My mom was frugal and careful with money and we ate a lot of stretched meals also, never wasted food, but I just can't do canned peas!! I don't think I've ever had black-eyed peas. I've always read about that dish that's lucky to eat on New Year's.
I am actually looking forward to making biscuits that aren't like hockey pucks.
I didn't make the spoonbread yet as my daughter wasn't feeling well so we had soup. Hoping to make it tonight!
@polarberry My mom always bought oleo and it was gross. We used to toast white bread and put oleo and sugar on it for breakfast. There were 4 kids and my dad worked in a factory. We also would have cooked noodles with oleo for dinner. The worst thing we ate was cooked cabbage with oleo, hated it. I guess we were poor but didn’t know it because everyone we knew ate the same stuff. PS we have a container of bacon grease in the fridge for cooking. Use it when making scrambled eggs, YUM!
You don't think about it as a kid. I didn't know until I was grown how tight money was for my parents at times. I grew up in the same house and we always had food; Dad worked hard. Mom did her best with food but I think she hated cooking.
I would give anything to have them back. I hope they know. ?
lol, Mom always kept a tin can of bacon grease in the fridge. She NEVER used it! I think it was because she didn't want to pour it down the drain.
I love bacon. Guilty pleasure. Fried potatoes with bacon and caramelized onions, and cheddar cheese.
My mother did not come from a gravy-eating family. Her mom hated it, she hated it, and I guess I grew up thinking it wasn't something you needed on food. We even had many a Thanksgiving without gravy. Even now if I serve gravy, hardly anybody eats any.
Are you sure that you and your family are from this planet??? ? ?
I know I've said this before on here, but I'll reiterate it: Gravy is a beverage, okay? Mashed potatoes, meat, whatever you put it on is only there to serve as a vehicle for the gravy. ?
Actually, that's been called into question before. ?
What about after it coagulates?
The dogs get very excited when I do serve gravy. They know what's coming.
What about after it coagulates?
Does that happen? I wouldn't know...I've never had it last long enough to do that ?
Edited to add: I even have to buy gravy style food for the cats because they won't eat it otherwise. I chose my animals correctly! ?
@polarberry I agree 100% with you about the canned peas. Nope. Ewwww. Frozen seems like the superior option in every single way (unless it is just nostalgia)- Which I understand. I love some processed foods because I grew up with them and they comfort me. Canned cheese. Nom. Nom. I don’t buy it because I could eat the whole can. Keeping it classy. ?
@honeybee What is canned cheese?
I decided about three years ago I was going to learn to bake cakes. I have a few cool molds like a guitar, and a fish. I make all my own icings from scratch as well and I mix food coloring up and "paint" the cakes. I also have molded my own cakes , most notably a turkey cake for Thanksgiving a few years back. I also routinely bake cupcakes, cookies, muffins, and breads, and share with my neighbors. I make a mean banana bread. Here's a guitar cake I had made most recently.
