My family and I have been visiting a Southern urban center since Monday. I have some business here in town, but mostly I'm here having fun. My roots are Deep South, and given only three days, I am struggling to keep a drawl from creeping back into my speech.
Things I have missed:
1. Sweet, sweet tea. By the gallon.
2. Grits with breakfast, even when I didn't order them. Push the butter in deep and pass the salt and pepper.
3. Red dirt.
4. BBQ sauce under my fingernails.
5. Fried okra.
6. "Y'all heyahv a nahce tahm hyeah, y'heyah?"
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
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My mother (mama) used to make the greatest banana pudding --Southern style with marange(sp)rather than whipped cream.
Also we used to have green beans covered in used bacon grease.
The two main courses that I loved the most were catfish and hush puppies--and chicken and dumplings!!
Mmmmm... I make hoppin john every time Angry Baker fires up the BBQ. And when I was home on maternity leave, I made peach cobbler and banana pudding (with meringue) alternating every other day. While nursing I could eat almost all of it myself without gaining any weight. Finally Angry Baker had to tell me to stop (because he wasn't nursing, and had started to pack on the pounds).
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