Re: [gardeners] Re: Grits
Allen and Judy Merten (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 29 Dec 1999 09:22:54 -0600
Ranchmama,
I'm with you. All that food has it's own place on the plate. It should stay there.
It'll get mixed just fine after it is eaten.
Some things like soup and stew, stir fry, etc. are supposed to be all mixed up,
that's ok.
Allen
Bastrop Co., SE Central Tx.
bsk wrote:
> We had fried eggs, bacon, grits, toast, milk and OJ this morning. NOTHING got mixed
> other than the sugar and butter on the grits and maybe a few pieces of bacon.
>
> My word people! If you mix your grits with eggs and whatever else is on the plate
> you just ain't slopped enough hogs! Even seen hog slop? Get a plate full of food and
> mix it all together. Now you have a idea at least but you still don't have the true
> educational experience of it all. Just hard to add the sour and pig poop smell when
> the food is fresh like that. Slop a few pigs though and I promise you those smells
> will just pop right into you snoz next time you mix all your food up like that.
> On a gardening note maybe some people just like to get the plate all mixed up
> and ready for the composting stomach.
>
> bsk@brightok.net
> zone 7a
> aka " Ranchmama "
> *************************************
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harry Boswell" <hboswell@netdoor.com>
>
> > On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, penny x stamm wrote:
> > > I know somebody else who mixes scrambled eggs, bacon and butter into the grits.
> Is that allowed, or should i lock the door against her...?
> > >
> **********************************
> > Scrambled eggs should be served beside the grits, never mixed with. Naturally, some
> >inadvertent mixing will occur on the plate. This is considered Darwinian, and as
> such >is perfectly fine. But to deliberately combine the two before serving is
> taboo.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Harry