so my ?: is it just Americans who are rude?

I now wish I hadn´t

I do wonder, what do the poor souls across the ocean have the most magnificent bread of all?
the baked in a cast iron skillet corn bread. And not that sweet crap from a premix either.

That's odd. I lived in California for two-and-a-half years and never saw a single cow. Where does the milk come from?

No, don't tell me, please

Maybe Wisconsin used to be the dairy state and is now the gravy state because California took over as the Dairy State. Since beautiful people don't eat dairy (apparently everyone in California is lactose intolerant, according to MTV and bad teen soaps - atleast that's what they all tell their therapists and life coaches), they have all moved to Manhattan. Which means all the Angry Italians and Wise-Cracking Jews have had to move to Long Island.

It's a complicated country, Chas, you can't expect to open the book of it's life and jump right in at the middle.

As for your query re the cows - I only said that California has overtaken Wisconsin in milk production. That doesn't mean that Californias production went up - Wisonsin's might just have gone down. Either that or it's Soylent Green milk, made out of Mexicans.

Oh troll poo! .... what have I started?

We do! And it's great. Only recently, mind you, so it's probably another US export. Thanks

EDIT: But please, whatever you do, don't export sourdough!

Yes my dear hobbit, it might just be it's your fault this time. Doný let Brenda take credits for this one

Awwww

/me hands Chas some cookies to tie him over until national pie day


http://www.chiff.com/a/american-pie-day.htm

I've never had it. White wheat flour makes me bloated, so I tend to stay clear of most breads, except that German schwarzbrut stuff, which is yummy but wholely impractical for the making of sandwiches (see Spinal Tapp for illustrative example).

I am not now nor have I ever been Brenda.

/me saves up all my bacon drippings to send to Chris to make authentic cornbread.

I made that up about the Gravy State, as you well knew

Seriously though (what am I thinking!) I do wonder where Californians keep their cows

Off topic: ssshhhhhhhhhhhh .......did anyone else notice a padlock appear on a thread earlier? How come we´re still here?

Goober is another name for a peanut.

Also the subject of a marching song during the War of Northern Aggression.

Sitting by the roadside on a summer's day
Chatting with my mess-mates, passing time away
Lying in the shadows underneath the trees
Goodness, how delicious, eating goober peas.

Peas, peas, peas, peas
Eating goober peas
Goodness, how delicious,
Eating goober peas.

When a horse-man passes, the soldiers have a rule
To cry out their loudest, "Mister, here's your mule!"
But another custom, enchanting-er than these
Is wearing out your grinders, eating goober peas.

Peas, peas, peas, peas
Eating goober peas
Goodness, how delicious,
Eating goober peas.

Just before the battle, the General hears a row
He says "The Yanks are coming, I hear their rifles now."
He looks down the roadway, and what d'ya think he sees?
The Georgia Militia cracking goober peas.

Peas, peas, peas, peas
Eating goober peas
Goodness, how delicious,
Eating goober peas.

I think my song has lasted just about enough.
The subject is interesting, but the rhymes are mighty rough.
I wish the war was over, so free from rags and fleas
We'd kiss our wives and sweethearts, say good-bye to goober peas.

Peas, peas, peas, peas
Eating goober peas
Goodness, how delicious,
Eating goober peas.

Too late ... Sandy's already booked the flight

I've only ever found it in London. But it's not made with bacon drippings, so it's not authentic after all

I've only ever found it in London. But it's not made with bacon drippings, so it's not authentic after all

BTW: Welcome back. We lost momentum in your absence

Well Chris no offence but how can we trust you. There you are claiming to be a load arrogant redneck, yet you are always friendly when i see you in the Forum Hangout. Ergo: you cannot be American. If you were, you would be rude. So with this proof you are not American, how can I believe that you are not Brenda either?

Cheers Marcel

Next time I see you, I will sit down my spit cup and wave my shotgun at you.

/me is somewhat disturbed if Brenda has been the one flirting so outrageously with me all this time!

(no offense to Brenda, who is a wonderfully sexy woman, just not MY type )

Right thanks, goober peas, eh. And no I don't want to know why Illinois is called the Sucker State

Well Elora, that remains to be seen... Might as well be the DJ in that club the OP (do we remember any OP?) referred to. Only way to be sure Chris really has a hairy belly, is to meet him face-to-face. Which I leave up to you since I just read he is waiting for me with a shotgun. And a spitcup... kinda rude... maybe he is American after all... which would make his claim NOT to be Brenda just a slight bit more believable...

Do you also promise never to Brenda in the future?

BTW did anyone else notice we seem to have broken the forum? Getting lots of errors and stuff.....

/me assumes Brenda lives in NJ like she says, seems to know too much about it.
/me assumes Chris lives in Kentucky like he says, seems to know too much about it.
/me feels pretty confident Brenda the Yank and Chris the Confederate do not know enough about these respective areas to be the same person.
/me continues to cross my fingers they are not the same person!