"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

zolthar, those biscuits look delicious. Pour me a strong black coffee to go with them, and the year's off to a sweet start. :):thumbsup:
leghog said:
If you haven't bought them before today you may not find them. BTW, it's PORK and blackeyed peas. Should add cornbread to the table too.

My son in-law had to learn to like blackeyed peas when he was new to the family. I made him eat ONE each New Years Day. He likes them now. He's from the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of pork and sauerkraut. He and my daughter now do pork, sauerkraut, and blackeyed peas.
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The Texas tradition was always black eyed peas for luck and more recently, cabbage for prosperity. I just got back from Threadgill's Restaurant where I had the "Texas Black Eyed Pea Caviar" it's a vinegar-based salad with green peppers and onions, kind of like a slaw, and great for those of us who are not the biggest BEP fans.

5K Qs said:
and at the stroke of midnight, Spaniards try to consume 12 grapes before the bells finish tolling 12 times - bad luck for the new year if you can't do it! (I managed to choke down about 7 grapes in the allotted time. :(:thumbsdown:).
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Jack Black said:
I've always thought that wasn't much of a challenge! :D :thumbsup:
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I'll bet I could get 12 grape's worth of wine down the gullet in time!
 
r8shell said:
Happy New Years! I'm off to find some black eyed peas. You have to eat some for luck on New Year's Day, it's a southern tradition. Do folks in other places have traditions like that?
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My only tradition for New Year's day consumption is a couple of aspirin.

I grew up in the Pasadena area and lived in the area for decades. Many years I would get up before dawn and walk to the parade route to take in the Rose Parade. Nowadays I don't even watch it on the television. Once you've seen it in person, seeing it on TV becomes rather blah.
 
I have a mess of home grown black-eyed peas, saved from my summer garden for just this occasion, getting ready to go in a pot in just a little bit. I’ve also got a pork loin thawing, some collard greens chopped up, and cornbread mix. That’s the usual fare I grew up on here in NC. Oh, and the collards are also home grown. Pulled them out of the garden around 10:00 this morning!

Happy New Year to all!
 
Peregrin said:
LOL. Now that's funny. As long as no one got hurt!:D
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Not unless you count the sustained olfactory assault from the burnt porkfat-drenched cabbage! :eek: :D The last time it happened, my neighbour eventually staggered out wreathed in black smoke, so drunk he'd forgotten how to speak English, and then tried to go back INSIDE! :rolleyes:

r8shell said:
I'll bet I could get 12 grape's worth of wine down the gullet in time!
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:D :thumbsup:
 
A month or so before Christmas, the daughter of a close friend of mine was going to New York on a school trip (What happened to school trips?! My secondary school 'trip' was a visit to the local sewage works! o_O), and I gave her some spending money to go with. I asked what their itinerary was, and she mentioned they were going to Ellis Island. I told her I had a friend (Charlie @waynorth), whose Sicilian grandfather had passed through Ellis Island, and like many other Italian-Americans, had his surname arbitrarily changed. She clearly remembered the story because she brought me this rather odd-looking bath duck back from the Ellis Island/Statue of Liberty visitor centre.



Not knowing what else to do with it, I put the duck on the side of my bath.

The only problem is, now, every time I have a bath, I keep thinking of Charlie's grandfather! :confused:

Happy New Year Charlie C :) :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
A month or so before Christmas, the daughter of a close friend of mine was going to New York on a school trip (What happened to school trips?! My secondary school 'trip' was a visit to the local sewage works! o_O), and I gave her some spending money to go with. I asked what their itinerary was, and she mentioned they were going to Ellis Island. I told her I had a friend (Charlie @waynorth), whose Sicilian grandfather had passed through Ellis Island, and like many other Italian-Americans, had his surname arbitrarily changed. She clearly remembered the story because she brought me this rather odd-looking bath duck back from the Ellis Island/Statue of Liberty visitor centre.



Not knowing what else to do with it, I put the duck on the side of my bath.

The only problem is, now, every time I have a bath, I keep thinking of Charlie's grandfather! :confused:

Happy New Year Charlie C :) :thumbsup:
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Move the duck, Jack! :eek::D;)
 
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Black eyed peas to the left of them,
Collards to the right of them,
Bubbled and simmered...

Happy cooking—and eating!—everyone!
 
Half/Stop said:
Been there and done that within the last hour! :thumbsup: Where’s the Pickled Beets and Corn Bread? :eek::D
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I hadn’t heard of corn bread being traditional until today and will definitely include I next year. Anyone know the story behind it?

As for the beets, they are one of the few foods my wife hates. I didn’t realize they are traditional either. Would love to hear the story on them, too.
 
WhittlinAway said:
I hadn’t heard of corn bread being traditional until today and will definitely include I next year. Anyone know the story behind it?

As for the beets, they are one of the few foods my wife hates. I didn’t realize they are traditional either. Would love to hear the story on them, too.
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I've not heard about beets. It seems there are many regional differences regarding Lucky New Year foods. If someone mentions Quinoa, I'll know it's just part of a conspiracy to get us to eat healthy. o_O
 
WhittlinAway said:
I hadn’t heard of corn bread being traditional until today and will definitely include I next year. Anyone know the story behind it?

As for the beets, they are one of the few foods my wife hates. I didn’t realize they are traditional either. Would love to hear the story on them, too.
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Being from the south, I have Traditionally been eating Corn Bread and Pickled Beets with most vegetable meals my entire life! :) I actually eat some sort of greens and Black Eyed Peas quite often. :D Happy New Year!
 
r8shell said:
I've not heard about beets. It seems there are many regional differences regarding Lucky New Year foods. If someone mentions Quinoa, I'll know it's just part of a conspiracy to get us to eat healthy. o_O
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Not sure how healthy mine was. I hadn’t really thought about it, but my wife observed at dinner that everything on the table, except the cornbread, had pork fat in it! I said that’s just a quality meal! Her family’s from Ohio and Illinois, so I’ve spent nine years slowly teaching her to eat biscuits, grits, country ham, collards, and sweet tea. About the only thing I haven’t gotten her to try yet is livermush.
 
Trout Hound said:
Not sure how healthy mine was. I hadn’t really thought about it, but my wife observed at dinner that everything on the table, except the cornbread, had pork fat in it! I said that’s just a quality meal! Her family’s from Ohio and Illinois, so I’ve spent nine years slowly teaching her to eat biscuits, grits, country ham, collards, and sweet tea. About the only thing I haven’t gotten her to try yet is livermush.
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I've never heard of livermush. :eek: Maybe it would be more palatable if it were called "paté"
(true fact: Orange Roughy used to be called Slimehead Fish, until someone figured out how to market it better.)
 
r8shell said:
I've never heard of livermush. :eek: Maybe it would be more palatable if it were called "paté"
(true fact: Orange Roughy used to be called Slimehead Fish, until someone figured out how to market it better.)
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It’s mighty tasty, but it’s one of those things where you’re really better off if you don’t ask too many questions about what’s in it. ;) My dad knew a guy once who worked at a slaughterhouse. He told Dad, and I quote, “If you slaughters a pig right, all you gots left is the squeal.” :D
 
Trout Hound said:
It’s mighty tasty, but it’s one of those things where you’re really better off if you don’t ask too many questions about what’s in it. ;) My dad knew a guy once who worked at a slaughterhouse. He told Dad, and I quote, “If you slaughters a pig right, all you gots left is the squeal.” :D
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Yeah, most ethnic/poor folks cuisine comes from not wasting food. My grandmother made chicken foot soup, and rendered her own schmaltz. As the buffalo was to the Native Americans, chickens were to Eastern European Jews. :p
 
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