I...made..it..into..work. MTA & TUWA can both bite my frostbitten ass.

What's johnnycake? It sounds intriguing.

I luv Brautigan. Nice.

Mmmmmm, frostbitten ass . . .
/Homer

Johnnycake is a fancy name for cornbread.

What's johnnycake?

Johnnycake? Great, now they're trying to turn me into a baked good. Oy vey..

Run, run, as fast as you can. You can't catch him, he's the flannel shirt man.

Oh man, know what's good? Make cornbread with hot peppers in it, and then take slices of it and fry them in butter until they're browned and toasted on the outside. The sweetness of the corn is hyper-intensified (probably not a word but it conveys what I want to say), and the sweetness with the hotness is so orgasmic. I make this on Christmas morning, with scotch eggs. And mimosas. I love Christmas morning.

Now that I think of it, sweetness with hotness is almost always a good thing. For food, and especially for people ;)

scotch eggs

Do share! What are scotch eggs?

One of the great culinary contributions of the UK: a hard boiled egg, rolled in cumberland sausage, coated in bread crumbs, the fried, chilled and eaten cold.

Oh crap, none for me then. Maybe I'll just have scotch and eggs Chrismas morning!

I make them every Christmas.

You make hardboiled eggs, peel them, and dip them in a bit of flour. Then you take ground sausage (I like sage) and form it around the egg, patting it and smacking it (yes, whack the meat) to totally seal it. Then you dip it in a bit of beaten egg, and then roll in breadcrumbs. I like 4C plain breadcrumbs - they're perfect for this. I deep fry them - they come out like perfect spheres when you deep fry them. Fry them until they're dark brown. Otherwise, do it in a deep skillet and turn them. My daughter likes to eat them right away - they're super crunchy on the outside. When you slice them, everyone goes "OOOOO!!! How did that egg get in there!?" And they're about the size of

So the ingredients are:

eggs (hardboil how many you want to have as scotch eggs, and leave 1 or 2 for beating)
sausage
breadcrumbs
flour
oil

I don't eat them either, tr33hggr, but my family would implode if I didn't make them. I don't eat the cornbread either.

But I do have the mimosas ;)

There's a place on Hudson between Horatio & Jane that sells ready to eat ones for like 2 bucks.

Johnnycake is more like pancakes made out of cornmeal than like cornbread. You fry them up in a pan. They don't spread out like pancake batter so they are thicker and have a smaller circumference. My grandma used to make them when I was little

Love fried catfish! Make it often. Also - very happy to see the Brautigan poem here this morning, sciurus. It's always been one of my favorites.

I love me some Brautigan, mmmm boy. I reckon I ain't read som'thin' by that feller in quite som' time. Thankems for postin' it.

ayup.

*spits*

I love me some Brautigan, mmmm boy, even tho' ah'm vegetarian.

Watermelon sugar is vegetarian...

That piece of writing is fantastic. Probably my favorite thing of his.

Townes Van Zandt, The Catfish Song

Taj Mahal singing a Henry Thomas tune (sorry no mp3):

Betcha goin' fishin' all of your time, baby's goin' fishing too
Bet your life, your sweet life, catch more fish than you
Many fish bites if ya got good bait
Here's a little tip I would like to relate

Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I 'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too

I went down to my favorite fishin' hole
Baby grabbed me a pole and line
Throw my pole on in
Caught a nine pound catfish
now I brought him on home for supper time

Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too

Baby brother 'bout to run me outta my mind
Say can I go fishin' wit' you?
I took him on down to the fishin' hole
now what do you think he did do?
Pulled a great big fish outta the bottom of the pond
And he laughed and jumped 'cause he was real gone

Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too

Put 'em in the pot baby, put 'em in the pan
Honey cook 'em till' they're nice and brown
Make a batch of buttermilk coal cakes mama
And you chew them things
And you chomp 'em on down

Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too

Betcha goin' fishin' all of your time, baby's goin' fishing too
Bet your life, your sweet life, catch more fish than you
Many fish bites if ya got good bait
Here's a little tip I would like to relate

Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too

I love that Taj Mahal tune. (No mp3 here, neither.)

*noticed her opinion of mudpuppie just went up a notch, if that's even possible*

Okay, I couldn't resist.

Taj's Fishing Blues.