Wild Turkeys and Dancing Banana Heads Cruise 11/25/06

[sptweedle]

Ahem... forgive another yankee here...but what's red eye gravy?

I'm not trying to be mean, but I find this so funny, I would never think that anyone would not know what red eye gravy is! It's funny how regional we still are, ain't it?

It's a staple of the south. It's a real thin gravy that is used on just about everything. It's made with the juice, after you cook ham. My grandma is from Birmingham and made it for a lot of stuff, from grits to cornbread. It's kind of salty, but not overly so.

I think it could be compared to like an au juise (sp?) sauce, but thinner.

TiggerKing, I reckon we still gotta learn 'em don't we.

Steve

 

[pgfour]

I put on the Apple Dumpling Gang Rides again to watch while I relax today. I love those old disney movies. Tim Conway and Don Knotts always worked great together, they are among my favorites.

Kathy

What a coincidence -- I was just thinking of Tim Conway/Don Knotts movies today! I was noticing our water cooler jug says "No Deposit, No Return" and I was thinking that was the title of one of their movies. Then my stream-of-consciousness thoughts moved onto, "Hot Lead & Cold Feet. . .Hmmmm, I borrowed that from Mom a long time ago and never returned it. . . I should probably watch it. . ."

Cheri

 

[pgfour]

I'm not trying to be mean, but I find this so funny, I would never think that anyone would not know what red eye gravy is! It's funny how regional we still are, ain't it?

It's a staple of the south. It's a real thin gravy that is used on just about everything. It's made with the juice, after you cook ham. My grandma is from Birmingham and made it for a lot of stuff, from grits to cornbread. It's kind of salty, but not overly so.

I think it could be compared to like an au juise (sp?) sauce, but thinner.

TiggerKing, I reckon we still gotta learn 'em don't we.

Steve

I guess all of us "Northerners" have a thing or two to learn! I had never heard of it before until I read some of the posts many months ago!

 

[pgfour]

Happy Friday everyone!

Shell -- I'm with you on the whole Sara Evans thing!!

Love those scrapbook pages. I really need to sit down and work on getting ours up to date. Maybe it'll be a winter project when the nights are long & cold.

We don't have much planned for the weekend -- though I told DH we were going to get most of our stuff ready to pack for the cruise. Might as well store the summer clothes in the suitcase instead of a bin.

The weather is supposed to be warm and this weekend (keeping my fingers crossed!).

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Did I read correctly -- we're under 50 days????? Can't believe we're almost to the home stretch!

Cheri

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Cheri,
I have Hot Lead and Cold Feet too!!! It is a cute show.
Lots of oldie moives out there.

I am from Oregon, until 6 1/2 years ago when we moved to Florida and I knew what Red Eye Gravy was! Oregon is about as far from the south as you can get in the U.S..


jd99, do you know what a fluffernutter is?
It is a southern thing too!! Very YUMMY!!


Ok everyone, since food has been brought up today I have a question for all of you.

What is the strangest food you have ever eaten???

For me probably crawdad or pickled pigs feet.
Now lets hear some good stuff from the rest of you guys, what kind of gourmets are out there???

Kathy

 

[U2Pixies]

Ahem... forgive another yankee here...but what's red eye gravy?

Don't feel bad. I'm the "yankee" in this here family and was teased for years.
I'm a Connecticut girl at heart. I married into this mess
My Alabama MIL introduced me to the great southern cookin'

Question: when I sent the last picture Woo, did you get to see it or did a bunch of numbers come up? I'm still new at this Kathy!!
I didn't have my h over my shoulder to help me. That's the southern girl in me, I'm just a southern belle who needs her man!

Tonya - on the t-shirts! We will be getting them. I knew I would wear them down - that's the yankee in me, persistent!
Pat

 

[woogal]

Jeff: Red-eye gravy was described to me as follows by a waitress in a downtown Raleigh restaurant (and I quote ... use your best deep southern accent when you read this): "Coffee and ham drippin's" There's nothing gravy about it. It's not thick, it's not tasty. (now watch the southerners draw their swords! )

Kathy ... OK, weirdest thing eaten. Well, of course, red-eye gravy is definitely up there. In France I had real escargot after a few (read: LOTS) glasses of wine . The first sushi I ever tasted was octopus (very chewy, not lots of flavor). Alligator is very tasty, though.

 

[U2Pixies]

Kathy: I LOVE fluffernutters! Only we don't call them that. We call them peanut butter and fluff. My girlfriend from NY calls them fluffernutter. Didn't know it was a southern thing
Pat

 

[pgfour]

DH's family is from the Boston area and they call them fluffernutters!!! So we know all about them here in IL!

Perhaps weirdest foods I've had (though I actually really like them) would be beef heart gravy and also beef tongue. (Guess that's what happens when you grow up on a farm! ) Haven't had either in years!

Trying to think if there is anything else. . .

Cheri

 

[disneediva]

OK strangest thing I ever ate
raw oysters, gross I would not recommend them

 

[pgfour]

Shell -- for weird foods you should've mentioned Palmolive & Life Bouy!!

 

[pgfour]

OK strangest thing I ever ate
raw oysters, gross I would not recommend them

Yuck! I don't do raw food! If I remember correctly, in France they served basically raw ground beef with a raw egg (I could be mistaken about the egg being raw). Ick! Any of you world traveler / food connoisseurs know what this is called??

As far as (cooked) oysters go, I did find a little pearl in an oyster while eating oyster stew!

Cheri

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Anybody eat Rocky Mountain Oysters ???

When I cooked for the Elks club I threw out about 50 pounds of them because I refused to cook them!!!!

Kathy

 

[U2Pixies]

ok, my vote is for oatmeal. Yuck...can't stand to have it in my mouth. May not sound strange to any of you but to me...
I'm not brave, just give me the old American grilled cheese. If I'm going to pay for something it's going to be something I like.
I was tricked into eating deer meat once.
The way I look at it is, why eat something that "taste just like chicken" Just eat the chicken!

 

[Dixielady908]

Evening all......

Shell I see you have Ralphie....

Strangest food...to be honest I dont think I have tried anything anyone would consider strange. I am not a real I'll give it a try once person, so I dont like the way it looks or smells.....forget it.

Well talk with you all later....and actually sorry to say...red eyed gravy sounds really gross....yuk


Later
Denise

 

[woogal]

Cheri ... beef heart gravy? Beef tongue? EWWWWWW! And raw beef with egg is steak tartar (no, I haven't been that brave).

Wendy, I love raw oysters!!! Yum yum ... there's a restaurant we've gone to in Cleveland that has an appetizer with about 4 different types ... so good!

Kathy: Rocky Mountain Oysters? Um, no! I don't think so. I know EXACTLY what they are

 

[cruisemutt]

I ate a couple of Guidos dog cookies....I prefer the Iams Lamb and Rice over the Mother Hubbards cheese but thats an easy call....the lamb ones weren't b-aaaaaa-d at all.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Shell,
I wondered if anybody would know what they were.
Too gross for me too!!


well I am off to bed, it seems Dr. Cyclops is the only thing on TV, so sleep is better than that.
Good night all,

Kathy

 

[disneediva]

good night all

 

[jd99]

I'm not trying to be mean, but I find this so funny, I would never think that anyone would not know what red eye gravy is! It's funny how regional we still are, ain't it?

It's a staple of the south. It's a real thin gravy that is used on just about everything. It's made with the juice, after you cook ham. My grandma is from Birmingham and made it for a lot of stuff, from grits to cornbread. It's kind of salty, but not overly so.

I think it could be compared to like an au juise (sp?) sauce, but thinner.

TiggerKing, I reckon we still gotta learn 'em don't we.

Steve

LOL Steve. You know what my Italian mom used to call the juice after you cook the ham? Ham juice! and it was great when she roasted potatoes in it..