Grits and barbecue, calling KathEy...

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Grits and barbecue, calling KathEy...
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Sun, 05-04-2003 - 5:28pm
Well, anyone is welcome to join us, but KathEy is so especially fond of grits that I wanted to be sure she knows that's what I'm making for tonight's supper. As my dear sweet little Aunt Fannie would have said: "That Kathey is just foolish for grits!" LOL Actually I've been experimenting with some barbecue sauces, and playing around with making barbecue, and decided the day is right for a grits casserole. More of the exciting life I live here...!

It's clouded up now, and I've read the paper from first page to last, or at least the parts I like, so thought I should put a little effort into poor DH's food as he has been working all day. DD2 called again today. Funny, she never talks this much to me when she's around here! I think she is getting a bit excited about returning home, although she has enjoyed a great school year meeting new people and exploring a whole new field of study. Today she described the perfect meal that she wants when she gets here: grilled chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans. Then the next meal should be salmon, mashed potatoes, and green beans. There is a basic theme here which is always easy to follow with her!

Another elderly friend died this weekend. She was another one of the many women in our small town who was an extra mother to me. In those days, any of my mother's friends acted as spare moms if we needed anything, whether it was to clean up a skinned elbow, or to give us a good dose of discipline if they saw us doing something naughty. It was a different world then. Not only did we get those benefits from extra eyes watching out for us, but I think we also grew up respecting people from all sorts of backgrounds just because they were our elders, and due the respect we showed grandparents and parents. Somebody pull the soapbox out from under me! I'm about to go on a rampage here! No need for that here, as I think I might be preaching to the choir! LOL

A little girl (well, young teenager, certainly little to me!) just came by handing out flyers. Her dog is missing. Flyers are a good idea. Sure hope someone finds him. He's old and deaf, and can't you just imagine the grief and fear of his family. Maybe he'll show up.

OK, that's it for today! Hope all bugs are enjoying their own gardens this Sunday. Seren

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Sun, 05-04-2003 - 6:28pm
I'll opt for the dinners you fix for your daughter, thank you. Tell me, are you putting the BBQ sauce on the grits.

I'm sorry about your elderly friend. Being on a soapbox just shows your love and respect for her. And I hope the girl finds her dog unharmed.

In a grocery store the other day a lady from the local newspaper was taking names for a drawing for $$$. She asked if I wanted to subscribe to the newspaper; when I said, "No", she put my ticket in a bucket--probably the trash bucket.

Let me know how the grits with BBQ sauce turn out. Kathey

Kathey
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Sun, 05-04-2003 - 7:06pm
I like grits but NOT with BBQ sauce on them.... wren ( terrible)
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Sun, 05-04-2003 - 7:10pm
As southern as I am and living in the Barbecue Belt, I did a double take on the Barbecue and grits. L Let us know how it turns out.
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Sun, 05-04-2003 - 7:32pm
OK, Ladies!! I wondered how long I would get away without being called on the carpet by one of our Carolina bugs...Barbecue and grits! hahahaha Yes, it's a ridiculous combination, but I'd been working on my barbecue since yesterday, and just had a hankering for grits!! What can I say?? I should lose my membership card in GRITS at the very least! I was tempted to tell Kathey and Wren a big old tale about how the sign of a true southern table is serving grits with barbecue sauce...but even I will only go so far. LOL OK, one more little bit of info in the category of more-than-we-ever-wanted-or-needed-to-know: English BF of the pink cheeks drinks tea and eats beans (at the same time? don't know, haven't asked)with an enthusiasm which amazes DD. He is also terrible polite...are we gonna have fun here or what?? He doesn't like peas, just beans in every imaginable way: curry sauce, tomato sauce, cheesy beans....So DD has suggested (well, OK, maybe it was me..) that we put a big bowl of black-eyed peas in front of him at dinner in the first week or so, and with the proper looks on our faces of trying-so-hard-to-please, and oh-we-hope-you'll-like-this, say we made these beans especially for him...what does he think? ....listen, when she has stayed at his home on weekends, his sweet mother has put a chocolate on DD's bed each night. Gee, she is a lovely woman. So DD is bringing home a can of cheesy beans from London (she comes a couple of weeks before he gets here), and we're going to put it on his pillow. Yeah, I know, but we get a kick out of all this silliness. And aren't we improving from the days when the girls put big black rubber rats under the pillows of our exchange students? and when we would pretend hot sauce was our catsup, and encourage them to pour it over their food? OK, I better stop with this before I also lose my membership in the Garden of Friendship...phone ringing, gotta go. Seren
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Sun, 05-04-2003 - 8:29pm
So, give the kid beans, lots of beans. That will take the starch out of his collar.

I remember my sister bringing home the love of her life for that week. My dad didn't realize anyone was within earshot and it happened... My sister didn't speak to my father for a month or more.

Kathey