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Speaker: We have to teach the athlete to distinguish between soreness and pain. Soreness and pain are different and be able to have them learn like what that feels like. And also for them to be able to verbalize to us what it is. yeah A sore muscle is very different than this egregious pain that I keep having. They have to know their body. They have to be able to be in tune with it to understand what's changing, what's not. normal for them and what is, they have to re they have to respect the recovery process.
Speaker: Like Riley's really being taught right now from like physical therapy and from the doctors, like you have to be able to have your body rest. If your body cannot rest, then it cannot heal.
Speaker: and you can't get back to the level that you want to play. Welcome to Three Little Fishes. We're three sisters who grew up in the Midwest together, but have since spread across the country. I live in Los Angeles. I'm in Nashville. And I live in Philadelphia. We are all married with children, have all had careers, but now we stay at home with our families. Join us as we share secrets and stories about being women, wives and mothers. We welcome you to laugh along, learn something new, reach out and join our conversation.
Speaker: So let's jump in. What's up, fishes? What's up, fishes? If you can see us, you can see that Kathy and I kind of match today. We're both in black. and Nancy, did you not get the memo?
Speaker: I did not. I'm wearing white and I'm wearing my like sweater that has three fishes on it. that i I love this sweater. yeah um i love that. Did everybody survive the Halloween weekend? Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah, i I, you know, I love Halloween and um we normally have a Halloween party, but we didn't have one this year. But our friends ended up having one because her birthday is the day after Halloween.
Speaker: So I didn't know what to expect. but she said, if you had no costume, no entry. So we we took it seriously because my husband was like, I'm dressing up. I said, well, then you're not going to be able to go.
Speaker: So it will, she is the birthday girl. So I guess she gets to, you know, her house, her rules. I think that's the saying, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. But yeah it was totally decked out. She decorated. Kathy, can I just ask you really quickly? Did Peter go as a pilot? And I'm using air quotes, a pilot. Yes, he did. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah, it's just like old, pilot like, it's like his old Navy pilot uniform. Like, I'm impressed that he can still get his jumpsuit. I'm impressed he can still zip that baby up. Nice. Let's just between us and the podcast, it was tight getting in there. i think he had to use Spank shirt to get that thing zipped.
Speaker: So listen, I was like, I love the effort. That's great. Yeah. You got to do what you got to You got to do what you got to do no matter what. Yeah. Well, I saw a picture of you and you were Minnie Mouse and you were adorable.
Speaker: But this party was fun. And I just will say one more thing about it. I really, Angela did a great job and she had a DJ, which was super fun. Wow. And a bartender. And I mean, i just enjoy myself just people watching. But yeah there were so many people out of hand on the dance floor, like spilling drinks. I was just like, oh, she's got to have a lot to clean up.
Speaker: But it was fun. And who says who says the Halloween is just for the young? um And we really didn't have very many trick or treaters. Did you take your jello shots?
Speaker: Oh, yes, I i did. Okay, tell me, like, were they a hit Yeah, in fact, I ended up doing several of them because people are like, oh, we have to do them together.
Speaker: And um everyone thought they were delicious and they were sweet. So they really didn't taste like our jello shots that we do up north because they have more probably more vodka in them. But yeah these ones were more sweet.
Speaker: um yeah But they were good. But then did you wake up with a headache the next day? do you want to confess here? Did you have the Halloween flu? No. No, actually, i was I actually felt good.
Speaker: I love it. I didn't overdo it. that' You are a professional partier, I guess. yeah well i we ah We didn't stick around for trick-or-treaters. We had some friends in town and we went to the Patterson house downtown Nashville that is kind of like a cocktail bar. And it was all decked out. And everybody that worked there had costumes. And we sat there with some friends and had dinner and some drinks. And then we went to the Hidden Bar, which is like in the basement of the Noel Hotel in Nashville. And that was all decked out. And everybody was like in costume. And it was just so funny because, i mean, it's just such a funny thing to be walking around downtown. And everybody's like,
Speaker: like full on costumes, like having a big time. So it was fun. Yeah. Why why does Nashville have all these hidden, like secret places? I mean, I'm not sure why, but I, I'm, I'm here for it. I love a speakeasy.
Speaker: i love the little hidden like thing. You've got all the kids out of the house and lately you've been going out a ton. It's like, who is this lady? yeah You are all about it.
Speaker: I think it suits you. Yeah, we went to the Bluebird on Sunday night with these friends who were in town. It was awesome. and then we went to this really cute place called the Greenhouse, which is kind of just down the street from the Bluebird. And you walk in and it's like you're walking in a garden and they have like all these pavers and all these big plants and they've got these like weird like mushrooms that you sit on. And like what it's just like sort of whimsical and like organic and it was just fun. So Yeah, that was my weekend. It super fun.
Speaker: All right, you guys. um On today's pod, we're going to talk about what's the buzz, surviving your student athlete, and what's for dinner. But before we get into it, please continue to rate, review, and invite your favorite fishes to jump in and join the conversation.
Speaker: okay what's the buzz? the buzz? Well, talking about Halloween fun, you guys know Melissa Redgraves or no, Melissa Strickland. Yeah, that's her married name. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Melissa Strickland. And she was, you know, a Dallas cheerleader. She was on The Bachelor. And a couple months ago, she got arrested for a DUI.
Speaker: And then over the hall Halloween weekend, she got arrested again. Like, I think it's like two months or less than two months from her first arrest. Yeah. She's having too much fun. Yeah, what's coming going on there? It's a hard no. like Get an Uber. like What are you doing? i mean, get some help and get an Uber. I have no patience for that. like If you want to be an over-imbiber, fine. like That's you. But when you start intruding on other people's space and crashing into them with your car,
Speaker: I draw the line. Yeah, well, was ambulance. Like, and luckily, I think that nobody was in it. Yeah. I think that's report. Somebody rang in. I think I heard that she's getting a divorce. I'm sure, yeah, maybe the husband is like, I'm i'm over you. Yeah. that's I don't know. mean, we don't know what's going on there, but like, yeah I mean, honestly, get an Uber. Yeah. Okay, you guys, I will tell you what is also um caught my eye and really has personally like annoyed me is we all follow sports. We follow like football, might have a big football house that we watch all the time.
Speaker: And the Kansas City Chiefs are getting a lot of bad press because they just signed a new kicker to their practice squad. And his name is Justin Tucker. And Justin Tucker did not play at all last year 2025.
Speaker: in twenty twenty five And then the year before, he was playing for Baltimore. And he had ah he was accused by 16 massage therapists of non-consensual sexual behavior.
Speaker: like exposing himself and things like that. So he was reprimanded. The NFL suspended him and Baltimore let him go. And here's my thing about it is I can't believe the Chiefs are signing this guy, even on the practice round, even on the practice roster, when his conduct is so not great.
Speaker: Like that's how he was released. They said his, it was for violating the personal conduct policy. So you can't find another kicker to put on your practice squad to help out your team. My question is like, were there criminal charges? Were something filed? Like, is this like a vetted thing? Like he really was bad and then Was there any sort of like reparations for that? Like, has he gone through therapy? Has he gone through like, you know what i mean? Like what happened after? i don't really know anything about it. I don't know that it's right to expect him to never play football again, but I do think it's expected that like straighten up and fly right. If you're lucky, you're not in jail. yeah mean i think i think that what I'm struggling with is, is that he had 16 women come,
Speaker: and and report this. And to the point where the Baltimore Ravens are like, this behavior is not okay. And the NFL said, you're suspended, which I think is hard to do And even if criminal charges were not filed, I think some he did get reprimanded and something happened. I don't know what they did behind the scenes to be like, don't file criminal charges. I don't know if it was settled and the the women were...
Speaker: handled in a way that they found was appropriate and he had he you know was fired, basically. I'm not saying he's not ever allowed to have some sort of job, but like playing in the NFL is... like is Do you have to do that to make a living?
Speaker: Like, I don't know. i just feel like we make excuses for bad behavior, specifically treating women badly. Like we're not playthings. Like, you know, we deserve respect and I'm constantly surprised by how we just don't seem to support women when they accuse people of bad behavior.
Speaker: i don't understand. I mean, I think it's a slippery slope because some women accuse people of bad behavior to get a payout. Some are actually legitimately harassed. I find it very strange. I mean, I don't really know anything about this, but I do find it strange that if there's 16 women that have accused this person of misconduct or sexual misconduct, that there wasn't some sort of a criminal investigation. Like it that doesn't make any sense to me.
Speaker: Maybe there's more to this story than we know. Yeah, I don't know. And they're trying put it under the rug or whatever. mean, obviously something happened or he would not have been reprimanded and let go.
Speaker: yeah I mean, certainly you can't be sexually abusing women. No, of course. like i do think there's more I do think that there's more to the story, but I do, Linda, not to say that some women do not try to get a payout, but I think the majority ah is that when they report things, it has truly happened to them. And I think it does a disservice to people who have been ah abused recently.
Speaker: to kind of downplay it. And that's why people don't come, they don't come forward and they don't want to go into the court system because they're basically put on trial and it's, it's, I don't love it. I don't love it at all.
Speaker: Um, anyway, don't love it. And I definitely don't love the Kansas City Chiefs and I didn't like them before. So there you go. Mm-hmm. All right. What else are we talking about today? Oh, so then speaking about like Andy Reid, I'm like, I think I'm not impressed with Andy Reid, but I am impressed with Ben Johnson. So the Bears are doing so well if you follow football. And Ben Johnson is so fun to watch and to watch how he leads and how there just seems to be joy for these grown men playing the sport. Are you guys watching any of this? Oh, yeah. Well, you know, I lived in Chicago forever and I'm a big Bears fan. I love this season. i love Ben Johnson. I love what he's doing for the team and the city. And, you know, he's a very passionate, exciting coach. And it's really fun to see them have some success. I mean, nobody will break your heart more than the Bears. Yeah.
Speaker: Like week after week. But this lately has been really, really fun to watch. So I hope they continue to strive toward the Super Bowl at some point. At my Halloween party, there was a guy dressed up as Mike Ditka.
Speaker: And he was literally looks like him. every Everyone was amazed. he's He was like a young Mike Ditka. Yeah. But... He specifically grew out his whole beard and mustache for this party and then shaved the beard portion.
Speaker: And I actually thought it was fake. It was so thick, but he literally was dead on. I was like, yeah like I've been told this my whole life. He's like, it's kind of like a curse or sort of. We just lost Mike Ditka. It's such a, I think that was such a popular costume this year. So fun. So so he was, he was fun to watch as well back in the day.
Speaker: um all right and now that we're like since we're totally on football did you guys see over the weekend that the lions player jack campbell yes i got a neck injury and i i think he's still in the hospital they're not really saying much yeah i'm a little bit worried about him because he took a really hard hit and then he was just didn't move and yeah The news is kind of like not really saying it. They're saying preliminary indications are positive, but they yeah they said that the family, they don't want to talk about it.
Speaker: So I don't know. That's their prerogative, of course. I hopefully i hope it gets has a speedy recovery. I know. It's horrible. I mean, it's a brutal, brutal, brutal sport, right? Yeah, can be, for sure. mean, they've enlisted all these new rules and stuff that are supposed to help, but, you know.
Speaker: Yeah, mean, it's a, it's a risk, right? When you go out there and play. It's a tough one. Um, so speaking of sports and injuries, it got us thinking about our, the student athlete. We all have had student athletes. We all have them.
Speaker: Um, and it's a tricky business trying to keep them healthy. So let's jump in. all right. So partly of what like springboarded this conversation was, is my son.
Speaker: Riley, as you guys know, is a soccer player and that is his sport. He absolutely loves it. He basically plays it all year round. If he's not playing during high school season, he's playing club. He just, that's all he wants to do when he's not doing school.
Speaker: um And he's had this lingering injury of a groin injury, which like my understanding about groin injuries is, is that they can linger.
Speaker: And it's easy to kind of re-aggravate. So he's kind of been dealing this for a while and we haven't really, we've taken him to be checked out and it's kind of like, well, you've got to kind of nurse it you know, care of it.
Speaker: um And he doesn't really complain that much. But about a month and a half ago, like a month and half ago, he came home from a game and he was quietly complaining to that,
Speaker: Um, that his groin was really, really bothering him. And what I know about Riley is, is that he doesn't report a lot of aches and pains, even though we ask.
Speaker: And so, and I know he has a high pain tolerance. So Tim came to me and was like, you know, he's complaining about his groin. I think he needs to go get looked at. like, okay. So I took him and the doctor was like, listen, this has been a lingering injury. you know, just do what you can. You need to kind of rest a little bit, but I'm going to send you to an orthopedic because it's been lingering. And I think we just have to check that box. Right.
Speaker: So we go to this orthopedic and we're talking to him. And Riley's like, Riley then confesses to this doctor. He's like, well, if I'm being honest, it's been a couple of years, like that this has been kind of nagging at me. like That little stinker.
Speaker: That little sinker is right. And so he's like, but this, but it's really bothering me. It's really, I can't ignore it anymore. So the doctor was like, okay. So looking at him, he's like, we're going circle back to what you just told me, but I'm going to finish this.
Speaker: I'm going to finish my exam. And like, not even like a minute in, he's like, well, i can tell you this is not a groin injury. It's a hip injury. And we're like, oh, geez. I mean, that referred pain stuff is tricky, you know? um so long So long story short, this kid has had a hip injury probably for a couple of years that I didn't know about. yeah And it's not something that we're having to deal with. But the the orthopedic said to me was like, and said to Riley was,
Speaker: You know, your brain is really smart. And so when your brain is telling you that you're having pain, it's it, your alarm bell should be going off that something is wrong.
Speaker: Like he's like, you know, that saying, no pain, no gain. He's like, I hate that saying. He's just like, the pain is telling you something. Right? Like, I mean, don't you guys remember hearing that growing up? no Yeah. like We totally grew up with that. I mean, it is the silliest. I mean, I do see where when you're working out and you push yourself and you're sore, maybe they translate that to be pain. And that is very normal, but pain, pain, like sharp pain.
Speaker: searing, whatever pain is different than I don't think that you have to be in pain in order to make progress. make Being sore is one thing, but pain is, I mean, that's a silly phrase. Whoever coined that in the marketing department needs to...
Speaker: I think it was back in the eighty s right? I mean, it for sure was. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. I mean, i just remember hearing that all the time. i mean, Nancy, i I've been in your shoes. There is nothing worse than watching your child on the field or on the court or on the ice.
Speaker: and they're down and they're in pain and they're, you know, rattled and, you know, it just gives you this gut punch. And as a parent, I like, I just always was like, try to stay calm. So they stay calm, but also you have this like burning sense of urgency when this stuff happens. I mean, I know I've had a couple of instances where I've been like texting all my friends,
Speaker: Who knows a shoulder specialist? Who knows ah blah, blah, blah, you know? And, ah you know, it's just, it's rough. It's just rough. I have found though, through several little instances that a lot of times the doctors don't want to see you right away because if it's muscular, they want the inflammation to go down so they can get really good, you know,
Speaker: time with that muscle so they can figure it out if it's like really damaged or if it's just pulled. So, I mean, yeah, the hurt child is, it's rough. I mean, i mean it kills you.
Speaker: I think everyone has experienced this. I mean, so my youngest, also is a wrestler and I never liked wrestling.
Speaker: And I know, I don't know how you can stand to watch that. I think I would just, I mean, I just, I actually went, I actually boycotted a lot of his tournaments. But I went this one time because it was near our house at school. And I was like, I'm going to go and just see how it goes. Well, sure enough, that game I went to, he got hurt in December.
Speaker: And the guy, the kid he was wrestling was like Allstate or whatever. Yeah. I mean, of course, Karsten got paired with him. and he like took Carson's shoulder and like pinned it back and like hyperextended it. And I could just see like so him wincing and like in a lot of pain. And I wanted to like jump on the mat because I was like, this the ref was just like not calling it like, you know, whistle or whatever you do. Yeah. i don't And his like lacrosse coach was standing right next to me I'm like, are you going to let this like go on? They're going to hurt his shoulder for lacrosse. and
Speaker: It was all I could do to not jump out there, but yeah it is a real thing. And high school sports, I mean, we know yeah several of our friends' kids that have gotten hurt and then have had to sit out. I mean, like a couple of Carson's friends from lacrosse.
Speaker: have thrown out their shoulder and has ruined their career and they're not going be able to play in college. And yeah we know a swimmer that she had a problem. Um, we know other kids in football. I mean, there it's not just like our sport, but, um,
Speaker: um It can be serious with high school. And I kind of was looking at some, just to get some data to see about like what the stats show. There's 5.2 million injuries a year for kids. Yikes.
Speaker: Well, I know we've contributed to that number. well like There's a data, it's called the National High School Sports Related Injury Study. And they say, there's usually 2.29 injuries per 100 athlete exposures. So that means like one practice or one game. So if like you had a team of 30 players, let's say that are practicing for five days a week, that means you're going to have two to three players a month being injured.
Speaker: Yeah, that's amazing. That you have to deal with. her Yeah. so And the highest like rate of injury for the sports go, boys football is the highest.
Speaker: But these stats surprised me. Then it's girls wrestling, which... I didn't know there was girls wrestling. I know. I mean, good for them, but I like i can't handle watching wrestling, let alone trying to participate in it. had no idea girls wrestling was a thing. i didn't either. Yeah. But girls soccer...
Speaker: Then boys wrestling. And the biggest stat that was the most is girls actually tear their ACLs more than men do. And they also get more concussions in soccer because they like come, um,
Speaker: like contact to contact with their head. Their heads he hit each other, their head hits the ground. Yikes. Rather than like the ball. So oh like I thought that was very interesting. Yeah, that's surprising.
Speaker: Injuries are definitely there and it's like, what do you do about it? And how, it's like, i kind of want to keep my son from wrestling, but then if I said, i don't want you to wrestle, I think he would say, mom, you're crazy.
Speaker: but he loves them so much. Like, do you keep them from doing it? I have not. Like I've kept Riley from playing American football because we worry about this growing brain and concussions, but yeah, he does play soccer. um And supposedly, and I'm using air quotes that that's supposed to be safer for the brain, but the injuries still happen. It's like they have, you know, it's important to be active, I think. And, you know,
Speaker: Being in a sport, I think a sport or being on a team activity, i think is always good for, good for you. But also I just want to wrap them in bubble wrap and, you know, protect that. I know. Like we um,
Speaker: You know, during COVID, i think i don't, I was just so paranoid we were going to get sick. And my middle son was playing lacrosse on a club team.
Speaker: And he had practiced like, you know, regularly every week. And we finally just said we didn't feel good about him going because you're so close to kids when you're playing those most sports.
Speaker: So we kept him out for that season. And then remember... him telling me like in the spring of that next year, he was like, mom, that was the worst decision you ever made because oh that really affected me.
Speaker: Like I missed playing lacrosse. That was part of my, like who I am. and I needed that like, competition and just like camaraderie with my friends. And then you didn't let me do it. And so then I missed out on like, you know, recruiting and all kinds of stuff. But he he really like let us know that we- You ruined his life, Kathy. That's what I'm hearing. I know. i still feel bad that. not ruin his life. It's all working out. he's so He's so successful. He's going to be fine. But I do understand. i mean, these kids really-
Speaker: They really, once they play a sport and are successful in it, it really does feed their persona and confidence and all that. So I think the thing that I really noticed though is with sports, like when we were younger, every season you played a different sport.
Speaker: Now, it's like you specialize in sports at a younger age, and it takes up more time because you're right, you do the high school or the middle school sport, and then you play club and you yeah kind of do a year round single sport. And I do i have talked to some orthopedic surgeons who say it's really not that great for the growing body because you're working the same muscles all the time. So unless you have a coach that is really good about cross training and stretching and really teaching them how to care for their body, kids get hurt more. So yeah that is a slippery slope. But I agree, Nancy. I think there's so much value in any sport any kids do, even if you're not an athletic child. yeah Being exposed to it at a young age and learning how to play the games and It is a game and it's supposed to be fun and you make a friend and you know learn how to take care of your body. And even if you don't do it in perpetuity, I think it's there's a lot of value. It is just very hard as a parent.
Speaker: to watch your child go down on the field and like cry. Like when my youngest, who is a boy cries, I mean, nothing rips my heart out more than that. Like for some reason, like I don't like any of my kids to cry, but like that big guy, like kind of crying like a little child again, i was like, oh,
Speaker: you know Or you get the like really mad like teen boy that's just like ticked at the world because he's down. You're just like, well, I don't like this either. yeah it's not yeah Well, I think being a student athlete's good, like you're saying. I think it helps build leadership, teamwork, you you camaraderie. yeah I think they also say The kids, student athletes do better in school.
Speaker: They have GPAs, higher graduation rates, just because they have organized sports. They have routines, you know, they're supported by lots of people.
Speaker: So yeah it's good for everybody. I mean, I had a ballet dancer who danced six days a week and she had to be like incredibly organized. yeah And that has carried her through her adult, like early adult life here. And it's, it's amazing to watch. So I agree. I think there's just, there's more upsides than there are down. So when you do get an injury, what's the first thing you think you should do when you see your kid go down?
Speaker: Well, I was just going to say, like, I think what these appointments have done, and maybe we should bring on a specialist at some point to actually have them talk about it. But some some things that he had me think about, and I think I thought I already knew, but I clearly wasn't practicing it because I do have some guilt with Riley that I didn't know that he was having a hip issue, is that we have to teach the athlete that um to distinguish between soreness and pain. Soreness and pain are different and be able to have them learn like what that feels like. And also for them to be able to verbalize to us what it is, right?
Speaker: Like it's not like a sore muscle is very different than this egregious pain that I keep having. Yeah. Right. They have to know their body. They have to be able to be in tune with it to understand what's changing, what's not. normal for them and what is, they have to they have to respect the recovery process. Like Riley's really being taught right now from like physical therapy and from the doctors, like you have to be able to have your body rest.
Speaker: If your body cannot rest, then it cannot heal and you can't get back to the level that you want to play. And then the other thing I would just say is that if if something doesn't seem right or it seems like it's not getting better or they keep complaining about something, you know, seek help. Like go to a doctor and get it checked out.
Speaker: There's nothing wrong with just checking that box. And if it there's nothing there, amazing. But then, you know, if there is, you guys can address it. So those are just some of the things that I feel like I'm learning kind of late that um I'm trying to keep in mind moving forward. Well, I think it's hard. I mean, I think you're being too hard on yourself. Like you haven't had a lot of injury and so you don't have a lot of practice. So I think for our audience, like learn from our mistakes, try to like, for me, it was like always this like urgent, like panic almost. And
Speaker: that's unhelpful. So like, try to be calm, you know, really lean on your instincts, like that spidey sense or that like gut instinct, like, is this serious or is this something that can kind of hang on? And then surround yourself with people that you feel like you can really trust and get advice from like, okay, did, who had this kind of thing happen? Give me all your,
Speaker: advice, which is what I've have done in the past. And people are so generous with their time and their yeah like recommendations. And it was so helpful to know that you're not like going through this like support system by yourself, you know? Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah. the I mean, the teenage athlete in particular, it can be when they're hurt. It's right it's not fun. You know, Kathy, I was also just thinking about what you said too about COVID and you having him take a break during COVID from lacrosse. COVID was such a weird time, right? It was.
Speaker: We didn't know what we were doing. And so like like to err on the side of caution seemed like the right move. and mean, we all just do the best we can trying to like get through, right? Making the best choices at the time. i know, but it just seems like every time I think about I'm like, yeah.
Speaker: That was not the right move. But you know what? In hindsight, like I know, but like it didn't stop him. Like he's doing well in college. Like he's still playing recreationally. So he's, you know, it didn't really change anything in his life except that he missed it.
Speaker: Right. Like, so that's like the takeaway. i mean, I believe things happen for a reason. So yeah, for whatever reason, that wasn't his path. Enjoy your student athletes, you know, take care of them, listen to your instincts and good luck out there. um All right, girls, what's for dinner this week? I brought back a recipe that I haven't used in a long time. You know, it's it's fall and I love soups, as everybody knows. um And one of Tim's favorites that I hadn't made in a long time, I just happened to come across this recipe. I had my book out.
Speaker: Basic corn chowder. And it's super, super easy and I kind of can't and super basic. It doesn't take a lot of ingredients. So you get like four to six years, like six years of corn and you shuck them, like you cut the corn off and then you put the cobs in a pan.
Speaker: You fill it with four cups of water and you cover it and bring it to a boil. you're making like a corn broth? So I'm making like a broth from it and I'm doing that while I'm prepping my rest of my ingredients, which is just some potatoes, some tomatoes, some onion.
Speaker: and then I chop those up. I put them in a pan with some, but I like to use butter. I put a a couple of tablespoons of butter or you could use oil and you start to kind of get them all happy.
Speaker: And then once you start to get them happy, you strain the corn husk, the corn, ho the corn cob broth, you strain it into your pot.
Speaker: You kind of get it, you get it, you move everything around. And when the potato, let the potatoes cook. And when they get nice and soft, you add a cup of milk, whatever kind of milk you want, let it all warm up and and you serve it. or And then you add the corn that you, that you cut off the cob.
Speaker: and warm it up and it comes together really quickly and it's hearty and it's delicious. I mean, are there seasonings like salt and pepper i like thyme or anything? just put a little salt and pepper in there and you could add whatever other seasonings you wanted. That's a good base.
Speaker: It's a really good base. you could You could add whatever you wanted to it. And then i um i I kept it simple this week and I also served it with biscuits. Oh, that sounds good.
Speaker: It was a hit and it was something different. And again, it didn't take a lot of ingredients. It's pretty, it's pretty cheap. It's a very cost effective. Yeah. Meal. Yeah. And I felt hearty. And if you wanted to, I mean, I could see adding like cannellini beans or something like that to it to give it like a little protein. Yeah.
Speaker: Oh, I will tell you this. I've, so in the past, Tim has made this recipe more than me. And he usually blends it a little bit in a blender make it more chowdery. Make it a little more creamy, yeah. Yes.
Speaker: And I didn't originally do that. And everybody was like, this is too chunky. so i didn't mind I didn't mind that. but So would say you can leave it that way. Or if you want, when the soup's all together, throw in blender. Yeah, immersion blender. And, you know, make it, cream it up a little bit and then serve it. Okay. Okay. I'll have to try it. I'm going to try that.
Speaker: Yeah. It's pretty good. Yeah. I like this. All right. All right. Thank you. Well, we want to thank you for listening to our podcast and letting us sisters jump into your day. Please make sure to follow rate and review us and please make sure to hit the follow button so we can grow.
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