If You Have Traveled In The Southern U.S.....
May 31st, 2004, 11:55 AM
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The secret to sweetea is that you cannot boil the water because it makes the tea bitter tasting. Also, the sugar must be desolved in hot water.
For you expatriats living outside the south, Lee Brothers has a mail order catalog at www.BoiledPeanuts.com. Along with boiled peanuts, you can order Duke's Mayo and Cheerwine.
The BEST cookbook is Charleston Receipts by The Charleston Junior League. It hasn't changed in 50 years.
For you expatriats living outside the south, Lee Brothers has a mail order catalog at www.BoiledPeanuts.com. Along with boiled peanuts, you can order Duke's Mayo and Cheerwine.
The BEST cookbook is Charleston Receipts by The Charleston Junior League. It hasn't changed in 50 years.
May 31st, 2004, 12:21 PM
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GoTravel, on a more fun note than the other thread, I must respectfully disagree about the tea-making. We (here in NC) DO boil the water, but we bring the sugar and half the water to a boil, together; then remove from heat and submerge the tea bags in for four minutes. Then pour that into an equal amount of cold water. I have "Charleston Receipts"...... excellent cookbook!
May 31st, 2004, 12:28 PM
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Here's my sweetea recipe:
in large pan, heat 2 qts of very cold water and remove from heat just before it boils
immediately add 1 and a half cups of Dixie sugar and stir until dissolved
add 3 family size teabags - I use Luzianne
steep for 10 minutes
remove tea bags, allow tea to cool completely (this takes several hours)
pour over ice and add a bit of water if it is too strong
keep fresh lemons on hand for those who would like a lemon wedge (which should always be offered separately to guests on a good china plate - with several of varying widths from which to choose - and not perched presumptuously on the edge of their glass)
I must always use a glass Pyrex 2 qt container to put it in just like my mama did when it's steeping, and then I put it in the earthenware pitcher she always used that's been filled with ice. Since she's gone now, I find this ritual incredibly comforting.
It's really almost de riguer to then repair to the lanai with a good book and the whir of an overhead fan, or to serve it to friends. It's the accompaniment to watercress or eggsalad sandwiches with the crusts cut off, followed by a piece of chess pie.
Another great cookbook (my personal favorite) is called "Main Street Meals", and is put out by the ladies of the First United Methodist Church in High Point, North Carolina.
in large pan, heat 2 qts of very cold water and remove from heat just before it boils
immediately add 1 and a half cups of Dixie sugar and stir until dissolved
add 3 family size teabags - I use Luzianne
steep for 10 minutes
remove tea bags, allow tea to cool completely (this takes several hours)
pour over ice and add a bit of water if it is too strong
keep fresh lemons on hand for those who would like a lemon wedge (which should always be offered separately to guests on a good china plate - with several of varying widths from which to choose - and not perched presumptuously on the edge of their glass)
I must always use a glass Pyrex 2 qt container to put it in just like my mama did when it's steeping, and then I put it in the earthenware pitcher she always used that's been filled with ice. Since she's gone now, I find this ritual incredibly comforting.
It's really almost de riguer to then repair to the lanai with a good book and the whir of an overhead fan, or to serve it to friends. It's the accompaniment to watercress or eggsalad sandwiches with the crusts cut off, followed by a piece of chess pie.
Another great cookbook (my personal favorite) is called "Main Street Meals", and is put out by the ladies of the First United Methodist Church in High Point, North Carolina.
May 31st, 2004, 12:34 PM
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bonniebroad, I must confess, my water usually boils! 
And, I should mention that I do normally end up doubling the water and that I like my tea strong - ergo the 10 minutes of steeping.
Like coffee, strengths and sweetnesses are personal choice and adjustments can always be made.
When I go out for seafood, I like my tea to be so sweet it almost makes my teeth ache. Most small seafood places around here serve it that way in one of those little plastic pitchers they just leave on the table...
And, I should mention that I do normally end up doubling the water and that I like my tea strong - ergo the 10 minutes of steeping.
Like coffee, strengths and sweetnesses are personal choice and adjustments can always be made.
When I go out for seafood, I like my tea to be so sweet it almost makes my teeth ache. Most small seafood places around here serve it that way in one of those little plastic pitchers they just leave on the table...
May 31st, 2004, 12:36 PM
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Diana.......... this is fun! My "proportions" are 4 cups cold water & 1 cup sugar brought to a boil; remove from heat, use 8 Red Rose tea bags (my Mama used Lipton); steep 4 minutes......... add to 4 cups cold water, and stir. (The secret is in heating the sugar and water together.) I have a big front porch with white columns, and the requisite white swing and two white rockers but I DO need a ceiling fan! Tastes divine out there......... (Will have to get that cookbook you mention........ I have a VAST collection!)
(Will have to get that cookbook you mention........ I have a VAST collection!)
May 31st, 2004, 12:43 PM
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This IS fun.
Oh, bonniebroad, I've ALWAYS wanted the white columns. Your place sounds gorgeous!!!
Our house was built in 1850, and was moved to it's present site in 1945 - sans le front porch. It is on our "to-do" list. I want the whole Greek revivial thingy.
Anyhoo, what I DO have is a screened-in porch that's 30' by 20' and was used as a sleeping porch. It does have columns, and overlooks the pasture where our horses graze. We have two ceiling fans on the porch and have spent just about the whole holiday weekend out there.
May I ask where you and GoTravel are located?
Oh, bonniebroad, I've ALWAYS wanted the white columns. Your place sounds gorgeous!!!
Our house was built in 1850, and was moved to it's present site in 1945 - sans le front porch. It is on our "to-do" list. I want the whole Greek revivial thingy.
Anyhoo, what I DO have is a screened-in porch that's 30' by 20' and was used as a sleeping porch. It does have columns, and overlooks the pasture where our horses graze. We have two ceiling fans on the porch and have spent just about the whole holiday weekend out there.
May I ask where you and GoTravel are located?
May 31st, 2004, 12:43 PM
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GoTravel, I'm a hot tea drinker, too, and if boiling water made tea taste funky, then hot tea wouldn't work (and it's wonderful)!!! I think it's just what you get used to. My best friend makes sun tea, also, and I really like her's, but of course, feel my Mama's way tastes best!!! My sister brought passionfruit tea back from Hawaii the last two times so now sometimes we substitute a few of those teabags for the regular tea bags, and it is dee-lish! Shame we can't all get together, and have our own tea-tasting, huh?;-)
May 31st, 2004, 12:49 PM
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GoTravel, have you tried toasted pimiento cheese sandwiches? Oooooh - great with tomato soup in cold weather. (And I like the chocolate pecan pie also...)
btw, I live just south of Raleigh - almost to Fuquay Varina - a name I love to hear people not from around here try to pronounce!
btw, I live just south of Raleigh - almost to Fuquay Varina - a name I love to hear people not from around here try to pronounce!
May 31st, 2004, 12:52 PM
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Diana, I am in Raleigh. I bought my house because of this porch. It's at least 30 feet wide, 12 to 15 feet deep, and I have four huge ferns hanging on it....... except in the coldest weather. I have a screened porch in back because of the darned mosquitos......we have a lake close by. Your place sounds wonderful..........and you have horses! My nieces would want to come live with you!
GoTravel, don't you love that pimento cheese (I put jalapenos in mine now!), and pies just loaded with toasty pecans...... but don't get me started!
GoTravel, don't you love that pimento cheese (I put jalapenos in mine now!), and pies just loaded with toasty pecans...... but don't get me started!
May 31st, 2004, 01:01 PM
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There's nothing that beats sitting on a porch like that and watching the world go by.
I love to see the Boston ferns. It looks so cool and inviting. There's a house in Apex I covet that sounds a bit like yours. Every time I drive by it, I want to stop my car and go sit up on the porch in one of their rockers.
Do you have a glider too? Remember those?
My parent's house had a huge front porch, and I vividly remember sitting on the cool floor playing jacks with my friends for hours at a time.
My Mom's friends would come by walking their kids or their dogs and step up on the porch to visit with her.
Memories!
btw, tell your nieces we have six stalls that need to be cleaned right about now. (Just kidding.) Horses are wonderful, but a lot of work!
I love to see the Boston ferns. It looks so cool and inviting. There's a house in Apex I covet that sounds a bit like yours. Every time I drive by it, I want to stop my car and go sit up on the porch in one of their rockers.
Do you have a glider too? Remember those?
My parent's house had a huge front porch, and I vividly remember sitting on the cool floor playing jacks with my friends for hours at a time.
My Mom's friends would come by walking their kids or their dogs and step up on the porch to visit with her.
Memories!
btw, tell your nieces we have six stalls that need to be cleaned right about now. (Just kidding.) Horses are wonderful, but a lot of work!
May 31st, 2004, 01:08 PM
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YES!!!!!!! The glider is on my screened porch, and I bought it from Restoration Hardware last year. It looks almost identical to my Grandma's from ages ago.
I have a 23 year old niece who's been riding & teaching for years, is in the Army in Alaska now but her two horses are boarded in Florida. She's even teaching Dressage in Alaska several times a week. Horses have been her life since she was little...... she can't wait to get out of the Army, and back to horsey country in Ocala, where she is going to train and teach full-time.
You are welcome to come over sometime...........we'll play jacks and drink sweetea and eat pimento cheese sandwiches on the front porch, among the ferns!;-) (And I'll tell you what my nephew, who owns a landscaping company, and his friends, call Fuquay Varina........... can't post it here!)
I have a 23 year old niece who's been riding & teaching for years, is in the Army in Alaska now but her two horses are boarded in Florida. She's even teaching Dressage in Alaska several times a week. Horses have been her life since she was little...... she can't wait to get out of the Army, and back to horsey country in Ocala, where she is going to train and teach full-time.
You are welcome to come over sometime...........we'll play jacks and drink sweetea and eat pimento cheese sandwiches on the front porch, among the ferns!;-) (And I'll tell you what my nephew, who owns a landscaping company, and his friends, call Fuquay Varina........... can't post it here!)
May 31st, 2004, 01:09 PM
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I am south of Charleston on the coast.
We live in an old beach house (circa 1950s) that was the first on my barrier island to be built on pilings.
I do have a small front porch but since I'm about 12 feet off the ground, it doesn't work the same.
We do have a great big deck that is about 1000 square feet which is our outside living room. We have hammocks, rockers, a dining table, sofa & loveseat, bar, and bar tables. It's very large and we spend a lot of time outside. The ocean breeze keeps it nice year around.
We live in an old beach house (circa 1950s) that was the first on my barrier island to be built on pilings.
I do have a small front porch but since I'm about 12 feet off the ground, it doesn't work the same.
We do have a great big deck that is about 1000 square feet which is our outside living room. We have hammocks, rockers, a dining table, sofa & loveseat, bar, and bar tables. It's very large and we spend a lot of time outside. The ocean breeze keeps it nice year around.
May 31st, 2004, 01:13 PM
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I've really enjoyed reading this thread. Makes me look forward to my babyback ribs that are out on the smoker right now--y'all are welcome -- no sauce or forks allowed -- however, since I don't have a really good recipe for cobbler, I didn't make one. Any takers on cobbler recipes? Any variety will do, although I hear that the peaches in the Hill Country are mighty fine this year!!
Happy Memorial Day from Austin, Texas!!
Happy Memorial Day from Austin, Texas!!
May 31st, 2004, 01:19 PM
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bonniebroad, you are so sweet! I haven't sat on a glider in years. We used to just think it was the most amazing thing... (Of course, my Grandma had one too with slidey plastic cushions you could slip right off of if you got it really got it going.)
Dressage in Alaska! That sounds pretty neat. Yes, Ocala IS definitely horse country. That's the place to be to have a career or life with horses.
I can only imagine what they call F-V and most likely have heard it before. It lends itself to some awful things! I'll see if I can dig up my jacks
GoTravel, I think you and I and bonniebroad should do that vacation houseswapping thing! Your place sounds really great. I just love those old beach houses that have character. It sounds like the ones we stayed in at Surfside past Myrtle Beach when I was a kid. You are really lucky to have a place like that! Are you on the beach or inland waterway or sound?
Dressage in Alaska! That sounds pretty neat. Yes, Ocala IS definitely horse country. That's the place to be to have a career or life with horses.
I can only imagine what they call F-V and most likely have heard it before. It lends itself to some awful things! I'll see if I can dig up my jacks
GoTravel, I think you and I and bonniebroad should do that vacation houseswapping thing! Your place sounds really great. I just love those old beach houses that have character. It sounds like the ones we stayed in at Surfside past Myrtle Beach when I was a kid. You are really lucky to have a place like that! Are you on the beach or inland waterway or sound?
May 31st, 2004, 01:22 PM
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Hey there Kopp, I will sure post a good peach cobbler recipe for you later! Your babybacks sound great........ We had ribs last night, so tonight we are doing burgers and hotdogs, as we usually do on Memorial Day. And a happy day to you!
Go_Travel, your place sounds wonderful, and I'm quite jealous of you, living near Charleston. So beautiful...... do you ever go into Charleston to eat at Magnolia's? That's my favorite restaurant there.........
Go_Travel, your place sounds wonderful, and I'm quite jealous of you, living near Charleston. So beautiful...... do you ever go into Charleston to eat at Magnolia's? That's my favorite restaurant there.........
