Dibs on Keith's helping! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ack! gag reflex just triggered. Kind of a reverse-Pavlovian thing....
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" love liver and onions. Anyone like it with bacon? Martin wrote: > > Liver and onions... > > Thanks for the dinner plan for tomorrow, pal! > > Astromancer > wrote: > Oatmeal (gag!) Then I need an invitation to your grandmother's. Liver > and onions is the bomb, dude! Cherio's and lowfat milk works to > control my cholesterol... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I love oatmeal, try to eat it several times a week, especially because > it helps lower cholesterol. Liver? Never had it--never will. My fav is > all the people over the years who've tried to get me to taste their > mamma's or grandmamma's liver and onions. The common refrain is, "it > doesn't even taste like liver". Right.... > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Astromancer > I was just the opposite...I ate just about every meal with the zeal of > a hungry husband coming home from work...I am fond of calling myself a > proud omnivor, eating or at least trying everything that was deemed > edible in my household as a child...With the exception of oatmeal > cereal and chicken liver, There are very few items I don't enjoy, > though I eat them in moderation... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When I was a kid, i was notorious for not eating any food that looked > unappealing to me, and definitely nothing that even faintly had an > unpleasant smell. So I never touched pigs' feet (they looked gross and > slimy). And having watched Mom clean chitlins, and been subjected to > that horrid smell, I *never* tried them either. As for oxtails, turkey > neck, hogshead cheese, blackeyed peas with gobs of fatback in them--I > refused to touch any of that food either. Nor would i touch cobblers, > the fruit and syrup in the cobbler making me shy away. So when the > rest of my family was eating all that down home food, I'd eat roast > (with gravy, of course), fried chicken, green beans, carrots, etc. > Dessert for me was usually pound cake, egg custard pie, or buttermilk > chess pie. > > And the time I came home and saw a slaughtered hog's head on the > kitchen table? Let's just say I had no part of the meal Mom cooked > from that! Especially because the meat had a rank smell as it was > cooking. Mom said it was because the pig was in rut when killed, which > can make the meat taste different. Yuck! > > To this day I've never eaten pigs' feet, oxtails, or chitlins. I do > know love greens, black-eyed peas, and certain cobblers (peach and > milk cobbler). > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > > > I Purchased a brined Bird because I heard they were moist. Chris put it > > in the oven after cutting slits all over it and stuffing the slits with > > fresh rosemary and garlic, He also made the stuffing without an > > recipe. He said, "I know what I like". However, he did let me give him > > some hints sometimes when he got into trouble. I had my laptop open and > > was pretending to be posting to you guys but I was really checking out > > recipe databases. There was only a few of us, most of our family is in > > Philly and Italy. We did not make alot of stuff, so we had Green Bean > > Casserole, Corn Bread, Cranberry Relish, Candied Yams, Spinach Salad > and > > Chris' Stuffing and Turkey. We also had Play-doh smiley face waffles > > and green spaghetti with tea courtesy of my daughter. Except for having > > dinner at midnight (just kidding - but it was late), everything turned > > out pretty well for out first holiday dinner ever. > > > > My people in Philly are from Richmond, New Orleans, and Maryland, so > its > > a Southern Thing with way too much food: Greens, String Beans, Mac > > n'Cheese, Candied Yams, Salmon, Roast Beef, Corn Bread, Ham, all kinds > > of pies, the list goes on. Sometimes that that included Pig's Feet or > > Chtlins ( I try not to think about it) I have an adopted brother from > > the islands who is vegetarian, so depending on who is coming from his > > part of the family it may include Tofu , goat, oxtails and in my > > opinion, hopefully something Jerked > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > So Chris can cook, huh? Did he cook it in the oven, or did he deep > fry > > > it? Heck, last year I eschewed cooking any bird, and I got a > bucket of > > > chicken from KFC. it was great! > > > what else did y'all cook? You're originally from Philly: are there > any > > > local dishes there that people cook for the holidays? Similar to the > > > Black/Southern people down this way who may still pull out the pig's > > > feet, turkey necks, or oxtails? > > > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > > > > > > > > > > > > > Belated Gobble Gobble Everybody!!! First the first time ever, > instead > > > > of going out to somebody else's house, we cooked thanksgiving > > > Dinner, so > > > > the pressure was on and I fell behind one wishing you a happy day. > > > > Except for a few mishaps it was a success. Chris decided he was > going > > > > to make the turkey and he refused to look at any recipes. I was a > > > > little terrified but it turned out delicious,but it took forever to > > > > cook. Sounds like we were not the only ones with a late bird. > Anyhow, > > > > he says he is doing the bird from now on and promises to start > in the > > > > morning. > > > > > > > > Martin wrote: > > > > > > > > > > That we do. > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > i hear you, we'll need to hook up! > > > > > > > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > > > From: Martin > > > > > > > > Happy Thanksgiving to you as well, and I thank you for the > > > compliment. > > > > > > > > > > Myself, before and after the hamfest (bird decided to take awhile > > > > > longer to cook, making himself ineligible for dinnertime), > there has > > > > > been football and more football. > > > > > > > > > > Pork chops and gravy...hey, I do live in the same county... ;D > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Y'all are like another family > to me, > > > > > and i've really enjoyed the many, many conversations on all > kinds of > > > > > subjects. They've helped keep me going through some hard times > this > > > > > year. Anyway, hope everyone is well and enjoying the company of > > > > > friends and family. Even those who don't really get into the > holiday > > > > > season, there's still an importance in reflecting on the > > > importance of > > > > > family, outside the commercialism and focus on the material > things. > > > > > > > > > > So what's everyone do for the day? Never a big fan of turkey, > i asked > > > > > my wife if she'd serve up some of her great fried pork chops and > > > gravy > > > > > instead, which is what i'm chowing down on right now. Not > gonna tell > > > > > you how many biscuits I've downed sopping up that gravy. Back > to the > > > > > gym tomorrow! Also, had to have my wife's homemade sweet > potato pie! > > > > > I'm going to cook a buttermilk chess pie myself later. some of > you > > > may > > > > > not know about "chess" pies, but trust me: good eating! Since > there's > > > > > just the two of us here in Atlanta, we try to do a small meal > with > > > few > > > > > leftovers, then change the diet completely the day after > > > Thanksgiving. > > > > > Typically we go out and eat Thai or Mexican the next day. I'm > > > thinking > > > > > next year I'll want to do Italian or Mexican for the Thanksgiving > > > meal > > > > > itself. Gotta keep the sweet potato and buttermilk pies, though. > > > > > > > > > > I'm a huge sucker for all things Christmas: the music, the > shopping > > > > > crowds, the spiced cider, smell of cinnamon and apples wafting > > > through > > > > > the mall, kids running around almost overcome with excitement. 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