Hello
@O' Darkness (my old friend, sorry I had no choice...) and welcome from Virginia. I do enjoy riding your neck of the woods. Maggie Valley seems to be more fun to ride due to less traffic than that on the Tail. The good thing around you is, there are many other riads too that are just as fun to ride, just not as well advertised as the Tail.
I like pie.
I grew up in north Texas and had not heard of putting gravy on ham before, unless BBQ sauce count as gravy. Also Kayo syrup is a good gravy for ham.
Potato salad, both with and without mustard, is a staple of every potluck you go to. Must be its own food group.
As for drivers, the Navy has taken me to Florida, California, Nevada. I think out-of-towners are always the worst drivers wherever I am. I can't really assign the worst label on any specific state. However, I will say that Maryland drivers seem to be the most disrespectful around here.
Now, a food question back to you brother, how long does it take to make giblet gravy for your cornbread dressing and turkey for Thanksgiving meal?
Hello!
Let me address that country ham
trick question: I intentionally said "What type of gravy is served
WITH country ham?" Around these parts country ham is served with grits. It's mandatory. Etched in stone. Country ham and grits are always accompanied by red-eye gravy. Technically, it's a sauce not a gravy.
Wikipedia explains it better: "
Red-eye gravy is a thin sauce often seen in the cuisine of the Southern United States and associated with the country ham of that region. Other names for this sauce include poor man's gravy, bird-eye gravy, bottom sop, cedar gravy, and red ham gravy. The gravy is made from the drippings of pan-fried country ham mixed with black coffee. Red-eye gravy is often served over ham, grits or biscuits.
Red-eye gravy's name comes from its distinct appearance. Prepared traditionally, with coffee and grease combined in the final step (see Preparation below), a heterogeneous mixture forms with the water-based coffee sinking to the bottom and the oil-based grease forming the top layer. In a round bowl the mixture looks much like a red human eye.[1] Use of red pepper enhances the redness of the appearance. "
So there ya go!
Agreed, potato salad is somewhat of a food group. Regardless of the recipe (my favorite includes real crumbled bacon) it's served at nearly every occasion I can think of.
To answer your question about giblet gravy: I do not know. It is a mysterious and treasured secret that is known only to merry and wise grandmothers across the land. Us southern men aren't permitted in or near the kitchen on Thanksgiving day, so despite our best efforts we still have no idea exactly how this intoxicating concoction is prepared.
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Welcome from Niagara Falls, I went around a corner once on a ride...and it wasn't even an intersection. 🤣 The roads are bruital here.
The Canadian answers to your questions:
1. Maple glaze
2. YES!!
3. Montreal
Fantastic area you are in. Looking forward to pics and stories of your rides. Enjoy the site Sir.
Niagara Falls is GORGEOUS!!! Something interesting I learned about the falls is that eons ago they were located seven miles further upriver. Amazing what erosion and the slow grind of time can do, eh!?!
Maple glaze is delicious! I made the switch years ago from corn-syrup-based mass-produced sugar glue to authentic Maple syrup. There's no comparison at all. And it comes as no surprise that it's valued so highly that there've been major conflicts over it.
I've never ridden in Canada, but would love to get up that way in the future. I do have a trip planned for this summer, and one of the Destinations is Ohio. Maybe I'll try to visit the falls again. It's been well over twenty years since I saw them last.
Thanks for the welcome!
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@O' Darkness
I hope to have a ride planned for this coming April up into TN at the Cherohala skyway (love this rd) then over to the Tail. Once I have that planned out or if I make it up that way for any other reason I will hit you up.
Seems that lately I cant get any riding in mainly because of the weather on Saturday mornings.
For the most part I ride the Georgia Tail 129. Most often I am in Suches GA at Two Wheels Only.
These roads are awesome and it seems to be a good fit for me since I am very limited on time these days…..
Anyway I told you I wasn’t any good at tests…..
So if you find yourself headed into northeast GA in the area of Suches or Helen Ga. let me know…
Also I have many videos of me taming the tail, I am the one responsible for going so fast that I straighten out some of the curves. Sorry it is just my riding nature….damn tail never had a chance….
Nice to meet you as well and I hope we get a chance to meet up out on the road…
I've only been to Georgia twice:
The first time was for basic training at Fort Benning.
The second was for a bachelor party in Atlanta.
It's beautiful country, and I'd love to get down that way again in the future. You're not alone as far as "straightening out the curves". I see it all the time on these curvy mountain roads. It's almost second nature. I think the only problem is inexperienced riders. Far too many people have died on the Dragon, and it's usually folks with speed-demon crotch-rockets. They go into a curve underestimating it. Some of those curves can really sneak up on you.
Maybe one day we'll get to meet up! It's always nice to make new friends!
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Whew. If I wrote this much for work, I'd be rich! 🤣
Thanks for the replies everyone. Pictures coming soon!!!
