastry at an ethnic grocer near Houston that was mighty tasty . . .

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You've only NOW had a Runza?!

By: Dan tdaxp

Dan tdaxp — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Add the Texas Tech win, and you have two Big 12 wins on New Years Day, bringing our conference to 4-2 (with Missouri and Oklahoma still to come)

Too bad with the Southwestern Conference dissolved, Arkansas wasn't up to joining the Big 12 and went into the SEC junior-leagues instead... :-p

By: Stephen Pampinella

Stephen Pampinella — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

See, I knew Al Gore was good for something!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You should have slept in, like I did! The joys of not being a sports fan. . .:)

BTW, my New Years Eve party consisted of sitting around watching CRANK and a leaked preliminary copy of SHOOT 'EM UP. Both good movies, though not necessarily for kids.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Nothing makes waking up at 9:30 am on New Year's Day worse than watching a game like that…. and we loyal fans sat through the entire thing.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Runza (commercial name) is meat, cabbage, onion, etc. cooked and then baked in a dough wrapper (think Hot Pockets only edible). It is basically a larger, self-contained kolache (Czech 'danish').

Czechs in TX reportedly produce meat kolaches along with traditional fillings such as apricot and poppy seed. In czech-populated NE meat in a kolache is like asking the Huskers to develop a passing game; something looked upon as untoward if not unholy (sofa is going to be cold tonight).

By: Dan tdaxp

Dan tdaxp — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Having visited Texas twice, I still can't believe I haven't had a meat kolache either — I've only eaten it with an apricot or prune center…

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I was lucky; I passed by a small, locally-owned convenience store on the way to Austin just as both of us were getting hungry. If I'm ever crazy enough to return to that part of Texas, that place is high on my list of places to visit.

By: Dan tdaxp

Dan tdaxp — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Among the foods I want to eat:

a) white castle mini-hamburgers
b) meat-filled kolaches
c) sweet and sour dog