The Good Old Days
 

LOL You do have a way with words my good man.

The political correctness that has a grip on our society sickens me to say the least. My son recently tested for and passed (with flying colors) the NYS guide's exam and will become a licensed and registered NYS stream fishing guide by mid-August. He also hand ties custom jigs that he uses very effectively on the streams and rivers in our region and began selling them online.


Here's the kicker... he submitted a name for his business to the NYS registry for an LLC company to sell his hand tied jigs over a much broader spectrum. Because the word JIGS was part of his company title and found to be offensive, he was initially rejected pending further investigation. He was later granted the name for his little business because they probably realized that they would have to pull any/all products from retail shelves that contained the offensive word... JIG.

Remember... VOTE HILLARY if you would like to keep this trend alive.

BPS

Sad, but totally believable BPS. Ignorance and stupidity abounds. It reminds me of the incident a few years back when the mayor of D.C. fired a white aid because some city employees were offended that the aide used the word "niggardly" in describing how he would have to manage a fund's tight budget. Even the mayor had no idea what the word meant.

Niggardly is not a comon word for the average Joe's vocabulary. In today's liberal minded PC ideology; I could see their ignorance of jumping to a racist conclusion. Just my opinion on the matter.

The ridiculous treatment our Law Enforcement Officers receive nationwide is another thing that makes my blood boil... :mad1:


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/15...estaurant.html


BPS

what happened to the last generation not teaching their daughters how to cook?! Good lord, I am still looking for one who's mother or grandmother taught her how to cook!

You need to move down South MD. We're "backwards" that way. :s2:

Sad to say it, and my wife will whole heartedly agree with me here, I had to teach her how to cook! And her Grandma AND her mom taught her SOME! Unfortunately, I've had her moms cooking. Note the beginning word in that sentence :D Sadly her grandma had passed the year before we met. From all I've heard about her, I would have loved her to death! And semi, they are from the south!!! Sorry, no way I could marry me a Yankee!!! Not all southern girls can cook. It aint like it used to be unfortunately.

sh54


Yea...I'm sure you think us yanks don't know what home cooking is. All we eat is pizza and subs right? And what the heck does any of this have to do with a thread about all the political correctness crap we get force fed???


BPS

Connecting with post 7 and 8 BP. And being as I'm a true hatched southern male, no way I could hitch up to a northern female! Most ofum are to dern sorphisticated! And being as I have lived in PA, here in Illinois, Kansas, Montana, Colorado, New York (thank god only for 6 months there) and several other parts of the country, I kinda have a pretty good idea of the home cooking of them. And no I don't think they eat pizza and subs all the time either. Actually I have quite a few recipes from PA that I keep locked down tight so as not to lose them! Like sweet sticks, Lebanon Bologna, Amish venison stew (YUMMY), and many more.

As far as what it has to do with the beginning of the tread, not much of a damn thing but since the thread starter veered off, why not? Also, my statement of "sorry, no way I could marry me a Yankee" wasn't politically correct and you were seriously offended judging by your response so maybe you are more affected by political correctness than you may think?

Nope... not offended at all, but Yankee born and bred and damn proud of it!! My Mom could cook some of the most delicious food anyone's ever eaten and so can my wife. Not only was my Mom a good cook all around, but she lived in Greensboro NC from 1946-1956 so she brought a lot of "southern traditional" cooking style home with her. I grew up eating things most Yanks never did... or ever will. Pinto beans and Hocks, Grits, Turnip and Mustard greens, Collard greens boiled down then sautéed with ham or bacon, good, (and I mean GOOD) Country ham when we could get it, usually after a trip south to visit relatives. Redeye gravy (made with black coffee), Blackeye peas, Cornbread baked in a cast iron skillet and many other good vittles my buddies Mom's were clueless about. My wife's sister lived in Red Level ALA for thirty years and now he's back home so she shares a lot of what she learned about the local cuisine there as well. Our family still cooks and enjoys many of these dishes today. That said, I never did, nor will I EVER, like sweet tea.


But I enjoy my Yankee home cooking just as much... anyone who's ever had a traditional New England boiled dinner and said they didn't care for it is just flat out lying or their taste buds are shot. How about good homemade Scrapple? Try ordering that with your grits next time your in the south! My Mom made a mashed potato salad (another Yankee favorite) that I would sell my soul to the devil to be able to make like she did. My Mrs. does her best to make it like Mom's and I enjoy it, but sorry dear, it's just not the same.


BPS

My mom would roll over in her grave for me saying this but I never could stand Grits! Hateum! Never really took to country ham either. Too dang salty for me. Old man loved the stuff though. My mom's and my Grams cat-head biscuits were absolutely worth starting WWIII over!! I can get close but not nailing them. And is there really any other way to make cornbread other than heating up a cast iron skillet (well seasoned cast iron) and pouring in the batter then putting it in the oven to finish? Gotta get that good crust!!! With some slow simmered Pinto's with a good hock in them and a little onion and mammy's fried chicken!!! Can't forget the tater cakes!! Finish off with mammy's home made peach cobbler and I was one full and happy child!! (or grown man for that matter)

My Mom used to slice the country ham she intended to fix for breakfast the next morning and soak it in a bowl of water overnight to leach some of the salt out because my Dad would squawk about it being too salty if she didn't. I liked it just as it was... probably why I'm on meds for high blood pressure now, I always did like things salty. But I do like my grits... a nice pile of grits with a few over easy eggs on top... break those yokes open and chop them in... Oh yea!!

We're pretty much on the same page with the rest of those vittles...cornbread ain't worth a damn baked in a cake pan!!

BPS