Terri, Me Too Re: Country Way of Life

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,

Glad you are back. You can have to Pepsi and peanuts. Yuck!

Terri G.

> > > >

> > > > I am not from the country but my paternal grandmother was and

she

> > > > instilled a lot of those ways in us duing our childhood.

> > > >

> > > > My grandmother, (Mama, we called her) would cook huge breakfast

> > like

> > > > Terri mentioned about her Granny. My grandmother would be in the

> > > > kitchen cooking breakfast fot 2 hours sometimes before we sat

> > down at

> > > > the table to eat especially on the weekends. We would wait

> > patiently

> > > > watching the Lil Rascals, Tarzan, or the Mc Show as

> > we

> > > > read the Sunday Comic Strip. I would pick up the Suday paper and

> > get

> > > > the comic strip section a read along until breakfast was ready.

> > > >

> > > > She would could ham, bacon, pork chops,sausage, eggs, grits or

> > rice,

> > > > biscuits and sometimes pancakes with the biscuits, all from

> > scratch

> > > > and from the local country store. Sometimes she would cook

kidneys

> > > > too! Those things sure did smell STRONG! I tasted them once and

> > that

> > > > was about all I could stand!

> > > >

> > > > I often wondered why my Mama (we called my Grandma, Mama) would

> > cook

> > > > so much for breakfast. But as the day linguered on each item

would

> > > > disappear one by one until nothing was left by bedtime. We would

> > > > snack thoughtout the day on what was left over from breakfast,

> > from

> > > > sandwiches made from the ham, sausage and pork chops with a

slice

> > of

> > > > bread or a good old fashioned home made buttermilk biscuit. And

I

> > > > tell ya, it was delicious, even without the modern convenience

of

> > a

> > > > microwave oven to warm it. I would eat it cold and head right

back

> > > > outside to play! Cold and all. And it just might have a little

> > > > Cricso built up on it. But thats okay, you just wiped that off

and

> > > > kept on going, huh?

> > > >

> > > > Ruth, did it ever bother you having to slaughter the animals

that

> > you

> > > > raised on the farm? It would have been very difficult for me to

> > have

> > > > to sit down at dinner knowing that the fried chicken on the

table

> > > > was my favorite chicken that I raised or the meat was from my

> > > > favorite pig or cow. I think it would have made me vey sick,

hurt

> > > > and angry like it did a lot of children raised on a farm.

> > > >

> > > > I don't know if I would have be able to do it. I probably would

> > have

> > > > been a vegetarian for a long, long time. Until Daddy got the

strap

> > > > and took me to the wood shed.

> > > >

> > > > I miss those good ole days. Remember the bacon that had the

thick

> > > > rhine on it? Man! You could chew on that for days. Breakfast

would

> > > > be over and some people would still be chewing on bacon rhine!

> > > > Remember?

> > > >

> > > > Brother Ron

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[Guest guest]

Terri

I grew up in Chapel hill NC- your mentain of the milk

shake and french fries reminds me of high school when

i would for lunch almost everyday, have a vanilla milk

shake and fries which i would dip in the milk shake -

havent done it in years but it still sounds good-

MATT

--- mosaicgirl1 mosaicgirl1@...> wrote:

>

> Matt,

>

> People in my family would do that too. I love a

> chocolate milkshake

> with french fries: I dip them in the shake. Yum.

>

> Terri G.

>

> Matt, what part of NC - we may have discussed before

> but my pea brain

> doesn't remember

>

> > >

> > > I've seen people WITH teeth put peanuts in their

> > Pepsi & a couple of

> > people put them in their beer!

> > >

> > >

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