Tick Pie
Ever heard of it?? Well I had not heard of it until yesterday. I went to lunch with some of my girlfriends after church, these are the Steel Magnolias... 2 of them are from Mississippi, the other 2 are from Georgia.. All of them are hysterical.. Oh and we all go to different churches, 2 of the girls are Church of Christ, one is Baptist, and one is a former Baptist, now a Catholic... I'm somewhere in the middle as Methodist.. But we all love Jesus!! Let's just be clear about that..
I met them all in the Junior League and despite what you have heard there are some really cool ladies in the league, these 4 included. We all love our mommas and our daddys and we love being with our families..
Yesterday there were only 4 of us, one of the other Georgia girls was still out of town, so we tried to make do... there was a small point of contention though.... the Egg Bowl (football game between Ole Miss and Miss.State) was played on Saturday and Miss.State won.. The Mississipi girls are split right down the middle, one went to State, the other to Ole Miss... Ole Miss is apparently having a season as bad as my vols...But we soon got passed that... Apparently the rivalry between the two schools is pretty fierce. One Mississippi State fan told me that at her house when they would ask the blessing at dinner, they would finish by saying "Go to hell Ole Miss"... Fierce, but you gotta love SEC football...
So back to the lunch, we were all sitting around talking about our Thanksgiving and one of the Georgia girls said their Mammaw makes tick pie, the Mississppi girls seemed to know what this was. Obviously I had a look of "what in tarnation are y'all talking about" on my face b/c they all started laughing. Now in Tennessee, we have some wierd meals- the Speaker of the Tennessee State House holds a Coon Supper every year. That's right, I said Coon, as in Racoon... We also had a fierce debate in the state house about road kill a couple of years ago.. so I'm used to odd meals and odd things in general, but TICK PIE?? It was quickly explained to me that some people put raisins in there sweet potato or pumpkin pies. When the pie is baking the raisins plump and they look like swelled up ticks- hence the name.... I love the SOUTH!!!
So if you really want to freak someone out ( especially yankees) tell em you had a wonderful thanksgiving and the Tick Pie was especially delicious!!
posted by beachgirl @ 10:08 AM
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And I immediately love those women by proxy.
My family finishes prayer with "Go to hell LS-WHO!"
SEC football, is there anything better????
SEC football rocks!! Wonder how CB is going to take it when I have to say Go Colts (they are playing his Steelers tonight)!! You know I luv that Peyton Manning!! Once a Vol, always a Vol!!
Vol fans hate Georgia with a passion!!
I hate to break it to ya, babe, but I'm from PA . . kind of. My mom was born and raised there and I spent the first part of my life there. I'm cheering on the Steelers, too!! But, as I explained on CB's blog, if the Colts weren't playing the Steelers, I would so be with you! My order is Steelers, Colts, Broncos.
LOVE Peyton, but Eli could burn in hell and I couldn't be happier. He was a dick when I met him - - and not to ME, he liked me, but to KIDS . . .KIDS!!!
Mmmmm, Tick Pie...still nothing as good as Kentucky Derby Pie, but Tick Pie is a tasty alternative...
As for the SEC, how I miss real football. Living in North Carolina, all anyone even understands is ACC. To me, ACC means basketball, NOT football. Pit SEC and Big 12 against each other, and now we're talking. Go Hogs (family tradition, not that I went there)...SEC Western Conference! Sorry Auburn for LSU winning this weekend against Arkansas and thus losing you the SEC title... ;-)
Have you been watching the Hogs, Eunuch???
I may have to strangle Houston Nutt!!! WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND calls a run up the middle on 3rd and 21?????????
Nutty Nutt!
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