Posted on 06/15/2007 9:47:49 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
Acres and acres of afternoon. (Borrowed from an old Reader's Digest found in a Doctor's office.)
How do you catch a feeling? (God, I miss the South.)
There used to be a restaurant called Top of the River overlooking the MS river in Vicksburg. Best catfish I ever ate.
People in the southern states have more problems with kidney stones and they usually attribute this to drinking a lot of tea. I still drink it by the gallon and you would think that since tea is mostly water it would be good at preventing kidney problems, but it contains a lot of “oxalate” which is one of the main things some kidney stones are formed of. I thought it was interesting.
My Yankee sister in law was in a restaurant in SC and asked them if they had any of that tea with ice in it.
She couldn’t understand the odd look she got from the waitress.
From Wiki:
Darjeeling
Type: Black
Other names: The Champagne of Teas
Origin: Darjeeling, India
Quick description: Fruity and spicy.
Darjeeling tea has traditionally been prized above all other black teas, especially in the UK and the countries comprising the former British Empire. It comes from Darjeeling in West Bengal, India. When properly brewed it yields a thin-bodied, light-colored liquor with a floral aroma a tinge of astringent tannic characteristics, and a musky spiciness often referred to by tea connoisseurs as “muscatel.” A sweet cooling aftertaste should be felt on the mouth.
Tea planting in the Indian district of Darjeeling was begun during 1841 by a Dr. Campbell, a civil surgeon of the Indian Medical Service, who had been transferred to that area during 1839: he used seeds from China. Experimental tea plantation by himself and others occurred during the 1840s and the government established tea nurseries during that period. Commercial exploitation began during the 1850s.
Chick-fil-a does make the best tea. Hardee’s makes the worst. The tea is too weak.
I was also fascinated with "Chicken Fried Steak". I didn't know for the longest time exactly what it was - chicken or steak? I made the mistake of ordering it once to find out.
They take a perfectly good steak, dip it in batter and then fry it to death. What a waste of steak!
Nor did I know what grits were - I think I expected something like hush puppies, I don't really know what I expected - but the first time a bowl was set in front of me, I looked at the waitress and said, "This is nothing but cream of wheat!" (at least that's what it looked like). I was kind of disappointed - I guess I expected something more exotic than a bowl of mush.
Don't get me going on Turkey stuffing/dressing. The stuff I was served in the South was more like cornbread soup than the bread stuffing I grew up with in the North. I found out later its called stuffing in the North and dressing in the South.
What I missed most living in the South were simple rolls. Rolls in the North and biscuits in the South. I learned later that the reason was that yeast-raised bread was harder to do in the South because of the heat so they tend to more "quick-bread" biscuits.
While I am an "adventurous" eater - I'll try almost anything at least once, I did find myself missing real bread rolls, real bread stuffing, real iced tea and mostly (because I am from Detroit) Vernors and Faygo pop. Incidentally this is Faygo's 100th birthday. Faygo was the company that first started calling "pop" pop. The name comes from the sound when the top was popped off.
Soda can be confused with plain carbonated water - as in Whisley and Soda, or with baking soda. But pop is pop.
I'm back living in the North, although my family lives in the South. Whenever I'm down for a visit and they ask me if I want a soda, I have 2 answers:
"Yes, but could I have some flavor and sweetener with it." or
(my favorite)"No thanks, I don't plan on baking a cake today."
I’m from the South and never did like sweet tea. It’s always had to be unsweetened for me. Yes, I know, it’s heresy in the South! Maybe that’s why I went up north.
My Texas lunch today is Bush’s chicken tenders with cream gravy, fried okra, roll and a huge glass of sweet tea. Heart attack on a plate so I only do it about once a month.
Co-Cola = Georgia
Coke = South
Cold drinks = South (not sure)
Soda = North
Pop = North, Midwest
Dr. Pepper = Texas....Dublin
Here's the map
You gotta try some Southern homemade cathead biscuits.
My daughter would ask you to adopt her.
You just have to go there in your heart. It’s amazing how the drudgery of the day evaporates like the fog early on a summer morning when you do. Think on what is good, what is lovely, what is “Heavenly,” and you’ll be there — always in your secret place in your heart.
Don’t make him struggle with metaphorical names more than he already seems to do. :)
Heresy! Chicken fried steak is food of the gods. You must have had a bad one.
I love it!
Neither my husband nor I like sugar in regular food. But we like it in coleslaw. I think it’s because it’s needed to balance the vinegar. But only a little, not enough to make it taste sweet.
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