Some folks think they need a Passport and a plane ticket in order to experience a foreign culture. "Exotic" is a place half-way around the world, right? Wrong. Bizarre customs, an ear-baffling language, food made from what?!, distinctive tribal dress - these are all much closer than you think. In fact, I found exotic when we moved back to my hometown. Where do I live? Why, in the Boondocks, where...
1. ...the highschool dress code initially proposed by the school board had to be ammended to allow students to wear camouflage clothing. Otherwise, 80% of the parents in the county would have to go out and buy new winter coats for their kids.
2. ...surrounding communities have names like Frog Level, Possum Trot, Booger Den Hollow, and Cat Corner. (Yep, folks, they're on the map.)
3. ...you are late getting to an appointment because you get stuck behind a pick-up truck doing 35 miles per hour down the highway. And in the bed of the pick-up truck stands a cow, nonchalantly taking in the scenery.
4. ...you pull off the highway to pick up a dead raccoon that wasn't there an hour ago when you passed that spot on your way out. Hey, it's fresh, right? - and that pelt is worth some money.
5. ...the hit of the lodgehall dinner is Danny's barbequed bologna. Mmm, mmm - that's good eating!
6. ...the highschool boys hanging out in front of the BestWay store almost miss the hot honey in the tight t-shirt and cut-off shorts because they are all drooling over Ted's uncle's Ford F-250 super-duty, turbo-diesel, extended-cab pickup with all-terrain tires and a brush guard. Man, now THAT'S a truck!
7. ...you drive up to your neighbor's house, and a young cow squeezes out from under the front porch and trots over to your car.
8. ...almost any social gathering is occasion for a bonfire.
9. ...the bride's parents serve country ham, scrambled eggs, and cheese grits at the wedding reception.
10. ...everyone in the county is a relative, or an ex-relative, or a soon-to-be relative, or a step-relative. It's getting to the point where we need to import some new blood, because we're all related - how's a girl supposed to find a husband?!
After years of living out in the big wide world, I am learning to love the adventure of life back in my hometown. Welcome to the Boondocks!
like a stone in your throat
1 year ago
1 comment:
When I was about to move from TN Teresa invited me over for a country meal of chicken and dumplings,ocra and some type of beans?? I had never heard of ocra until I moved to TN!
Jed and one of Teresa's boys were out back with a slingshot and came in with a pigeon (I think). They were wanting to gut it and Teresa made them go out back. She talked like it happened every day.
So out they went to gut and pluck it and in they came to season it and put it in the oven and then they ate it! I just sat there with my mouth opened. I was amazed and a bit grossed out!
I am from Jersey after all and I had never in my life seen anyone do that. WOW!
Maybe one day when we settle down we will be country people as I think I like thier life style better. Not so sure about the road kill though :) HAHA!
Teresa's meal was great by the way!
XO
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