[AT] OT Redbud/asparagus

Fri Apr 22 14:08:08 PDT 2005

Charlie,
When I was little the only way I would eat rice was with milk and sugar.  You 
are right - it's good.
In another post you mentioned the local method of cooking chickens.  Here we do 
something similar - but with the Western NC sauce as you mentioned.  The first 
chicken I had like that was for a fund raiser for the local volunteer fire 
department - I've got a copy of their sauce recepie - man is it good!  Now the 
fire department is funded by taxes (still volunteer) so they don't cook the 
chicken anymore.  This has spawned a local industry - people with pig (chicken) 
cookers who will prepare the chicken for various groups to resale.  In fact my 
church held a "port-a-pit" chicken dinner last weekend.  Good chicken but not as 
good as the original.

David

charlie hill wrote:

> Hi Bear,
> 
> I think I'll try some raw asparagus some time.  I don't particularly 
> like cooked turnips (root) but like it raw.  I bet the asparagus would 
> be good raw.
> 
> Here's one for you.  My grandaddy was born in about 1885 or so in S/E NC 
> (Bladen Co.) for Al Jones and others who know where that is.  One of his 
> favorite breakfast cerals was fresh cooked hot white rice with milk and 
> sugar.   HEY don't knock it  until you try it.
> The stuff is GOOD.
> 
> My daddy used to say that during the depression they got so bad off that 
> they ran out of ham.  He said they would hang a ham bone by a wire over 
> the table, eat grits and sop biscuits in red eye gravy and pretend they 
> were eating ham.  LOL.
> 
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <mmman at netscape.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
> 
> 
>>
>> Like Charlie, I was brought up to eat whatever was served and to never 
>> insult my hostess by not eating what was on the table.  But if 
>> presented poi again, I would probably insult my Hawaiian hostess and 
>> refuse.  I really thought they had goofed and served watery drywall 
>> mud or generic wallpaper paste.  Might be good for a case of the 
>> galloping back door trots if you could keep it down.  Only tried it 
>> once at a big island dairy looah(sp?) when we were recieving some air 
>> shipped baby calves there and that was enough.
>>
>> On the other hand, I never had asparagus until I was old enough to 
>> vote and I really love the fresh stuff.  Raw, cooked or dipped in beer 
>> even.
>> But then I really love all green vegetables and eat almost 
>> everything.  I do not care for pinapple, but if your darling wife or 
>> mother bakes a Pinapple pie or cake, I will eat it and compliment her 
>> on her prowess in the kitchen--that is what Mama taught us boys to do.
>>
>> Grits are another of those things that seams to be regional.  I was 
>> brought up on grits with red eye gravy and bacon on the side.  Just 
>> another breakfast cereal and my maternal grandmother who was a school 
>> cook for over 40 years used to mix grits in her pancakes about half 
>> time.  I see people eating them with butter and honey or sugar, but 
>> that is kid stuff.
>>
>> Rubarb is another of those things that I never tried till I was 30 or 
>> so. We were shiping Dairy heifers from Iowa to S America and one of 
>> the breeders wives was feeding us and she cooked rubarb pie--boy was I 
>> hooked. Guess as you all can see, when you can see me, I just like to 
>> eat almost anything that holds still while I stick a fork in it.
>> Bear
>> --- "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
>> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 19:20:37 -0400
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
>>
>> Trust me Phil,  DON'T bother trying poi unless you just want to see 
>> how bad
>> it is.  Let the Hawaians sing all the songs they want to about it.  The
>> stuff ain't fit to eat.  I said earlier that I will eat most anything 
>> and I
>> will.  I was raised not to waste food and you can tell that by looking 
>> at my
>> waist.  (pun intended)  I seldom leave anything much on my plate even 
>> if I
>> don't like it but poi is another story.  I've been to Hawaii twice and 
>> tried
>> it both times.  Last time I tried very hard to eat the stuff.  I just
>> couldn't.   Forget about good food or bad food.  It just doesn't even 
>> taste
>> like food.
>>
>> I'm sure I've offended someone who likes the stuff and I'm sorry but I 
>> just
>> don't know how anyone could eat it unless it was the last thing left 
>> before
>> canabalism.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <pga2 at hot1.net>
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>> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 4:39 PM
>> Subject: RE: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
>>
>>
>>> Exactly right on the grits, Warren. However, I do enjoy asparagus,
>>> especially in Pat's asparagus casserole. I can't comment on poi,
>>> however, since I've never had any.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>>> From    : "Warren F. Smith" <WarrenSmith at palmettobuilders.net>
>>>
>>> Sent    : Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:24:47 -0400
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>>> tractor.com>
>>> Subject : RE: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I'll agree that poi should be at the bottom of the list, right after
>>>>> *GRITS*.
>>>>> George Willer
>>>
>>>
>>> George I normally agree with your curmudgeonly self but those are 
>>> fighting
>>> words around here. Grits are a staple in the South as I'm sure you are
>>> aware. Same as cream of wheat and oatmeal are elsewhere. I eat mine 
>>> with a
>>> little butter and salt, maybe crumble bacon in them. I have seen people
>>> eat
>>> them with jelly, cheese, honey or sugar as well. Look at grits as a vast
>>> empty palette on which you can practice your culinary art. Asparagus, on
>>> the
>>> other hand, is hopeless.
>>>
>>> Warren
>>>
>>>
>>>
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