Topic: So I had dinner last night...

[Fedman NCC-3758]

My mom could never quite understand why she had trouble getting us kids to the table when she cooked, yet come Sunday morning when Dad was the chef, we were all at the table before she got there.     Drooling. 

I take it your Father was the Southron?

Yes indeed son. Hailed from Kings Mountain, NC.

So many fond memories.  Like the time we visited my Uncle Gene and family in Birmingham, Al.  We were at the community pool and my cousins got a kick introducing their Yankee cousins to their friends.  A couple of these guys wanted to know if the "Damn Yankees" could fight. I said, take a swing and find out. Then my cousin Gadeye said, you pick a fight with him, you'll get us both. 'Cause he may be a Yankee but he's still my cuz.   

[Grand Master of Shadows NCC37385]

My mom could never quite understand why she had trouble getting us kids to the table when she cooked, yet come Sunday morning when Dad was the chef, we were all at the table before she got there.     Drooling. 

I take it your Father was the Southron?

Yes indeed son. Hailed from Kings Mountain, NC.

So many fond memories.  Like the time we visited my Uncle Gene and family in Birmingham, Al.  We were at the community pool and my cousins got a kick introducing their Yankee cousins to their friends.  A couple of these guys wanted to know if the "Damn Yankees" could fight. I said, take a swing and find out. Then my cousin Gadeye said, you pick a fight with him, you'll get us both. 'Cause he may be a Yankee but he's still my cuz.   

Most Southrons are clannish. Everyone in the South knows this. I suspect that they just wanted to know if your cousin would stand up with you.

[J. Carney]

Yes indeed son. Hailed from Kings Mountain, NC.

So many fond memories.  Like the time we visited my Uncle Gene and family in Birmingham, Al.  We were at the community pool and my cousins got a kick introducing their Yankee cousins to their friends.  A couple of these guys wanted to know if the "Damn Yankees" could fight. I said, take a swing and find out. Then my cousin Gadeye said, you pick a fight with him, you'll get us both. 'Cause he may be a Yankee but he's still my cuz.   

Most Southrons are clannish. Everyone in the South knows this. I suspect that they just wanted to know if your cousin would stand up with you.

And I imagine thatr they found out as well... and probably not plesanly, either.

[Fedman NCC-3758]

My mom could never quite understand why she had trouble getting us kids to the table when she cooked, yet come Sunday morning when Dad was the chef, we were all at the table before she got there.     Drooling. 

I take it your Father was the Southron?

Yes indeed son. Hailed from Kings Mountain, NC.

So many fond memories.  Like the time we visited my Uncle Gene and family in Birmingham, Al.  We were at the community pool and my cousins got a kick introducing their Yankee cousins to their friends.  A couple of these guys wanted to know if the "Damn Yankees" could fight. I said, take a swing and find out. Then my cousin Gadeye said, you pick a fight with him, you'll get us both. 'Cause he may be a Yankee but he's still my cuz.   

Most Southrons are clannish. Everyone in the South knows this. I suspect that they just wanted to know if your cousin would stand up with you.

This is true.  There was a bully that picked on my younger brother. A week later he was picking on me. During the scuffle I had him down then let him up.  He wanted to keep fighting but I thought I'd get in trouble so I went inside. I bumped into my father and he said, "why did you let him up?" I said, you were watching? He called my brother into the room and said we had to stick up for each other. So he sent us on a mission. Find the bully and beat the snot out of him. And don't come home till you do.  So off we went. We found him and told him what our father said. After a good pounding we picked him up and threw him in the hedges.  When we got home, dad said, "Well?"   We told him what we did and he said, "Good. Lets eat"  

[Ravok]

My mom could never quite understand why she had trouble getting us kids to the table when she cooked, yet come Sunday morning when Dad was the chef, we were all at the table before she got there.     Drooling. 

I take it your Father was the Southron?

Yes indeed son. Hailed from Kings Mountain, NC.

So many fond memories.  Like the time we visited my Uncle Gene and family in Birmingham, Al.  We were at the community pool and my cousins got a kick introducing their Yankee cousins to their friends.  A couple of these guys wanted to know if the "Damn Yankees" could fight. I said, take a swing and find out. Then my cousin Gadeye said, you pick a fight with him, you'll get us both. 'Cause he may be a Yankee but he's still my cuz.   

Most Southrons are clannish. Everyone in the South knows this. I suspect that they just wanted to know if your cousin would stand up with you.

  Thats an understatement.

[Grand Master of Shadows NCC37385]

Most people from other parts of the country have no idea just how bad it is. Most of us have probably seen to movie "Next of Kin". It shows the gentle side of it. In some ways, we make the Mafia look tame.

Many years ago, my grandfather was having a problem with some guys from another clan. One of our relatives said that she had seen him going into a tavern called the Black Cat. There was no real reason to fight. What had started it had been a minor slight. Still, it had PO'ed my grandfather. He knew the guy didnt have the guts to say anything, so he sent his cousin Roy into the tavern. He entered a few minutes later and took a seat in one corner. Roy was a small man, around 5'4", and liked to talk loud. After only a few minutes, it started. Roy became the target of one of the three brothers that my grandfather had had words with. If it had just been fists, nothing else would have happened, but one of them decided to use brass knuckles. My grandfather pulled his knife. Roy took care of one of the brothers. The other two were carved. One, the one my grandfather was after and the one with the brass, faired the worse of all three. He ended up with the bicep of one arm sliced in two all the way to the bone, multiple stab wounds, and while my grandfather was carving him like a Thanksgiving turkey, the blade snapped off inside his ribcage, and my grandfather continued carving him with the broken blade.

The guy managed to crawl out onto the sidewalk before he passed out. My grandfather thought he had killed him and decided to join the Army. He was 19 at the time and you had to be 21 to enlist at that time. He lied about his age and signed up for a one year ToD. He enlisted in January of 1941. He was due to be discharged in January of 1942. Guess what happened? 

[SSCF-LeRoy]

I have rememberd something worse... Southrons watch yourselves... theis is truely horrible.

The chow hall at Camp Slayer on BIAP had a DamnYankee cook when I first got there. He used to serve collard greens WITHOUT FATBACK IN THEM!!! They were just leaves boiled in water- they didn't even chop them up!. No fatback, no bacon greese, no salt, and THEY DIDN'T PUT OUT BANANA PEPPER SAUCE TO EAT WITH THEM!!!

*GASP!* BLASPHEMY!!!

My personal favorite: porkchops, rice, n' gravy w/cathead biscuits and a tall sweet tea to go with it

[Fedman NCC-3758]

Just a little somethin....... to get your day started right, ya understand. 

[Ravok]

Just a little somethin....... to get your day started right, ya understand. 

 OMG!!! that looks sooooo good!!

[Fedman NCC-3758]

Notice the biscuits and milk gravy to the left.............

[J. Carney]

WHAT?!?!?

No Conecuh Sausage?



It ain't breakfast without this stuff!

[Fedman NCC-3758]

Hey.

Maybe one of you guys can answer me something........

My pappy used to put a little salt on his watermelon...... he said it made it sweeter.

Is that done down there? Just wondering.

I've never seen anyone else ever put salt on watermelon.

[J. Carney]

Hey.

Maybe one of you guys can answer me something........

My pappy used to put a little salt on his watermelon...... he said it made it sweeter.

Is that done down there? Just wondering.

I've never seen anyone else ever put salt on watermelon.

You DON'T eat salt on watermellon?

I bet you don't put peanuts in your cokes either.

[Fedman NCC-3758]

Hey.

Maybe one of you guys can answer me something........

My pappy used to put a little salt on his watermelon...... he said it made it sweeter.

Is that done down there? Just wondering.

I've never seen anyone else ever put salt on watermelon.

You DON'T eat salt on watermellon?

I bet you don't put peanuts in your cokes either.

LOL

Just one of the little things I remembered he used to do, thanks JC

We also used to make our own ice cream......  Oh LORD!  That does it.   I gotta get something to eat!!    BBL     

[Ravok]

Hey.

Maybe one of you guys can answer me something........

My pappy used to put a little salt on his watermelon...... he said it made it sweeter.

Is that done down there? Just wondering.

I've never seen anyone else ever put salt on watermelon.

 Ive done it since I was a little kid.

[Mr_Tricorder]

Man, this just isn't fair!  I'm in Texas, surrounded by good food everywhere but my dorm room.  I'm working two part time jobs to pay for my summer classes at Texas A&M, so I'm living off of Ramen Noodles and Maruchan Instant Lunches ($0.24 each at Wal-Mart).  I come back to my dorm hungry (as usual) after a crappy day at work and I see THIS on the screen!

Just a little somethin....... to get your day started right, ya understand. 

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!
If this keeps up, I'm going to start eating my textbooks soon!

[Grand Master of Shadows NCC37385]

Man, this just isn't fair!  I'm in Texas, surrounded by good food everywhere but my dorm room.  I'm working two part time jobs to pay for my summer classes at Texas A&M, so I'm living off of Ramen Noodles and Maruchan Instant Lunches ($0.24 each at Wal-Mart).  I come back to my dorm hungry (as usual) after a crappy day at work and I see THIS on the screen!

Just a little somethin....... to get your day started right, ya understand. 

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!
If this keeps up, I'm going to start eating my textbooks soon!

Dont they allow you to cook in your dorm? I know some do and some dont.

[Fedman NCC-3758]

Shadow could smell this thread...   

[Mr_Tricorder]

They don't allow cooking in the dorm.  All I can cook with is a microwave here.

[Ravok]

Shadow could smell this thread...   

 It looks so good tho !!!

 Did you notice the nice thick country bacon? Not that paper thin processed wanna be, you get in the Suprtmarket.

 And biscuts and Gravy,, 

  I gotta go shopping tomorrow.