Then they would have taken the pie-maker into the clan and named him/her Armstrong. That's why we all have different Y-DNA. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Sue Allen" <[email protected]> To: <a[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT >A real Border Armstrong would have stole the rhubarb, and forced someone > else to make the pie. > > lol > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Marilyn Otterson > Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 3:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT > > > Dear Carmelita Marilynn, > You can buy frozen rhubarb, all cleaned and nicely cut to pop right into a > pie shell. It's almost as good as going out, pulling it, cutting off the > leaves, washing it, cutting it up yourself! :^) I don't like to eat > piecrust (even though I love the homemade kind) so I put it in unbaked pie > shell with about a cup of sugar, 3 T. flour and a couple of eggs...all > mixed > up with a tiny bit of milk...poured on, then baked. Start at about 400 > for > 10 mintues then lower oven to 350 for about 45 minutes. This is a lot > easier than making a two crust pie. If you are in a hurry, buy the > already > fixed pie shell in the store. I fake it by re-shaping the edge so it > looks > homemade. (We Armstrongs are very sneaky and crafty when we wannabe.) > Cousin Marilyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilynn Masten" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 1:30 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT > > >> When I first moved to NC, I couldn't believe that Rhubarb would not grow >> here, Likewise everbearing Strawberries. So being Scottish-Irish with a >> stubborn streak, I tried both. Had a beautiful Rhubarb plant that >> disappeared overnight. We don't grow lemons or oranges, either. NC DOES >> grow good Strawberries but they don't last long. One has to OD on them >> before the season is over. Grandma called it Pie Plant and I called it >> Rhubarb and we used to fight good-naturedly about that. Once in awhile I >> can find it in the stores but not often. I grew wonderful Raspberries but >> got sick of fighting the darn Blue Jays over them. They thought the >> berries >> belonged to THEM! And I don't like tomatoes but I like tomato sauce. No, >> no >> Lilacs either and could smack my son if I could reach him for calling me >> to >> brag about how wonderful his Lilacs smell. >> >> Ah, well. I get homesick. >> Marilynn Carmelita >> IBSSG >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:23 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT >> >> >>> Thanks for the compliment, F.R. I recently read that rhubarb has to >>> have >>> a >>> period of cold or freezing temps in the winter, probably why you had >>> trouble >>> trying to grow it in the south. Sigh. My friend in GA tries so hard to >>> grow lilacs, her favorite flower...and they, like rhubarb, need a period >>> of >>> very cold weather. On the other hand, we can't grow oranges, lemons and >>> maters in the winter like you southern folks can. >>> >>> I can't imagine being sick of BBQ, but then we don't have it very often >>> and >>> none like yours (although son Jeff does a pretty good job of trying.) I >>> still have some of your rub and I suppose the spices are getting stale >>> by >>> now. Jeff made up a new batch and will give me some. And I still make >>> your >>> beer turkey every year...looks messy, falling apart, but SO good. >>> >>> I hope you and Gerri have a great trip to MS tomorrow and have a fun >>> time...and hope the grandkids do well with the BBQ contest. >>> >>> Cousin Marilyn >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Fount Armstrong" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 11:52 AM >>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT >>> >>> >>>> Cousin Marilyn, >>>> >>>> Alas! The Hot Tamale Man went to that big Molly Stand in the sky!! >>>> >>>> I still drive over and get the best fried gizzards in the country when >>>> we >>>> go >>>> to MS. After practicing cooking all week, we'll probably be sick of BBQ >>>> by >>>> contest time! >>>> >>>> I still haven't forgot how good your Rhubarb pie was!!! >>>> >>>> Fount >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 10:14 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >>>> >>>> >>>>> OH, boy, lucky folks if you are teaching how to BBQ, F.R. I still >>>>> remember >>>>> your ribs...best ever...and everything else you ever cooked on your >>>>> locomotive. Does that old guy still sell the tamales and do you still >>>>> eat >>>>> those fried chicken livers...or was it gizzards...in MS? Hope you >>>>> have >>>>> a >>>>> great trip. Take it easy and watch those young ones learn how to to >>>>> cook. >>>>> Whoooo-eeee! >>>>> >>>>> Cousin Marilyn >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Fount Armstrong" <[email protected]> >>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 3:54 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hey Cousin Marilyn!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> You knew I had to join in when food or drinking came up!! >>>>>> Going to MS Sunday to train two of my grandsons for a BBQ contest the >>>>>> next >>>>>> weekend. We'll be cooking all week to get everything where I can just >>>>>> sit >>>>>> back and sip and point. I'm not allowed to do anything but advise. >>>>>> >>>>>> You are right! If grits aren't cooked right, they can be some kind of >>>>>> bad!! >>>>>> >>>>>> Fount >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 10:39 AM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey, there is the famous Fount Ray Armstrong back among us! Hey, >>>>>>> F.R., >>>>>>> good >>>>>>> to see you. Stick around...we have been having fun fighting about >>>>>>> food. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If your grits and Cream of Wheat (don't like that, myself) are like >>>>>>> marbles, >>>>>>> they must not be getting stirred enough to make them smooth when you >>>>>>> are >>>>>>> cooking them, or you are cooking them too hot. No wonder you don't >>>>>>> like >>>>>>> them. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cousin Marilyn >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>> From: "Patti Armstrong" <[email protected]> >>>>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:19 PM >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> grits and cream of wheat are like little marbles rolling around in >>>>>>>> one's >>>>>>>> mouth. They are ugly no matter what you put on them. >>>>>>>> Patti >>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>> From: "Fount Armstrong" <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 6:40 AM >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hey Ya'll !!!! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Just had to step in and defend grits. >>>>>>>>> They are good when fixed like Marilyn said and also there are good >>>>>>>>> cheese >>>>>>>>> grits and good Crawfish grits. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Just lurking. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Fount >>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>>> From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:35 AM >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> > Ben, you have to put butter and salt on grits or they are >>>>>>>>> > incredibly >>>>>>>>> > bland, >>>>>>>>> > I think. Cheese grits are delicious, but fattening. >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > Here, down south in southern NH, we like our grits with butter >>>>>>>>> > and >>>>>>>>> > maple >>>>>>>>> > syrup. Yum >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > Cousin Marilyn >>>>>>>>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>>> > From: "Ben Barr" <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> > To: <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:39 PM >>>>>>>>> > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> >> Well Marilynn, >>>>>>>>> >> Yes, I think that it might have been mentioned. One thing >>>>>>>>> >> that >>>>>>>>> >> the >>>>>>>>> >> Southerners really tried to impress upon me was how good Grits >>>>>>>>> >> were. >>>>>>>>> >> I must say, that I did give it the old college try once. >>>>>>>>> >> The >>>>>>>>> >> grits >>>>>>>>> >> were >>>>>>>>> >> awful! There answer was that I didn't have them prepared right >>>>>>>>> >> and >>>>>>>>> >> I >>>>>>>>> >> needed >>>>>>>>> >> to salt, pepper and butter them...hmmmm...I don't think so. >>>>>>>>> >> But in all fairness, I do love their ham biscuits and fried >>>>>>>>> >> okra. >>>>>>>>> >> Ben Barr from North-central Maine where the leaves have >>>>>>>>> >> changed. >>>>>>>>> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>>> >> From: "Marilynn Masten" <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> >> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:26 AM >>>>>>>>> >> Subject: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >>> Gardner-Webb was started by my relatives. I had no idea they >>>>>>>>> >>> taught >>>>>>>>> >>> English, the way they speak around here, but a lot of people >>>>>>>>> >>> go >>>>>>>>> >>> there >>>>>>>>> >>> and >>>>>>>>> >>> seem to love it. And they don't talk funny after they >>>>>>>>> >>> graduate. >>>>>>>>> >>> Did >>>>>>>>> >>> they >>>>>>>>> >>> try to get you to eat Liver Mush? >>>>>>>>> >>> Marilynn >>>>>>>>> >>> IBSSG >>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>>> >>> From: "Ben Barr" <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 8:51 PM >>>>>>>>> >>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] to the Old Red-Head >>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> Marilynn, >>>>>>>>> >>>> Are you living in Shelby? I finished my college education >>>>>>>>> >>>> at >>>>>>>>> >>>> Gardner-Webb College (now University) in 1980 with a degree >>>>>>>>> >>>> in >>>>>>>> English. >>>>>>>>> >>>> Ben Barr from North-central Maine where the leaves have >>>>>>>>> >>>> turned. >>>>>>>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>>> >>>> From: "Marilynn Masten" <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 1:43 PM >>>>>>>>> >>>> Subject: [ARMSTRONG] to the Old Red-Head >>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>I DID play Right Guard for the Green Bay Packers. You must >>>>>>>>> >>>>>have >>>>>>>> missed >>>>>>>>> >>>>>it. >>>>>>>>> >>>>> Could you concoct a recipe for Peacock Haggis? My daughter >>>>>>>>> >>>>> was >>>>>>>>> >>>>> once >>>>>>>>> >>>>> married >>>>>>>>> >>>>> to a Scotsman (didn't take. Irish tempers and Scottish >>>>>>>>> >>>>> tempers >>>>>>>>> >>>>> are >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>> >>>>> volatile mixture) But he didn't like Haggis either. They >>>>>>>>> >>>>> have >>>>>>>>> >>>>> something >>>>>>>>> >>>>> here >>>>>>>>> >>>>> in Shelby, NC, which they think they invented but it is only >>>>>>>>> >>>>> Philadelphia >>>>>>>>> >>>>> Scrapple made south of Philly. NO, I don't eat that either. >>>>>>>>> >>>>> And >>>>>>>>> >>>>> don't >>>>>>>>> >>>>> anybody write and tell me how good it was when mama made it >>>>>>>>> >>>>> for >>>>>>>>> >>>>> breakfast >>>>>>>>> >>>>> and served it with maple syrup. I'll take your word for it. >>>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> I have a problem about where my loyalties lay. I am a >>>>>>>>> >>>>> MacAteer, >>>>>>>>> >>>>> a >>>>>>>>> >>>>> MacIntyre, a Lamont (pronounced Lammit, dammit which became >>>>>>>> McClymont) >>>>>>>>> >>>>> an >>>>>>>>> >>>>> O'Cleirigh and a Loftus, plus an Irish Armstrong who >>>>>>>>> >>>>> probably >>>>>>>> wandered >>>>>>>>> >>>>> over >>>>>>>>> >>>>> the border. They all want me to wear THEIR pins etc. And >>>>>>>>> >>>>> who >>>>>>>>> >>>>> knows >>>>>>>>> >>>>> what >>>>>>>>> >>>>> Pryors are? Are my Gardners really Gordons? Very >>>>>>>>> >>>>> confusing. >>>>>>>>> >>>>> Marilynn >>>>>>>>> >>>>> IBSSG >>>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>>> >>>>> From: "Thomas S. 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