Dirty Diamonds
I do love a woman that wears her diamonds while whipping up a batch of pimento cheese. The jewels—those precious, perfect cuts of carbon the size of the cubes in her minted iced tea—are smeared with peppers, lost in cheese. Paula Deen doesn’t give a damn. Priorities. We’re Southern girls, we have it all worked out. Anything for a supper, a lunch, something to make those mouths hum.
That’s it, the future, my future. Family, fine food and a handful of dirty diamonds.
What more could a girl ask for?
(Unfortunate but necessary sidebar: Paula does not roast her own peppers nor does she use the heavenly heat of Sriracha hot sauce in her pimento cheese recipe. In my humble opinion, the recipe on this very site is tastier than the recipe printed in today’s “New York Times” [see above link]. Click on Cups & Nibbles and Simply Southern in the City for the real deal. Sorry Ms. Paula.)
February 28th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
UMMMMMM
Does your future also include a 20 year stint of agoraphobia?
February 28th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
definitely, “IW,” because we all know what a shrinking violet i am.
March 1st, 2007 at 8:46 am
you have expressed my feelings as a late 20 something Southern woman perfectly. As much as I love my career, my real passion in life is entertaining friends and family at home, just like my mother and grandmother. I guess it’s just in our blood as Southerners.
March 1st, 2007 at 7:40 pm
That reminds me of Natalie Dupree who used to have a cooking show. She had a cooking class inside of Rich’s in Atlanta many years ago. Have you read any of the books by Denise Hildreth. Her lastest in the series is Savannah by the Sea and it takes place in Seaside. It was fun to read because she describes a very accurate picture of Seaside. I was over there this weekend and it’s amazing how much it is growing. We used to vacation in Blue Mountain Beach in the ’70s and there was nothing on 30A back then.
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:35 am
I’ll be happy–nay, tickled–when you come out with your own “Belle’s butt rub”.