Since this has turned into a discussion of southern folk cuisine, let me ask: Have any of you visited Lambert's Restaurant in Sykeston, Missouri? That's just across the river from Cairo, Illinois, and it's the "Home of the Throwed Rolls." They serve a chicken fried steak that hangs over the edges of a very large plate, smothered in that glorious artery-clogging sausage gravy, mashed potatoes, lots of southern style vegetables (including green beans done properly with lots of salt pork and cooked damn near to death). Then they come around with a rolling tray of about half-dozen additional southern vegetables and, here's the clincher, another rolling tray full of giant, golden brown rolls. "Want a roll?" hollers the pusher. "Sure," answers the unsuspecting diner, and here it comes! Tossed at him from across the room. Miss the catch and another is immediately on its way toward you. When the place is busy, which is almost always, there are rolls are flying all over the place.

Scuttlebutt says the owner was once the local high-school basketball coach and used a similar technique to keep his young athletes on their toes. True or not, it's a great place to build up your cholesterol level!

Sandy