Food & Drink
This green liqueur was the key ingredient in Granny's famous Ice Cream Pie, always reserved for special occasions at 1005
What is Creme de Menthe
When no toilet was available, this popular garden shrub was Alex's preferred alternative for #2.
What is monkey grass?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Grampsy' two go-to favorites at Cafe Pacific (hint: entree and dessert)
What are Almond Crusted Sole and The Pecan Ball?
While she prickled at the criticism, Granny was famous for this concoction of ground beef and rice meatball dish.
What are porcupines?
A cancellable pet name today, this jet black cat freely roamed 1005 Blue Ridge in the 80's
Who is Honkey?
A popular spring flower....also close family friends of the Alts growing up.
Who are "The Azaleas".
The first child to get arrested and spend the night in jail.
Who is Pam?
The year Eric Alt consumed his first alcoholic beverage
What is 1985?
Classic Rock & Culture ranked this song the 39th top classic rock song, yet Eric confidently called this Dire Straits song "the best song of all time".
What is Sultans of Swing?
Fond of yardwork, Grampsy couldn't operated a lawnmower, weed eater or chainsaw without one of these dangling from his lips.
What is a cigarette?
One of Pam's favorites growing up, this tortilla and chicken casserole has a notable nickname at 1005.
What is "Mexican Paste".
This loveable canine broker her leg after chasing and catching the UPS truck on Blue Ridge.
Who is Jill?
A new addition to the family, Ed constantly shouted this if Carrie got anywhere near him after his cancer surgery.
Grampsy infamously caught Alex on the back porch with his friends his senior year with these tow items of contraband.
What is Budweiser and cigarettes.
Great tasting, but known to Susie Alt as a "dirty fish"
What is catfish?
This former family friend called the fraternity President at Texas after Alex was purportedly talking to his parents about the upcoming Hell Week
Who is Bill Rivers?
Grampsy and the family notoriously forgt this milestone birthday of Susie's
Pam's childhood friend Suzanne Lockhart went by this nickname, the same term as her verbal crutch.
What is "Well"?
This ornery canine famously bit Eric's upper lip, prompting her immediate departure from the family.
While attempting to capture a magical birthday photograph, a crabby Grampsy shouted this when Granny mistakenly was taking a video.
What is "you're filming a f'ing video"!
On long road trips, Pam famously captured these in empty tennis ball cans.
What are her farts?
Before selling shoes, Ed Alt started his career as a restauranteur founding this St. Louis Italian hotspot
What is Bambino's?
The family was green with envy when Stacey Pollack decorated Eric's room before a football game with this lovable 80's character.
Who is Gumby?
Grampsy famously did this before he and Granny smoked the "medicinal" marijuana given to them by the Jacobs for her cancer treatment.
What is "shut all the blinds in the house"?
This ethnically and religiously insensitive term was used to describe the string of boatlike Cadillacs that Granny drove throughout the 80s and 90s.
What is "J Canoe"?
This short stay canine went back to pound after taking a chunk out of the pool guy's calf.
Who is Sophie?
Coach Graves callously said this to Eric after meeting Grampsy at a football Parents Team Dinner.
What is "No wonder you are so skinny, Alt. You can't get to the table for a pork chop."
This child famously forgot to change the oil in their Toyota Cressida for two years until the engine locked up and burned on a routine drive back from Austin.
Who is Pam?
When frustrated with Ed over who knows what, Granny famously through these popular kitchen items to the ground in rapid succession.
What are glass plates?
This creature terrorized Granny in the cabin at Camp Davis until Granny killed it with a groom.
What is a bat?
Granny famously sold this prized possession of Ed's, and yet it took him weeks to notice it was gone.
What is Dad's boat?
The nickname of MeMa's classic '65 Buick LaSabre that Eric and Alex were forced to drive, in spite of Pam promptly receiving a Camero on her 16th birthday
What is the Buchero?
To treat the family home flea infestation, we used to do this to the house when we left for long roadrips.
What is bomb?
Susan famously said this after meeting Doug for the first time.
What is "you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy".
The brand of cigarettes Grampsy smoked for the first couple of decades.
What are True Blue?