bluck
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Ate a lot of field corn to, if it was good enough for the hogs it was good enough for us. Another one was okra, fried, pickled or boiled, most northerner's won't eat boiled okra, too slimey.
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jharrelson
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bluck wrote:Ate a lot of field corn to, if it was good enough for the hogs it was good enough for us. Another one was okra, fried, pickled or boiled, most northerner's won't eat boiled okra, too slimey.
I grew up eating OKRA also.. but I readily admit the I hated it when Mammy put chopped up Okra in her big pot of snap beans and boiled it..
Talk about slimy... YUK.... I could not even pick out the beans to eat because they were slimy from the Okra....
on the other hand I loved chopped Okra rolled in corn meal and deep fried and some Mayonnaise for dipping..
And as for "Field Corn" ... heck, all a person's got to do is go out each morning and "Milk" an ear to see if it was ready to pick..
If a kernel was soft enough to cut with your finger nail...and the milk squirts out... start picking and canning..
We used to put up 20 to 30 quart jars of corn every year.. along with other veggies and even some meats..
and no true southerner can forget "BOILED PEANUTS"... !! Whoooeeee .. talk about a true Southerner's Delight...
We would go out to the peanut field and use a "Tater Rake" to pull up 10 or 20 pounds of them and then rinse off the dirt ... pull the peanuts off the vines ... and boil them in salt water..
I remember as a young boy, sitting at the kitchen table just before bedtime and eating boiled Goobers with Daddy..
Peanuts must be "Green" for boiling... once they are dried out, they are no good for boiling.
Here is a little trivia for ya... "When is a nut not a nut?"..
Answer:... When it is a peanut...
peanuts are not nuts.. they are part of a "Root" and grow underground...
A "NUT" grows above ground in the sunlight...
John
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Carson City, Nevada
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The story goes that a man died and was approached by the Devil who told him that he could buy his soul back for a dollar. The man searched his pockets and could only come up with 98 cent. While begging the Devil to forget the two cent he was short, an Angel happened by and hearing the Devil laughing, asked the man, "Would you mind if I put in my two cents ?" The Devil got so mad that he exploded in a puff of smoke and the man's soul was saved.
The moral: Sometimes putting in your two cents worth makes a difference.
JOHN "the cook" 1997
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jharrelson
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Some fun information about OKRA ... YAMS and GOOBERS...
Most Southerners recognize the terms goober and goober pea as other names for the peanut. Goober is related to Kongo or Kimbundu n-guba, "peanut."
The word is especially interesting as one of a small stock of African language borrowings brought over by slaves. Most of these words have to do with the food items imported from Africa for the slaves to eat.
In this category are gumbo, "okra," which is of Bantu origin, and yam, which is of West African origin.
The noun cooter is related to the Mandingo word kuta and the Tshiluba word nkudu, both meaning "turtle."
Cooter is still used in South Carolina, Georgia, and the Gulf states to denote the edible freshwater turtle of the genus Chrysemys and, by extension, other turtles and tortoises.
and did you know ... ???
A "YAM" is not a "Sweet Potato" ... and vice-versa.. A Sweet potato is not a yam.
They are two completely different plants... and vegetables...
Check it out here..
http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/vegetables/sweet-potatoes-yams.asp
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Matthew_B
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How about a nice wiener schnitzel with mashed potatoes and sweet and sour red cabbage? Of course served with a pint of cold Spaten.
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jharrelson
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Matthew_B wrote:How about a nice wiener schnitzel with mashed potatoes and sweet and sour red cabbage? Of course served with a pint of cold Spaten.
I don't recognize the word "SPATEN" Matt... is it a food or drink ?
John
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narcodog
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I've always known cooters as something else.
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jharrelson
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Anyone remember the character named "COOTER" who drove the tow truck on the TV show "Dukes of Hazard" ..?
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Matthew_B
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Mountain Jack
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http://www.worldisround.com/articles/9119/photo4.html
We had some FUN Times in Munich...
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jharrelson
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Matthew_B wrote:
aaahah.. now that looks good ... is it a dark beer or ale ..?
can't make out the label clear enough to tell..
I hope I live long enough for scientist to invent "Smell-o-Vision" and "Taste-o-Vision" ...it'd save a lot of drooling on keyboards..
heh heh heh ...
John
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