<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Elad:
<strong>Well--<p>There appears to be quite the fan club for the aforementioned book.<p>http://www.crescentblues.com/2_1issue/sweet_potato_queen.shtml<p>Maybe I will have to check it out myself although <p>1. I am a male [img]images/icons/tongue.gif" border="0[/img] <p>2. And a Yankee.. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif" border="0[/img] <p>Which do you figure is worse? [img]images/icons/wink.gif" border="0[/img] <p>E</strong><hr></blockquote><p>well honey chile, from where I am from a yankee for sure, but you have to really drawl it out
but I like you anyway

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by selket:
<strong>Cali~<p>I am from Tennessee but I currently live in Florida.<p>I like my tea iced and sweet, thank you!<p>One of my best dishes is fried pork chops, fried okra, corn, cornbread, green beans boiled to death with bacon and onions.....oh, and don't forget the fried potatoes! Most of my family uses fatback but I stick to bacon....trying to keep my girlish figure, you know? I haven't mastered gravy to my husband's chagrin.<p>....<p>it's not Pe-can pie....it's pahcahn pie. A Pee-can is something you leave beside the bed at night!<p>sel</strong><hr></blockquote><p>where from TN, I grew up in middle but mostly from Mule Town but I've been in TX for 20 yrs.<p>sorry Cali but I still don't think as TX from the south, maybe East TX but these people from south of H-town has no clue<p>sel, again sweet tea- great sun tea 16 tea bags or family, 2 cups of sugar, 1 cup of lemon, a little mint, sit in the sun, down here in TX for less than hr, best tea in the world.<p>did you fried okra, what abouy country ham, biscuits, red eye gravey (I don't do the gravey though) I like my grits as in garlic cheese, what about chess pie<p>cinderella from the D/D is from TN also<p>now I am getting homesick, I have not been home since before we went to Singapore in 2000, I miss hills, & people saying rite, nite, etc.<p>
sing (grits) girl raised in the south & Proud of it

okay... I think my daddy's people were from Arkansas... HE grew up in Muleshoe...<p>they might not have been 'Southern' but they sure once were 'cause they were as country as all get out!<p>I have "receipts" for chess pie and chowchow... also some other goodies... that upon penalty of death my relatives have told me never to share [img]images/icons/grin.gif" border="0[/img] .<p>I can fry okra (but please never in bacon grease), bake super buttermilk biscuits and make a cheesy grit casserole that even my Northerner collegues like.<p>You know I like the direction this thread has taken.

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Cali:
<strong>okay... I think my daddy's people were from Arkansas... HE grew up in Muleshoe...<p>they might not have been 'Southern' but they sure once were 'cause they were as country as all get out!<p>I have "receipts" for chess pie and chowchow... also some other goodies... that upon penalty of death my relatives have told me never to share [img]images/icons/grin.gif" border="0[/img] .<p>I can fry okra (but please never in bacon grease), bake super buttermilk biscuits and make a cheesy grit casserole that even my Northerner collegues like.<p>You know I like the direction this thread has taken.</strong><hr></blockquote><p>I like this direction too.<p>my mom makes/made chow chow<p>do ya know how chess pie gets its name?<p>think I'll have to go dig out a cookbook don't use them very often<p>oh & I love this book A Southern Belle Primar
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...04-9126046-4029568#product-detailstoday. I can say I am not all of these but I use to come close<p>[ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: sing ]</p>

Hi Sing~<p>I'm from Memphis. Then we moved to this itty-bitty po-dunk town called Middleton. The biggest excitement in that town was the Fur, Fin and Feather Festival held once a year...OR...on a Friday night you could hang out at the only intersection in the city. For real entertainment we would go throw apples to the cows that lived in the pasture that abutted our back yard.<p>Anyway, we've moved to the Gulf Coast and I love it......although I haven't weathered my first Hurricane yet.<p>I've never used bacon grease to fry my okra although I bet it would be tasty. My mother spreads it over her biscuits before she cooks them, though. My grandparents grew up on a farm where they gathered their eggs, milked their cow and rang their chicken's necks. Mama Sue made the best biscuits (she didn't have a recipe, she made them from memory) and they always had the exact same texture, tasted exactly the same each time. She hand rolled them (never used a biscuit cutter) and her biscuits were always the exact same size. No oddballs, not even the last one.<p>Okay, I'm embarrassed to admit this....and even this grosses me out. While visiting my parents my mother says "We are going to have brains and eggs in the morning". Pork brains. EEEEEW! Conan and I opted for virgin eggs.....no brains. Now that's just plum nasty. I also don't do chitterlings (pronounced chittlins) nor souse. I'm not going to eat the [censored] end of a pig nor eat it's tongue or brains. Good ole pork chops and pork tenderloin is as far as I'll go.<p>I love sweet mint tea although I've never had lemon in it. It gets pretty hot here....I mean scorching. Yeah, tea sure hits the spot.<p>My husband's family are all Yankees. I'd never seen anyone in real life drink hot tea. I thought they only did that in the movies. Not only that, his mother drinks hot tea without sugar. Talk about pungent.<p>When I was little my mother used to fix me Cowboy Coffee. That's coffee with lots of cream and lots of sugar. YUM!<p>sel<p>[ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: selket ]</p>

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by selket:
<strong>Hi Sing~<p>I love sweet mint tea although I've never had lemon in it. It gets pretty hot here....I mean scorching. Yeah, tea sure hits the spot.<p>My husband's family are all Yankees. I'd never seen anyone in real life drink hot tea. I thought they only did that in the movies. Not only that, his mother drinks hot tea without sugar. Talk about pungent.<p>When I was little my mother used to fix me Cowboy Coffee. That's coffee with lots of cream and lots of sugar. YUM!<p>sel<p>[ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: selket ]</strong><hr></blockquote><p>
Sel,<p>I will admit I like hot tea but I don't do coffe, but you don't know how many times I have gone in fast food resaturant & asked for hot tea, & get a glass of tea with no ice.<p>I don't do chittlins either. my hometown has a chittlin' breakfast on Mule Day, every redneck in driving distance comes, some yrs there has been as many as 250,000 of them. totally blows my mine, that all of those people come see a parade where everything is drawn by mules!<p>The Grand Marshall that has gotten the biggest welcome in recent yrs, is Pat Summit. Tennesseans know who is important forget the politicans this lady delievers.<p>Hurricanes aren't too bad, I have only been through 1 major & that was Alicia in 1983 & soon as not repeat the process. Last yr when tropical strom Allison 1st Houston, my sons & I flew an extar 2 hrs around the state of TX, this was when we were returning from Singapore. I was ready to take control & demand they land it anywhere but DFW.<p>Think my mama makes biscuits like yours, I like canned big biscuits better. I don't cook very southern any more, but I sure do miss it.<p>think I'll go make a big gallon of sweet tea, hey if you don't like lemon, you can leave it out, but it doesn't do as well without the sugar.

Hi, selket. I wanted to get my two cents in. I am from South Carolina, the heart of the south. I guess you can say "I am a true Southern belle." I can't wait to get this book. I am assuming the gravy you have yet to master is "milk gravy" or are your tryin' "red-eye gravy." By the way, don't worry about those little storms that blow in every summer. I lived through Hurricane Hugo in a double wide. Boy, was that a wild ride. My H was on call with the fire department that night. (All good southern boys are either volunteer firemen or sheriff deputies.) Even got to walk out during the eye of the storm. Had to check on the horse and the chickens. Never saw so many fire ants doing the back stroke. After that storm, I got rid of all the wildlife. To much of a hassle. Glad to know someone else from this side of the country is close.

Well, I'm a man and a Yankee too. But... I guess I'm only an ex-Yankee, does that improve me? I'll even promise never to move back north (so long as I can visit once in a while.)<p>Our D was born here (South Carolina) but she sure isn't turning into a Southern Belle, doesn't even like grits (though my 14 yo S does.) She's got plenty of belle friends.<p>I did the "Pronounce P-E-C-A-N" poll with some of my native friends about two months ago and most of them said either peeecahn or pican. I got all four versions from various southerners: peecahn, picahn, peecan, and pican. They laughed at the joke that Nascar drivers use peecans.<p>I stewed up a mess of collards and black-eyed peas last new years day - my first attempt. The collards were great, but I'll pass on the black-eyed peas next year. Nothing wrong with peas, except they got in my mouth.<p>I'm still waiting for my chance to see a real storm (missed Hugo by one year). Though, riding it out in a doublewide is probably a bit too "southern" for me. <p>Jeffers

Dear Sel,<p>I did purchase the book .... I did read it during the boring lectures (2 of them) ... and I did giggle audibly ... and the person sitting next to me jotted down the book title ... cuz he said he was gonna buy it for his wife..... but, I watched as a he DID take note of the front cover photograph of the redheaded QUEEN with the augmented green spangly dress ... so, either he's a cross-dresser on a mission, or ... he thinks his Missus is QUEEN material.<p>I thank you for the recommendation. I enjoyed!<p>Pepper [img]images/icons/cool.gif" border="0[/img]

Sing~<p>Mule Day????? Bwwaaahaaa haa haa ha! Do they have mini mules? I saw some once in my hometown. They were darling little critters. Having chittlins on Mule Day....now, if that ain't southern country, I don't know what is.<p>Schurt~<p>So, have you gotten the book yet? My neighbor banged on my door the other morning to tell me the Sweet Potato Queens were on Good Morning America. Did anyone see that? I missed it. She relayed the message to my hubby and somehow from it going into his ears and coming out of his mouth, the message got stuck in there somewhere. <p>Milk gravy [img]images/icons/mad.gif" border="0[/img] ! The last time I tried to make it my hubby kept saying "You need to add more flour" so I did...and I did...and I did. Then, when I poured the milk in, I got this big fat wad of dough. No lie, it took me almost a whole gallon of milk to make the stuff anything even remotely like gravy. I had enough gravy to feed an army. (and that was after spooning out about half of the dough mixture before adding the milk).<p>Needless to say, I haven't tried to make it again. My mother makes chicken noodle soup gravy that is really good.<p>Jeffers~<p>As long as you say "Y'all" and leave the "g"'s off of the end of your words, I'll consider it. Being an ex-Yankee isn't good enough.....you have to work at it. You will be tested next Friday. [img]images/icons/wink.gif" border="0[/img] <p>So, you mean to tell me that you liked the mess of collards (brownie points there on your test next week for using "mess of"...truly southern) better than you did black-eyed peas? What???? Well, all I haveto say is somebody didn't make those black-eyed peas right 'cause the ones I have are so good they'll make yer tongue slap yer brains out! (My Mama's favorite saying). Mmmmm! Black eyed peas and cornbread with a lil' hot sauce. [img]images/icons/smile.gif" border="0[/img] <p>sel

Selket,<p>Yikes! I found myself goin' back over a post this mornin' to put all the "g"s back in. <p>When we first moved here our son came home and told us his teacher said he "couldn't get the sun in his ahs or he'd go blonde." <p>It's hard not to pick that accent up after a while... it's so sweeeet sounding. Don't much run into anyone anymore that I can't hardly understand. I mostly resist absorbing it, but I can tell when I go north visiting that some stuff has snuck in.<p>I knew I forgot somethin'- cornbread! Our neighbors (southerners) don't especially like blackeyed peas much either... They only eat them cuz' they're sposed to. [img]images/icons/grin.gif" border="0[/img] I threw my remaining peas out, they seemed sorta bland and musty. I've got some habanero sauce, maybe that would help. But, my collards were so good that I finished them off the next day, well... no one else ate them, so I had to. <p>LOL at your Mama'a favorite saying. I gotta remember that one.<p>Jeffers

***S E L***<p>Damn it ! You've got me hooked ! I wanna be a QUEEN .... yet, I feel so unqualified ... [img]images/icons/frown.gif" border="0[/img] <p>I do have to report, however, after browsing their "gift shop" ... that I DO own a very Queenly pair of reading glasses I picked up recently in the local beauty supply shop. My peepers are a royal purple and pointy at the corners with rhinestones ( I SWEAR to God, this is true! I mostly bought them to read the small print, but, I admit, also to embarrass my teens. "Mutherrr, your NOT going to wear those glasses ?... Seriously, no really, ARE you?" .... Yes, I are.<p>Have you gone to the sweetpotatoqueens.com message board? I need a translator .... [img]images/icons/tongue.gif" border="0[/img] They are soooo funny, speaking something resembling English , kindasorta. [img]images/icons/grin.gif" border="0[/img] )<p>Pepper <p> [img]images/icons/cool.gif" border="0[/img]

Now I'm laughin fit to kill.<p>The sun was in his ahs or he'd go blonde, huh? TOO CUTE!!!!! I was working for a huge, international company (meaning, that I had to work with alot of nawthunuhs) and I asked Geri (from Wisconsin) if she had seen such-n-such fahle. She was like "fahle?". I said, yes "fahle"....and once again she said "fahle??" and I said once again "yes, fahle" and then we commenced to batting "fahle" back and forth. Finally, and quite exasperated at this point, I raised my voice a might bit and said "YES, fahle, faaaaaaaahle......you know F-AH-L-E" while holding up a green file folder. She said, as if I hadn't already been explaining it for 30 minutes....."OH! Feyele"......I think she got it. One has to exercise extreme patience, you understand. I mean, you would have thought I was talking to her in Pig Latin or something.<p>That's okay, just let that sweetness envelope you, afterall, why fight what is divine???? [img]images/icons/wink.gif" border="0[/img] <p>My M-I-L is from Michigan. She's been down here for many years and tries to pretend that she is southern by saying such things as "y'all". I roll my eyes most of the time. She gives herself away, though, when she says "aye" (while drinking hot unsweetened tea no less). I'm resigned to the fact that I can't slap her because then I would be disrespectin my husband. Life is just full of double-edged swords, ain't it?<p>But, hey, what's a girl to do?<p>Pepper~<p>Your highness, I thought you knew. You ARE a queen. You are hereby pronounced and declared the most royal......<p>Queen PENELOPE!!!!! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif" border="0[/img] <p>~Queen of physical evaluations on Greek Gods! (cough, cough, swallow, cough) [img]images/icons/wink.gif" border="0[/img] <p>~Queen of dismantling a Christmas Tree in no time flat!<p>~Queen of (I'm thinking here)...of...of...Pepe!!!!<p>I bow to yer mightiness and am evermost your humble servant and apprentice. When I grow up I wanna be just like you, Majesty.<p>I've been to the website and I tried to download the Good Morning America interview but I was disconnected before the dang thang downloaded. I wouldn't mind having one of those nightshirts that says "never wear panties to a party".....I'm really living on the edge considering I never go to parties.<p>You GO, girl, with your purple and rhinestone reading specs. You ROCK!<p>sel<p>Queen of (I haven't figured it out yet, but I know I'm queen of something) <p>P.S. Just a little something to make y'all giggle this morning. The other day I was playing Slingo while waiting for that download. Anyway, the point is to try to get the high score of the day. They always post who has achieved the highest score so far and the winner that day was:<p>"misstittiesflopsalot"