By JASON ASHLEY WRIGHT Scene Writer on Jul 19, 2011, at 4:01 PM Updated on 7/19 at 4:01 PM
LIVING WRIGHT
As I confessed in my Tuesday column, I'm a clumsy hooker.
But I'm also nosy, as I want to hear about YOUR most embarrassing ...
Aside from enjoying humorous ones spied on others' automobiles, I'm not a fan of bumper stickers.
I blame my father, ...
During last week's bad weather, when a tornado siren sounded around midnight, I was caught at a midtown QuikTrip.
As ...
Each of these women can bring home pork products, fry it and simultaneously keep their spouse or boyfriend from forgetting they are, indeed, male.
Remember that commercial for Enjoli perfume by Charles of the Ritz?
"I can bring home the bacon (Enjoli!), fry it up in a pan (Enjoli!), and never, never, never make you forget you're a man 'cause I'm a woman -- ENJOLI!" Stuff could probably peel paint off a wall, but it brings back sweet memories of the late '70s and early '80s. (Check it out at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X4MwbVf5OA).
I haven't been able to get it off my mind today because my sweet co-worker Cathy gave me some bacon grease to take home with me. No, I don't plan on using it as a dip (although I may have entertained the possibility for half a second).
Another co-worker, Charlotte, gave me some zipper peas from her garden. Y'all remember me telling you about those? I'll fill you in better next Tuesday after I cook 'em this evening or next, but my I've only ever heard about them in south Mississippi, where Mom and Mamaw Wright would cook them -- with bacon grease, of course. Love me some garden-fresh veggies, and I'd eat them plain. But with a little bacon grease? Mmmm, child ...
I was just talking with our beloved food writer Natalie about bacon grease, and how we remember our mamas and grandmothers using it. Mamaw would keep hers in a little Tupperware-like dish, and it seems Mom did the same.
But despite how horrible my eating habits have been lately, I've never actually cooked with bacon grease. I'm hoping I don't screw up the pot of peas I'm already salivating over with too much grease. So kindly keep your fingers crossed that I don't ruin the whole mess.
Peas, love and bacon grease ... XOXO
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