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“Kay-roh.” Just like that place in Egypt :)@cover2 do you pronounce Cairo “ka-i-roh” or “kay-roh”? I know how the locals do. Just curious.
“Kay-roh.” Just like that place in Egypt :)@cover2 do you pronounce Cairo “ka-i-roh” or “kay-roh”? I know how the locals do. Just curious.
That was kind of my reasoning on fried chicken. Many cultures make it in some fashion so I’m not sure it’s completely southern. Grits are essentially polenta and several African names. But especially for those of us not entirely “southern”, they just feel like they fit the bill better than other things. But I definitely get the chicken argument.
And actually, to be honest, I’ve really just always just had this lifelong dream of derailing an entire thread into a 7 page discussion about grits. I hope to get There one day.[\QUOTE]
definitely not like they pronounce it in Egypt...“Kay-roh.” Just like that place in Egypt :)
definitely not like they pronounce it in Egypt...
I can tear up some lemon meringue, never had the guava as a cobbler or cheesecake but like it as a fruit. Going back to chicken, I can eat a 5 gallon bucket of fried chicken livers but every time I do I have a problem with gout for 3 or 4 days. I make em for the dogs all the time and it kills me not to have some.Guava cheese cake, guava cobbler, lemon meringue pie, key lime, cocanut cream, plus a few others.
I make a dandy bourbon chocalate pecan pie, kind of like a Derby pie.
1. Grits
2. Sausage (links, patties, bulk, I love it all)
3. Biscuits and sausage gravy
4. Pecan pie
5. Cobbler (peach or blackberry) We’d pick a bucket full of blackberries and that cobbler mom made was unforgettable. Preserves were pretty good, too.
I’m a huge breakfast guy. I could eat breakfast 3 times a day.
Fried chicken is good, but honestly I prefer it grilled.
As far as greens, I like kale and eat if all the time, but raw. The issue I have with much of southern cooking is that whatever it is(specifically vegetables and greens) they're just cooked way too much. Kills the texture, much of the nutrients, and some of the natural taste.
In the 90's I had a co-worker bring in a coon rib sammich for lunch. Damn thing had a rib bone sticking 4 inches out the side of two pieces of light bread. I couldn't eat myself thinking he was gonna put an eye out with that damn thingLooking back at this thread I'm surprised neither coon or possum are found on any of these lists (ya'll know who you are).
Here's a little known fact: In southern cooking the nutrients are in the gravy. Gravy is the basis for the foundation of the food pyramid along with biscuits and sweet tea.
I liked the white mullet roe; yellow wasn't in my wheelhouse. We had mullet all the time. I started throwing a castnet when I was 5; dad had it custom made for me. It was only a 5 or 6 foot net and I don't think I ever caught anything in it. Not enough diameter. Sure miss going fishing with him. Throwing a net, gigging flounder (at night with a 6 volt battery powered light), crabbing, cane pole fishing in river and lakes. Seems like a lot of good memories are about food and catching it. BTW: where did the phrase in my wheelhouse come from?Growing up in North Florida, breakfast sometimes consisted of grits, eggs, and mullet roe.
Never could develop a palate for mullet roe.
Also we always call the greens "gravy" liquor, not sure if that is right or not now.
In the 90's I had a co-worker bring in a coon rib sammich for lunch. Damn thing had a rib bone sticking 4 inches out the side of two pieces of light bread. I couldn't eat myself thinking he was gonna put an eye out with that damn thing
Also we always call the greens "gravy" liquor, not sure if that is right or not now.
I have gigged flounder with a flambeau, a lighted asbestos twine ball fed with kerosene. Also, as a boy, enjoyed the camaraderie of being with the grown men running trotlines for catfish using carbide lamps.I liked the white mullet roe; yellow wasn't in my wheelhouse. We had mullet all the time. I started throwing a castnet when I was 5; dad had it custom made for me. It was only a 5 or 6 foot net and I don't think I ever caught anything in it. Not enough diameter. Sure miss going fishing with him. Throwing a net, gigging flounder (at night with a 6 volt battery powered light), crabbing, cane pole fishing in river and lakes. Seems like a lot of good memories are about food and catching it. BTW: where did the phrase in my wheelhouse come from?
We always used a 6 volt light powered by a car battery floating in a washtub held up by an inner tube. The light was on a pole and you had to keep it under water to cool. Later, we got Coleman mantle lanterns with the reflecting dish. Worked like a champ. Still had to drag the washtub to put your catch in. Needle fish would pick at little scabs and start some light bleeding. It wasn't until I saw Jaws that I ever worried about that.I have gigged flounder with a flambeau, a lighted asbestos twine ball fed with kerosene. Also, as a boy, enjoyed the camaraderie of being with the grown men running trotlines for catfish using carbide lamps.
We graduated to Coleman lanterns as well. I think modern technology is back to lights on a plastic pole under water, which (as you know) avoids the reflection at the water surface.We always used a 6 volt light powered by a car battery floating in a washtub held up by an inner tube. The light was on a pole and you had to keep it under water to cool. Later, we got Coleman mantle lanterns with the reflecting dish. Worked like a champ. Still had to drag the washtub to put your catch in. Needle fish would pick at little scabs and start some light bleeding. It wasn't until I saw Jaws that I ever worried about that.
LEDs have changed a lot for the better. Yea for chip manufacturing technology. It's amazing how photoresist has made the world a better place.We graduated to Coleman lanterns as well. I think modern technology is back to lights on a plastic pole under water, which (as you know) avoids the reflection at the water surface.