Re: Grits

Oh MAN! Chicken fried steak and eggs - breakfast of champions. Adore it,
but limit myself to a few times a year so I don't have to sit and listen
to my arteries harden - LOL


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:53:56 -0800

>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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>>If you have weeds, you don't have enough plants.
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