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Twiggyish

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 07:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Saba, you forgot GATORS! (I'll forgive you this time)

Nimtu

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 07:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Redgirl! I am so offended! I am just about as far south as you can get - as a matter a fact much further down and I'd fall right in the gulf :) By the way for those of y'all who don't like okra...try it in some gumbo (just thickens can't taste it - if it's cooked right!)

Boberry

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 08:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nimtu -- last time I tried gumbo it had octopus tenacles (with suction cups) in it, so I wasn't concerned at all about the okra in that situation!

I thought Jason was very "southern" in his attention to Amy when they went on the boat trip. It was very sweet to watch. Of course, I must add that my husband was born and grew up in Illinois, and he is just as "southern" when it comes to taking care of me. He's been down in the south now for over half his life and I've only known him for the last 16 years. Maybe it rubbed off when he first got here, but maybe he was already that way. Don't know, just know that I am fortunate to have him :)

Curtisahahahaha

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 08:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Roddy must have noticed Jason's accent because he imitated Jason when Jason "slipped" back into his southernness.

Hillbilly

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 08:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay folks...cut me some slack...it was 5 am and I didn't have my coffee yet! :)

Boberry

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 08:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hillbilly -- take all the slack you want -- I wasn't even conscious at 5 a.m.! We luv ya. Hope you had something good and fried :)

Redgirl30

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 08:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry Nimtu...no offense meant!! I'm from the "cosmopolitan south" (I bet you didn't even know there was such a thing!!!) I bet you've just been gettin' too much salt air from that gulf!! Your brain's not right! LOL As a cosmopolitan southerner I am supposed to be more "politically correct" than to speak of yankees that way! If you are not a yankee, many apologies!

Please assure me you're not on the Florida Gulf, but rather the southern gulf (Alabama to Texas and everywhere in between!) I have a hard time classifying many parts of Florida as the South...I do make exceptions though....Panama City, Tallahassee, and the like, all seem like good southern places even though they are across the state line from my beloved Georgia! Tell me where you're from, otherwise we might have to lump you in with those darn Yankees!! LOL

Yellek

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 08:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, call me ignorant, but I'm a Northwesterner feeling very out of her element since I moved down to NC. I'm still waiting for someone to explain what ham hocks are. (obviously part of a pig, duh! but what part? and why?)

Ps. Hi Saba! I grew up in the Seattle area (Bellevue) and I so miss bashing the Californians! :)

Redgirl30

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 08:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yellek...It doesn't matter what part of the pig it is, you wouldn't serve it up and eat it as a main dish! I'm from the south and my grandfather was a butcher and I can't even tell you exactly what part of porky it is! But it's awfully flavorful to put in greens (collards and turnips the like)!

By the way, why don't the pacific northwesterners like the californians?

Scarlett

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 09:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
According to Miriams, a ham hock is a small cut of meat from a front or hind leg just above the foot. It is great in collards, I agree RedGirl. Add a little hot sauce. Dang I am getting hungry. Ham Hocks are also good in black eyed peas or most any type of bean. Add a little hot sauce. LOL, I will add hot sauce to just about anything.

Yellek

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 09:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Redgirl! I don't like greens, so I guess I'll never know. :)

Hehe, we don't like that they come up to Washington State and buy all the land, raising land costs and the like. Plus they're kinda snotty when they get here. Not laid back enough. Always complaining about the weather. :)

Redgirl30

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 09:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yellek....So that explains what's wrong with my husband! He's from California! (at least he eats grits!) LOL

Yellek

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 09:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ewww, I can't even look at grits without feeling sick to my stomach. I got married down here in the south and my mother kept teasing me that they were going to fill the inside of my wedding cake with cheese grits! Ack!

Nimtu

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 09:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
lol Redgirl! I know what you mean! I in New Orleans (of course that is kinda a whole different country).

Nimtu

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 09:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry, meant to say I'm in New Orleans - typing too quick :)

Boberry

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 09:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yellek -- the inside of your wedding cake with cheese grits! That is beyond disgusting, but it sure did make me laugh :)

Yellek

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 10:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Boberry, yeah it's truly the worst thing I can think of. I think my mother thought she was helping by 'lightening the mood' during all the wedding plans. But I actually had a nightmare about it 2 days before the wedding! Cutting into this nice 3-tiered basketweave cake and having cheese grits ooze out of it. *shudder*

Bbholden

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 10:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ham Hocks and Lima Beans... delicious!!

You take those two ham hocks and put them in a pot with about two quarts of water, add fresh garlic, parsley, salt (not too much as the hock itself gets salty as it cooks) coarse ground black pepper, three bay leaves, a stick of good butter and a couple of onions chopped fine. I like to add some thyme to mine. Let it cook, covered until the house fills with the wonderful aroma of ham... once the outer skin around the hock becomes loose, throw in some fresh picked and cleaned green beans and some diced potatoes or turnips... when the potatoes are tender... in a separate frying pan, fry crips, two slices of bacon or fat back... I prefer bacon... making sure the bacon crumbles.. add a crush clove of fresh garlic, a couple of tablespoons of flour and mix until creamy... add slowly to the big pot as this is the thickener... you can also use cornstarch if you like it thicker. Serve with big slices of homemade bread for dippin' and frost cold buttermilk or cider.

mmmmm mmmmmm good!!!

Bbholden

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 10:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry about the spelling.. my cat was helping my type.

Sassylady

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 10:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nimtu--YEA N'Awlins!!! I was born and raised in New Orleans by a mother who is from Alabama= a strange accent. Funny most on TV portray New Orleans with a "southern" accent--which is so far off of how we sound. I think we sound more like a New York accent then a true southern drawl...With the exception of the cajun accent. With my mother from Alabama I always thought I didn't have a N'awlins accent...Boy was I wrong! My son won Top Cadet last week and we were interviewed on Baton Rouge TV--I could not believe how "yat" I sounded...
Uh...I forgot the point.. Oh well..never mind :0)

Mnkygrrrl

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 10:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am from the Gulf Coast of Mississippi (Gautier-only about 20 minutes from Mobile) and Jason sounds just like my brothers! It's not nearly as backwoods as people might think. There are casinos everywhere and Biloxi is a huge gaming city (2nd or 3rd to Las Vegas). We grew up with grits, cornbread dressing, fried okra, home grown tomaters, boiled crawfish and I have even had pickled turkey gizzards! They were yummy! I know I will catch hell for that one...
Nimtu- N.O. has some of the best food. Fried Gator, the best gumbo, oysters on the half shell...I love that place.

Bigbrotherbelle

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 10:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am about 40 or so miles straight up from the Gulf and an hour and a half from New Orleans and yes, ya'll do have similar to a New York accent lol. Around here, the accent is more Cajun, but I don't have an accent ;)

All this food, I'm drooling!

Oh, Biloxi.. I went there a couple years ago. My friend and I were too young to gamble, but our boyfriends gambled. We just enjoyed the CHEAP, delicious buffets in the casino. The beach was gorgeous... over here I think the only beach we have on the gulf is Holly Beach, which is disgusting.

Nimtu

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 11:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Congrats about your son Sassy! New Orleans has such a diversity of accents - you know 9th ward, westbank, chalmette, metairie, uptown etc. I love it! bbholden's descriptive recipe has my mouth watering! Can't you just smell that bacon cooking?

Twiggyish

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 11:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
We all know there's a difference between being a southerner and a redneck..but just in case you are confused..(drumroll)

http://www.jefffoxworthy.com/comedy/index.html

Scorpiomoon

Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 11:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Post #100! Yay! :)