Re: Grits

When I was younger and didn't care about my heart I used to love chicken 
fried steak with country gravy and eggs over easy.  Yum boy!  Now, well 
now I just can't do it.  Too thick.

DF

Kitty wrote:

>I was never impressed by grits. Then there's "Sausage Gravy & Biscuits"
>. Ugh. I cannot even sit at the same table with that horrid looking
>mess.
>
>
>Kitty
>
>-------Original Message-------
>From: romans810@juno.com
>Sent: 03/17/03 03:31 PM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Grits
>
>  
>
>>feeling 
>>    
>>
>Thanks Pam - I'm still feeling gr888. Besides the grits, etc, back in the
>"old" days, my ex  - Bro-law was from Tenn. & a truck driver. he would
>bring back good old 'WHITE LIGHTNING & down home salted ham. One shot of
>lightning & I forgot how salty the ham was. Oh yes, along with some gr888
>okra.
>
>Tony Veca <><
>Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
>Vancouver, WA
>
>On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 19:45:54 -0600 "Pamela J. Evans"
><gardenqueen@gbronline.com> writes:
>  
>
>>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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>>--
>>Pam Evans
>>Kemp TX/zone 8A
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>Tony Veca <><
>Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
>Vancouver, WA
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