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Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

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You want Slate?

Try the Lake District, Cumbria
or
Wales.

Both have lots of luvverly slate.
Fallen down quite a few slate slopes when out Fell walking/ hill climbing. (Funny how it always ends up in the rucksack):rolleyes:
 
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MarkusTay

New member
Sorry Rodnik, I wasn\'t belittling Southern Culture, I was just pointing out the differences in attitudes across the country. We Northerners almost never think about the Civil War, but I find many reminders while down below the mason/Dixon line. :D

Besides, I discovered one of life\'s greatest treasures while down there - Bisquits and gravy! Mmmmmmmm

And as far as cross country poking fun goes, my two California nieces still laugh when they hear us call athletic shoes \"sneakers\" or a handbag a \"pocketbook\"., so it goes both ways.

And not every New Yorker sounds like he just stepped out of Goodfellas. ;)

As far as family who died at the location, I doubt they knew any of them personally. I don\'t have any family who died on 9/11, but I know people who do and they get some type of morbid satisfaction looking at the crater where the World Trade Center used to be. I don\'t understand that either, but I can relate it to the Southern family.

Cheers.
 
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Rodnik

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No need to apologize, MT---I was just bustin\' your chops.

And as far as this---
Bisquits and gravy
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That\'s one of the primary reasons I stay right where I am..
...along with the fact that I every time I go to New York and order grits or sweet tea, folks look at me like I\'m an idiot...
...or it could just be my accent, I guess...

:D
 
EArkham

EArkham

Necromancer
Hey Philolgus...

Years ago... like in \'95... I went to Red Top Mountain state park, not far from Etowah here in Georgia. The parking area wasn\'t paved, but filled with tiny pieces of rock.

They\'re dark grey like slate (maybe not quite as blue). They don\'t break in shelves or chips like slate. Not pebbly like granite, either. Not sure what type of rock they are, but perfectly shaped and sized for figure bases as rubble or natural rocks.

I scooped up a standard plastic cup full of them and still have 1/2 the cup left.

A lot changes in 12 years, but I\'m betting you can still find the rocks there. Assuming that the I-75/Kennesaw area is convenient to you anyway.

...along with the fact that I every time I go to New York and order grits or sweet tea, folks look at me like I\'m an idiot...
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Maybe they\'re just good judges of character? ZING! OW!

<ducks!>

Sorry, had to take the shot. :D Hey, if I hadn\'t, Whiz would have come along and done it.

Kep
 
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MarkusTay

New member
You can\'t get bisquits and gravy up here either, but I whip up a homemade batch I think you\'re Granny\'d approve of. :D

I make \'em at least twice a month for me and the kids, but if you\'re ever up this way I\'ll make you a batch special. BTW, not sure what sweat tea is, but I love REAL grits. the only kind we get up here are instant. :|~

Damn, now you guys have gone and made me hungry.

(BTW Rodnik, you do realize you\'re name sounds an awful lot like \'Redneck\')

;)lol
 
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supervike

Super Moderator
I was raised on Biscuits and Gravy...but I am a yankee through and through...and hamhock beans with real cornbread...

And fried green tomatoes....

and fried chicken...

Damn it must be lunch time!
 
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dauber22

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Sweet tea = ice tea with sugar.

It\'s funny. When I was in Texas, I\'d get weird looks for ordering ice tea WITHOUT sugar. :D
 
Wren

Wren

Member
Interesting... when I visited Texas for ReaperCon a couple years back, there was no sweet tea to be had, I was very sad. I haven\'t adopted a lot of Southern food (it\'s not an especially vegetarian-friendly cuisine), but I\'ve definitely hopped on the sweet tea train. I still drink a lot of hot tea (or just \'tea\' as it\'s known where I come from), but it\'s rarely any good in restaurants anyway, and sweet tea feels at least a little less unhealthy than constant soda so we make it at home now, too.
 
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supervike

Super Moderator
Egads no!

Its a thick white gravy, made with white flour and milk....usually with the oil or drippings from bacon or sausage...Some people crumble up pork sausage in it.

Usually served for breakfast, but its good ANYTIME....has to have a LOT of black pepper on it....and lately I\'m liking the tabasco sauce on it.

EDIT...oh and the BISCUITS aren\'t cookies like you folks call em....they are gorgeous golden lumps of dough with a flaky interior...
 
Wren

Wren

Member
I\'ve only got my former English roommate\'s Yorkshire pudding to go by, but his was not really that similar to an American biscuit. The US biscuit is more comparable to a scone. I was going to say it\'s like a tea biscuit, but apparently that\'s a fairly Canadian term. The pics over in the wikipedia entry for biscuit might help - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit
 
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flynn

New member
What the heck was this thread about again?

Wren, if you were looking for sweet tea while at ReaperCon, you could have gone to Chick-fil-A. As long as it wasn\'t sunday, that is.

I remember going to Boston in winter a dozen years ago and not being able to get iced tea. Who would have thought that iced tea was a \'seasonal\' drink.
 
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matty1001

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Originally posted by Wren
I\'ve only got my former English roommate\'s Yorkshire pudding to go by, but his was not really that similar to an American biscuit. The US biscuit is more comparable to a scone. I was going to say it\'s like a tea biscuit, but apparently that\'s a fairly Canadian term. The pics over in the wikipedia entry for biscuit might help - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit
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Mmmmmm, i like cheese scones! And mushroom ones! Yummy.
 
Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

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It\'s sounding like what you Americans call Biscuits the British call Dumplings
Can\'t imagine eating them for breakfast though.
Although the Wikipedia link seem to show them as being more like Scones.

White Gravy?????????

And I have to say this No-One makes Yorkshire Puddings like my wife. Best Pudding\'s I\'ve ever had, add Roast Beef, Roast Potatoes and Proper Gravy to enjoy properly. (Oh with a dollop of mustard to enhance the experience).
 
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matty1001

New member
I think thier white gravy is just our bechamel sauce but without any flavoring, well crumbled sausage according to vikey.
 
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philologus

Subgenius
Originally posted by EArkham
Hey Philolgus...

Years ago... like in \'95... I went to Red Top Mountain state park, not far from Etowah here in Georgia. The parking area wasn\'t paved, but filled with tiny pieces of rock.

They\'re dark grey like slate (maybe not quite as blue). They don\'t break in shelves or chips like slate. Not pebbly like granite, either. Not sure what type of rock they are, but perfectly shaped and sized for figure bases as rubble or natural rocks.

I scooped up a standard plastic cup full of them and still have 1/2 the cup left.

A lot changes in 12 years, but I\'m betting you can still find the rocks there. Assuming that the I-75/Kennesaw area is convenient to you anyway.

Kep
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Thanks, I will have to make a day trip. (unless Rodnik reveals a closer source). I\'m actually not far from you. I live in Auburn just down 316 from your neck of the woods. See you at GD\'07 I hope
 
noneedforaname

noneedforaname

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isn\'t white gravy the stuff you get in perkins with bits of sausage in it?

anyway the basing kits aren\'t very limited i went in to get some and they had sold out but was informed i could mail order them as they where going in for another factory run.

im greedy i ordered two :)
 
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