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PostPosted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:48 pm
  

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len wrote:
.... with buttermilk soaked cracklin' cornbread, some reheated pinto beans and spinach, some sliced tomatoes , cold fried chicken has all the essential food groups.

Ahh! SOULLLL FOOOD!



mmm...been a while since I had cracklin' cornbread...


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 3:41 am
  

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Soul food. Yum! You're making me hungry. They had a soul food restaurant in this one mall in Richmond & that closed up. Another one went in that mall and they closed up too. Bummer on losing both those as they were good. Now I dunno where to go to get good soul food.


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:13 am
  

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ahhhhhh grasshopper........soul food is not always something you eat.
sometimes it's something you see, feel , hear, touch or something that touches you. man does not live by bread alone.Ommmmmmmmmmmmm.............


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:27 am
  

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nortonkevin wrote:

Reminds me of "Shake and Bake......and I helped!"


Grandma's chicken legs recipe: place a half dozen chicken legs in a brown paper sack with seasoned flour and shake , then bake!!


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:48 am
  

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len wrote:
.... with buttermilk soaked cracklin' cornbread, some reheated pinto beans and spinach, some sliced tomatoes , cold fried chicken has all the essential food groups.

Ahh! SOULLLL FOOOD!

Don't forget the okra: tiny sweet steamed pods with butter or medium ones sliced and either fried or cooked with tomatoes and onions. And you're welcome to the spinach--young, tender turnip greens for me!

Larry, that sounds right, if they really rub the meat with salt, pepper, and spices (everyone has their 'secret' blend) and then smoke it in a barbecue pit over hickory coals for about 12 hours (mesquite coals and less time for poultry). Mmmmmmmmmm


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:39 pm
  

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Not sure what rub they use. I've only had the brisket so far, and the spice is subtle, until you add one of 3 BarBQ sauces. (Mild, spicy or NUTS) I'm a mild guy.


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:58 pm
  

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Larry wrote:

"(Mild, spicy or NUTS) I'm a mild guy."


If you say so......that wouldn't have been my guess out of those three options :P


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:20 pm
  

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Well, I am NUTS. But I chose the mild BBQ sauce.


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:35 am
  

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Can't grow okra here (it doesn't get hot enough). I love fried okra and fresh homegrown tomatoes with green onions, butter and bread. I can maje a meal of that. I like a mesquite chicken (needs a green chile soak first then lemon pepper coat) and if you are smokin' you got to have a good rub)! I rarely get anything mild!

Just my two cents!


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:13 pm
  

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the first time i had okra was around the age of eleven or twelve...an arabic family offered me pickled okra the mom made. i tried it and i am like, "this is the best damn shit i ever ate!" (and that is when eyebrows went in all directions.)
(not really, i didn't say that...but it was good!) some time later i decided to try some in soups and stews that had tomato in them. (i never had it fried with tomatoes and green onions, but that sounds good!)
i learned about all kind of good produce (ever have a sapote sometimes called custard apple?) when i worked at that organic grocery store/cafe place when i was teenager (damn hippies!) and cheeses (one of the things i got paid to do was cut cheese!) funny how i love brie cheese now, but the first time i saw it i thought to sell it would be gross negligence as it looked like something gone terribly wrong! Z thought this was funny and to prove that i was letting my imagination run wild she ate a piece right in front of me! still, i couldn't do that for at least another ten years when another friend had some warmed and drizzled with a honey and almond mixture and some kind of water biscuits (crackers)..."well okay, if you insist..." (good stuff)

well anyway!


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:19 pm
  

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We can't grow it here either, but can get frozen breaded for frying.


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A friend of mine in Torrance, CA had a sapote tree in her back yard. Mmmmmmm!!


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:33 pm
  

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I like my okra fried and I grew up with it fried in a cast iron skillet (everything was in a cast iron skillet). I don't care if it turns a little black! I like it fried in corn meal with a little cumen. I like pickled okra OK but it is half and half okra and jalepeno. Like I said, I don't like like nothin mild!


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:09 pm
  

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ditto on the cast iron skillet!

some of the hottest food i ever ate was in kingston...somebody saying something about scotch bonnet and white pepper...wow!


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:37 pm
  

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agnes wrote:
some of the hottest food i ever ate was in kingston...somebody saying something about scotch bonnet and white pepper...wow

One of my most memorable tastes was also in Jamacia, but in Negril.


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