Re: [CH] Re: [CHpeas, was OKRA
Baker Richardson (habanerored@hotmail.com)
Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:20:00 CST
Hey people.
I was born and raised in Texas and I have eaten alot of blackeyed peas. I
live in Wisconsin now and I have never heard of people feeding them to cows
either.
Yearn For The Burn Baker R.
>From: "Judy Howle" <howle@ebicom.net>
>Reply-To: "Judy Howle" <howle@ebicom.net>
>To: "CH" <Chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
>Subject: [CH] Re: [CHpeas, was OKRA
>Date: 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
>http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/hot_and_spicy_cuising
>----- 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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