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Hi TAZ! It's good to meet you. Don't mention fried chicken to me! I miss it so much (I'm an American living in Germany), and I can only get KFC over here. 😢 I came very close to ordering a cast iron skillet to make some the other day because my mom mentioned on the phone that she was making a batch and then I couldn't stop thinking of it. --Katie
Sorry that is not fried chicken that's fried bork. Makes me want to puke thinking about it.
DIY?
Exactly my sentiments. That's why I was thinking of going DIY and getting a cast iron skillet. My Southern grandmother is probably rolling in her grave that I don't have one already. That, and cast irons are better for making cornbread, too, which I've also done a few times myself since moving here. --Katie
I hear you my wife is from Tennessee and some of this crap they try to pass off as food makes her want to vomit as bad as me. I bet your Grandma is spitting nails you even mentioned KFC and fried chicken in the same sentence.
I have to make cornbread from scratch, because they put sugar in mixes here and it makes it taste like puke.
Since I'm not active on the IRC channel, I showed your comment to someoneat Hetzner who is. He assures me that the channel very clearly states "Dies is KEIN offizieller Supportchannel von www.hetzner.de. -- Supportanfragen bitte auf jedem Fall per Telefon (0911-2342260) oder Mail ([email protected]) and die eigentliche Firma senden!" = "This is not an official support channel for www.hetzner.de. -- For support requests, please contact the company directly via telephone (+49 911 2342260) or email ([email protected])." [We've since changed from from .de to .com. And I edited the telephone number in my translation to make it easier for international customers to dial.]
He says that the conversations in IRC are pretty mixed in English and German. However, as I said before, I don't currently monitor it on behalf of the company. --Katie
Where are you, @AuroraZ?
I prefer making cornbread from scratch, too, even when I'm in the US. I like to save the bacon drippings from breakfast and make the cornbread in the same pan later that day. (Also without sugar.) However, when I eat it, I sometimes spread honey-butter on it. The "recipe" changes depending on whatever fixings/leftovers are in the fridge, for example a few pieces of sausage left over from breakfast, an onion, etc. This might be sacrilege to some people, but I hate throwing out food.
You all have got me really hungry for lunch now.
--Katie
Any answers about that question?
She re-addressed that question of yours in a later reply, here
@Hetzner_OL
All this, and you can cook, too? There's no harm in leftovers- it shows versatility more than thriftiness. But, look where you are.
I'd be happy to get some infamous (in our tiny town) chicken to send over to you, but I don't think it'd be very fresh by the time it got there. Probably freeze-dried before it even got out of the city.
@Hetzner_OL I am in the "great" state of Michigan. It is not bad, but we have like no tech that's worth a damned.
I hear you I hate throwing out food as well. I don't mind honey/butter on cornbread, but cooking it into it nah not for me. This is the kind of cooking I grew up with and miss a lot sometimes.
@Letzien Aww, that's sweet of you.
My mom still sends me care packages now and then. Got a box full of Christmas cookies that I'm still working on.
@AuroraZ Yeah, it's crazy how much of our memories/traditions can be tied up with food, and then feelings of homesickness/nostalgia as well.
In many ways, I'm becoming more and more "German". For example, on weeknights, I usually don't cook. I have some raw veggies and fruit, cheese and cold cuts, and a roll or two. It's quick, healthy, and easy. It took me some time to get used to it. So on the weekends when I cook, it feels less like a chore and more like something fun.
There must be some things about Michigan you like... like the cheese...? --Katie, Marketing
Cheese is Wisconsin hon. They are the cheese heads over there across the lake. Michigan used be the car capital of the U.S., but most have moved out to cheaper places. They have headquarters here, but do not build a lot anymore.
We have great cherries up north in season and peaches grow well near the lake. More and more Pot dispensaries are popping up all the time. Even Motown is dead anymore, so we do not have much to be proud of thanks to a governor we had a bit back and this one thinks water should be flammable or some crap.
Sorry about cheese comment. I really couldn't think of any specific foods that I would associate with Michigan. I never would have thought of cherries or peaches. I'm sorry that Michigan's gone through such a rough time in the last several decades. I always tend to think of Detroit and its problems when I think of the state. I'm guessing from your comment that your town as similar water issues as Flint..? --Katie
Nah and you are all good hon. I am just saying Flint and Detroit do not make up this state. They are the ones the newspapers seem to feature though.
See when the automakers moved it effected all of this state not just cities. We are trying to rebuild but it slow and painful for now. They are trying to attract some tech companies and things to rebuild, and are working on compensating for the loss.
The water comment was a dig at our governor lol. We have well water here and it is good water.
I did not mean to make you think you said anything wrong because you have not. I apologize and hope I did not offend you.
@AuroraZ I remember what it's like to live in a state that seems to always be in the news for negative stuff since I've lived in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. But I felt ever so slightly better a few weeks ago when I saw this segment on /The Daily Show/.
If we're being honest, every state has some things they should be really proud of and ashamed of.
Pointing out an error in a super-polite way is not offensive. I think maybe you and some LETers have been a bit careful ever since a certain thread was removed a few weeks ago, but I appreciate the gesture.
--Katie
I was out line back then, I apologize to you for that. I would blame alcohol in exorbitant amounts, but I still bear the blame.
Thanks, I appreciate that.
--Katie
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