Dave,

They're only getting warmed up!

Wait until they start passing around jello-shots and deep-fried twinkies, then the fun will really start!

Liz

I have a confession:

I love boiled peanuts almost as much as I love Peeps. Please don't tell the Peeps, they'll be devastated!!

I have a second confession:

I have re-joined the rank of the blondes. My hairdresser went a litte nutzo with the highlights this afternoon. Sorry, T (or is it H, now?) I'm no longer brunette. More of a blondette, really.

OH DEAR! An affinity for southern delicacies, a card carrying member of the GOP, many articles of pink clothing, blonde hairs on my head.... this can only mean one thing: I WANT TO BE JANA!

Well, it could be worse. I could want to be Diane.


twane

Okay I give.... I'm intriqued about the boiled peanuts thing. Is it just a regular peanut you put in boiling water? How long do you boil it for? I'm from Philly and have never heard of it before. What exactly is a boiled peanut and how do you make it?

MeganT

Ladies,


Melissa and I are both with Barsky on this one. Dizzy but , FUN !!! You girls should enlist in the CIA, as Navajo Windtalkers.



Take it Easy, Ladies


Jeremy and Melissa

oooooh, Megan! You poor deprived child!

Read boring stuff about the boiled peanut here: Wikipedia entry

The short answer, is yes, it's a regular peanut put in boiling salted water. For a loooong time. The best ones are found at roadside stands in the South. The less teeth in the seller's head, the better the peanuts. The taste is also improved by how beat up and rickety his or her boiling apparatus is. Do NOT touch the ones that you find at gas stations! They are impostors! Done in a crock pot. Pffft! Only get them in the fall when the peanuts are green. I think they taste quite a bit like black olives.

twane

Huh, interesting. Thanks for the info and link. If I ever get down below the Mason-Dixon in August, I will be sure to try some. In the meantime, I think I will fry up some Scapple. Anybody hungry?

MeganT
Don't ask whats in Scrapple, you don't want to know.

Stef!

Now you are just plain being mean (perhaps due to our whitenecklessness at this juncture?)!

You know very well that was not Herve Villachez! it was ME!

Did I just talk in code? Please tell me if I did?

Currently boiling my own peanuts,
Barsky

"Currently boiling my own peanuts"

Ah, Dave...that sounds very painful!

Liz

OH YAY!! H's acceptance speech means we all have to do one. Okay, just me. OH, THE MEMORIES!!! I havent written one of these in for frickin ever!

First, I'd like to thank my mom, as always, for being the bestest babysitter EVER! (She only charges 5 dollars an hour, 6.50 if Dave is fussy and whiney.)(WHICH MEANS.... she charges 6.50 an hour.)

I'd also like to thank my homie, FLOYD, for...being the crawfish god that he is. For being our one and only.... Dont let Shari's screams of terror fool you, she's ALL ABOUT getting her some FLOYD.

To my Stefferoni, thank you for whatever it is that you do for a living that makes my imagination run wild. All I know is.. noone can deny that you have one HOTTTTT (count the T's, Jana!) job. A girl driving a helicopter is even cooler than.... me and Shar driving Barsky's Twinkie Mobile? I dont know, that's pretty cool...

To Miss Jayna, Theresa, aka "MY H" and Diane, thank you for toooo many memories while left to our own devices in random parking lots and airports. I plead the 5th....

To that guy, hosts the show, what's his face, he gave me Shari... so he can do no wrong in my book.

To DB, ..where to start? WHERE to start, Davey B? Thanks for the advice to watch.. O. HA! For everything... I'll just leave it at that before we both get sappy and start bawling like a couple of school girls. You know, your norm.

To my Shar.... "I love you" doesnt even cover half of it, baby.

TO JANE!!! .... I asked the resident expert on Scotland and here is the reply: She should visit Urqhart Castle on Loch Ness, go to the Isle of Skye, see Glenfinnan on Loch Shiel, Kyle of Lochalsh and definitely visit Oban. Stirling Castle is wonderful, as is Edinburgh.

I have only been to... 3 of those places. In Edinburgh, there is a lovely inn called Ashlyn Guest House. (YAY!) Have a good time, sweet girl!

To Liz... the insider info on T's.. I mean, H's apartment has me puzzled. WHERE was this "cat" we've been hearing so much about? Could it be..? Could she have been using a pretend "cat" to get to mine and Shari's... favorite cat person????? HERESA! HOW COULD YOU?



***Disclaimer II: Moonpies and boiled peanuts are top secret Southern delicacies. To consume them is to know Heaven. ANNND talk funny.***

quote:

Originally posted by arcysharky:
Gayle,
Here you go!
http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5681920639/m/9001949769

Arica

Thanks Sugar Pop.

Gayle

Dave, This would be CODE SPEAK.


--- .. --- ....-----.-.---....--.-.---.--.---.-...--_____...-..--..-.-----.- !!!!


Old Air Force Training, via Col.Jessup


..--.-...----..-.----, Dave !!!


..--..-..-.., Jeremy



RedSox still Blow !!!..-.--....---!!!

..."Raspy points at the sky..."The Plane! The Plane!"

It is all beginning to make sense...ish.

Frankly...I am curious about the whole peanut thang too. Boiling it just seems mean...why not just steam or blanch the darn thangs. I will never understand and frankly the moonpie thing is startling. Why moon a pie? Stars are not enough?

Just so ya know...the "getting some Floyd" statment just took a year off my life and for gosh sakes that could have been a good year!

Who knew about Mom! I think she deserves $6.51 at least! Blimey!

I have a new friend. His name is Charlie Blackberry...and he is taking up a lot of time. My fingers feel like canoe paddles and my eyes are crossed. This 21st Century stuff is tough...no wonder I love the 'tiques!

Anyone...going to Scotland ROCKS! I am available to carry luggage!

Sweet southern Sis...love ya more then all the Blackberry's on the planet!

Hey Dave!

DON''T ABUSE THE PEANUT!!!
You will make Shaun cry!

Shari

Hmm... the whole "cat" thing is very suspicious. I heard from mumblemumblemumble that H paid Liz to vouch for the "cat's" existence! I tried to ignore the rumors, but this is too much!

Shari the whole idea behind a boiled peanut is that it changes the consistency of the peanut from crunchy to soft. This takes a loooooooong time at a boil in salted water.

Another treat we have here in the south is sugar cane. Wonderful to chew on and sooo sweet.

Barb

Oh, now see...I thought I lived in the south. Apparently, I am just enough south to have the awesomeish accent, but too far west for the sugar cane.

As for buying things on road side stands from toothless wonders, peanut brittle made in a pie tin is a good seller around here. Just sayin'.

Isn't Glenfinnan on Loch Shiel where Duncan MacLeod lives? I'd have to ask Wendy to be sure...it's been a while.

Jer, I'm now going to have to get out my Morse Code decoder ring to figure out what you just said. Just tell me now if it was a s.lutty joke, and I won't bother.

Din0

Big thankie Barb!

I had found the entire concept perplexing. I am all about the peanut...well peanutbutter anyway.

Thanks for the clarification!
Shari

Now...moonpies...well...the visuals are just unnerving! Someone please tell me there is chocolate involved somewhere...for HEAVEN'S SAKE!!!

Boiled peanuts are addictive. On the way to Mississippi I had them on the roadside. On the way from Mississippi, I had them at a gas station out of a crock pot.

Here I was thinking they weren't as good as I had first thought.

Hugs and howdy Producer Dave,

I have just stumbled upon this thread seeing as I spend most of my time in the Mud Room.

Anyhoo, I was quite saddened that you could not join us in Hot Springs. You crack me up and I hate being the only hobbitt in the room. Being in North Dakota in March could not have been nearly as much fun as the insanity that comes with meeting women who adore that blue eyed fella you work with.

Let's all synchronize our calendars for next St. Patrick's Day, shall we? Somewhere a little warmer than the Bering Sea would be lovely!

Hugs,

Julie

quote:

Originally posted by megantracey0608:

Don't ask whats in Scrapple, you don't want to know.

eeewww... saw that on "Diners Drive Ins and Dives"... no thanks on the scrapple - I don't eat SPAM either.... shudders..

Okay, first off. I haven't read the latest, and no doubt, NOT the greatest. I am still stuck on this "Jana is hottt" assertion.

Let us all not forget (althought I'd really LOVE TO!) that Jana needs to pull out her teeth before she eats barbeque. As Stef and I simultaneously uttered in different states—oddly specific, I know. But, it is stuck with me through all eternity. Every time I hear the hiss of a propane tank, the twang of a southern crooner . . . the image is there. And it is seared in my consciousness like an undercooked boiled peanut. (You know, like searing tuna doesn't completely cook it through, it just makes it more platable for non-sushi-eating wimps...yeah, that's where I got that awkward analogy so I'll stop now.)

Boiled peanuts. Shudder. It begs so many questions for me. How do you undercook a boiled peanut, you ask? More to the point, who thought to cook one in the first place? Really, if there is anything the south got right . . . never mind, I'm drawing a blank. You know, lack of innovation and all. Don't tell Jana that though, you'll get a diatribe. Jana and diatribes mix like boiled (balled, as she so annoyingly says) peanuts and soda pop.

Tracey, a blondette? Wait until H/T and I get our brunette claws (yes, hairdye can do that if you forget to use gloves) into you. Mwahahahaha.

So, I am a headache remedy? A shot of Diane? Dave? Wink? Again, how oddly specific.

Psst, Shari. Is Ash listening? Good. Blackberries are evil. You know the whole government wire tap thing? I'm just saying. They have to start somewhere.

I think I'll stop now.

Diane

quote:

Originally posted by din0mite:
Oh, now see...I thought I lived in the south. Apparently, I am just enough south to have the awesomeish accent, but too far west for the sugar cane.

As for buying things on road side stands from toothless wonders, peanut brittle made in a pie tin is a good seller around here. Just sayin'.

Isn't Glenfinnan on Loch Shiel where Duncan MacLeod lives? I'd have to ask Wendy to be sure...it's been a while.

Jer, I'm now going to have to get out my Morse Code decoder ring to figure out what you just said. Just tell me now if it was a s.lutty joke, and I won't bother.

Din0

Din0,

No s.lutty joke here !!! Just busting Dave's chops,with a little Navajo Windtalking. I had to practice on him, for the upcoming Windtalkers convention here in Chicago. In the words of Bill Murray from the movie STRIPES.


" Army training.....Sirrrrrrrrr !!!"



Just joining in the MADNESS, Jeremy



BTW, Jana. Your false teeth are hotttttttt !!! Especially covered in Southern BBQ

Holy dog poop, I just reread my post. There are typos! Stef will never let me hear the end of it.

I blame this stupid ergonomic keyboard. I blame the horrifying visuals that erupted within this thread. And most importantly, I blame Barsky. He is the root of all things, well, not ev!l (I've been gone for a few months, is that still a trigger word?) but, all things annoying. You know, in a Murphy's Law sorta way annoying.

Jeremy, you think BBQ false teeth are hottt? Wow, to each his own. What a disturbing proclivity. Someone's gotta love that poor, pathetic southern blondey, I guess. Trust me though, it taint easy brother.

Ash, don't forget random drive-through places that serve awesome milk shakes. Ahh good times, debauchery and whatnot.

"That's what your mother said last night!"

Diane

Fixodent and forget it !!! Thats how I ROLL....Sista !!! Or Denture Cream....I'm not picky.


Take it Easy, Jeremy