Jen's not dead, just in Georgia
HOWDY everyone! Marshie here with a quick note from Jenefer the Igarashi. She wanted me to pass the word that she has not fallen off the face of the earth and has not died– she's just been cavorting about Georgia all week with her dearest, bestest sister buddy Gena.
So now that I have a captive audience of all of her bzillions of friends here at HSB, I might as well ramble on for a while…
Speaking of Georgia, my husband and I used to live in Norcross, which is just north of Atlanta. It was SO beautiful once you got waaay north of the city and approached the North Georgia Mountains. One of our most favorite places to visit this time of year was Burt's Farm. They had the most giganto pumpkins there…as in HUGE! Ahhh…the memories. But alas we only lived there for a year before we came back home to Texas. I am currently in search of the giant house-size pumpkins in my neck of the woods. So far, I can only find the pumpkin patches that have those tiny ones that will barely make one pie. So, if any of you are familiar with a farm in the Houston-ish area with said giganto pumpkins, just let me know, okay?
A couple of interesting things about Georgia:
1. Who's on the pole? Huh? What pole are you talking about? The flag pole, the north pole, the south pole??? Being from the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas, we were not familiar with this phrase. Nor were we prepared for the CRAZY Nascar fans…you could definitely tell that we weren't from around those parts!
2. Boiled Peanuts. When I go to the store, I see roasted peanuts, salted peanuts, honey roasted peanuts, Spanish peanuts…but BOILED? Why would you boil a peanut? Why would there be a bzillion boiled peanut stands on the side of the road? This is an apparent delicacy in the fine state of Georgia. I thought it tasted like hot, peanut-ish cardboard. And mushy too. Maybe it's an acquired taste. What say you, JenIG?
We will return to the regularly scheduled Jeneric Jeneralities in a jiffy just as soon as Jen and Gena jet back from their jaunt to Georgia.
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on September 28th, 2006 at 9:53 pm
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How can you not love boiled peanuts??????
From a GA gal through and through LOL!
~Heather
on September 28th, 2006 at 11:50 pm
What?!?
Boil a peanut?!?
Is the peanut inside the shell when you boil it?
on September 29th, 2006 at 7:07 am
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We love Burt’s Pumpkin Farm. Every fall we make a run that way for apples and pumpkins. As for boiled peanuts, I agree! Icky things, but my hubby loves ’em!
on September 29th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
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You have just made me homesick for Georgia. I lived their about five years and just loved it. I did move though before last summer’s endless heatwave. I went to Burt’s Farm too. Last year I got to pick pumpkins on the coast of California. Boy, did they have a huge assortment of all kinds of pumpkins. Lucky pumpkins living near the beach. I never acquired a taste for the boiled peanuts. I tried to but just couldn’t. I do love everything else about the south. Blessings to JenIg’s substitute writer.
on September 29th, 2006 at 1:10 pm
I can't believe it…
Someone who tried a boiled peanut and wasn’t instantly addicted?
I LOVE boiled peanuts! We used to boil them ourselves. They are so yummy eaten at a fair on a cool October night.
And yes, they are boiled in the shell, which softens it, but the shell is discarded after eating the peas. I think the Japanese have a similar treat: Edamame.
on September 29th, 2006 at 1:14 pm
Another boiled peanut lover here!
I love boiled peanuts especially at a fair. DH, who is from the north, can not stand them but has brought himself to buy them for his loving wife and MIL 🙂 Have to love him!!
June
on September 29th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
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Boiled peanuts are the thing down here in Florida too. We love them! : )
Charity
on September 29th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
I LOVE boiled peanuts!!
I am a native Floridian, so boiled peanuts are as common as beach sand in my neck of the woods. I was raised on them and LOVE them! I can’t get enough of them. My husband is from WV, so he’d never had them ’til we were married. The first time he tried them, they were cold, ewwwww! He vowed they were awful. I assured him, they were NOT supposed to taste like that! The next time he had them, they were steaming hot and delicious. That did it! Now, he loves them almost as much as I do.
Wyndee
on September 29th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
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I hope you had a wonderful week and I hope you have a Blessed weekend! Doesn’t time fly? It’s going to be Oct. soon! YIKES! I hope you’ll stop by with your fall wishes soon! Nai haryuvalyë melwa rë (May you have a lovely day)
Namarie
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on September 29th, 2006 at 8:41 pm
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on September 29th, 2006 at 8:44 pm
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on September 29th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
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Man, I am a slacker. Here I have been so busy and such. We run off to Svannah, Ga, and I come back to find you & the fabu Gena are there now. Can’t wait for you to get back. =) PLEASE post about your meeting with teh Bread Beckers. I recently fell of the band wagon too, and boy has it been ahrd to get back on. I went without sugar for about 2 months and when I fel off, I was eating stuff I haven’t eaten in forever!!! Candy bars kept winding up in my purse, and well I had to eat them with voracity. LOL! Talk soon!
on September 29th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
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Man, I am a slacker. Here I have been so busy and such. We run off to Svannah, Ga, and I come back to find you & the fabu Gena are there now. Can’t wait for you to get back. =) PLEASE post about your meeting with teh Bread Beckers. I recently fell of the band wagon too, and boy has it been ahrd to get back on. I went without sugar for about 2 months and when I fel off, I was eating stuff I haven’t eaten in forever!!! Candy bars kept winding up in my purse, and well I had to eat them with voracity. LOL! Talk soon!
on September 30th, 2006 at 1:43 am
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Oh Marsha! You make an excellent guest blogger! Gena should have thought of that….
Abiding in the Vine!
on September 30th, 2006 at 9:09 pm
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Isn’t being in Georgia the equivalent of being dead? 🙂 (This coming from someone in TX, which, in August, is the equivalent of being in h*ll.)