Author Topic: Bobby eating clam chowder? (Read 50992 times)

edgar · « **Reply #60 on:** Apr 18, 2006, 01:15 AM »

Quote from: Patriot1 on Apr 16, 2006, 03:03 PM

And it isn't Ambrosia. Bobby is eating potato soup. The Ambrosia sitting on the table hasn't been served yet, there is no food at all on anyone's plate. Bobby is still eating the soup course from a ceramic bowl (NOT wooden). Listen to when he picks up his spoon and it clinks against the bowl. Wood doesn't clink. :D

RECIPE:

4 medium potatoes, peeled in the presence of a naked man
1 large onion
1 cup powdered milk
Water gathered from a rushing stream (it's okay if clothes have been washed in it recently)
salt, pepper to taste

Boil over fire while drinking whiskey. The soup will taste better the more whiskey you drink.

Serves 2.

***
Jack tried to adapt this recipe, which only really works at high altitudes, to his family's Thanksgiving meal. Bobby's reaction is understandable; it doesn't taste nearly as good in Texas.

And he probably hadn't had any whiskey.

Patriot1 · « **Reply #61 on:** Apr 18, 2006, 01:20 AM »

Quote from: edgar on Apr 18, 2006, 01:15 AM

RECIPE:

4 medium potatoes, peeled in the presence of a naked man
1 large onion
1 cup powdered milk
Water gathered from a rushing stream (it's okay if clothes have been washed in it recently)
salt, pepper to taste

Boil over fire while drinking whiskey. The soup will taste better the more whiskey you drink.

Serves 2.

***
Jack tried to adapt this recipe, which only really works at high altitudes, to his family's Thanksgiving meal. Bobby's reaction is understandable; it doesn't taste nearly as good in Texas.

And he probably hadn't had any whiskey.

LOL!!!!

That is pretty good Edgar! LOL!

TJ · « **Reply #62 on:** Apr 24, 2006, 08:21 PM »

I was given a link to this subject thread of discussion in another thread about what Bobby Twist was eating or not eating at thanksgiving.

From how I see that bowl in from of "Bobby," I see a red glass bowl which is the type in which one serves a dessert type food.

All of the lumps in that bowl are the same color, not exactly white but more of an off-white and seem to be the same size, too.

When I saw him using the spoon to stir it around, it was not as thick as the white part fruit salad in the big bowl. It was somewhat soupy.

proulxfan · « **Reply #63 on:** Apr 24, 2006, 09:39 PM »

Quote from: Patriot1 on Apr 16, 2006, 03:09 PM

Quote from: dirtbiker on Apr 16, 2006, 02:51 PM
Quote from: CherryCake on Apr 16, 2006, 01:54 PM
Quote from: Frog123 on Apr 16, 2006, 01:36 PM
ewwwwwwwwwww!
There are hundreds of ways to make this dessert.. with various viscosities.. soupy, thick. Here is a recipe that has a pic of one type...
If you have ever had it, you would recognize what Bobby is eating...

http://salad.allrecipes.com/az/AmbrosiaFruitSalad.asp

That picture of the salad on the link doesn't look very appetizing :o

Yes, I just went to look. It really doesn't look very good at all does it.

That looks like an entry from a book I saw several years ago called The Cookbook of Unfortunate Food or something like that, I can't remember the exact title. We gave a copy to one of our friends as a gag gift. Apropos, non? He is still speaking to us, surprisingly enough.
PS. I'm with Patriot, that is a ceramic bowl in front of Bobby.

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bram · « **Reply #64 on:** Apr 25, 2006, 07:30 AM »

I thought it was a cermaic bowl, too. I just didn't argue, because everyone was agreeing that it was a wood bowl. I think it's potato soup, though I'm not sure about that recipe.

TJ · « **Reply #65 on:** Apr 25, 2006, 12:23 PM »

While it is possible that the movie prop bowl is a ceramic one, I was just going by the way that the dark red (more like maroon in color) bowl looked. I have seen glass bowls with similar raised designs on the surfaces. [I was an art minor in college. Two ceramics classes were offered there. One was by the Industrial Arts Department and in that class, one poured clay slip into plaster molds made by someone else to make pottery/ceramics. The other was in the Art Department and every thing was made by hand with no molds. I did take the (Fine) Arts Department ceramics class.]

TJ · « **Reply #66 on:** Apr 25, 2006, 03:41 PM »

I just ran the DVD at 1/2 speed here in regard to what is in Bobby's bowl.

When the Texas Twist Thanksgiving scene opens, Jack is ladling turkey broth on the turkey in the kitchen. Lureen comes in carrying a soup tureen and sets it on the counter. That means the soup course has been served.

So, I say that in the bowl is some kind of creamy soup. So, it is either chunky potato soup/chowder or New England style clam chowder.

proulxfan · « **Reply #67 on:** Apr 25, 2006, 03:53 PM »

This thread is now up to 67 posts; do we need to get a life or something? LOL

TJ · « **Reply #68 on:** Apr 25, 2006, 04:16 PM »

Some of us are so poor, disabled and retired that we don't have much of a life outside of the internet. Oh, we do various things without signing off and just get back to the computer during the day. One can do that when one does not have dial-up connections.

proulxfan · « **Reply #69 on:** Apr 25, 2006, 04:40 PM »

Oh, I understand about spending time on the internet, and especially hanging out here. It's the clam chowder part that has me baffled. With the multitude of topics to discuss, I am surprised this one garners this much attention. Just an observation really, no offense intended.

TJ · « **Reply #70 on:** Apr 25, 2006, 04:50 PM »

This has become somewhat Off-Topic; but, I have been disabled since 1993 and I have had a computer and been on the internet since 1998. I have had lots of people to tell me that I needed to get a life. I have even had people who claimed that my government pensions came out of their pocket and I was living on the dole. Some even went so far as to claim (when I was on America Online) that since I had posted so many messages on a particular day, I could get a job doing computer work. But, most of those messages were usually only a couple of lines which had to have a lot of proof reading, by the computer and by me, before I hit the "send" button.

Oh, back on topic here, some people do put tiny bits of potato in their clam chowder.

bram · « **Reply #71 on:** Apr 25, 2006, 04:51 PM »

I'm surprised, too. I don't know why I keep coming back to this thread.

bram · « **Reply #72 on:** Apr 25, 2006, 05:01 PM »

TJ, I don't care if you're on here all day. I'm on here all day, too, and I have no good reason. I'm only 22 and physically able to work, and I still don't have a job. If I wanted to get into it, I could explain why it's still acceptable, but I would just end up sounding whiney. If anyone on this messageboard needs to get a life, it's me.

tpe · « **Reply #73 on:** Apr 25, 2006, 05:06 PM »

Quote from: bram on Apr 25, 2006, 05:01 PM

TJ, I don't care if you're on here all day. I'm on here all day, too, and I have no good reason. I'm only 22 and physically able to work, and I still don't have a job. If I wanted to get into it, I could explain why it's still acceptable, but I would just end up sounding whiney. If anyone on this messageboard needs to get a life, it's me.

OOT, bram, you need not be too hard on yourself. We wish you well.

Back to the topic...

welshwitch · « **Reply #74 on:** Apr 29, 2006, 03:57 PM »

I reckon Bobby ( who's dyslexic, and not much was known about the condition in the 60s) was eating clam chowder with those little round crackers Americans put in soup - I wish I had a packet to crunch right now! ( And the chowder to go with them. ) I assumed the others had had their soup and were on to the main course while Bobby ( whom I always type as Booby - hate him for being the one held close to Jake in that shot of him driving the combine) had been watching TV and not getting on with his meal. Even Lureen couldn't take three hours preparing a turkey ( though I did once meet someone in a Winn Dixie on Christmas Eve who was buying a twenty-pound frozen turkey to eat next day!!! - sorry, writing about American food always statrts me off - don't ever get me on to Red Lobster) I kinda wished they'd finished off with pecan pie so that Jack could chuck it at LD...

jazzsinger · « **Reply #75 on:** Apr 30, 2006, 03:32 PM »

Prouxfan said:

This thread is now up to 67 posts; do we need to get a life or something? LOL

and I thought it was an amusing observation - no offence to anyone!! I'm an addict when it comes to this site, and to one or two others as well! It just makes me smile that we are having an in-depth discussion about what a minor character (who only appears on screen for a matter of seconds) has in his bowl, and what material that bowl is made of!

It just shows how far this wonderful film in its entirety has grabbed and held on to our attention!

I did wonder what Bobby was eating but assumed it was soup - of what type I have no idea!!

Frankito · « **Reply #76 on:** May 03, 2006, 12:06 AM »

Whatever he was eating it looked disgusting! Poor kid, no wonder he refused to nourish himslef with that.

danac · « **Reply #77 on:** May 04, 2006, 02:16 PM »

The thing that bothered me more than the soup or the bowl was the KID! He seemed more at home in a Sopranos episode than Childress Texas!

stacp · « **Reply #78 on:** May 04, 2006, 02:53 PM »

Quote from: danac on May 04, 2006, 02:16 PM

The thing that bothered me more than the soup or the bowl was the KID! He seemed more at home in a Sopranos episode than Childress Texas!

Hey, danac! This is my first post here, but I'm a rabid BBM fan. I am so glad others wondered what was in that bowl. I thought he was eating Sugar Smacks or some cereal with marshmellows! That kid did seem to have an attitude. I expect he's heard dear sweet grandad (L.D. who I like to call Old Bastard) demean and patronize his dad since he was in the womb. Kid didn't look like he had much respect for either of his parents. I thought he was going to bust out with a string of curse words when Jack turned off the tv. Good for Jack for standing up. I know Jack was growing impatient with everything in his life, Ennis especially, and this was reflected in this scene.

danac · « **Reply #79 on:** May 04, 2006, 03:01 PM »

Quote from: stacp on May 04, 2006, 02:53 PM

Quote from: danac on May 04, 2006, 02:16 PM
The thing that bothered me more than the soup or the bowl was the KID! He seemed more at home in a Sopranos episode than Childress Texas!

Hey, danac! This is my first post here, but I'm a rabid BBM fan. I am so glad others wondered what was in that bowl. I thought he was eating Sugar Smacks or some cereal with marshmellows! That kid did seem to have an attitude. I expect he's heard dear sweet grandad (L.D. who I like to call Old Bastard) demean and patronize his dad since he was in the womb. Kid didn't look like he had much respect for either of his parents. I thought he was going to bust out with a string of curse words when Jack turned off the tv. Good for Jack for standing up. I know Jack was growing impatient with everything in his life, Ennis especially, and this was reflected in this scene.

Well, oooooeeee, yeah, stacp! Glad to see you make the trip...
I agree that Jack seemed to be at a boiling point in the scene...it breaks my heart when he puts his hand over his eyes at the table. He seems so unhappy and you know he's thinking of Ennis in that moment.