thats about it unless it was my dad. he was a cook in the navy and the
reserves. hey, in the miltary no matter what your rank, you don't mess with
a chaplain and you don't mess with cooky. anyway he could outcook lots pf
women.

you know the churchs used to have those all day singings with dinner on the
ground. i don't know that many do that anymore, but, if they did, woundn't
bee the same with out the cooking that those older ladies did.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cleveland, Kyle E. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:59 AM
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Subject: Re: Happy Father's Day


Too much like work, I guess.  My mom says that a southern breakfast is very
difficult to cook as everything gets done at the same time.

She's got Laura to the point where she (L.) can fix decent biscuits 'n'
gravy (or "gray-bee", as my son says), but Laura toes the yankee line on
green beans.  IMHO, you can't cook green beans too long, and they are
worthless without a ham hock or salt pork cooked in.

My mom got Laura a book for Christmas, called "Spoonbread & Scuppernong
Wine", written by some relative.  Laura was all gushy-gushy with the "thank
you"s and all, but I don't believe she's even cracked it open since New
Years.  I've tried some of the recipes, but hell, I can darn near burn water
so it's of no use to me.

Let's face it, Ken.  We love our wives more than life itself, but can't
nobody cook like Mama!  Am I right?

-Kyle

-----Original Message-----
From: Barber, Kenneth L. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:24 AM
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Subject: Re: Happy Father's Day


collards have a sharper taste than poke salet, tounip greens are next in
sharper flavor then poke salet. in order of boldness or sharpness of taste.
of course, when i was small after you had gotten all the meat off a ham that
you could, the hambone was then put in a pot of greens ar in with white
limas or pintos. since my mom has gottem more down with the parkenson
disease, i know no one now that can cook the beans like i like them. same
goes for home fried peach turnovers, really good homemade divinity candy (or
sea foam if you like divinity made with brown sugar). younger women don't
learn to cook like this even in the south.