gladimhere Posted November 2019
What is the traditional holiday menu item from your childhood that you have eliminated and don't miss it, not one little bit?
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europe by comparison was long ago so built up that land and single family homesteads are out of most peoples financial means .
if a poor working person in america has any gumption he / she can buy a piece of dirt and build themselves a shack .
if they dont , they dont want it badly enough .
One time I invited a couple for a fresh fish dinner and I prepared enough for leftovers and they ate 18 fish at 1 sitting. I didn't have any left and I think that they would have eaten as many as I cooked.
I never invited them for fresh fish again, it is to hard to come by where I live.
Look at the first pioneers. Many died trying to survive. Lots survived though.
My oldest daughter signed up to go to Mars! One way trip! Said she wanted to be part of history. Hahaha
Too funny.
One day, it’s going to happen I suppose and there will be volunteers to colonize Mars.
My cousin keeps telling me how much they ‘catch.’ They just bought a boat. Louisiana has great fishing. They had 30 fish. Redfish and trout. I don’t know what they normally catch but that’s a lot of fish to me. I guess they froze them. No one can eat 30 fish. Or they would have to share them.
I took him back to the stable and asked the man for a half dead, old plow horse. He cracked up! Then said that he would give me ‘Big Red.’ This horse was giant. Being only 96 pounds I couldn’t get on the horse. He picked me up and put me on the horse.
I thanked him for finding a gentle horse for me. My friends were all great riders. In all honesty, I probably should not have been on a horse. My friend said they can sense if someone is uncomfortable.
i concur . if them shts aint biting in about 10 minutes im over it .
the cabin isnt anything special but the " holler " setting is breathtaking .
it makes me kind of sad realizing that not that long ago people were so content with the most stark basics . i imagine the occasional trip to town was for not much more than some shotgun shells .
If it was easy it would be called catching, not fishing.
You should seriously consider taking it up, it is fabulous therapy.
i figure i'll tell them to " head on over the hill right there -- it'll all work out " ( 24,000 acres of hilly forest ) ,
" and roll your pantlegs up -- the rattlesnakes hate that " .
The frog I dissected in biology class was pregnant. The eggs went all over when it was sliced open!
He was a good man. No air conditioning then. Window fans. Grandma would play music. He would holler for her to crank it up.
When she died we gave her old fashioned record player and her albums to him. He said he couldn’t take them because those were beautiful pieces of furniture then but we insisted that he have it.
They enjoyed the music together and so I think grandma would be happy that he had them.
They weren’t lazy. Very active! Grandma hung clothes in the yard. House was always spotless. No dishwasher. Grandpa gardened, would fish and hunt. He was a shipbuilder. They were always moving!
aint like a little squirrel . this animal ( reptile ) would feed a person for a week .
Okay, being from Louisiana we eat alligator here. Even local Chinese restaurants will put it on the menu. Food is very regional.
It actually depends where in Louisiana too. Southern Louisiana uses more seasoning than northern Louisiana.
In New Orleans it’s a blend of creole and Cajun, creole cooking was refined and for the city people. Creole cooking was for the aristocracy. Cajun cooking was for the everyday people in the more rural areas. Both are delicious.
In Lafayette, it’s Cajun. Then Paul Prudhomme brought Cajun cooking to New Orleans when Ella Brennan gave him a job at Commander’s Palace. She gave him a chance to cook it and people loved it. He left Commander’s and opened his own restaurant, K-Paul’s.
animal fat is imperative for good brain health .
never had that good of results again .
somehow i screw up fudge 9 times out of ten but it ends up being great ice cream topping .
the banana split pie is the sht . look that sucker up .
thats the pressure cooker secret -- higher temperatures can be achieved .
I use homemade vanilla, made with christian brothers brandy and Madagascar vanilla beans, then age it for a year, organic maple syrup and real dark brown sugar with molasses and it is a treat everytime. I personally don't like real maple syrup straight, but as a flavoring it is awesome.
It is all personal preference.
Dinner, sauteed snow pea leaves and grilled chicken.
I don’t know but it’s funny that you mentioned both of those. My grandma and grandpa had chickens, ducks and turkeys. I got to help collect the eggs. It was fun until I saw a snake!
She had an old cast iron skillet too. Oh my gosh, she could cook!
Very true! They retain heat. She could make anything tasty. Grandpa made homemade candy, pralines and peanut brittle. She made the ice cream in an old fashioned hand crank ice cream maker.
As a kid it seemed like it took forever and a day but oh boy, what a treat! Worth the wait. She only made it once in awhile. I remember the rock salt. I remember her mixing in the ingredients and sometimes I got to turn the handle for her.
They had a fig tree and a pecan tree. Grandma made fig preserves and pecan pie. Grandpa had a green thumb. Could grow any vegetables.
I know grandpa went hunting and fishing too. Sometimes he brought home deer. He caught fish, shrimp or crabs. He was a shipbuilder. He knew all the good fishing spots.
They may not have been wealthy but they were very resourceful. Nothing better than fresh seafood.
duh
when youre frying in an iron skillet with a snug lid you are for all practical purposes pressure cooking .
Those were old recipes. I don’t think people some people were very creative with cooking. Some food that doesn’t cost a lot done by creative cooks is actually delicious. My grandma had very limited funds but everything she made was absolutely fantastic.
I do hate those stupid cooking contest shows on Food TV where they give weird ingredients and hardly any time to cook a meal and chefs judge the meal afterwards.
I prefer watching cooking shows on PBS that are instructional shows made with proper ingredients and everyone can learn something and enjoy the show. The other goofy shows are only entertainment. No one is going to cook with ridiculous ingredients.
also my sisters used to make salad dressing with mayo and sugar . pretty lame .
worse was the homemade pancake syrup -- sugar / water boiled .
im not meaning to fuss . we were pretty poor and just doing the best we could but some of that crap was pretty skus - ted .
To be fair - I don’t like fish of any type. Never have. Every now and then I try it. People always say “Oh, but you just haven’t had it cooked correctly”. So, I try it. Nope. It’s always just tastes so.... fishy.
What we did have was herring in sour cream. I don't know how close that is to lutefisk. Mom loved the herring, I to enjoyed it. But, haven't had it for a limited ng time. Mom's hubby like the pickled herring.
Just a link to an interesting article on lutefisk.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/12/15/505389094/whats-a-holiday-without-lutefisk-and-a-little-white-lye
that oughtta be final meal fare for death row convicts .
bletttch !!