Also, I think people who play harmony are infinitely better at counting, because they kind of have to be, whereas playing the melody gave me all kinds of horrible habits when it comes to rhythm.
Well, you certainly can't rely on instinct. ("Okay, now you have twelve beats of rest, an eighth note, and then two measures later a couple of completely random quarter notes. Go!")
Though that means it feels really good once the weirdo rhythm finally does make sense. God, I haven't played in an orchestra... it's been a long time. I miss it. Mind you, I suspect I don't even remember how to read music at this point.
Oh, god, I have such a craving for hush puppies now. Except I have moral objections to the only place in town that I know has good hush puppies.
Apple fritters? Yummier.
Much better than cherry fritters.
t shudder
My poor little violin and viola sit sadly in my closet and make whimpering noises now and then. I neglect them horribly, but seven years of not playing regularly after fifteen years of playing constantly...well, basically, I can't handle how badly I suck.
And for this I am grateful
My life would be a poorer place without apple and saltfish fritters. So I'm on board with diversity being a good enough thing for me to avoid the corn ones on hearsay.
Hushpuppies are deep fried cornbread that they usually have worked scallions into. They get served at Redbones with a vinegar dipping sauce (very savory, unlike the corn fritters that get served with maple syrup).
I love popovers too. You never seem to get them anywhere anymore, though.
Yum. Now I want a fritter of any kind, or hushpuppies. And yet I see none in my immediate future. Life is cruel.
After our New England trip when we first had popovers, my mom bought a popover pan and would make them a few times a year. Yummmm.
t sits next to Teppy and bemoans a hushpuppy-free existence
I was brought up otherwise, though, so it's still my favorite, regardless of what ChiKat says (she's the one who broke the news to me).
I would like to say, for the record, that
technically
corn is a vegetable. But, nutritionally speaking, starch all the way baby. Lots of fiber, tho.
I like corn fritters but I like hushpuppies better. My mom makes killer hushpuppies with chunks of onion in them. Yum.