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Lu Powell wrote:

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Lu Powell wrote:

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On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:51:42 -0400, "Lu Powell"

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Yay. Another greens lover!
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John H

I love all greens except spinach, which is another story. When I was
young,
my grandmother would cook collard greens and also chittlins at the
same
time. Only a true southerner even knows what chittlins are. When she
would
cook them, the smell was so bad the flies would be covering the
screen door
trying to get out.

One of my golfing buddies has a small farm out by Nokesville, VA. He
keeps me in collard greens most of the year. I'm not wild about
spinach either, but if the store has the bags of fresh stuff on sale I
may cook up a few bags. Fresh spinach is altogether different from
canned.
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John H

Fresh spinach is delicious. I just can't eat the steamed stuff. Tried
it as a kid, gagged like crazy. At age 35, tried it again, it looked
and smelled really good. Gagged again. Now at age 72, don't think I
want to try it any more.



Do any fishing out at the jetties?

As a matter of fact, I did yesterday. Took my landlubber son-in-law for
the morning. He caught a 4 foot long bonnet head, which I refused to let
join us in the boat. We then went upriver to my favorite sweet spot for
big reds. He caught a 42 inch female, which we promptly released, of
course. I caught couple of undersized black sea bass. Came close to
making him walk back to the Mayport ramp.



The jetties were always one of my favorite inshore places to fish when we
lived in the area, plus, you could stop at Singleton's on the way home for
a damned fine meal.

I also liked the ramp near the White Shell bait and tackle operation
on the ICW just north of the river. Heading up the ICW from there are
about a zillion places to catch trout, reds, flounder, et cetera, and then
we'd head out to Nassau Sound for whiting.

Also liked St. Augustine fishing once we moved down there. We lived a
little south of the seaplane basin at the St. Augustine airport, but on
the other side of the ICW.







The White Shell ramp is no more. The little bar, bait store, and camp ground
is gone. I think the city bought the land for conservation. Lots of campers
still use the site year round. Haven't done much fishing toward St.
Augustine.