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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #434 on: February 20, 2022, 08:12:04 AM »
Every personal account I've read says the soldier (or Marines) do this stuff because their buddy next to them does it.

"With the Old Breed" is the best personal memoir I've found.
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« Reply #435 on: February 20, 2022, 09:40:28 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on February 20, 2022, 08:12:04 AM
Every personal account I've read says the soldier (or Marines) do this stuff because their buddy next to them does it.
Same here. We tend to think of WWII or Civil War soldiers fighting for/against Fascism or Slavery but most were not terribly ideological they just did it because the guy next to them did.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #436 on: February 20, 2022, 09:52:23 AM »


Parmentier Potatoes - French Potato Recipe | Greedy Gourmet

My wife fixes parmentier potatoes at times, I never knew the origins of the term.

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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #437 on: February 20, 2022, 10:49:30 AM »
man the potato lobby is big
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #438 on: February 20, 2022, 11:54:58 AM »
On April 20, 1861, one day after learning Virginia had seceded from the Union, Lee resigned from the U.S. Army. Although he had hoped the Commonwealth would avoid secession, his first loyalty was to Virginia. He wrote that it was a great struggle "to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted all the best years of my life."
"My loyalty to Virginia ought to take precedence over that which is due the Federal Government...If Virginia stands by the old Union, so will I. But if she secedes...then I will follow my native state with my word, and if need be with my life...These are my principles, and I must follow them."
Lee was asked after the war if, in hindsight, he would have acted differently. He replied that he would have acted in the same manner: "I could have taken no other course without dishonor."



I find this an interesting dilemma if one considers the period.  Many viewed their loyalty as to the state over the country, "these united states".  On the other hand, he swore an oath to the US when he entered West Point.  I don't think he swore one to Virginia.


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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #439 on: February 20, 2022, 12:28:21 PM »
Shrimp and Grits: A History - Deep South Magazine

Since then, shrimp and grits had remained a breakfast dish found mainly in the lowcountry marshes near the Southern coast. However, in 1982, when Bill Neal became a chef at Crook’s Corner, a restaurant in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, he forever changed the status of shrimp and grits. Neal used a simple recipe of cheese grits fused with cheddar and parmesan as a base, and then topped it off with jumbo shrimp as well as mushrooms, bacon and a few other ingredients. After Craig Claiborne of The New York Times visited the restaurant and published Neal’s recipe in 1985, the once humble dish started gaining widespread popularity.



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« Reply #440 on: February 20, 2022, 12:37:25 PM »
I like shrimp and grits a lot.  Best I've had were in New Orleans.  
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #441 on: February 20, 2022, 12:47:24 PM »
I had not seen these variations on the theme, now I'm interested in trying some, like with sauteed peppers and onions and maybe a red sauce.  Around here what I've seen is literally grits with some shrimp mixed in.  I have dined at Crook's Corner.  When I lived there it was a BBQ dive, so I took my wife when we visited a few years back, it had gone way upscale.  It's also really in Carrboro, NC, or on the line, but that doesn't sound as good.

My apartment was in Carrboro, literally across the tracks.

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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #442 on: February 20, 2022, 12:50:23 PM »
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #443 on: February 20, 2022, 01:49:31 PM »
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #444 on: February 20, 2022, 02:39:18 PM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on February 20, 2022, 10:49:30 AM
man the potato lobby is big
It is, and highly successful.  They're in a much better spot than the egg industry.
Chips, fries, hash browns......good example of diversifying.  Eggs have all of......themselves in one big breakfast basket.  Potatoes are everywhere and need to only keep the health nuts at bay.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #445 on: February 20, 2022, 04:45:21 PM »
It's all because of Parmentier.

This is pretty good BTW.

Hachis Parmentier (French Beef and Potato Casserole) • Curious Cuisiniere
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #446 on: February 20, 2022, 05:11:17 PM »
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I always thought it ironic that two of GMs brands have obviously French names, and another is Indian.
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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #447 on: February 20, 2022, 05:35:22 PM »
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