Rex's reward for submissiveness....My Grandfather, his dog Rex's constant companion, would toss that 'extra' biscuit the dog's way, as Rex rolled over to his back, beneath the dining table, tail wagging, tongue hanging out, drooling happily, satisfied by his morning 'dog biscuit'..... Hey!....I'll 'lay on my belly' too and submit to a tummy rub,...for my favorite morning food...and wag my ass......Once, I recall, I got on 'all fours' and whined, by my grandfather's chair......but only got some ridicule...and Rex, his paws wrapped around Grandpa's ankles....got the biscuit! The "Moral" of this tale?"......Isn't it obvious? The 'side dish' condiment was Sand Mountain Blackstrap molasses.....which was, then, my least favorite thing to eat...in the known Universe! My grandmother would 'cut' a piece of the bitterish-sweetish stuff to 'have' with biscuits!.....Aargh.....I'm so grateful for 'apple butter' or 'pear butter' or just 'cow butter'....although, in retrospect, I've discovered that molasses and sorghum are 'better for you'.....it certainly didn't 'taste that way', then!.....Just give me a spoonful of Vidaylin and a side of Geritol....and NOT in a glass of clabbered milk over crumbled corn bread.... please! Is 'eating four of these biscuits sufficient compensation for my childhood's 'slights'? I DID put a 'slice' of blackstrap on one of the biscuits......eating it, first, then the other three, laden with apple butter, to 'get that taste out'..........In 'grade school' my Class was driven 30 miles to Scottsboro, Al. where we were 'treated' to ...you guessed it! a big can of sorghum.......
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