I agree about the smell of foods. I never once tasted venison,
despite the claims by many of how delicious it is "prepared the right
way" [which suggests there are lots of "wrong ways" to prepare it],
because of that early encounter with the very smelly boiled venison
haunch at the house in Varina. The whole house reeked. No thank you.
Come to think of it, meats in general seem tastier if they are
broiled, grilled, fried, or baked, not boiled. We always grilled hot
dogs, is boiling them a northern thing? Seems to me a boiled hot dog
would be pretty awful; you'd miss the crustiness, the juices. Sort of
the hot dog equivalent of pink, rubbery hams vs Smithfield.
Nancy
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--Daniel Boone
On Jan 14, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Anita L. Henderson wrote:
> In a message dated 1/13/07 10:24:36 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
>> When it comes to chittlins, I am inclined to agree with... um... the
>> English on this one...
>>
>> But then, there's the traditional Scottish haggis, if you've ever
>> read an old recipe for it, they didn't waste any part of the animals,
>> ether. It was even boiled in a sheep's stomach, with the stomach
>> opening out the side of the pan and out from under the lid, to let
>> the steam out. But my guess is that sheep are herbivores and
>> "cleaner", but pigs, being omnivores, are far smellier, and their
>> intestines were probably also pretty stinky. I lived in Smithfield,
>> believe me, pig waste can get pretty foul.
>>
>> Nancy
>>
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>
> Dear Nancy:
> I am with you on this one. Ah chittlins'.... I have not so fond
> remembrances of my encounters with the entrails as a child. It
> seems that my parents
> loved them but I could not stomach the smell or sight of them. I
> would
> usually exit the house when they were cooking and do my best to
> avoid coming in
> till dark. With depression era parents and always being
> encouraged to belong
> to the "clean plate club", I was supposed to finish everything on
> my plate.
> One night they had exclusively prepared chittlins' with nothing
> else on the
> menu and I sat for 2-3 hours in the dark refusing to touch
> them. My parents
> finally relented and from then on always cooked some hamburger for
> me when
> they ate them. I still had to clean up the pots after they were
> cooked which
> was just as bad as eating them imho. I also avoid hog maws too,
> in my mind,
> food has to SMELL good to taste good. I haven't ventured to try
> them as an
> adult but I am probably in the minority of black folks who disllike
> them and plan
> on staying in the minority, lol!
>
> Anita L. Henderson
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