tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post1845923072555990764..comments2011-08-07T15:11:29.064-05:00Comments on How We Do Run On: Brunch with the Butlers (a Bonus Edition of Southern Cookin')The Old Guardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10862747970556035077noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-25523207026103254162010-07-25T11:31:53.697-05:002010-07-25T11:31:53.697-05:00"Not so sure about the minced meat in the ome..."Not so sure about the minced meat in the omelet; I think I prefer ham or salmon but maybe it is an American thing."<br /><br />Hmm... as the lone U.S. blogger around here (and a big omelet fan), I gotta say this is the first time I've see an omelet with minced meat too. So let's blame this one on the old Charlestonians and not us Americans proper. :) <br /><br />Yes, that's me, iso, here to defend America's omelet honor! :)isohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926157677350025049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-8782241223615718302010-07-24T10:47:31.541-05:002010-07-24T10:47:31.541-05:00Oh yes, I agree; this wouldn't happen in New O...Oh yes, I agree; this wouldn't happen in New Orleans (and when it comes to Creole recipes, we pledge to only feature yummy ones :). I think this is something for that period between Rhett starting to make crueler jokes (the store sign, his remarks about her friends etc.) and the time it all went sour (let's say the separate bedrooms conversation, though they didn't seem to get along during her pregnancy either).Bugsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826524593406901802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-47924656560800834092010-07-24T10:35:14.708-05:002010-07-24T10:35:14.708-05:00These comments bring to mind this passage in the b...These comments bring to mind this passage in the book:<br /><br />"Dining with him was an adventure too, and one more thrilling than shopping, for he knew what to order and how it should be cooked. The wines and liqueurs and champagnes of New Orleans were new and exhilarating to her, acquainted with only homemade blackberry and scuppernong vintages and Aunt Pitty's "swoon" brandy; but oh, the food Rhett ordered! Best of all things in New Orleans was the food."<br /><br />Sounds to me like Rhett wasn't ordering disgusting things in order to trick her. But they were on their honeymoon, and MM says they got along for the most part. I don't think he started to be cruel until after they moved into the new house. But, yes, I can picture Rhett taking advantage of her this way (just not in New Orleans, maybe).<br /><br />I really wish we could have gotten some more domestic details from MM. I enjoy stories that explore the little things like meals or other domestic routines. I think for me I'm so interested in their meals together because we have that image from the movie of the imposing dining room and that carved furniture. I keep picturing in my head the difference between meals in the beginning when things were okay vs. later on when there would have been palpable tension in the room.bluesneakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152477551069680889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-53144221662975907702010-07-24T03:50:02.880-05:002010-07-24T03:50:02.880-05:00"I can picture her ordering things that she n..."I can picture her ordering things that she never ate before just because the name sounded fanciful."<br /><br />And Rhett being Rhett would let her order disgusting things with fanciful names just to make fun of her afterwards. Think Caveat Emporium :PBugsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826524593406901802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156452579073833353.post-25512036014701619562010-07-24T03:45:07.155-05:002010-07-24T03:45:07.155-05:00Love this series! MM hardly gives us a glimpse int...Love this series! MM hardly gives us a glimpse into the more intimate details of the Butler marriage; the meals they shared being one of them ;-). All we get is stony silence across the dinner table and breakfast in bed with a Rhett spoon-feeding Scarlett.<br /><br />Very 'eggie' brunch this but then driving around 'astride or aside' on that horse all day one needed the extra calories. Not so sure about the minced meat in the omelet; I think I prefer ham or salmon but maybe it is an American thing. I do think Scarlett would go for more lavish brunch buffets. I can picture her ordering things that she never ate before just because the name sounded fanciful. Think 'chalet'. Mmm, blinies? Brioches?SJhttp://m.fanfiction.net/u/1664847/?a=bnoreply@blogger.com