Re: Grits

Tony - now that's hilarious!  How are you feeling BTW??

Pam

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: romans810@juno.com
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:34:46 -0800

>grits 
>My first wife was from Kentucky & I got introduced to southern vittles. I
>loved them all. I was known as the only sicilian in southern captivity.
>
>Tony Veca <><
>Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
>Vancouver, WA
>
>On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 19:21:44 -0500 "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@islc.net> writes:
>> 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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>Tony Veca <><
>Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
>Vancouver, WA
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Kemp TX/zone 8A



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