From: harbison@dbsun.uucp (harbison)
Subject: Re: White or Brown? (Was Re: Miami Sugar Bowl Question
Organization: BioMerieux-Vitek, St. Louis Mo.
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 07:02:41 GMT

In article <1il5rlINNome@shelley.u.washington.edu>
tannerg@carson.u.washington.edu (Glenn Tanner) writes:
> Of of the surest indications that I have found that Seattle is a
> bassackwards place is that it's virtually impossible to get chicken
> fried steak with white gravy on it.

Damn!  CFS without white gravy?  Move back to the South while the
borders are still open!

> My frustration peaked one night when I spent about 30 minutes arguing
> the subject with the manager of my favorite bar.  He explained that
> brown gravy is meant for steaks and since CFS is actually a steak,
> putting white gravy on it would be incorrect.

Heaven sakes, boy, didn't your pappy teach ya' not to waste your time
explainin' things to yankees?  If they was capable of learnin', they'd
be livin' south of the good ol' Masie-Dixie line.  Put your time to
good uses like mixin' barbeque sauce and frying catfish.

Anyway, its clear as rain this fellow hasn't got a clue, seeing as how
he thinks brown gravy goes on stead to begin with.  I reckon a good
steak don't need any gravy, and a bad steak gets pounded into CFS or
ground up for burgers.  Besides, whether its steak ain't got nothing
to do with it!  White gravy is white `cause it has milk in it.  The
recipe for brown gravy don't call for milk, so it ain't white.

> Fueled by several pitchers of beer, I countered that I am a Southerner,
> CFS was invented by Southerners who put white gravy on it, and that is
> the way it should be made, and that anyone who thinks CFS is meant to
> be served with brown gravy is a pinko Communist Yankee tree-hugger,
> or something like that.

Why you wanna go insultin' the communists, boy?  Ain't they got enough
problems on their hands without bein' called yankees?

> Anyways, I was back in Texas over break, and ate at Grandy's, home of
> the world's best fast-food CFS.  I ordered the all-you-can-eat plate
> with fried okra (of course) and fries.

Any state where the fast food places serve a good all-you-can-eat CFS
can't be too bad.  Not to mention the fact that they have good barbeque,
good mexican food, and good music (ZZTop & SRV).  Like I said, move home
soon while the borders are still open.

> What the lady taking my order said next, practically floored me:
>	"Would you like white or brown gravy on your steak?"
> Indignant, I replied, "What, do I sound like I'm from Connecticut or
> something?  White, please,"
> What's the deal?  Are Southern traditions crumbling in my absence?

We're bein' infiltrated by the damn yankees.  South Florida is already
full of them.  Miami is effectively the sixth borough of New York City,
and alot of other large Southern cities are having problems.  We need
more border patrols checking for CSA passports.  I got excited when Bush
started talking about building a big ditch along the border with a fence
on each side, but I was confused when the press started talking about
1000+ miles.  Why would we need a 1000+ mile ditch when we already have
the Potomac and the Ohio rivers?  Then I found out he meant the MEXICAN
border!

> Obligatory football : Does anyone know if Lamar Thomas has taken
> that towel off his head yet?

Twice daily, long enough to eat rations of crow and sip gatorade.

As usual, insert as necessary: :-) :-) :-) @:-)
                                           ^^^^ J.E.B. Stuart smiley

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