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warrrreagl · 08-30-2007, 07:06 AM

Summer is the time of year when Southerners eat entire meals of veggies only and we did our patriotic part this year. The only meat I can remember us eating all summer was some occasional bacon, but otherwise our menu looked a lot like this every night:

Fresh corn on the cob (Farmer's market)
Sliced tomato (Farmer's market)
Rice(Grocery store)
Lima beans (grocery store)
Peaches (Farmer's market)

It seems like I've told this story before, but when Grancey and I lived in Iowa 10 years ago we visited the Hy-Vee Food Pavillion at the Iowa State Fair every year. There was always this hilarious display called "Ethnic Foods from Around the World" and you could visit little tables that featured Mexican food and Asian food and Indian food, etc. The best table was the one called "Southern Food" and it was loaded with things we'd never heard of before, plus the obligatory fried green tomatoes, grits, cornbread, okra, and black-eyed peas.

The first time we ever saw it we just stared at it with our mouths hanging open until I said, "Dear - we're ethnic now."

08-30-2007, 07:06 AM	#39 (permalink)
warrrreagl pinche vato Location: backwater, Third World, land of cotton	Summer is the time of year when Southerners eat entire meals of veggies only and we did our patriotic part this year. The only meat I can remember us eating all summer was some occasional bacon, but otherwise our menu looked a lot like this every night: Fresh corn on the cob (Farmer's market) Sliced tomato (Farmer's market) Rice(Grocery store) Lima beans (grocery store) Peaches (Farmer's market) It seems like I've told this story before, but when Grancey and I lived in Iowa 10 years ago we visited the Hy-Vee Food Pavillion at the Iowa State Fair every year. There was always this hilarious display called "Ethnic Foods from Around the World" and you could visit little tables that featured Mexican food and Asian food and Indian food, etc. The best table was the one called "Southern Food" and it was loaded with things we'd never heard of before, plus the obligatory fried green tomatoes, grits, cornbread, okra, and black-eyed peas. The first time we ever saw it we just stared at it with our mouths hanging open until I said, "Dear - we're ethnic now." __________________ Living is easy with eyes closed. Last edited by warrrreagl; 08-30-2007 at 07:08 AM..