# Snow is a 4-letter word in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 14, 2020, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-is-a-4-letter-word-in-the-mmp/928011 "2020-12-14T10:49:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 72
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-is-a-4-letter-word-in-the-mmp/928011/72 "2020-12-16T01:48:57Z")
I walked to the store. It’s one I stopped going to early in the Plague because it’s too crowded, both with items and people. Also, it’s a longer walk, 1.3 instead of 1.0 miles. It was like returning to one of my old neighborhoods: “Oh, yeah,THAT’S where the cheese is!” and “Oh, I see they moved the cucumbers!” I forgot to check to see if they have pork neck bones. The closer grocery store doesn’t. I use them in spaghetti sauce. Mom’s family was dirt poor in sunny Italy, and that’s what they used, so that’s how I learned to make sauce. It’s wonderful. However, apparently it’s unfashionably ethnic (as opposed to, say, pho, which is fashionably ethnic), so it’s hard to come by. A Vietnamese friend can get it for me at a Vietnamese grocery store in Tacoma, but I doubt he’s going before Christmas. ☹ Oh, well, once upon a time, I couldn’t get ricotta because the Montana town I lived in had never heard of it. (“Rick-what now?”) I asked around. Nobody was Italian, so they all used–gag–cottage cheese or ground beef alone–in their lasagna. **Harald** , did you OPEN the mystery package? I’m curious as to what it is. **MetalMouse** , you win the pool! You don’t win A pool, but you win THE pool! Congrats on The Jean Dixon Award for Clairvoyance! > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **quietly** , I think that the student’s projects show that their teacher rocks too… 100% agree. You’re obviously the teachers all parents wish their kids had. Kudos! **Johnny** , I’m a swooning carnivore upon reading your posts. **Boo** and **Shoe** , people getting gifts later get to celebrate Chrismahanukwanzakah longer. **wordy** , I hope sitting tight avoids the need for surgery. My late former MIL had 1/4th of her color removed, whereupon my FIL said, “Now she’s got a semi-colon.” 🙂 Sorry about PWAISDN’s job. ☹ > [@swampbear](#): > > Not quite as active as **MOOOOOOM** NObody’s as active as Mooooooom. She has superpowers. Set your sights on us regular humans. **cookie** , a HUGE thank you. I also get ocular migraines. I had no idea internet usage had any connection. I shall be vigilant henceforth. P.S. We’ll miss you. Please check in, however briefly. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-is-a-4-letter-word-in-the-mmp/928011)._