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TheBellyBionic 12-26-2009 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by apocalipstic (Post 25008)
Oh man that sounds great! The pies I mean. :)

I like my grits with red eye gravy!

What kind of gravy you eat is a huge thing in the South...Sawmill, chocolate, red eye, tomato....my favorite of all is red eye. I made poor Cynthia, my long suffering Yankee G/F learn how to make it. *beam*
Ha! Dreadgeek has southern roots, too, and I've learned to cook a lot of southern food since we've been together. Before I met her, I was 30 years old and had never tasted grits, collard greens, or sweet tea. Now I make them all, and we just had some seriously good homemade from scratch biscuits and gravy for dinner. I'm stuffed.

I had no idea people put sugar on grits. I always eat them with cheese and Frank's Red Hot sauce. I tried them with maple syrup once, but that was kind of gross.

Duchess 12-26-2009 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Write14u (Post 25418)
Oh wow, where to begin ...
It's hard to explain. Yes, bauld = boiled (just said in the vernacular).
Boiled peanuts taste nothing like roasted. When peanuts are boiled, they take on the flavoring of whatever you boil them with (they have specialty versions too, like the hot, cajun ones our peanut guy brings around to our news room).

A lot of people will actually suck on the shell first to get the full flavor before pulling it open for the peanuts. mmmmm.

You really need to come check out the Southern delicacies. *grin*
Boiled peanuts are the best. Especially when you buy them from the old guy in a little shack on the side of the road...:cheer:

Duchess

Duchess 12-27-2009 12:18 AM
I had to satisfy my grits craving today. I cooked them in milk, never water, and added a little sugar, butter, cinnamon and a couple of peach slices..Yummm :eating:

Before I go to bed, I'll make my oatmeal raisin walnut pecan cookies.. You guys have me in the mood to bake..:cooking:

Duchess

Write14u 12-27-2009 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Duchess (Post 26092)
Boiled peanuts are the best. Especially when you buy them from the old guy in a little shack on the side of the road...:cheer:

Duchess

First things first: Good to see you, darlin! *grin*
And you're totally right about the guy selling them on the side of the road. We've gotten lazy. There is a peanut guy who brings them to us at the paper. Alas, I rarely have cash on me.

Duchess 12-27-2009 02:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Write14u (Post 26134)
First things first: Good to see you, darlin! *grin*
And you're totally right about the guy selling them on the side of the road. We've gotten lazy. There is a peanut guy who brings them to us at the paper. Alas, I rarely have cash on me.
Hi Sweetness....That's pretty highfalutin of y'all..Ok, it's just me gettin' jealous cause I don't get boiled peanuts delivered..:tease:


For those of you that don't know, highfalutin means............
[edit] Adjective

highfalutin (comparative more highfalutin, superlative most highfalutin)
Positive
highfalutin
Comparative
more highfalutin
Superlative
most highfalutin

  1. (US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical; tending to show off or hold oneself in unduly high regard. It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery.

Zimmeh 12-27-2009 10:14 AM
Good Morning Wicket,

My dad and his family listened to the old country music such as Hank Sr, Ernest Tubb, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash and Dolly. I turned to rock and roll when I was 13, but I do listen to the old country music from time to time. My roommate who is from New York, never had chili and one day I decided to make it and he nearly fell over. I make it with mild beans and chili mix, but the next day that stuff lit him up like a lightbulb, hehe...

Have a good Sunday,

Zimmy

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Originally Posted by WicketWWarrick (Post 26012)
Dana makes the same threat to me - which is why I sleep with one eye open... Hey, I do shave down the middle so I don't have a uni-brow, isn't that enough?!?!?!?!?!



Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who has kept this thread alive and in the good Southern spirit. I go through periods where I can't get online much and the past week was one such stretch. It warms my heart to come in hear and feel all the SOuthern love!!!!!

Ya'll have brought up so much that is part of my Southern pride. The beautiful and diverse lands, the slow pace - FOOD, the music, the women, the hospitality. And I had never even thought about Southern writers but that's definitely another slice of the southern pie. Which, by the way, I pronounce peCAN, preferably the chocolate peCAN my mother makes!

Love me some Dolly Parton, and I'm not a big fan of country music. Speaking of Dolly, we have Dollywood too!!!!!

I know there was more I was going to mention but I'm drawing a blank. I'll be back and post more as I think of things.

Ya'll keep posting, ya hear!



Sorry can't help myself...
But, but, but, I had you pegged as the Belle of the Ball , please say it's true?!?!?!

Arwen 12-27-2009 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Write14u (Post 24979)
You just think that stuff you drink out there is sweet tea, Toughy. hah!
You can't even find real sweet tea west of the Mississippi. And I include Texas in that. Putting sugar into the tea after you get the cup doesn't make it real sweet tea. LOL

Oh NO you did NOT.

As someone who was raised in Louisiana which just happens to be west of the Mississippi, I'll issue a throwdown to you.

My sweet tea vs yours.

Hmmph. ;) Bring it, sportswriter.

I do like calling myself a Southern Belle and/or a Steel Magnolia. There are things I love about the South and things I hate.

What do I hate?

THE BUGS! Nice thing about living in Colorado was that the fleas completely died off in the winter. And I never saw even one palmetto bug.

What do I love?

  • Lazy bayous just waiting for me to slip the canoe in and go for a while
  • Gators sunning themselves on the bank.
  • Great Blue Herons fishing like old men who never want to leave the bank
  • Spanish Moss which is a true indicator about who won between the French and Spanish cultural invasion of the South. It used to be called Frenchmans's Beard.
  • Evangeline's Oak
  • Box sliding on the levee
  • Mint Juleps
  • Knowing what someone means when they say "who dat"
  • Knowing the right response to "where you at" is "hello"


All of that and more is Louisiana to me.

Oh edited to add that my preferred grits are with butter, salt and pepper and a fried egg on top.

Although I do love Grits & Grillades.

Hudson 12-27-2009 11:35 AM
food, specifically grits, as weapon. only in the South.

:heartbeat:

NotAnAverageGuy 12-27-2009 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Hudson (Post 26203)
food, specifically grits, as weapon. only in the South.

:heartbeat:

:ambulance:

Write14u 12-27-2009 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Arwen (Post 26177)

Oh NO you did NOT.

As someone who was raised in Louisiana which just happens to be west of the Mississippi, I'll issue a throwdown to you.

My sweet tea vs yours.

Hmmph. ;) Bring it, sportswriter.

I do like calling myself a Southern Belle and/or a Steel Magnolia.
Heh! It's already been brung! *grin*
Dearest Southern Belle,
I dare say your tea is pretty damn good. But you KNOW you can't find good sweet tea in the restaurants down there. You have to admit it. LOL

P.S. I love how people call them Palmetto bugs. Hell, they're just big ol' flying roaches. *wink*

WolfyOne 12-27-2009 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Duchess (Post 26110)
I had to satisfy my grits craving today. I cooked them in milk, never water, and added a little sugar, butter, cinnamon and a couple of peach slices..Yummm :eating:

Before I go to bed, I'll make my oatmeal raisin walnut pecan cookies.. You guys have me in the mood to bake..:cooking:

Duchess

Yummy, now I'm wanting cookies and oatmeal are my favorite.

Do you do cookie mail order?
Can't blame a boi for trying.

Niceguy 12-28-2009 02:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Jess (Post 25614)
I also get confused by some folks who seem to write from a Southern experience that don't live in areas I see as the south. I always "felt" Hemingway was a Southerner at heart, though he was from ILL. He must have been a "wannabe" southerner..LOL

Hemingway did some of his writing in his barn studio at his second wife's family home in Piggott, AR. "Fathers and Sons", "A Clean Well-Lighted Place", "Wine of Wyoming", and part of "A Farewell to Arms" were written there. The house and barn are now a museum.


As for the topic of the thread... Anyone who knows me very well knows how proud and passionate I am about being born and raised in Arkansas and the south. I've traveled all over the country and have yet found a place I'd rather live. I can take a joke as well as anyone, but jokes about Arkansas and the south get really old. I find it interesting when people who get offended by other stereotypical jokes such as butch and femme jokes can make stereotypical jokes about certain states or regions and not realize they can be just as offensive.

Btw, if anyone is interested in a tour of Arkansas, I might know a good tour guide! ;)

Arwen 12-28-2009 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Write14u (Post 26398)
Heh! It's already been brung! *grin*
Dearest Southern Belle,
I dare say your tea is pretty damn good. But you KNOW you can't find good sweet tea in the restaurants down there. You have to admit it. LOL

P.S. I love how people call them Palmetto bugs. Hell, they're just big ol' flying roaches. *wink*
Well, I'd have to utterly disagree with you on the good sweet tea in restaurants, honey. Even here in Texas they have good sweet tea. Find a McAllister's next time you are in this area. :) I actually bought a jug to take home.

My preference is to call them "SHRIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK" but I've found that many of my acquaintances prefer to have their ear drums left intact.

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Originally Posted by Niceguy (Post 26590)
Hemingway did some of his writing in his barn studio at his second wife's family home in Piggott, AR. "Fathers and Sons", "A Clean Well-Lighted Place", "Wine of Wyoming", and part of "A Farewell to Arms" were written there. The house and barn are now a museum.


As for the topic of the thread... Anyone who knows me very well knows how proud and passionate I am about being born and raised in Arkansas and the south. I've traveled all over the country and have yet found a place I'd rather live. I can take a joke as well as anyone, but jokes about Arkansas and the south get really old. I find it interesting when people who get offended by other stereotypical jokes such as butch and femme jokes can make stereotypical jokes about certain states or regions and not realize they can be just as offensive.

Btw, if anyone is interested in a tour of Arkansas, I might know a good tour guide! ;)
I'll take you up on that tour guide! :) I love your state. My best friend moved there so I visited a lot in my younger days. Of course, it was just up to Crossett and Hamburg. LOL

You are right about the stereotyping jokes. I honestly think that most of those types of jokes are fear-based. Whether that fear is a fear of the unknown or a real fear, I just wouldn't know. Have to be on an individual basis. :)

But I try not to categorize all Yankees as stiff and rude. I can only control what is in my hula hoop. :*

Write14u 12-28-2009 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Arwen (Post 26664)
Well, I'd have to utterly disagree with you on the good sweet tea in restaurants, honey. Even here in Texas they have good sweet tea. Find a McAllister's next time you are in this area. :) I actually bought a jug to take home.

My preference is to call them "SHRIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK" but I've found that many of my acquaintances prefer to have their ear drums left intact.
Psst, McAllisters is a chain, not a real restaurant, and from what I hear, yes, they do have good tea. But as a rule, it's pretty hard to find brewed tea with sugar already added. Just sayin. *grin*

I remember my freshman year in college. We walked into the dorm and there was a HUGE effing "palmetto" up on the wall. My friend with me was from Oregon and it was the first she'd ever seen. You should have seen the look on her face when I just slipped off my shoe, smacked it then walked away. LOL

As for Yankees, I know a number of them and they're all pretty good peeps. Some of them have strange ways, but it's their upbringing, I imagine. *grin*

NotAnAverageGuy 12-28-2009 04:25 PM
NC bbq, yummo

how I miss that bbq

Duchess 12-28-2009 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by WolfyOne (Post 26431)
Yummy, now I'm wanting cookies and oatmeal are my favorite.

Do you do cookie mail order?
Can't blame a boi for trying.
You're such a sweetie pie I might consider it. :)

Duchess

Jess 12-29-2009 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Hudson (Post 26203)
food, specifically grits, as weapon. only in the South.

:heartbeat:

LMAO! Wondering if she takes any other advice from Madea?!?!


[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N_6--RgdAQ"]YouTube- Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - 13. "Grits and Skillet"[/nomedia]

Zimmeh 12-31-2009 09:04 AM
That was hilarious!

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Originally Posted by Jess (Post 27090)
LMAO! Wondering if she takes any other advice from Madea?!?!


YouTube- Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - 13. "Grits and Skillet"

Write14u 12-31-2009 10:41 AM
So, I called up my mom the other day to make sure she was picking up some food for tomorrow. For us, it's always been a tradition of black-eyed peas (for good luck) and collard greens (for money) that we eat on New Year's Day to set the year up right. I talked with another friend of mine in a border state and she said for them, it's cabbage for luck and money. Any of you got any other food traditions?

Zimmeh 12-31-2009 10:47 AM
None that I can remember. I usually have to work on New Year's Day.

Have fun today!

Zimmy

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Originally Posted by Write14u (Post 28676)
So, I called up my mom the other day to make sure she was picking up some food for tomorrow. For us, it's always been a tradition of black-eyed peas (for good luck) and collard greens (for money) that we eat on New Year's Day to set the year up right. I talked with another friend of mine in a border state and she said for them, it's cabbage for luck and money. Any of you got any other food traditions?


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