Originally posted by Cricket:
This was a good topic to click on right when I was thinking about making a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast!
Oh, please don't tell me chitlins have the same texture as oatmeal! I oatmeal.
Why in the world did I take another look at this in the middle of dinner? Well, I hate to break this to Cricket, or anyone else who has never eaten boiled chitlins, or has a weak stomach. They are slimey. Very. Makes the texture of oatmeal taste like a walk in the park on a
spring day.
If you weren't reared with chitlins as part of your family menu, then believe me you will never acquire a taste for them. I know from experience.
While I was in the corporate world I worked with someone I always had a blast with. We both loved cooking and were both fromt he south.
One day I took a home-made lunch for us; it was a southern dish, but something she had never eaten before. In return, she asked if she could bring lunch for me.
She asked if I'd ever eaten chitlins. This was a common southern dish in her family. I said no, and am known for being game for anything, so I said bring 'em on. How bad could they be, I thought.
Of all the stupid things I've ever thought, that was the stupidist.
We sat down to lunch. She brought home-made slaw and it was excellent. The rolls were good too. The chitlins were boiled. I was in the cafeteria with her and a table full of people. The cafeteria was packed. Ya'll, I couldn't keep the things down. I mean I could swallow them, but they just wouldn't be swallowed. They had a mind of their own. Despite that, I actually succeeded in eating quite a bit of them. Then shared the rest with someone who liked them.
I'm tellin' you all I could be on Fear Factor and eat some of the stuff they've eaten. I really could.
I fell ill shortly after the chitlin lunch. We had a board of directors dinner that night. It's the closest I've ever come to resigning so I didn't have to go to a dinner. LOL.
Belle