Posted on 06/15/2007 9:47:49 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
I don’t think she was thinking that at all. Southerners are known for their hospitality. However I do remember a funny little thing that happened here in the south a few years ago. Resturants never ever used to serve alcohol. They are slowly changing now, but anyway, my cousin came down from Minnesota and we all went to a nice resturant for lunch. The waitress asked my cousin, “what can I get you to drink?” He said “what kind of beer do you have?” The waitress quickly said, “oh we don’t serve beer!” I was really embarrassed for my cousin. He felt really dumb. But all in all, I’m kind of glad the south lives at its own pace and hasn’t really caught up to the north yet. Its a much simpler way of life.
Try butter and maple syrup with a big slab of salty country ham. Delicious!
Filtering the water through a Brita filter before heating it up to make tea, greatly improves the clarity of the tea.
LOL. No. Thats just what they call it.
Boild peanuts.
There used to be an elderly black man who had a stand on Peachtree St. in Atlanta. His sign read “bolied peanuts”.
That’s the way my family still refer to them. lol
That man was sure sitting on some expensive real estate. I hope he owned it and ever had to sell another peanut after he closed his stand. A highrise went up where he used to be, just north of Lenox Road at Peachtree.
Its lots of good conversation. If you want news just keep looking at the list of threads till something catches your interest. I am really enjoying getting away from amnesty and Paris Hilton for a change.
Our daughter moved to Gerrmany when our granddaughter was young. One day I while talking on the phone, asked our granddaughter somethiing about grits and she didn’t even know what they are! I asked her what kind of Southern girl she was not knowing what grits is. She asked her mother, “Mama, am I a Southern girl?” I told my daughter “it’s time to come HOME”. lol
They’re in TX now.
If I eat it at lunchtime (noon) its lunch. If I eat at dinner time (5:00 - 8:00 pm) it's dinner. If I eat it at suppertime (after 9:00 pm) it's supper.
Doesn't matter what the food is or what it's served on - what matters is the time of day it is eaten.
The smell of pine trees in the hot GA sun does it for me.
I used to take a version of switchel with me on bike rides - great thirst quencher. I just used honey rather than molasses and honey.
Hm...been awhile since I made any!
In one skillet, I do the ham and bacon. In a medium pot, I boil the sliced potatoes with a chopped onion for 15 minutes. In a big pot, I boil the green beans and sweet onion chunks with butter and a good dose of black pepper for 15 minutes. Drain water from the beans and potatoes and combine in the big pot. Dump the ham cubes and bacon scraps on top and toss with salad tongs. Heat for another 5-10 minutes on low. Note: check the potatoes with a fork and stop the boil just as they get a little soft (not too done.) The potatoes will continue to cook when combined with the beans for five minutes so you don’t want them to turn to mush. It will serve many.
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You know I think I yab had something close to this. I have had pancakes with maple syrup along with grits and a big slab of ham. The maple syrup ran over into the grits. I recall a good experience here.
Grits are a very under-rated food source. Quite versatile. I recently tried something called quinoa from Trader Joe's. It a grain of a similar light flavor that is cooked like grits. It looks like rice, but is mostly protein and not carb. I found it absorbs the flavors of a meal much like grits. Maybe give it a try sometime.
A “Yankee” cornbread.
No Southerner makes cornbread with SUGAR...yeeeech!
What part of East Texas?
They don’t do that in Palestine.(TX)
Which is why I never drank tea as sweet as that served in the southeast. The only way I will drink presweetened iced tea is if I dilute it with some unsweetened tea till it has about the sweetness I used to drink before I was a teenager. I normally drink about half a gallon to a gallon of unsweetened iced tea a day during the summer. I do put lemmons or limes (preferably limes) in it.
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