Re: Hello?

Wow, I'm surprised. Most people who didn't grow up eating them freak out
when they taste them for the first time. One thing I've never understood is
eating them with cream and sugar. YUCK! We always had butter, salt & pepper
and that's it. Sometimes cheese. Of course now that I live on the coast
shrimp & grits is a good thing!

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC
Zone 8b

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maria Olshin" <marolsh@ptd.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hello?


> I'm not Southern, but I worked on a movie in MD for seven weeks once, and
> had grits every day. Still love 'em.
>
> Maria
>
>
> >
> > OHHHHH, now you are truly southern if you love grits.  I grew up in the
> > south....grits and butter, cheese grits, grits with eggs....my husband
does
> > not like them.  I can't even imagine that.
> >
> > Jesse Rene' Bell
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@islc.net>
> >> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hello?
> >> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 17:55:41 -0500
> >>
> >> Pinto beans and cornbread is a staple here too Rene'. My Dad would FLIP
if
> >> he couldn't have cornbread. (Oh, and grits of course)
> >>
> >> Andrea H
> >> Beaufort, SC
> >> Zone 8b
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jesse Bell" <jesserenebell@hotmail.com>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 4:23 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hello?
> >>
> >>
> >>> Ummmm...wait a minute...I think that's MY mother you are talking
about.
> >> Luv
> >>> her....hate the cooking.  My kids won't even eat my mother's cooking.
> >> They
> >>> saw pictures of me when I was a skinny teenager and all of them chimed
> >> in,
> >>> "GEE MOM...IT'S NO WONDER YOU WERE SO SKINNY...MIMI CAN'T COOK FOR
> >>> NOTHING...YOU LOOKED STARVED!"  I wore a size 1 when all my friends
were
> >> in
> >>> size 6.  I learned to cook in high school just so I could EAT at home.
> >> My
> >>> mother started selling real estate then...so I took over the cooking.
> >> My
> >>> siblings were very happy...and so was my father!!  He still comes over
> >> to
> >> my
> >>> house so he can "get a decent bowl of pinto beans and cornbread!"
> >> (that's
> >> a
> >>> staple in Oklahoma....like red beans and rice in New Orleans)
> >>>
> >>> Jesse Rene' Bell
> >>> Claremore, OK
> >>> Zone 6
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> From: Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org>
> >>>> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hello?
> >>>> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 14:30:17 -0500
> >>>>
> >>>> did we have the same mother?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> At 09:20 AM 3/15/03 -0800, you wrote:
> >>>>> As a chef Zem, I appreciate that.  However, you obviously didn't
know
> >> my
> >>>>> sainted mother may she rest in peace.  My mother had many great
> >>>>> attibutes...cooking wasn't one of them.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> DF
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Zemuly@aol.com wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> In a message dated 03/14/2003 6:04:45 PM Central Standard Time,
> >>>>>> dfranzma@pacbell.net writes:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> next to lima beans brussel sprouts are the lowest of life forms.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Obviously, you are not familiar with that Southern anthem, "Just a
> >> Bowl
> >>>>> of
> >>>>>> Butter Beans" sung to the tune of "Just a Closer Walk with Thee."
> >> Very
> >>>>>> touching.  If somebody is willing to cook for me I'm delighted to
> >> eat
> >> it
> >>>>> --
> >>>>>> no matter what, well, maybe not dirt.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> zem
> >>>>>> zone 7
> >>>>>> West TN
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
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