Anita.... I fully agree with your assessment of the preparation and aroma... once I smelled it I believed the word had been misspelled. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anita L. Henderson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:42 AM Subject: Re: food and history > 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... >> > 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 > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html