Silicon Valley Tom
It makes me happpy to play The Blues!
My dad spent two years in China, Shanghai to be exact. 1938-40. Dad was 6' 1/2", blonde, and easily observed by the locals. You see, dad was a U.S. Marine.
Tom
Say what you want about the South
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Tom
Silicon Valley Tom
It makes me happpy to play The Blues!
By the way, how could this thread about the South, go on for this long and no one has mentioned GRITS?
The Air Force served GRITS three meals a day. Every restaurant I ate at in the South served GRITS! GRITS to the right of me, GRITS to the left of me - everywhere I went I was surrounded by GRITS! To this day I cannot eat GRITS!
Tom
The Air Force served GRITS three meals a day. Every restaurant I ate at in the South served GRITS! GRITS to the right of me, GRITS to the left of me - everywhere I went I was surrounded by GRITS! To this day I cannot eat GRITS!
Tom
Tom, I tend to agree. Per Griff's rules, this is, and needs to remain a venue that supports Music and in particular the Blues form of music. The Lounge exists for members to express opinions about other things that we all endure daily. As long as we keep Race, Religion, Sexual preference out of the conversations, then all is good.
The events over the past week have been traumatic for most of us. We all have ideas as to the cause and effects of our beliefs but none of them offer a solution to the problem.
We can all agree to deal with it as it arises but none of us have the ultimate solution.
We can not agree on a solution ( For whatever reason) for the problems we are experiencing right now, and nothing we do here will do anything other than disrupt the tranquility we are trying to achieve.
We need to keep this forum about the music! Everything else will hopefully fall in line.
To me, grits are one of the true joys of living in the south. I prefer it to just about anything for breakfast (except maybe a jelly doughnut every now and then). Just a little butter and I'm good. I also love shrimp and grits, made with peppers and onions. Any time grits are on the menu as a choice of sides, grits will always replace any potato dish and any one of several green vegetables.
sloslunas
NM Blues
I don't care where you are from...I've known you for years and still can't understand a word you said??
Steve
Silicon Valley Tom
It makes me happpy to play The Blues!
I will gladly join you for a jelly doughnut! I have not had one of those in many years.
Tom
blackcoffeeblues
Student Of The Blues
I like my tea also. But considering the glass of water was not hot, I think we were served A JOKE...And my wife and I both laughed about it once we got to our car.....Gotta have a sense of humor to live life at it's fullest....I would much rather laugh at the bad hands life deals me, than
dwell on them and let it ruin my day-week-month. I am also very lucky to be able to speak several languages, English; Southern English; Yankee English, Midwest English, Southwest English, EBONICS, and several other slangs.. P.S. I am A grit man too. It is totally un-American to not have grits on the menu. (IMOP)
dwell on them and let it ruin my day-week-month. I am also very lucky to be able to speak several languages, English; Southern English; Yankee English, Midwest English, Southwest English, EBONICS, and several other slangs.
. P.S. I am A grit man too. It is totally un-American to not have grits on the menu. (IMOP)
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Oh man! To die for!! I love Grits! This far north of the Mason Dixon, my house probably has the best grits around. When it comes to Shrimp and Grits, the best I ever had were at a cove restaurant in Pleasant a Grove, just over the bridge from Charleston on Sullivan Island at a restaurant called Vickery's.
I can eat myself sick there! Simply Awesome!
jimsig
Me at BGU-Live 2016 in Sumner, WA on 5-13-2016
My wife and I have to drive through the entire length of Pennsylvania (on Rt. 80) when we go to visit her family in Michigan. We have come to call the middle 1/3 of Pennsylvania "The VOID". There is NOTHING there (at least not to be seen from Rt. 80) except for a few truck stops. We tend to loose any radio stations we had prior to entering The Void, and pick them up again at the western 1/3 of the state. Nowhere to eat or stay or gas-up... we make sure we stop before the void, get filled up with gas, eat, go to restrooms if necessary, and then if Mary is driving, I spend what seems like FOREVER (in The void) watching a movie or listening to music that I already have on my computer (as there are no spots where we can pick up a Wi-Fi connection as we can here in NJ from Optimum). I swear driving through The Void seems to take as long as the whole rest of the trip, even though it's probably 1/4 or less of the entire trip.
BTW, my wife's parents just sold the condo they had in Florida (where they usually spent the winter) and decided to stay put way up north in Michigan with the rest of her family year-round. So, some people do retire and move North!
blackcoffeeblues
Student Of The Blues
Arty; Please tell me they sell GRITS in the U.K. You may have to look for them, but here in the U.S. you can buy A 24oz. can of "QUAKER OATS QUICK 5 MINUTE grits at any grocery store. Follow the MICROWAVE instructions and enjoy. Great with Bacon & eggs for breakfast,
Seafood like PAPA said....you can also make GRIT FRITTERS where you make your grits then fry them in patties. If you can not find any let me know I will mail you A box. And that's the truth. BCB
Seafood like PAPA said....you can also make GRIT FRITTERS where you make your grits then fry them in patties. If you can not find any let me know I will mail you A box. And that's the truth. BCB
jimsig
Me at BGU-Live 2016 in Sumner, WA on 5-13-2016
I consider myself a Mainer as well. Although I was raised in and ended up back in NJ, I went to college in Maine (Colby) in 1970-74, and lived in Maine (Waterville, Portland, Orono) for most of the rest of the 70's. Every time we have one of those horrid hot, humid periods here in Joisey, I yearn to move back up to Maine - with it's beautiful clear blue skies in the summer (and actually all year 'round except for when it's cloudy...
) and the gorgeous twilights and sky full of stars at night - something never seen as close to NYC as I live now. And my yearning for returning to Maine is happening more and more lately, even when the weather is tolerable here. But we never get the crystal clear blue skies during the day and sky full of stars at night. And I even really loved the snow up in Maine - something we're getting less and less of down here in NJ....And I agree - if we can't laugh at and between ourselves, then our lives are pretty empty! It's all good-natured fun!!
OG_Blues
Guitar Geezer
LOL - come on now artyman, let's not be leaving out the Aussies!!!!And I thought it was just the UK and US separated by a single language
Tom
blackcoffeeblues
Student Of The Blues
Jalapeno; that was great...I had totally forgotten those lines out of that movie "MY COUSIN VINNEY" We watch it every time it comes on..
Maybe QUAKER OATS came out with the "5 minute GRITS" to help his defense...(just a joke)
One of my favorite grits recipe adds grits to Camerones Diablo. I think that is kind of what Papa posted about. Later BCB
Maybe QUAKER OATS came out with the "5 minute GRITS" to help his defense...(just a joke)
One of my favorite grits recipe adds grits to Camerones Diablo. I think that is kind of what Papa posted about. Later BCB
The Mumbles? That is a new reference name for me. We call the local speech patterns "Bubbabonics", and there are a lot of regional variations, LOL.
As for grits, they do fix amazing Shrip and Grits at some of the local restaurants, but I like to fix the long cook grits and put slices of venison sausage in it along with some real butter, and maybe a dash of salt or honey. It's hard to beat for breakfast on a cool morning. Jim
As for grits, they do fix amazing Shrip and Grits at some of the local restaurants, but I like to fix the long cook grits and put slices of venison sausage in it along with some real butter, and maybe a dash of salt or honey. It's hard to beat for breakfast on a cool morning. Jim
kestrou
Blooze Noobie
Jalapeño - I was just about to post that no real southerner uses instant grits!
Artyman - oats ain't grits - not a language issue - get the real thing.
Kevin
Artyman - oats ain't grits - not a language issue - get the real thing.
Kevin
blackcoffeeblues
Student Of The Blues
THIS IS JUST A SOUTHERN JOKE: I heard the Revolutionary War started when "The British; sent a Boat load of tea over to the Colonies and wanted to trade it for A boat load of grits.
For the uninitiated can someone tell me what Grits are, I thought they were found in the bottom of a pet birds cage
It's similar to corn meal mush, hasty pudding or polenta. The biggest difference is it is a more coarse texture. It's made from ground and dehyrated hominy. Quaker foods sells it nationally in the U.S., but there are half a dozen regional companies in the southern U.S. that produce it. I usually buy it in two pound bags at the market and keep it for breakfast at my office. Since we have a microwave oven and not stove cooktop, I've gotten used to 5 minute grits. They are also sold as instant grits (just add hot water) and regular grits, which take between 15 and 30 minutes, depending on how you like them cooked. The main difference between the three different cooking times has to do with how finely the hominy is ground, just like the differences in cooking times for oats.