sparkling husband primitive's wife putting saltpeter in his peaches

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

The sparkling husband primitive:

Stinky The Clown  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-23-09 08:56 PM
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What is South Caroline good for?

Peaches.

Better, this year, than the Georgia peaches.

It is impossible to eat them without dripping down your chin and getting some on your shirt.

They put you in mind of a rich, highly flavored premium sorbet ..... and then make you realize they're far better than any frozen concoction involving their pureed flesh.

They're sensual to eat.

There he goes again, the sparkling husband primitive, trying to be "continental," the boldened word above.

elleng  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-23-09 11:03 PM
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1. Great to read your desription.

We had a similar experience some years ago in France; picked up a peach at little grocery store, daughter ate it as it dripped down her chin!

JUST REMEMBERED: in Nice, a one day stop there on way home from a more extensive Europe trip, and it was younger daughter's birthday (which occurs in a few days!)

And I just found the photo of daughter slurping!!!

The steely primitive, who's probably still dehydrating those two bushels of garlic:

Richard Steele  (1000+ posts)        Wed Jun-24-09 03:14 AM
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2. Peaches, and making NORTH Carolina look like the cultural/artistic HUB of the planet in comparison.

And the peaches are frankly CRAP compared to the ones from Georgia.

I dunno. 

franksolich likes fresh peaches, but never bothers asking their place of origin, franksolich being non-racist.

ginnyinWI  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jun-25-09 09:42 AM
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5. I wish I could get Georgia peaches without going there.

They never bring any to Wisconsin.  The kind we get here are probably from California and they ship them kind of green.

I dunno.

franksolich is still haunted by memories of people starving in the socialist paradises of the workers and peasants, and so franksolich is just grateful to God to have peaches, no matter where they come from, and no matter if they're green or ripe.

csziggy  (1000+ posts)      Fri Jun-26-09 04:16 AM
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10. The best peaches are found at the stand next to the orchard they were grown in

Which means, no shipping!

Damn, now I want some peaches... Maybe we can drive up the road and get some.

ginnyinWI  (1000+ posts)        Fri Jun-26-09 10:01 AM
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12. I checked prices for ordering--jeeze!

With shipping, I'd be paying $3.48 for each peach! $45.24 for a box of 13. You have to pay for at least second-day air shipping to get them to Wisconsin!

csziggy  (1000+ posts)      Fri Jun-26-09 11:08 AM
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13. Gee, maybe I should get in the business of shipping Georgia peaches across the country!

There are a lot of orchards across the state line from me, I could drive up, pick up a load, pack them and take them to FedEx (where my hubby works). I bet I could make a better price than $45 for 13 peaches!

I'll have to check that out for next year. This year I am one armed so it would not be possible.

Tesha  (1000+ posts)      Wed Jun-24-09 08:52 AM
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3. Peach Time!
 
I rarely buy peaches at the grocery store, they're so often disappointing.

But when they come in locally... heaven.

First you just eat them, with plenty of napkins, tasing the sun with every bite.
Then you slice them and drop them in a glass of wine, what a way to finish a meal.
Then you use them to bake wonders, everything you can think of.
Then you preserve them.

Then they're gone until next year.

japple  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jun-25-09 09:02 AM
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4. Hey, don't dis my birthplace. Though I never lived there, I was born at the Naval Hospital in Beaufort. My Mother said that when she came 'round after her C-Section, I was in the arms of big Marine.

Aside from peaches, South Carolina also has beautiful beaches, delicious food, wonderful cultural events, Charleston, Beaufort. There's lots to like about South Carolina. Unfortunately, like Georgia (and a whole bunch of other states), a rotten Gov.

japple  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jun-25-09 11:56 AM
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6. Sorry, Stinker. My reply above was aimed at the fellow who was casting aspersions by comparison to the Old North State . They're both equally great.

SC is also good for shrimp & grits.

Stinky The Clown  (1000+ posts)        Fri Jun-26-09 12:10 AM
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8. In another life, I lived in Charleston ..... Mount Pleasant, actually ....... Back in the late 60s

One of my fondest memories was buying shrimp right off the boats that home port at Shem Creek. A few of the captains would sell to whoever was on the dock for 50¢ or $1.00 (or something like that) a "dozen". Their dozen was actually as much as they could into their hands. The shrimp were unsorted for size and a dozen could be a few big fat ones or a whole bunch of small ones. The shrimp there were all about fresh and not about size.

I liked Charleston. Still do. A really delightful city.

Here's a shot of Shem Creek from back in the 70s.

after which a photograph of some boats
 
I think the fleet is mostly gone now. Cheap Chinese farm shrimp and all that.

Uh oh.  The overstimulated sparkling husband primitive just dissed one of those socialist paradises of the workers and peasants with free medical care for all.

politicat  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jun-25-09 10:26 PM
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7. Rice, too.

Golden rice, to be specific.

Thinking a golden rice pudding with nutmeg and fresh peaches would be brilliant about now....

kestrel91316  (1000+ posts)        Fri Jun-26-09 12:54 AM
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9. Also: fresh-caught blue crab; she-crab soup; a stroll along Rainbow Row in Old Charleston.

sandnsea  (1000+ posts)      Fri Jun-26-09 04:25 AM
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11. Because I absolutely love a big ripe juicy peach

all I have to say to you is - shut up.

We don't get good peaches up here. Not even fresh off the tree, although they're better than store bought. But they're not a southern peach and boy do I miss them.

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)      Fri Jun 26th 2009, 07:26 PM
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[The Village Idiot]

3 peach trees in the back yard. 1 is producing.

They never mentioned Texas peaches... weird. Of course we always eat them here.

[JohnnyReb]

The local peaches are just coming off here.....hmmmmm......Home made peach ice cream.........damn, now where'd I put that old ice cream churn?

[AllosaursRus]

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)      Fri Jun 26th 2009, 07:26 PM
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[Chris_]

and AddBot hit's one outa the park!

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Just think of the stories he could tell.

[GOBUCKS]

They're sensual to eat.

DUmmy husb2sparkly would probably get all pornographic if Sparkly sent a warm apple pie down to the basement.

[franksolich]

DUmmy husb2sparkly would probably get all pornographic if Sparkly sent a warm apple pie down to the basement.

This is what I'm guessing here.

The sparkling husband primitive had a pretty major heart attack some years ago, and probably is still on a medicine-chestful of pharmaceuticals.  And then there's the sparkling husband primitive's overweightness, which probably brings other ailments for which pharmaceuticals are given.

Saltpeter of course is an ancient remedy for calming a male down.

However, when one is chomping down pharmaceuticals as if popcorn, all the chemicals react with each other, or against each other.....and sometimes when something new is added to the mix, it has the opposite effect it's supposed to.

The human body is a very intricate, very delicate, very complicated, very misunderstood, thing, and so one should tamper with it as little as possible, and even then only very carefully.

And so I'm guessing--only guessing, because I'm not a chemist--that the sparkling husband primitive's wife thought she was giving him something to calm him down, but the mixture of pharmaceuticals is such that she might as well been feeding him some sort of male erector instead.

Damn, the primitives are obvious.

[miskie]

So, what is stinky doing with these peaches ? Eating them, or screwing them ? Probably both.

Frankly, I hate touching food. And I hate food touching anything other than the inside of my mouth. Its one of those little 'things' - those quirks people have. The thought of a peach running down my face is revolting to me.

Which is why I would eat it with a knife and a fork. Corn on the cob ? Slice the corn off onto my plate. Fried chicken ? Ribs ? - knife and fork. You get the picture..


And before we get to the Seinfeld reference.. No I don't eat candy bars that way -- the part of the candy that isn't going into my face at that moment stays in the wrapper 

[GOBUCKS]

Frankly, I hate touching food. And I hate food touching anything other than the inside of my mouth. Its one of those little 'things' - those quirks people have. The thought of a peach running down my face is revolting to me.

Which is why I would eat it with a knife and a fork. Corn on the cob ? Slice the corn off onto my plate. Fried chicken ? Ribs ? - knife and fork. You get the picture..

Wow! That's kinda weird. Do you eat peas one at a time with a fork?

[The Village Idiot]

peas... thats why mashed potatoes were invented...

btw anyone else love a good cole slaw?

[miskie]

Wow! That's kinda weird. Do you eat peas one at a time with a fork?

FGL's answer - peas and corn go in the mashed potatoes. Add gravy.

[The Village Idiot]

ha. I am right at least 35% of the time

[Chris]

FGL's answer - peas and corn go in the mashed potatoes. Add gravy.

I hate chasing those last few kernels of corn around my plate with a fork... into the mashed potatoes they go.

[franksolich]

peas... thats why mashed potatoes were invented...

btw anyone else love a good cole slaw?

Cole slaw's great as long as it doesn't have onions or peppers in it.

My food fetish is that if I don't know all what's in it, I'm not going to eat it.

[miskie]

Cole slaw's great as long as it doesn't have onions or peppers in it.

Ill only eat Cole Slaw if its super fresh. The moment it goes soggy (about 15 minutes after its made) I won't eat it. Its like eating lawn clippings drenched in sauce.

[crockspot]

There is apparently one variety of peach tree (Reliant I believe) that will survive the winters here in the Champlain Islands. I've been meaning for a couple of years to put a few in. Just haven't gotten around to it. Apples do well here of course. I have three or four trees left over from the orchard that first adorned this property a hundred plus years ago, but is long gone. I understand that cherries and certain pears can be grown here too. One of these years...

[BlueStateSaint]

There is apparently one variety of peach tree (Reliant I believe) that will survive the winters here in the Champlain Islands. I've been meaning for a couple of years to put a few in. Just haven't gotten around to it. Apples do well here of course. I have three or four trees left over from the orchard that first adorned this property a hundred plus years ago, but is long gone. I understand that cherries and certain pears can be grown here too. One of these years...

Hey, crock--it better be this year.

On a somewhat . . . well, barely related vein, I got six "patio" tomato plants for my apartment, at the end of April.  The patio is about six feet off of the ground, and the rail is another three-and-a-half feet up.  As I type this, I've got 25 tomatoes on those six plants, and I'll have another 8 to 10 by the middle of the week--and another 8 to 10 by the end of the week.  The things are sprouting more flowers, too.  I should get tomatoes for the rest of the summer.  It was blind luck that I even got them in the first place.   Oh--they're the size of cherry tomatoes when fully grown.