Oh Billie, Vernon is soooooo lucky! Can we come to your house? All of you are making me hungry... Mary in SC At 06:10 AM 01/08/1997 -0500, vernon & billie wrote: >I still cook grits for breakfast as well as when we have fish. Cornbread >almost everyday.Biscuits 4 or 5 times a week. Beans, peas, corn, potatoes, >tomatoes, cukes, onions,squash and okra out of our garden,out of the freezer >or off the canning self. I am making crab apple jelly, fig preserves and >pear preserves today. Pepper jelly tomorrow and O have already made salsa. >Billie >----- Original Message ----- >From: Angus P. Robinson Jr <scottyr@netnitco.net> >To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 5:28 PM >Subject: [GA-Roots] Re: Georgia Ice Cream, A.K.A. as Grits > > >> Good Afternoon, >> As a southern born boy my grandma, God Bless her, often >> made grits. Sometimes we ate them like kids eat cereal today, >> and at other times we ate them as a side dish to bacon and eggs. >> How I would love to see her cooking on the old wood stove again. >> She also ironed her clothes using the old time cast iron "iron" >> that was heated on the wood stove. How she could handle the >> heat isn't know but Grandma Ida Morris Robinson did it. >> Surprisingly, many of the local restaurants serve grits. Of >> course we are a farming and recreational community. Back in >> the big city when you ask for grits the waitress looks like I just >> asked her to unrobe. Unless she is southern born she just says >> "huh". >> Angus "Scotty" Robinson >> >> >> > >