[Dixielandjazz] Grits and root beer

Tue, 7 Jan 2003 14:21:07 EST

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In a message dated 1/7/03 7:05:33 AM Central Standard Time, 
PLadd36932@aol.com writes:

> Yuck!  The very mention of grits takes me back to my first visit to the 
> States.
> My brother and I went to Canaveral to watch Apollo 17 go and we were 
> determined to savour everything American.
> 
> I think our greatest shocks were
> 
> Grits. We had no idea what grits were but we definitely did  not expect a 
> mixture of tapioca and wallpaper paste.
> 
> Root Beer. This we had expected to be really special and we both, after the 
> 
> first mouthful spat it out. Perhaps this is the American Revenge for warm 
> English beer. Grief! it was awful.
> 
Now wait a minute.  Campabell Burnap was over here a few years back and he 
loved root beer.  I was amazed to discover that root beer only existed in the 
US.

> Turf and Surf.  This was unheard of in England at that time amd I remember 
> being appalled that in a world where a large percentage of the population 
> didn`t get a square meal, someone in America was mixing two top foods, and 
> spoiling both in the process. I had not in those days been exposed to waste 
> 
> as the American way of life and just could not understand anyone doing such 
> 
> a 
> thing. I still find it pretty hard.
> 
> Polystyrene cups.  This blessing to man had not yet reached England. We had 
> 
> plastic cups, but not polystyrene.
> Our first morning we left our motel in Cocoa Beach to get breakfast at 
> something called the Crystal (or  Kristal) 
> 
> The coffee came in polystyrene cups which of course felt mildly warm on the 
> 
> outside. Our first gulp of this scalding hellfire brew nearly took the 
> roofs 
> from our 
> mouths and burned our tongues out from the root. It was boiling. It was 
> like 
> having a mouthful of broken glass. Torture!  Of course these days sueing 
> the 
> owners  would be the thing to do but in those days not even the American 
> public had thought of doing that.
> Just as an aside. We went to Disney World. It was very, very good. We went 
> to 
> Epcot which had only recently opened. It was was fantastic!. Brilliant!. 
> Superb! Unbelieveable!  The only drawback? They allow children in.
> 
> Musical content. The Firehouse Five playing on Main Street. The leader 
> tapped 
> in `Running Wild` at an unbelievable tempo. The band belted through it, hit 
> 
> the break at the end and stopped. There was a pregnant pause and a voice 
> from 
> the group said `Jesus Christ! What the f****ck got into you? and the band 
> streaked back into the Firehouse and never returned. A great example to the 
> 
> little kiddiwinks.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> PatL

  thanks for this brief overview of things american, Pat.  Add to your list, 
american Drum Corps and Rap music.  But you really need to revisit... you 
will be truly appalled at some of the newer excesses

Jim Beebe

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<HTML>In a message dated 1/7/03 7:05:33 AM Central Standard Time, PLadd36932@aol.com writes: 
 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Yuck!&nbsp; The very mention of grits takes me back to my first visit to the 
States. 
My brother and I went to Canaveral to watch Apollo 17 go and we were 
determined to savour everything American. 
 
I think our greatest shocks were 
 
Grits. We had no idea what grits were but we definitely did&nbsp; not expect a 
mixture of tapioca and wallpaper paste. 
 
Root Beer. This we had expected to be really special and we both, after the 
first mouthful spat it out. Perhaps this is the American Revenge for warm 
English beer. Grief! it was awful. 
</BLOCKQUOTE> 
Now wait a minute.&nbsp; Campabell Burnap was over here a few years back and he loved root beer.&nbsp; I was amazed to discover that root beer only existed in the US. 
 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Turf and Surf.&nbsp; This was unheard of in England at that time amd I remember 
being appalled that in a world where a large percentage of the population 
didn`t get a square meal, someone in America was mixing two top foods, and 
spoiling both in the process. I had not in those days been exposed to waste 
as the American way of life and just could not understand anyone doing such 
a 
thing. I still find it pretty hard. 
 
Polystyrene cups.&nbsp; This blessing to man had not yet reached England. We had 
plastic cups, but not polystyrene. 
Our first morning we left our motel in Cocoa Beach to get breakfast at 
something called the Crystal (or&nbsp; Kristal) 
 
The coffee came in polystyrene cups which of course felt mildly warm on the 
outside. Our first gulp of this scalding hellfire brew nearly took the roofs 
from our 
mouths and burned our tongues out from the root. It was boiling. It was like 
having a mouthful of broken glass. Torture!&nbsp; Of course these days sueing the 
owners&nbsp; would be the thing to do but in those days not even the American 
public had thought of doing that. 
Just as an aside. We went to Disney World. It was very, very good. We went 
to 
Epcot which had only recently opened. It was was fantastic!. Brilliant!. 
Superb! Unbelieveable!&nbsp; The only drawback? They allow children in. 
 
Musical content. The Firehouse Five playing on Main Street. The leader 
tapped 
in `Running Wild` at an unbelievable tempo. The band belted through it, hit 
the break at the end and stopped. There was a pregnant pause and a voice 
from 
the group said `Jesus Christ! What the f****ck got into you? and the band 
streaked back into the Firehouse and never returned. A great example to the 
little kiddiwinks. 
 
Cheers 
 
PatL</BLOCKQUOTE> 
 
 
&nbsp; thanks for this brief overview of things american, Pat.&nbsp; Add to your list, american Drum Corps and Rap music.&nbsp; But you really need to revisit... you will be truly appalled at some of the newer excesses 
 
Jim Beebe</HTML>

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