I made use of Hick's auction bananas on Saturday, making banana nut bread, and strawberry-banana muffins with them. Also, another bowl of pudding using vanilla wafers, a banana, and vanilla pudding.
Let the record show that Val has never claimed to be a 5 star Michelin chef. The closest she comes is an uncanny resemblance to the Michelin Man. I used a box mix for the banana nut bread, and a bagged mix for the strawberry-banana muffins.
I used three bananas, and made two little loaves. One would probably have worked. I used the "instructions" amount of 3 eggs, and 1/3 cup of oil, and cut down the 1/3 cup of water to 1/4, due to the moisture in the bananas.
Hick cut off an end of a loaf, and proclaimed that it was "really good."
I used two bags of the Save A Lot brand "Ginger Evans" strawberry muffin mix. It called for adding 1/2 cup of milk per bag. So I cut that from one cup to 3/4 cup. Hick ate a muffin, and said it was also "really good." Which may tell you something about the food I've been feeding Hick all these years, heh, heh.
Anyhoo... Hick was back to his regular bargaining self on Saturday at his SUS2 (Storage Unit Store 2). One of his buddies drove up with a trailer loaded with 10 mattresses. Hick bought one for $200. He says it's new, and wrapped in plastic. The buddy's girlfriend works in the city, and she obtained this bargain. Hick says he didn't look at the tag, so he doesn't know if it's a brand name mattress. I am confident that it is NOT!
Let the record show that Hick has been talking about getting a new mattress for a couple years now. So this is not a surprise. He said he would have sprung for $300 on a more expensive version, but when he felt it, that mattress was too soft.
Can't be any worse than the aged mattress we have now. And you can't beat the price with a stick. Hick has roped The Pony into coming out on Sunday to carry it into our hillbilly mansion. Until then, it resides in the bed of SilverRedO, which is at least under the shelter of the carport.