[CH] Re: [CHpeas, was OKRA
Judy Howle (howle@ebicom.net)
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 21:47:30 -0600
That brings back memories almost forgotten. Back in the late 60's when I
was first married my husband worked at the Base here with a great guy, one
of the nicest people I know. He was from Eau Claire. After a year or two
here, in the Air Force, he went home and married his sweetheart whom he had
known for years, and who had the OPPOSITE personality. Right after she
moved down here I invited them over for supper. I served blackeyed peas.
She said "we feed those to cattle, we don't eat them.": Well I was shocked
because I never heard of feeding them to animals, and really po'd because
she was so rude, and I never liked her. (That wasn't her only fault!) She
invited us over one night and her cooking was terrible. Poor Bill!
Judy Howle
Flavors of the South
http://www.ebicom.net/~howle
Hot and Spicy Cuisine Editor, Suite 101
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----- Original Message -----
From: Calvin Donaghey <gdonaghey@bitstreet.com>
To: <green56@PioneerPlanet.infi.net>; CH <Chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 8:39 PM
Subject: [CH] OKRA IN SALAD? (was Tolerance)
> It's funny how different areas develop different tastes.
> I try to appreciate okra in all its various forms, especially in corn,
> rice & potato chip gumbo with vine-ripened chiles. It is pretty much a
> southern dish, though. However (since I'm comparing northern and
> southern cookin'), in grad school, I had an office - mate from
> Oshkosh-B'Gosh-Wisconsin. One evening the grad students all went out to
> a local eatery for a buffet. There in the serving tray was a large pot
> of black eyed peas w/ okra & jalapenos. The guy from Wisconsin nudged
> me and asked
> "Are those what I think they are?"
> "Look like peas 'N peppers, to me." says I.
> "Well, where I come from, that's just HOG FEED, and I'm not eating
> that." Says He.
> "Well, you eat Hogs, don't ya', so you get 'em one way or the other?"
> Says I.
> He declined to try it "because there were peppers in it".
> Then he got a REAL eye opener when he spent 3 months in Southern Mexico
> working on his thesis project. He informed the whole geology department
> that Peas 'N Peppers was a delicacy fit for the Queen Mother Herself.
> (No offense intended to you Wisconsin CHs-- it's just a story, not an
> indictment.)
> Calvin
>
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