[AT] OT Redbud/asparagus

Fri Apr 22 21:42:45 PDT 2005

Sound familiar to me.

BTW  Tomorrow the VanHornesville Fire Department is having our 5th
annual Spring Chicken BBQ ( we have one in the spring and a second with
auction in the fall ((October 1st ) and our first car and engine show.
AND it looks like it may RAIN!!!!!!!!!!.

Steve Williams

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus

> 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>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > 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>
> >> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> >> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >> 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
> >>> To      : 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
<at at lists.antique-
> >>> 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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