SetFree
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My mother had two sisters living in town that when they were not working in the summer, they would babysit all us kids (about ten of us). The working mom's would give the one babysitting money for groceries.
What we got everyday through the week was Pinto beans and cornbread, turnip greens, relish, and sweet iced tea. For a snack (rarely), we got a peanut butter sandwich.
When I got old enough to go into the military, I wouldn't eat Pinto beans for quite a while. Now I miss them.
The cornbread did not have any sugar in it. I was raised in the South and we didn't do that. That is what Northerners did, and they called it 'Johnny Cake' (from the idea of Johnny Reb, because the Confederates ate mostly parched corn, corn bread and salt cured ham, what we Southerners call Country Ham).
Sundays after Church was special, as we'd go to Huntsville, Ala. to my aunt and uncle's house for dinner and supper. My Aunts, Mom, and my grandmother would cook a roast, fried chicken (Southern fried chicken), fried okra, and Country ham, pinto or green beans, or turnip greens, and cornbread, fresh garden ripe tomatoes, fresh sliced cucumber, and homemade biscuits, coffee and/or sweet iced tea. My grandmother would make a Jam cake and also chocolate pies with hand-rolled crust. About a party of twelve of us would eat dinner right after Church. Then around 5-6 P.M. the women would serve for supper. My uncle was manager at one of the local golf courses, so we'd go out there between meals, unless there was an important golf tournament on TV, like The Masters. None of my aunts worked outside the home. My mother did occasionally. All the men except one played golf. For supper we'd have Country ham and homemade biscuits, eggs however you liked, bacon, Country sausage, tomatoes, milk, coffee, iced tea, and the leftover deserts. We did this every Sunday after Church.
What we got everyday through the week was Pinto beans and cornbread, turnip greens, relish, and sweet iced tea. For a snack (rarely), we got a peanut butter sandwich.
When I got old enough to go into the military, I wouldn't eat Pinto beans for quite a while. Now I miss them.
The cornbread did not have any sugar in it. I was raised in the South and we didn't do that. That is what Northerners did, and they called it 'Johnny Cake' (from the idea of Johnny Reb, because the Confederates ate mostly parched corn, corn bread and salt cured ham, what we Southerners call Country Ham).
Sundays after Church was special, as we'd go to Huntsville, Ala. to my aunt and uncle's house for dinner and supper. My Aunts, Mom, and my grandmother would cook a roast, fried chicken (Southern fried chicken), fried okra, and Country ham, pinto or green beans, or turnip greens, and cornbread, fresh garden ripe tomatoes, fresh sliced cucumber, and homemade biscuits, coffee and/or sweet iced tea. My grandmother would make a Jam cake and also chocolate pies with hand-rolled crust. About a party of twelve of us would eat dinner right after Church. Then around 5-6 P.M. the women would serve for supper. My uncle was manager at one of the local golf courses, so we'd go out there between meals, unless there was an important golf tournament on TV, like The Masters. None of my aunts worked outside the home. My mother did occasionally. All the men except one played golf. For supper we'd have Country ham and homemade biscuits, eggs however you liked, bacon, Country sausage, tomatoes, milk, coffee, iced tea, and the leftover deserts. We did this every Sunday after Church.