Re: Country Way of Life

[Guest guest]

Connie,

What about ham hock, fat back or tenderloin? Ham hock was my favorite.

Never cared much for the fat back though. It did flavor the vegetables

nicely but my family would also eat it. We also were made to eat the

fat on our meat-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]

Oh yea girlfriend, I know the three you mentioned. I do "not" however eat the fat on meat, makes me gag. Hang before I fry chicken every bit of skin comes off except on the wings, and yes my chicken is still extremely crispy (good breading technique). I just can't stand the wiggly mess. Southern hugs....Conniemosaicgirl1 wrote: Connie,What about ham hock, fat back or tenderloin? Ham hock was my favorite. Never cared much

for the fat back though. It did flavor the vegetablesnicely but my family would also eat it. We also were made to eat thefat on our meat-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>>>>>> __________________________________________________>