Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague

Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:41 pm

Oh, elfie. elfie. elfie...

In the south, we love boiled peanuts, hon. Salty...with the shells kind of soft-ish. During the summer, vendors set up little spots along the route to the coast, selling freshly-boiled (or "boilt") goobers. Some even branch out to include the hot and spicy version.

I think they are an acquired taste. I grew up eating them. One of my editor friends from Texas has to stop on the way to the writer's conference at U of Georgia, just to get her fix.
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Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:07 pm

Uh huh ... I see it now.
There are those two all important words: acquired taste!

Like, totally, gag me with a spoon!

But now I know. Next time I cruise through Tally and want to bring a gift ... hmmm.

(just got to remember to also pick up a clothes pin too; to clip my nose)

Okay, don't agree with the peanuts ... but I DID agree about those Cathead Biscuits. They are yummy!!!
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Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:10 pm

I think boiled peanuts are grand. They taste a lot like pinto beans. I wonder if anyone has thought of refried boiled peanuts with cheese, salsa and a dab of sour cream.
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Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:49 pm

I missed JoElle's comment about boiled peanuts. I LOVE them dang
thangs! If I have to get the canned variety, my favorite is Briar Patch
brand. I eat `em right out of the can, but for a special treat, heat
them up.

When we can find fresh green peanuts, we boil our own. Refried, Betty? Now that's something I have to try. Sounds yummy!
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Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:11 pm

I can't believe anyone would eat boiled peanuts. Then again, I can't believe a lot of things I learned during the 30 weeks I spent in Gaw-guh. Do you know that some people down there actually eat catfish?
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Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:31 pm

Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:34 am

Wow. We go from Carter's little liver pills to peanuts that are boiled. I never tasted a boiled peanut, just those great roasted variety. And somehow catfish got involved here as well. Perhaps the boiled peanuts can be fed to those catfish and then recycled. I'll have to ask JoElle about that.
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Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:55 am

Very funny, Brew. Those all-you-can-eat catfish restaurants would make a ton of money from me because the amount would be zero. Some people in this part of the country do catch catfish by sticking their hand in the fishes mouth. I suppose they eat them, too.
Now Boston scrod, I could eat that every day of the week.
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Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:25 pm

Catfish is a common dish all over the south. Even in Texas! I did not care for the taste of it, and prefer Salmon and Cod. Better yet, make it sturgeon or halibut. First choice would of course be lobster and crab!
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Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:38 pm

Mmmmm Lobs-TAH!!!

Had that while in Maine. Good stuff.
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Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:55 pm

Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:14 pm

I'm with you there, Brew.
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Subject: Re: Anemia - Avoid it like the Plague Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:29 pm

I think it was Jeff Foxworthy who told this...

The last words of a redneck is frequently, "Hey, y'all, watch this!"
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When I was in New Zealand, I met an American who was staying in the same bed & breakfast hotel in Christchurch. He was about to pay a visit to the surrounding countryside as an invited guest of a New Zealand family. He was very concerned that he might not fit in with rural life. I told him about tickling trout but he thought I was kidding him. When he returned from his trip, he said that there was such a thing as catching fish by tickling and scooping. He was amazed.
Then again, he had never heard of the Tickled Trout Hotel in Lancashire:

The recently refurbished Tickled Trout Hotel stands on the banks of the River Ribble, yet is only minutes away from the M6. It's not just the location that makes it so popular, service at the Tickled Trout Hotel is second to none. The garden nestles on the banks of the ancient River Ribble, overlooking the Lancashire countryside.

How to tickle trout:

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