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I cooked some Fried Green Tomatoes last night.
No, I didn’t use Fannie Flagg’s recipe, which is just like the way my mom cooks them.  (Slice the tomatoes, salt them on both sides to make them “sweat”, dip them in corn meal mixed with a little salt and pepper, fry.)
I opted for the way they make [...]

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From an old book I used to have entitled 101 Things To Do During a Boring Sermon.  Create your own liturgy.
Example:
Hello, Dolly!  Well, hello, Dolly!
It’s so nice to have you back where you belong.
You’re lookin’  swell, Dolly.
We can tell, Dolly.
You’re still growin’ you’re still crowin’,  you’re still goin’  strong.
And also with you.

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The ensuing discussion about White Lily Flour–and it hasn’t been much of a discussion, since it’s just been Cap’n Whook and myself.  What is this, a blog or an oil painting?–somehow led to a discussion of mayonnaise.  I confessed in the discussions my love for Duke’s, with Bama being a close second.  Ah, a sandwich [...]

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The New York Times claims to have “all the news that’s fit to print.”  Well, this won’t be the first time a retraction is in order from that venerable publication.
The Grey Lady caused True Southerners all over this great nation of ours to reach for their collective Smellin’ Salts a few weeks ago with this [...]

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From my mini-feed the other day:
“John is improving their vocabulary!”
Do they get chimps to write this stuff or something?

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I’ve written before about that “You must not love Jesus” look I always get when I tell people I don’t like to listen to “Christian music” (because, you know, the music itself got saved and has a personal walk with Jesus every day).  It’s not entirely true, of course, that I don’t like to listen [...]

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. . . two days ago.  I forgot to wish you all a happy Jackie Washington Day!  We did not have any salmon in the house, so we could not make salmon patties, but we did put some peppermint sticks into some dill pickles and suck on them all day.  And of course we had [...]

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Musicians who really don’t need to practice, still practice.
Those who really, really need to practice, don’t practice.

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I haven’t been on here in a month o’ Sundays.  My loyal readership has no doubt gone elsewhere seeking intellectual stimulation.  (As long as that’s all you’re seeking on the Interwebs.  There’s lots o’ bad stuff out there, people.)
For breakfast, with my usual hard-cooked egg and green tea, I had toast made from homemade whole-wheat [...]

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