Question for Kelly, John, and the other wood workers

[Sonnie Layne]

Friend of mine, well that's a story of itself which I won't get into because I don't like talkin' all that much...(

anyways,,, he gots one o' them rotary wet wheels in his shop (buried) that we would pull out once in a while just to see how long it would take his wife to cut herself with a freshly sharpened carving knife. They really loved each other, those two love birds...what is the opposite of that?

Oh, yeah, anyway... it lays horizontally, accomodates two wheels about 12" in diameter. The stones are easily exchanged for different grits (methinks he has a 5,000 grit guy). Cost of wheels is I'm sure pretty high, but about the truing and all... he's more of a perfectionist than me (if one could believe,,,) but he calls it being "discriminate". The truing isn't an issue at all, from all I know he's owned this gizmo for over 20 years and it still works like it's supposed to. It's in the method of using it. U don't just lay the edge to the hone, but move it around whilst the thingy is spinning. Dead flat. I judge my knives by the hair on my arm. If it shaves and not pulls the hair, it's sharp. You gotta see me in the kitchen after those chooks!

[Sonnie Layne]

Z man,

Shrimp with grits. VS shrimp on/in grits.

Hmmm, only time I remember having anything close was when I was a guinea pig (no slight intended to those south of the border {that's texanese for the equator}) for a former room mate. He was the master chef at the Royal Orleans Hotel in N'orleans. I got to eat all this crap he would come up with for the patrons there before he added it to the menu d'jour. Anyway.... yeah, I remember having grilled shrimp on top of grits with a sauce with soft eggs and hard toast. I'll try to dissect this thing from memory (but of course you know I don't like to talk much)...

On second thought, I'll just cook this one up with his ideas as a base, I'll prepare it this evening.

Shrimps, kinda big maybe 20 count. Marinate in Pickapeppa sauce (he claimed to make his own but he wasn't fooling me)overnight. Grease the griddle, or cast iron skillet will work, scorch those puppies for maybe 3-4 minutes (turn on the vent). Peel 'em and slice 'em up. He did it length wise for appearance, you get these really thin slices of curved shrimp tails. Deglaze the grill with some triple sec, put the scrapings in a pot, add some little bit of chicken broth, reduce. Plate up the grits (which have been cooking for 18 years, no kiddin), pour this rue over the top, layer on the grilled shrimps.

He gave it to me as a surprise with the soft eggs on top, he served it in the hotel with the eggs as the main appeal, the grits and shrimps on the sides of the plate, bit of shredded carrot and sprig of parsley for dressing. Crispy toast served on the side with a small bowl of the rue to dip.

Oh, yeah, the soft eggs (those are scrambled, but not stirred much) hafta have some bleu or even feta cheese in 'em along with the holy trinity (celery, bell peppa, onion).

For the elegant, boil the shrimp heads and use one or two as dressing, you'll eat the rest of the boiled shrimp tomorry.

You'll be a hero with your wife, this can all be done outdoors in FL. For Jana, use some blue food dye. Somethin' about little gurls and blue eggs, don't ask. I just figured it out.

call me if you survive...

Oh, and P.S. this would be a great Sunday brunch served with a bottle of Cook's Sparkling wine (some bastardize it and call it champagne) available for about 5 bucks at your local grocery. Limit one glass, half and half with tangerine juice for Jana. Yous big guys kin haf all ya wants.

Gods, I love cookin' and even talkin about it. Too bad they're aint no money in it.

[Sonnie Layne]

And who was it asking about the diet thingy.

No wait... I've gotta say this. About a zillion years ago I used the term "thingy" on this forum. I got some flack (?sp) seems the respondant thought it was too vague and artsy-fartsy. Then a couple of folks started using the term on this site. Then just lately I was on another forum and saw the term being used there. Cool! This artsy fartsy thingy has found a way into american dialogue.

Kinda like Dick Head. A friend of mine and I started that one at a convention in New Orleans a septazillion years ago because of a billboard (Bill, bored) advertising Duck Head jeans. The rest is to your imagination. Just another million dollar idea blown away with the resipiring fragments of a burned cigarette midst the evaporation of a good whiskey. Poof!--ther'diz.

Oh, uhh,, what was it? Oh yeah, the diet thingy (you know how I hate to talk )...
responding to someone some months ago, maybe Art? Don't remember, but how I lost 60 pounds in one year. Went from a 38" waist according to Levi's to a nice 31" via the same measurement.[list]
[*]No junk food.[*]No preserved anything, only fresh veggies or quick frozen like corn or okra because it's often fresher than off the fresh shelf. No canned anything except hominy because that's the only way you can buy it anymore.[*]No fast food. After a couple of months you can treat yourself (if that's what you wanna call it) to a happy meal at the mac.[*]If ya gotta eat bread, it's gotta be fresh baked. Albertsons does it nationwide. So does Subway, where incidentally you can get all fresh ingredients. They don't have it on the menu, but ask for a veggie-max. A pretty cool tasting hot patty they nuke up on demand. Made of soy and veggies.[*]Nothing to eat after 7pm. Popcorn or veggie sticks only.[*]Severely limit intake of beef/lamb. Turkey tacos are killer but you can only have those once a month or so.[*]Eat fish! I like 3 servings a week, 2 servings of poultry, 1 serving of pork and one junk day. Idea here is low fat I think, tho' I'm not a dietician. That don't mean fried fish (only once every 3 months or so). And if ya gotta watch your sodium, you'll have to modifiy your recipe for boiled shrimp).[*]No chips, sorry. No tostitos with salsa, but the salsa works good on thinly sliced baked/broiled/grilled chicken.[*]No beer...uhh forget I said that, forgot the forum I was talking to. (:0)[*]Now ya gotta think thinner. Buy a smaller sized pant. You may find as I did that mine were too big to start with. Your wife/girlfriend/other would be helpful here. Wear them when you can. Get out of the habit of buying for a bigger person, because from now on you're not.[*]Fruit! Eat a bunch! Even 7-11's sell fresh bananas and slim-fast for breakfast, you can't escape it any longer. Some say that fruit or fruit juice should be the first thing to hit your stomach every day. I don't know about that, but it's certainly satisfying. If it doesn't curb your hunger for a bacon sausage croissant from Jack in the Box, eat more of it. Apples never hurt nobody.[*]Twice a year, on your birthday and on another's birthday go to Ruth's Chris and have a hugemongous steak, or better yet, grill your own. You already know that no one can compare to your own NY strip, right? [*]Eat a lot! Buy yourself some of those Glad disposable containers, fill 'em with rice, chicken, fish, pico, fruit, crunchy veggies. Carry them to work, eat em all day instead of drinking that soda.[*]No more sodas. Exception...if ya gotta have something with that gin or cheap assed vodka. Otherwise water will serve well.[*]Eat pasta! Lotsa carbs I know, but as long as you're working hard (as construction guys usually do) you'll be fine with it. Secret is to burn it off fast. You'll find it won't "stick to your ribs" but that's good, means you're getting rid of it. Eat more. Carry it with you. No canned marinara's, I'll send you a recipe you make your own and it's better than any restaurant.[*]"I've gotta have a burger" Cool, get some ground turkey and have at it. No american cheese, no velveeta, only real cheese, no preservatives.[*]I've gotta have a pizza. Cool, make your own. Boboli bread, fresh ingredients, no preservatives.[*]I've gotta buy new pants! Cool. I told ya so. Watch the sales, you can get $40 pants for $12 anytime.

Dress yourself, stand up straight, you look great! Do that often. Excercise would be good, but don't be a fanatic. Push-ups and scrunches for 5 minutes will work more than you think, and no one has to know. Stretches alone will help "lengthen" those muscles to a swimmers attitude.

Sorry if this sounded like I was harping. Didn't mean to offend or sound like an infomercial. Someone axed me long ago, I was responding. 31's feel better than 38's. My honey likes my butt. That means a lot.

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