Who likes GOETTA?

My day started so great that I couldn't end it without sharing some of it with all of you. Even if my desire to eat or appetite is gone, my life will always be molded by food. Jim and I went to my friend Kevin Foster's restaurant in Blue Ash for breakfast yesterday after radiation and we both couldn't wait to enjoy a delicious Goetta omelet. Ah Goetta, what a great Cincinnati taste. The rest of the day if I mentioned Goetta, I just got blank stares so I decided to educate everyone. Here is the official description of Goetta.

Goetta is a regional food found in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the greater Cincinnati metro area including Northern Kentucky. It is primarily composed of ground pork, beef, onion, sage, salt, pepper and oats. Pronounced ged-da or get-uh [(Americanized Pronunciation)], this dish originates from German settlers from Oldenburg, Hannover, and Westphalia who immigrated to the Cincinnati area in the 19th century. The word "Goetta" comes from the Low German word "gotte".

Okay, so now you all know that Cincinnati originals don't just include Graeters, or Skyline, or French Chew, all of which are delicious of course, but there is GOETTA too. If any of you want to experience Goetta for the first time or just enjoy it again, give me a call.

The rest of my day unfortunately went down hill as usual with the pain and the woozie gremlins batling in full force. Again, if it wasn't for surprise communications with good and careing friends, the gremlins would have won. Thank you Jim, Sarah, SF, Anne, Nina Toly and Mike.

And now to share a funny! We loved it, sure hope the link works.

www.marcoufamily.com/humor/bird.wmv

Last day of round 2 Chemo today until January 8th. Thanks to all my drivers for getting me there each day and the great conversation. It appears I won't be getting any more radiation so my need for drivers daily will stop but I'll do my best to dream up ways to continue to rely on many of you. You are loved. God bless you all.