Comments on: Harlem Country Girl

By: Dervala

Dervala — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:22:21 +0000

Fried chicken and waffles? Is that really a combination? Hmm.

It sounds good, but it also sounds disconcertingly like “roast beef and cornflakes”.

By: I.

I. — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:30:51 +0000

Yeah, but where can you get good fried chicken and waffles nowadays? We used to go to Well’s, but that’s closed for good, I hear. I just can’t do the pig knuckles. Not banana pie, neither.

And how come there’s always a wait when I go to that Citibank on Court Street?

By: athena

athena — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:12:28 +0000

that is one of my favorite songs. :-)

By: Edmund

Edmund — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:00:23 +0000

Having just moved from East Harlem to Carroll Gardens, I have to confirm the CitiBank bias.
The lines for the two atms at 116th and 1st used to wind around the tiny waiting area like some
world recond attempt (and by early Sunday morning would either only give out $50 bills or display a helpful spanner and screwdriver logo). Meanwhile, he six machines at Court and 1st sit idle, waiting for us to drop in on our to Sparkys.

By: Dervala

Dervala — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:54:02 +0000

The last few times I was there they had fried okra, but I didn’t see it this time around. My own passion is collard greens. My craving for them points to some kind of vitamin deficiency.

I haven’t earned a moon pie, either. I only wish I were a regular.

By: Bernie Goldbach

Bernie Goldbach — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 01:16:50 +0000

But what about the fried okra in Charles’? And did Charles offer you a moon pie? Get one and know you’re a regular.

By: ARJ

ARJ — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:59:40 +0000

Hmm… I’m suddenly hungry for Southern Kitchen in Tacoma, or my mom’s spoon bread and fried okra. Drooooool…

By: eoin

eoin — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:04:24 +0000

I was alarmingly good at that Gay or Eurotrash game. Luckily, it was impossible to ace – as the results often did not match the dual choice answers: some of the dudes turned out to be fratboys, losers or gay Algerians.

Without that I would have had the perfect score!!

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 23:37:39 +0000

I’m touched by the reference to Kentucky and our folksy gluttony. I must say that the Shoney’s in Louisville, Kentucky couldn’t be more different from a soul food hangout in Harlem.

I’m reminded that David Sedaris, when speaking in Louisville, said that he could only find cigarettes cheaper on an Indian reservation. He stocked up whenever he visited.