[AT] OT Redbud/asparagus

Sat Apr 23 06:12:24 PDT 2005

That's pretty well right about the red eye gravy.  It is poor mans gravy 
made from smoked/salt cured ham grease and water or left over coffee.  It is 
too strong for those that didn't grow up on it.
A little bit goes a long way.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
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Subject: Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus

>
> Charlie
> My grandmother was a share corpper's wife and raised 13 children of her on 
> and 3 orphans they took in.  She served white rice with butter and sugar 
> all my life.  My brother and I requested it and my mother cooked it also. 
> My wife's family was of French heritage and her grandmother at
> Athens also cooked rice for breakfast.
>
> My youngest two grandkids will eat it 3 meals a day if offered.  I thought 
> we were different here in the "big woods" of E Texas.
> Bear
> Daddy said you made red eye gravy, because there wasn't enough flour in 
> the house to make cream gravy.
> --- "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:32:00 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
>
> 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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> Subject: Re: [AT] OT Redbud/asparagus
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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
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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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>>> 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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