Memorable car of the day:
This 1956 Ford was NEW when I left home to join the USMC.
For today: (been a busy day, I sat down to post and got distracted before church!)
My mama was a great cook, it was simple and southeast.
Common foods around
our house were:
Eggs,
tomatoes and onions (Not together)
Cornbread, milk, chicken dumplings,
potatoes and some pancakes.
Biscuits
Pork, Bacon,
Sausage and ham (Until I was in the 6th grade daddy raised a hog
every year)
Stew beef, chopped steak, oyster
stew and fish (If we caught them)
Cabbage, turnips (& greens),
string beans, pintos and black eyed peas, okra, creamed corn and corn on the
cob. Oh yes there was macaroni and cheese (using cheddar).
Desserts
were: Molassses/butter, Egg custards, sweet potato cobbler, apple pies and
banana pudding. Fried Apple pies were also served at home.
Foods I enjoyed raw: Carrots, tomatoes,
cabbage, celery, apples, turnips and potatoes. (anyone else like the cabbage core?)
Foods I never saw or heard of until
I left home: Lasagna, Broccoli, cauliflower, cooked carrots, Brussel sprouts, rhubarb,
homemade spaghetti and ravioli. I was 16 years old when someone told Sherry
there was a ‘Pizza place’ in Charlotte. We went there. That was the first time
either of us smelled, saw or tasted a pizza. Oh we never had pumpkin pie either.
I usually try local foods when I can, whether it is a different state, city or country. I could not get used to plantains and YAMS in the islands.
Lemme tell you ‘em island Yams ain’t sweet potatoes. And don't even think a Plantain is a banana. LOL Also Texas nor Florida have my favorite BBQ; the BEST is in North Carolina. LOL ......... ..(IMHO)... ....
Now that I
think of it, if you are in San Antonio and like steak, you must try “The Little
Red Barn.”
Sherry and I were long married
before we ever had a real Steak (Until then we had HB steak or chopped steak ‘n
gravy). T-bones and NY strips were for wealthy folk. LOL
I thought of all this yesterday when
I decided to fix Black Beans and rice. I was in my mid 30s before I heard of Black
Beans. I learned that I like them. Sherry has fixed them before, this was my
first time.
NiteShipslog
PS: What foods did you learn to enjoy late in life?
I grew up eating Succotash, *(Corn and Red Beans) usually with a Roast and canned veggies, Tomatoe, corn, red, wax an green beans, cucumbers, pickles, a potatoe bin of fresh potatoes, peas, beets, Peppers, onions, Ramps, apple sauce, jams and jellies, we also had canned Venison, pork, beef, smoked hams, I now prefer canned Veggies compared to fresh, never had Pizza till I left home, never had Lasagna, Calzones, either. To this day I can not eat peppers, any color. I can not eat Olives. I do like Okra an Grits, I love Pecan Pie !!! Now I am Hungry, you 2 take care. sending down love from the North! Gary and Anna Mae
ReplyDeleteThis post made me hungry.
ReplyDeleteI love peanut butter on toast with currants. Can't decide on crunchy or smooth PB; so I spread half the toast with one then the other half with the other. Sometimes, instead of adding currants I add sliced bananas or tiny bits of pineapples. Can't decide which to use; so often I don't bother.
God bless.
What memories you've awakened! Because daddy normally worked 2nd shift(?) to 11P, mother and I'd eat sandwiches -- grilled cheese for her, burger for me ... until they discovered TV dinners! And pot pies, too! Every now and then she'd prepare a sort of roast (thin strips tied with string) with canned peaches; perhaps a side of corn. I was unfamiliar with most of these veggies you mention; and, in fact, never tasted steak until I was 20-something.
ReplyDeleteI figure life's too short to consume anything you dislike, but I have learned to enjoy tomato every now and then, usually in a caprese salad plate. (Last night's supper.)
Thanks for another fun post!
I grew up with a lot of plain foods too. I never had lasagna until I learned to make it for my own family. There have been lots of new things in my diet since I've been trying to eat healthier. I now love them all.
ReplyDeleteNever heard of broccoli as a kid - Never ate raw spinach, but from a can with a picture of Pop-eye on the label.
ReplyDeleteI remember my dad talking about going to the garden as a child, with his pocket knife and a slice of bread, and getting him a turnip root to eat. Rick likes a lot of turnip roots in his greens. Mom’s dad always fried the fish he caught himself. We like a lot of peas in our part of the south, cream/ white peas, zipper peas, purple hull peas, I’m sure there are others.
ReplyDeleteTake care, Sheila
Until just a few years ago I never knew there were good healthy foods not made with lard!!
ReplyDeleteLisa