@jakeduck1

Hi Leonard.

First let me say that I had no idea of your mom’s fall and her passing in November. I never read any of the Caregiver posts and didn’t know about your mother’s behavior or even about you and your trip to the hospital. I am truly sorry to hear about all this. I was wondering why you were so silent lately. You got some good insight about mom’s behavior . I hope you know that none of it was personal and that she still loved you and was grateful for your constant support. How she reacted is so common among the elderly especially when they have suffered some recent health issue. It could have been the result of early dementia as many mentioned.

Be happy knowing you did everything you could for her and I know all the neglected and unwanted people in our nursing homes and assisted facilities would have traded places with her. Her loss is a big void in your life.

Now for the rice wine with cobra...I had to read about that and there are 3 types of snake wine...wine with bile from the gallbladder, wine with blood from the still beating heart of a snake, or a whole live cobra that they either bludgeoned to death or let it drown in the wine. Sounds like a horror story to me.

You won’t be surprised to learn that I have had fried alligator bits. Fried alligator is served in many restaurants in the south and here in Florida,I see it on the menu occasionally at a sports bar type of restaurant. I try to avoid fried food but someone ordered some a good while back as an appetizer....was kind of chewy...would rather have fried calamari (squid). It’s a very lean meat high in protein. I was going to say I had it smoked also but that was snake....very tasty.

It’s illegal to feed alligators and also to kill them without permission. Up to five years in jail or $5000 fine. We can’t feed them but they can feed us.
Feeling hungry now?

I’m here for ya...Florida Mary