Gussies Grips' Grandfather. Door to door merkin salesman.

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Popped up on my FB feed.
I'm gonna pretend this is an ancestor of Elaine Miller's.
Fair play he appears to believe in his product enough to wear one himself.

Poutine sounds nice, but as a vegetarian, I won't be crumbling black pudding over it. Also I have my suspicions about the gravy

At least the BP would be pre-crumbled if I sat on it. But it’s definitely not soup weather!

A Tim Horton's opened in my local town. I went in, all shiny faced with excitement, and they don't sell poutine. Gutted. I walked out. Didn't buy anything. Come to think of it, they weren't playing Rush on the sound system either. Or the Who.

Tim Horton’s was sold to some faceless American conglomerate some years back. It has never been the same.

Hmmm. Gravy made with beef stock or chicken stock, or a bit of both.

Well, I'll stroke my imaginary real-hair merkin instead of dreaming of chips and cheese with gravy

A very fancy (and moderately famous) chef once cooked me a pizza which toppings included carrots in those long curly strings, and black pudding. It was bloody lovely. Man was a prick, though.

I wonder if Elaine realises that she is related to the Hollywood Merkinskis?

Pa Merkinski changed his name when he went bust after the bottom dropped out of the "Furry Footslider" market on Mount Baldy.

It wasn't long before Ma was grooming the little Merkins for a spot on the silver screen.

They had moderate success in a few B Movies ("B for Beaver" as Pa used to joke!) that gathered a . . . cult following . . . but probably the best known of the siblings to film aficionados would be Syrup "Stunt" Merkin.

The Merkins were all over Hollywood, Pinewood, Elstree and Bray Studios like a rash at one time. See if you can spot Stunt Merkin amongst this lot 😉

It is perfectly acceptable (if not traditional) to make the gravy with vegetable stock, and it would be a shame for a moose to miss out on a Canadian delicacy.

Thank you! I'm up for that

Arabella haggis is great on pizza ☺️

Great. Now I am fucking starving and it's too hot to cook.

Ice me a merkin, ladies, I'll be back for pudding.

Too hot!!

I need cooling.

Anyone want anything from the freezer? Cool pack, Sorbet, ice cream, frozen merkin, ice lolly?

That's a tough one, but I'm going with bottom right

Are you sure that’s not a haggis that’s taken refuge from the heat?!

Definitely a merkin.

The wild haggis was sat in the fridge eating my yoghurt

Did you spot the one ran away from home and was adopted as a pet by the cast of "Last of the Summer Wine"?

🤭

@inkymooseAsda sell a nice vegan black pudding

Now that's something I haven't come across before ... worth a try, I think

Or it could be the leftovers from making a wild bagpipes into a musical bagpipes. Just saying.