[AT] OT Redbud/asparagus

Fri Apr 22 11:32:00 PDT 2005

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
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>
> 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" 
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> 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
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>
>
>> 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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>>>
>>>>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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