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Lovely pictures....love the aquaruim.... |
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That aquarium looks stunning! |
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Yet more info on the Paulownia and pics of a specimen at Kew Gardens. It's possible to grow them from seed apparently but the blooms are susceptible to frost. Thompson & Morgan sell the seeds. I might have a go but I'm nt sure where I could put any resultant tree! |
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I realise that I have forgotten to say anything about Southern Food. I can only comment on restaurant food as we ate out all the time. Much was simply good restaurant food, with no discernable regional element but there were two memorable meals. One was at Ted's Montana Grill (the Ted being Ted Turner of CNN [based in Atlanta]), which wasn't exactly Southern but was bison, as he is trying to establish good, environmentally sound farming practice etc. The others had bison steak, but I had eaten beef steak the previous day so avoide dthat and had the bison pot roast instead. it was glorious. I tasted the steak (of course) and thought it was very good. A little sweeter and a little drier than beef, veering towards the taste/texture of venison. The other, and a real Southern meal, in a specialist Southern restaurant, was Jumbalaya. We've all sung along to The Carpenters but who has known what the dish comprises? It was a spicey, ricey dish, with shrimp ie, large prawns, mussels and bell peppers. Very tasty. A rare pud, of pecan pie too - very nice. I also tasted biscuit - virtually scone - served as a savoury with 'gravy' - I didn't like that, a white liquid, salty and rather indeterminate; and grits - coarse corn meal, with a taste of polenta but texture of rice/bulgar wheat etc. Did not see fried squirrel or butter-fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on offer but maybe that's not suprising - maybe I have read too much Elvis history! |
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I've always wondered what mint julep (sp?) is like.... minty, presumably but I have no idea what else is in it! Like the sound of the bison pot roast. |
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Angie, here's the mint julep recipe. I don't care especially for them, too sweet; but they are a Southern classic and always served at the Kentucky Derby. http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink5382.html I'm not a big fan of Southern cooking, the biscuits with that awful salty gravy are on my "never eat" list, also the grits! But I adore jambalaya, it's really a Creole recipe; I fix at home now and again. Re the fried squirrel, etc., DM, while I adore Elvis' music I think he had really really weird taste in food .......   |
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Thanks for that link Eileen. I had no idea it had whisky (bourbon) in it and I am not keen on whisky. It does sound very sweet - I think I'd prefer G&T with lemon and ice! I always thought it was a sort of cold refreshing drink that was drunk on hot sultry days by genteel ladies a la "Gone with the Wind"!!!! Maybe I'm thinking of iced tea ....  |
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You're right, Southerners are very big on iced tea. My Dad was a bourbon drinker, but on the rocks; don't know where he acquired that taste as he was a New Englander by birth. I'm a gin person myself (as you know!), but like lime in my G & T! |
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