to go with our bread and butter
Gina and I have proven it to be true: there's not a thing on earth that you can't come up with a LH association for. Some things are just easier than others, and a person has to be mighty quick to come up with something faster than Gina, who is the master. But there I was, having a solo LH moment at Harthorn's this week. Okay, it was really Wal-mart, but you get the idea.

Right there on the shelf were little flat tins of smoked herring. And suddenly I hear Pa say: "I've brought us a treat! Smoked herring, to go with our bread and butter!" (Little Town on the Prairie, Chapter 8, "Fourth of July")

I didn't buy any. But what a great idea it would be to give people canned herring and firecrackers on July 4, with a little note attached: "To go with your bread and butter." And suddenly I'm trying to figure out the legal way to mail food and firecrackers across country, and wishing the event this July in De Smet was a few weeks earlier, because wouldn't that make a great gift for friends who'll be there and sure to get the connection immediately?

I guess I'll just have to give everyone some turnip seed...
- posted by pioneergirl at 12:32 AM