Comments on: Wildflowers & Fried Chicken, Antelope Valley, California, 1955 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/fried-chicken-n-wildflowers/ God Bless Americana! -- Books, Slide Shows, & Field Trip Tours Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lorenzo Boido http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/fried-chicken-n-wildflowers/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Lorenzo Boido Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:15:49 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=179#comment-330 What say we sprinkle those hillsides with BIG yellow umbrellas? ...Lorenzo What say we sprinkle those hillsides with BIG yellow umbrellas?
…Lorenzo

]]> By: Elle http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/fried-chicken-n-wildflowers/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Elle Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:25:38 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=179#comment-328 Ummmmm, poppies.... *feeling extremely witchy* Surrender Mr. Chicken-Eaten-Argyle Guy! Ummmmm, poppies…. *feeling extremely witchy* Surrender Mr. Chicken-Eaten-Argyle Guy!

]]> By: Joni from Lancaster http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/fried-chicken-n-wildflowers/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Joni from Lancaster Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:37:32 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=179#comment-327 What great timing for this slide as this past weekend Antelope Valley hosted it's annual Poppy Festival at the Lancaster City Park! Charles, I think next year you should come up and put on a display of your old slides from around the AV area. This would be such a treat for those people like myself who grew up out here and who long for the "good old days".......... What great timing for this slide as this past weekend Antelope Valley hosted it’s annual Poppy Festival at the Lancaster City Park! Charles, I think next year you should come up and put on a display of your old slides from around the AV area. This would be such a treat for those people like myself who grew up out here and who long for the “good old days”……….

]]> By: Charles Fares http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/fried-chicken-n-wildflowers/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Charles Fares Wed, 26 Apr 2006 03:27:46 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=179#comment-326 Hi Charles, Wildflowers, hillsides, a mountain backdrop and fried chicken? Squint your eyes just a little bit, and think back to 1955, when Grace Kelly starred in the Alfred Hitchcock film, "To Catch A Thief", which was filmed on the French Riviera. Why, fifty, yes, fifty years ago, almost to the day, (April 19, 1956) Grace Kelly married Prince Ranier III of Monaco, giving up her movie career. In the well-known picnic scene of "To Catch A Thief", Grace asks Cary Grant, with reference to the fried chicken, and with only thinly-veiled double entendre, whether he preferred breasts or legs. Well, I guess we'll never know ... . Princess Grace's car went off a cliff on Sept. 13, 1982, near the very spot where the picnic scene was filmed, claiming her life a day later. Prince Ranier passed away on April 6, 2005. Hi Charles,
Wildflowers, hillsides, a mountain backdrop and fried chicken? Squint your eyes just a little bit, and think back to 1955, when Grace Kelly starred in the Alfred Hitchcock film, “To Catch A Thief”, which was filmed on the French Riviera. Why, fifty, yes, fifty years ago, almost to the day, (April 19, 1956) Grace Kelly married Prince Ranier III of Monaco, giving up her movie career. In the well-known picnic scene of “To Catch A Thief”, Grace asks Cary Grant, with reference to the fried chicken, and with only thinly-veiled double entendre, whether he preferred breasts or legs. Well, I guess we’ll never know … . Princess Grace’s car went off a cliff on Sept. 13, 1982, near the very spot where the picnic scene was filmed, claiming her life a day later. Prince Ranier passed away on April 6, 2005.

]]> By: Ohdian http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/fried-chicken-n-wildflowers/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Ohdian Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:21:02 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=179#comment-325 Nope. That's not a drumstick; it's a drummette (biggest part of the wing), and the other two joints remain on his plate to chew on. (And the Texas Bluebonnets are called Lupine in California.) Nope. That’s not a drumstick; it’s a drummette (biggest part of the wing), and the other two joints remain on his plate to chew on.
(And the Texas Bluebonnets are called Lupine in California.)

]]> By: Mike from Cleveland http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/fried-chicken-n-wildflowers/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Mike from Cleveland Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:09:53 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=179#comment-320 The MOST disturbing thing about this photo is: If you really take a close look,Those mouth watering deep fried (Parts) are too small to be a chicken.My guess is the Ol' Cowpoke caught and fried him up a Roadrunner,or Who knows what.Happy eating Mystery meat fans! The MOST disturbing thing about this photo is: If you really take a close look,Those mouth watering deep fried (Parts) are too small to be a chicken.My guess is the Ol’ Cowpoke caught and fried him up a Roadrunner,or Who knows what.Happy eating Mystery meat fans!

]]> By: L.A. Ell http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/fried-chicken-n-wildflowers/comment-page-1/#comment-319 L.A. Ell Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:40:02 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=179#comment-319 Charles!! You were in Las Vegas last Friday? Well, so were we! Larry and I were attending the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend Car Show at the Gold Coast. We made a few other stops too, like the Atomic Testing Museum and The Peppermill Lounge, of course. Sorry we missed you. We must try the Hilltop House Supper Club next time!!! Hugs! Ellen and Larry Charles!! You were in Las Vegas last Friday? Well, so were we! Larry and I were attending the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend Car Show at the Gold Coast. We made a few other stops too, like the Atomic Testing Museum and The Peppermill Lounge, of course. Sorry we missed you. We must try the Hilltop House Supper Club next time!!!

Hugs!
Ellen and Larry

]]> By: Miss Sharon http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/fried-chicken-n-wildflowers/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Miss Sharon Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:47:34 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=179#comment-318 Chuck Wagon Charles! Although done up a bit daffy, at least Mr. Nibbler is dressed for supper! Good for him! It's always excellent etiquette to dress properly for the circumstances. A quibble: are slippers appropriate for flower gazing and chicken eating? A sturdier shoe probably would've served Hungry Jack better! This slide made me nostalgic for a old fashioned picnic. As such, I turn to _Better Crocker's Outdoor Cook Book_ (1961) for some wonderful words about picnicking and for a menu that just might have been along for the ride with Colonel "Crazy Sox" Sanders. "The very word, picnic, carries a special enchantment to nearly everyone. It brings back memories of childhood's happy adventuring into the country with food turning up as if by magic at the end of a long ride, of tablecloths spread in the cool shade, of hampers bulging with the cold foods so appetizing on a hot day, and the lovely informality of grass for seats and sky for roof." Quite nice description, I think. On to the menu (the best part!) for the succintly named "Hamper Picnic": "Traditionally, picnics mean cold foods, but that is no reason they cannot be as sophisticated as you choose. Indeed, many of the most elaborate lunches I have had came out of the big fitted hampers that are so popular and that make picnicking so graceful and easy." The menu: Cold Grape Juice Smoked Rainbow Trout Pate or Smoked Fish on Small Crackers Cold Fried Chicken Cooked and Raw Vegetable Salad Caper Mayonnaise Whole Cherry Tomatoes Watermelon Pickles Herb Bread and Butter Sandwiches Loaf O' Gold Cake Chocolate Peppermints Coffee Now, I'm not all that certain that Bucket Full of Chicken would adore a fish pate on an out-and-about lunch with the missus, but I'm positive he would have a huge slice of that Loaf O' Gold Cake! (Described as "Modern pound cake, so moist and buttery it needs no topping or icing." Yummers!) Happy lunching! xoxo! Miss Sharon Chuck Wagon Charles!

Although done up a bit daffy, at least Mr. Nibbler is dressed for supper! Good for him! It’s always excellent etiquette to dress properly for the circumstances. A quibble: are slippers appropriate for flower gazing and chicken eating? A sturdier shoe probably would’ve served Hungry Jack better!

This slide made me nostalgic for a old fashioned picnic. As such, I turn to _Better Crocker’s Outdoor Cook Book_ (1961) for some wonderful words about picnicking and for a menu that just might have been along for the ride with Colonel “Crazy Sox” Sanders.

“The very word, picnic, carries a special enchantment to nearly everyone. It brings back memories of childhood’s happy adventuring into the country with food turning up as if by magic at the end of a long ride, of tablecloths spread in the cool shade, of hampers bulging with the cold foods so appetizing on a hot day, and the lovely informality of grass for seats and sky for roof.”

Quite nice description, I think. On to the menu (the best part!) for the succintly named “Hamper Picnic”:

“Traditionally, picnics mean cold foods, but that is no reason they cannot be as sophisticated as you choose. Indeed, many of the most elaborate lunches I have had came out of the big fitted hampers that are so popular and that make picnicking so graceful and easy.” The menu:

Cold Grape Juice
Smoked Rainbow Trout Pate or Smoked Fish on Small Crackers
Cold Fried Chicken
Cooked and Raw Vegetable Salad
Caper Mayonnaise
Whole Cherry Tomatoes
Watermelon Pickles
Herb Bread and Butter Sandwiches
Loaf O’ Gold Cake
Chocolate Peppermints
Coffee

Now, I’m not all that certain that Bucket Full of Chicken would adore a fish pate on an out-and-about lunch with the missus, but I’m positive he would have a huge slice of that Loaf O’ Gold Cake! (Described as “Modern pound cake, so moist and buttery it needs no topping or icing.” Yummers!)

Happy lunching!

xoxo!
Miss Sharon

]]> By: Buz Carter http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/fried-chicken-n-wildflowers/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Buz Carter Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:55:11 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=179#comment-317 If anyone is in the area (or an hour drive or so) this is truly worth the trip. Think that poppies scene in Wizard of Oz. Rolling hills of color. Check the links Charles has above for conditions, but when the wildflower preserve is going it's really something. Here's a <a href="http://pizzabytheslice.com/photos/2003archive.htm?file=poppiespana.jpg" class="external" target="_blank">photo (Poppy Field)</a> I took there a few years back. Oh, you might want to check the pollen count, if you're so afflicted. If anyone is in the area (or an hour drive or so) this is truly worth the trip. Think that poppies scene in Wizard of Oz. Rolling hills of color.

Check the links Charles has above for conditions, but when the wildflower preserve is going it’s really something.

Here’s a photo (Poppy Field) I took there a few years back.

Oh, you might want to check the pollen count, if you’re so afflicted.

]]> By: ikabod http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2006/04/fried-chicken-n-wildflowers/comment-page-1/#comment-316 ikabod Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:42:39 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=179#comment-316 I just dig those argiles........ We here in the Antalope Valley follow our own fashon rules. I just dig those argiles…….. We here in the Antalope Valley follow our own fashon rules.

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