Social Thread LVII: Who'da thunk it? - Page 45

OfficerChris · 10-22-2012, 08:18

so... nothing to add... well hello

lawman800 · 10-22-2012, 08:25

Back to the grind. At least no late nights in the forecast this week... but yes on next week.

SPDSNYPR · 10-22-2012, 10:31

I got ONE FREAKING DAY OFF LAST WEEK.

It was Friday. I decided to take a nap on the couch and savor the fact that I could just lay around and be lazy. Just got to sleep. It was glorious. Then - SWAT callout. Armed/barricaded. He gave up when we showed up.

FML.

Horror - you pay for the plane ticket round trip, and I'll work for you for a week. I'll have to brush up on the old Deutsch, but I'm willing to give it a try.

**Hack** · 10-22-2012, 10:47

Grits aren't hard to make. But, you don't learn how to make them without engaging in the process.

Sent from my can and string set.

RyanNREMTP · 10-22-2012, 15:38

Monday is almost over. Yea!

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steveksux · 10-22-2012, 16:48

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Originally Posted by Hack

Grits aren't hard to make. But, you don't learn how to make them without engaging in the process.

Sent from my can and string set.

I have the best wife in the world. I forget sweetest day, she says no problem, we can celebrate later in the week. Says she's going to make me some special grits for breakfast in bed. I think she called them"Al Green style".

I'm such a lucky guy!

Randy

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**Hack** · 10-22-2012, 22:00

Mine makes them occasionally. Keep in mind she's originally from the Northeastern states, so it took southern and Missouri culture rubbing off on to her to unnerstand that grits is sometimes a way of life.

lawman800 · 10-23-2012, 00:11

I remember having the best grits in the South... and by the South, I mean like Greenville/Spartanburg, SC. Not Orange County, CA.

Horror · 10-23-2012, 00:16

no sleep in the last 28 hours

I think I'll take a nice 10hours nap now

blueiron · 10-23-2012, 00:20

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Originally Posted by lawman800

I remember having the best grits in the South... and by the South, I mean like Greenville/Spartanburg, SC. Not Orange County, CA.

Are you certain that you don't mean Calexico?

lawman800 · 10-23-2012, 00:47

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Originally Posted by blueiron

Are you certain that you don't mean Calexico?

The only grit in Calexico is the sand in my teeth after yawning in that perpetual dust storm.

OfficerChris · 10-23-2012, 05:22

bama trooper once sent me a pack of grits. Didnt really know what to do with them but I liked the taste. We have similar things here, but its used different

**Hack** · 10-23-2012, 13:29

Then there is another Southern snack that just cannot be denied a place in my home. Boiled peanuts. Love those things, especially with a cold one.

If you haven't had a Moon Pie and an RC Cola at least once, you have not lived.

Roasted peanuts right in the Coca Cola.

Sweet potato pie is so good, as is shoo fly pie.

Good ol Southern barbecue, and there are several ways of doing so.

Corn bread or biscuits; beef summer sausage, and eggs, along with a side of hominy grits.

Fried chicken eaten with your fingers. In one Georgia town or city it is against the law to eat fried chicken with silverware. It is only with your fingers.

If there is one thing about the South that is unforgettable it is how they tickle the taste buds.

Good thing I am not hungry, or I would be hitting the kitchen to fix something to eat, (another Southern thing).

CJStudent · 10-23-2012, 15:10

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Originally Posted by Hack

Then there is another Southern snack that just cannot be denied a place in my home. Boiled peanuts. Love those things, especially with a cold one.

If you haven't had a Moon Pie and an RC Cola at least once, you have not lived.

Roasted peanuts right in the Coca Cola.

Sweet potato pie is so good, as is shoo fly pie.

Good ol Southern barbecue, and there are several ways of doing so.

Corn bread or biscuits; beef summer sausage, and eggs, along with a side of hominy grits.

Fried chicken eaten with your fingers. In one Georgia town or city it is against the law to eat fried chicken with silverware. It is only with your fingers.

If there is one thing about the South that is unforgettable it is how they tickle the taste buds.

Good thing I am not hungry, or I would be hitting the kitchen to fix something to eat, (another Southern thing).

You would do that to me when I'm starving.

blueiron · 10-23-2012, 16:31

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Originally Posted by lawman800

The only grit in Calexico is the sand in my teeth after yawning in that perpetual dust storm.

Sadly, that's what I think of El Centro, Palm Springs, and 29 Stumps.

steveksux · 10-23-2012, 19:46

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Originally Posted by Hack

Mine makes them occasionally. Keep in mind she's originally from the Northeastern states, so it took southern and Missouri culture rubbing off on to her to unnerstand that grits is sometimes a way of life.

I'm thinking you're unfamiliar with Al Green Style grits....

Randy

**Hack** · 10-23-2012, 21:29

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Originally Posted by steveksux

I'm thinking you're unfamiliar with Al Green Style grits....

Randy

If you're talking about the incident where he received boiling hot grits in a not so charitable manner, actually I had forgotten about that with him in particular. However, I have known about that type of thing from someone who was an acquaintance and Christian brother who I knew back in the early to mid eighties, and yes he was considered black.

Oatmeal by the way can accomplish similar damage.

**Hack** · 10-23-2012, 21:35

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Originally Posted by CJStudent

You would do that to me when I'm starving.

Ah, poor fellow. Go have a coke and some peanuts.

SPDSNYPR · 10-23-2012, 21:40

OK - I gotta say it.

I don't like grits.

Or fried okra.

Or ranch dressing.

Don't hurt me . . .

**Hack** · 10-23-2012, 21:43

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Originally Posted by SPDSNYPR

OK - I gotta say it.

I don't like grits.

Or fried okra.

Or ranch dressing.

Don't hurt me . . .

You'll be alright. Take a deep breath.

OfficerChris · 10-23-2012, 22:16

oh I love moon pie. Also got those by bamatrooper. Instantly fell in love with those

vanilla_gorilla · 10-23-2012, 22:23

I get a real kick out of visitors to the South. They turn their nose up at cheese grits, and can't understand pork rinds. They practically puke at fried chicken gizzards.

That's all right, though. If the food convinces them to go home, then that makes it taste even better.

SPDSNYPR · 10-23-2012, 22:26

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Originally Posted by Hack

Take a deep breath.

Thank goodness for that advice . . . I'd forgotten to breath now for at least a month. I was starting to get dizzy.

lawman800 · 10-24-2012, 00:42

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Originally Posted by SPDSNYPR

OK - I gotta say it.

I don't like grits.

Or fried okra.

Or ranch dressing.

Don't hurt me . . .

I love grits with a passion. I can eat fried okra, not crazy about them, but they are good in authentic gumbo. Love ranch, I can dip anything in ranch, including ranch... so I take ranch and pour it into more ranch... and then just put everything on the plate in the ranch... Hidden Valley is a genius!

**Hack** · 10-24-2012, 07:05

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Originally Posted by vanilla_gorilla

I get a real kick out of visitors to the South. They turn their nose up at cheese grits, and can't understand pork rinds. They practically puke at fried chicken gizzards.

That's all right, though. If the food convinces them to go home, then that makes it taste even better.

They just don't know what's good.

Although I don't eat pork anymore, I used to eat plenty of it, cracklins, (rinds), included. I can dig some chicken cracklins. Head cheese used to be kind of popular when I was growing up, to which we owe to German influences where I am from. Souse for that matter was another one. Leben kase, (liver cheese), was another big one.

As for gizzards and livers, I have a recipe that will set those to being tasty. Sauteed with onions, salt, pepper, and a little honey. Goes real good with potatoes or grits; and of course rice. Either cole slaw, or for colder weather maybe some greens of some type. Yummy!