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My grandpa always sprinkled sugar on stewed tomatoes, and salt on watermelon.
Oh, and sugar on cottage cheese.
And he always nibbled chicken bones absolutely clean. My mother, a New Englander, scoffed at that. She called that the behavior of Flatlanders. Heh.
orleans
(33,987 posts)but my mom told me that every night, after dinner, he'd have a piece of buttered toast and sprinkle sugar on it.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)Dairy farmers. Sheep and goats. Bartered with the neighbors for chickens, eggs.
auntAgonist
(17,252 posts)My Mother liked sugar on her tomatoes.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Because my dad's family was from Ontario and Saskatchewan.
rox63
(9,464 posts)Said that sugar cuts the acid in tomatoes.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)and that's how he taught me to eat tomatoes. Big fat slice, piled with sugar - none of this wimpy "sprinkling" bullshit.
My favorite breakfast when visiting as a kid was bananas cut up in a bowl of milk with a healthy pile of sugar thrown in.
Maybe that's why I have to avoid sugar now...lol...doc says I was close to diabetic and I have to keep a close watch on my blood sugar.
Quitting sugar was a hell of a lot tougher than quitting cigarettes.
TheCruces
(224 posts)I'm from Jersey. Never heard of putting sugar on them before.
auntAgonist
(17,252 posts)Maybe a British influence thing?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Vinegar on spinach, I have seen.
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)I put salt on watermelon, too.
progressoid
(49,827 posts)And sometimes cantaloupe too. Yummy.
csziggy
(34,120 posts)TheCruces
(224 posts)Vodka, grapefruit juice and salt.
Delicious.
Bladian
(475 posts)Although, I hate tomatoes. So for all I know that could be totally normal.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)They lived near the stockyards in Chicago (just around the block from Mayor Daley), and in those days people would drink cow's blood for iron.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)I spose it was a godsend in the days when foods were not supplemented for nutrition.
crunch60
(1,412 posts)Last edited Thu Apr 5, 2012, 07:55 PM - Edit history (1)
made bread, fry it in lard till it was kind of crispy, and then dunk it into the soup. yum! Good memories.
MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)is old-timey if it's still a common practice?
greiner3
(5,214 posts)Even during the depression!
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)use that tea thru out the day by pouring some of it into a cup then filling the cup with boiling water. It was good.
JVS
(61,935 posts)In the morning they made a fresh pot and then after breakfast they just topped off the pot by running more water through the same grounds and filter, repeat after lunch, repeat after dinner.
woodsprite
(11,854 posts)vinegar in beef stew/soup,
salt on cantaloupe or watermelon,
and at the end of dinner, either pear preserves on bread or a bit of butter stirred into King Syrup on bread.
I still do the grape jelly on scrapple, salt on cantaloupe (yum!) and once in awhile the King Syrup/butter mixture.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Just a little, it gives it a little tangyness. In the fall I switch to apple cider from the farm and cut up a few apples into the stew- makes it taste fantastic.
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)eggs with grape jelly folded in.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Pennsylvanians put syrup on scrapple. Marylanders serve it correctly, with ketchup.
Where, pray tell, do people put grape jelly on scrapple? New Jersey? Delaware?
woodsprite
(11,854 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)geardaddy
(24,924 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)I'm not big on salt on melons, but freshly cracked black pepper just brings out the flavor.
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)Does your wife mind?
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Iris
(15,632 posts)I'm going to try that!
davsand
(13,420 posts)Can't imagine eating them without. I eat black pepper on cantaloupe but not other melons, however.
Laura
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)PassingFair
(22,434 posts)Yuck.
Fortunately, my mother eschewed this practice.
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)I've put butter on my sandwiches all my life. Occasionally margarine, but only when there's no butter.
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)I never put butter on my sandwiches.
treestar
(82,383 posts)of that - couldn't think of what odd thing my grandmother did before. For a peanut butter sandwich, it was very good.
raccoon
(31,092 posts)Lucy Goosey
(2,940 posts)My Grandma said that sugar sandwiches - bread + (salted) butter + white sugar - were a staple of her depression-era childhood. She loved vinegar on cabbage, carrots and even sauteed onions, too.
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Bread, butter and sugar -- what's not to like?
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)And also bread dipped in lard.
WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)& eat it in the same day. She always waited a day to start processing it.
My dad would suck the marrow out of chicken bones.
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)And brains from rabbit skulls.
GROSS!!!
WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)Dad grew up flat broke during the Depression.
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)The old lady was just crazy.
Not one of my favorite people. Not that she gave a rat's ass.
She was very nice to my mother's sister and her family.
Good thing my mother's sister was a pretty good egg.
Gramma tried to leave everything to just the one daughter.
My aunt insisted on splitting everything with my mother
after the old bag died.
Of course, my mother had tried to please the old harridan
in every way possible.
Sick.
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)I haven't noticed it in the store, but it is probably still available... We had it every summer out at camp with the great-aunts and uncles. I got used to it after a while.
MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts)provis99
(13,062 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)He turned out pretty OK.
Still not really my favorite type of music. But he seems to be an incredible human being.
Mopar151
(9,965 posts)Scoop the seeds out of cucumber spears. "Frost" an applesauce cake with powdered sugar, sifted through a paper "lace" placemat.
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)Were you grandparents British?
I love picalilli on sandwiches.
Mopar151
(9,965 posts)Lived across the road from the site of the Clinton/Obama "Unity" rally.
I never heard of picallili until I went to the UK.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)She was a Connecticut Yankee. I only make it for nostalgic reasons -- smells so good! I usually give it all away.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)I so miss the real thing...
LeftinOH
(5,342 posts)to be crumbled in the ice cream, or to use them to scoop ice cream up for a sort of ice-cream cracker "dip". I will be very surprised if *anyone* else has ever heard of this.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)There is nothing better than the saltiness of that cracker with ice cream.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)salted preztels on ice cream. It was actually very good.
Who knew??
That one is a real surprise.
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)One of the ingredients in Ben & Jerry's "Chubby Hubby" is pretzels.
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)Maybe it's an Ohio thing. He also ate lima bean sandwiches. Have you ever heard of that?
Here's a weird one, my Grandfather didn't like milk, so he put coffee on his cornflakes.
madmom
(9,681 posts)MrsMatt
(1,660 posts)They are yummy!
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Oy!
What did he put on them for a condiment?
justthinking
(1 post)My understanding is that this is a political site for the discussion of democratic issues. After scanning the database for an hour, very little political conversations were found. It seems a social club for everything else.
I took a look at the republican underground and its major post seem to political. Is this the best the democratic underground has to offer.
Maybe you can send me to a democratic platform that discusses political views of the democratic party.
Thanks for any help
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Or any number of the smaller groups under "Topics" to the left
- Activism
- Democrats
- Environment & Energy
- Foreign Affairs & National Security
- Government & Elections
etc...
William769
(55,124 posts)Why not try some of the Forums and or Groups. You might just get enlightened.
BTW welcome to DU.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)odd eating habits and then cast asparagus on us.
treestar
(82,383 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)April Fools Day came and went, pal.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)Did you ever get that beer and travel money and many experiences?
Because you sound seriously in need of all three.
Thanks for the reminder. I hope he landed well.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)I still eat this as a comfort food.
And maple syrup on cottage cheese. Kind of defeats the purpose for the dieter.
crunch60
(1,412 posts)Grew up with that dish, it was our comfort food in the 50's, still is mine today.
MorningGlow
(15,758 posts)Hardboiled egg in the middle of meatloaf (which was covered with tomato sauce ). And they poured milky coffee on their cereal instead of milk.
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MorningGlow
(15,758 posts)Oh, that baleful yellow eye staring at me! I always ate around it.
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)Or, as my dad would call it, "graham cracker mush". It's a great sub for breakfast cereal. He'll also spread margarine between two graham crackers and dunk them in his coffee.
His mom would mix ground beef with ketchup and mustard, spread a thin layer of it on slices of white bread, and broil it in the toaster oven. We had that for lunch often when I was a kid.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)What was the ground beef toast called, do you remember?
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)I think it was just "hamburger sandwiches". We ate them open-faced. They were really good.
AnneD
(15,774 posts)put salt on watermelon, sugar on tomatoes, take the day's dried cornbread and crumble it into a glass of 'sweet milk' and have it before going to bed. It is a good substitute for cereal and a small amount of sugar gives it even more flavor. They would also have cane syrup and butter mixed on their biscuits. The 'to die for' dinner was fried green tomatoes, fried okra, red ripe tomatoes (with gravy), ice cold cantaloupe (with cream gravy) biscuits and gravy. Meat was a luxury because selling the animals for meat bought hard to come by cash.
warrior1
(12,325 posts)would butter our bread with five pieces of butter. One in each corner and one in the middle. It was something religious.
She also would break up corn bread in a glass and add buttermilk. She chewed on ice all the time.
I miss her.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)wow. Was it homemade marmalade?
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Fry the sandwiches in bacon drippings instead of butter. But I like to add cayenne and black pepper to the drippings first, and include green chiles in the sandwiches. YUM!
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)So it can't be just a quirk. What geographical area produced this novelty?
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)1monster
(11,012 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)For example:
In that last pic. at least they didn't put the shrimp IN it, they just put it ON it.
JVS
(61,935 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Americans have a knack for taking "gourmet" food and dumbing it down.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)My father, who was fairly old when we kids were born, used to take slices of bread, pour heavy cream over them, and sprinkle the combination with sugar. I've never tried it myself.
People of my grandparents' generation actually enjoyed drinking buttermilk, a substance that makes me gag.
The older members of the German side of the family used to eat goose fat (Gänseschmalz) sandwiches. That's another thing I never tried.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)There was even a buttermilk bar (that was the name of it) in our town, where customers would belly up for a big glass of the stuff. My mom loved it.
hunter
(38,264 posts)Cheap, and much better tasting than the powdered milk and tap water which was pretty much undrinkable.
I'd keep jars of my homemade buttermilk on top of the water heater. (Maybe that wouldn't work so well on modern, better insulated water heaters.) I sometimes made yogurt too, but that was fussier.
Traditionally buttermilk was a way of keeping milk without refrigeration.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttermilk
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)I'm told my Sicilian born late grandfather ( passed before I was born ) liked to eat a banana by putting mayo on it after each bite.
Well in this case the apple fell light years from the tree because, while I like ( very ripe ) bananas, I detest the sight, smell and taste of mayonnaise. All that aside, I still can't think of a weirder food combo.
1monster
(11,012 posts)a banana sliced lengthwise and coated with a mixture of mayonnaise and milk, served on a bed of lettuce with a cherry on top.
It sounds strange, but if memory serves me right, it was delicious.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Both mayo and mustard should be declared weapons of mass destruction.
Your grandpa should have been tried for crimes against fruit.
Little Star
(17,055 posts)csziggy
(34,120 posts)geardaddy
(24,924 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)geardaddy
(24,924 posts)during the depression. He conned a richer kid out of his summer sausage sandwich by making yummy noises while eating his molasses sandwich. The kid traded his summer sausage sandwiches for a week for her dad's molasses sandwiches.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)She's barely 5 feet tall and 90 pounds. Lard sandwiches!
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)g/f's dad grew up near New Ulm.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)SwissTony
(2,560 posts)Seemed OK at the time.
Brother Buzz
(36,217 posts)He loved them so ripe he would open one end and squeeze out the liquid, like a tube of toothpaste, into a bowl to eat. He told me everyone did it back in the days.
hunter
(38,264 posts)They used bacon fat like I use olive oil.
If the old can of bacon fat in the icebox was getting low, it was time to fry some more bacon.
Yes, they had electric refrigerators, but they still called it the "icebox."
Eggs and pancakes fried in bacon fat strongly reminds me of my grandparents.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)I learned that as a kid. First it fizzes all over the place and then it's just fabulous.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)Pepsi - yuck - dunno what was wrong with that woman.
bikebloke
(5,260 posts)A pre-homogenized habit. We all did it in grade school, picked up from the elders. And I still do it now.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)they were still alive. I could see the shells opening and closing. I was only a little kid. I guess that is why I will only eat clams or oysters dead and fried.
TheCruces
(224 posts)It's the best way to eat them. Certainly, not old-timey at all.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)MountainMama
(237 posts)Supposedly my great-grandfather liked chicken gravy on his chocolate cake.
My grand-dad will occasionally put cheese on his apple pie. I tried it; it's not bad, but not my preferred method, which is to just cut a piece of pie and eat!
My dad likes to put milk on apple pie and (wild) raspberry pie. I don't like milk and I think that's gross, but he's always done it. He also salts his watermelon and I've done it too.
My mom just likes to take a tomato out of the garden, slice it, and eat it on a piece of bread with some salt. She calls it a tomato sandwich. Bleah.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)Heaven on earth in the summer, and best of all when the tomatoes are out of our yard. I wish you could enjoy this delicacy, Mountain Mama.
woodsprite
(11,854 posts)We've been know to make a run across the DE
Memorial Bridge to stock up on NJ tomatoes.
As for the tomato sandwiches, I prefer mine on toast
with a bit of Miracle Whip, a bit of salt and 3-4 dashes
of pepper.
My Aunt Ivy was a cook for the duPont family and would
fix us watercress/butter sandwiches and cucumber/mayo
sandwiches when I was growing up. I still eat cucumber
sandwiches when I get a chance, and my daughter loves them
now too.
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)I've been eating tomato sandwiches for as long as I can remember. Not just tomato but tomato and cheese; ham and cheese; ham, cheese and tomato; ham, cheese, lettuce and tomato. And you can add beetroot, too.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)That's quite a concoction.
Brits eat baked beans on toast. My grandma ate them side by side with cottage cheese.
Frosty1
(1,823 posts)Yuck!
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)Years later, I learnt to do thesame in Holland. I love uitsmijters!!!
And of course, porridge with salt - Scotland!!!! - still the only way to eat porridge.
Steerpike
(2,692 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)My grandmother grew up during the depression and was very creative with food. Because they were poor farmers, she always had a huge garden and grew her own, as well as picking berries constantly and canning them. Generally dessert was wild blueberries or raspberries with brown sugar and evaporated milk, or some kind of cake cooked with the same berries (or rhubarb). But my mom says that my grandmother insisted there HAD to be dessert every night, so every once in awhile, if there was no fruit available, say in the middle of winter, and my grandmother hadn't baked a cake or anything, she would make chocolate macaroni. The noodles were cheap, and once they were cooked, you just add butter, sugar, cocoa power and a splash of milk. My mom made it for us a couple of times and as kids we LOVED it, but I tried it a few years ago and now, not so much.
We also used to eat (homemade, garden grown) canned tomatoes and dip homemade bread in the juices. Or pick rhubarb and dip it in sugar and chew away. Or green onions dipped in salt were good too.
My dad does the chicken bone thing too. I remember as a kid getting in trouble for 'wasting' the cartilage. His side of the family also eats boiled wheat berries (in the cooking liquid with honey). It's a cultural thing for them so my parents also did it. All of my friends used to look at us like we were crazy when we'd eat boiled wheat.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Maybe like a sort of kugel -- a noodle pudding.
Green onions dipped in salt? I remember celery stalks sprinkled with salt.
I also remember family members eating raw onion sandwiches.
woodsprite
(11,854 posts)I think I was heading into middle school before I realized
sweet peppers could also be any shade between red and green.
rug
(82,333 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)My Grandpa though, he ate the Mother of All Snacks...
California Girl Sardines on Saltine crackers.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)And, yes, the frig was "the icebox."
She called a few things by their Bohemian/Czech name, too, which I couldn't spell to save my life.
davsand
(13,420 posts)She still has a little light blue glazed pitcher that she used to put milk in for the breakfast table. It's got an orange ring about halfway up and it is rust from the high iron content in the water where she used to live. That milk pitcher would sit in the springhouse in an artesian well back before they had an icebox!
Laura
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Life sure has changed. I wonder what we do now that will seem amazingly quaint in 50 years.
auntAgonist
(17,252 posts)that I saw anyone put maple syrup on french toast.
My Grandma used to make french toast for me when I was a child and she'd put ketchup on it and salt and pepper. I still eat it that way.
Pancakes get maple syrup but only the real stuff.
aA
grasswire
(50,130 posts)...but then I decided that a drizzle of honey was even better.
woodsprite
(11,854 posts)Baked bean and onion sandwiches
Wiener spread (make ham salad, but substitute ground up hot dogs for the ham. Mix with
Mustard and chopped pickles)
Lebanon bologna and ice cream (I always thought he did it to gross
us out)
applegrove
(118,022 posts)them, especially fresh out of the oven. But our friends were not always so keen on such healthy food.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)She was from Mississippi. I wouldn't eat that crap.
I didn't know about broccoli until I was grown. then I found out it was good.
We had huge arguments at the dinner table. Some of it was just not liking crap, some of it was food allergies I didn't know about yet that I had.
i didn't have a problem with food, she did. Just knew I was gonna starve to death.
I didn't have Chinese food until I was a junior in college and dating a guy whose family owned a restaurant. I did not have Japanese food till I went to a Benihana in the mid 1980s when I was about 27 or so.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)My grandma always served coffee in cups & saucers. She would tip some coffee out of the cup and into the saucer, then bring the saucer to her mouth, blow on the coffee and slurp it up.
I miss my grandma.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)...or so it seemed.
Lars39
(26,093 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)The Great American Melting Pot!
many a good man
(5,997 posts)Heat up some leftover bacon fat then throw in some lettuce. Take it out when warm and wilted. Yum!
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Good one!
VenusRising
(11,252 posts)My grandmother didn't make it often, but when she did....MINE!!!
YUM!
Graybeard
(6,996 posts)Bowl of cooked spinach was always put on the table with a sliced hard-boiled egg on top. We always laughed (among ourselves) because no matter if it were a bowl for four people or enough spinach for ten there was just one sliced egg on top.
Beaverhausen
(24,467 posts)lots of cocktails. Mostly martinis.
My mom used did the mayo on bananas, or banana-peanut butter-mayo sandwich on white bread.
She also made peanut butter- bacon-ketchup sandwiches but these were on toast.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)peanut butter, bacon and ketchup on toast????????
kaitcat
(193 posts)She'd mix a bit of it up, put it on the bread, take a bite, mix up some more. It was a cute ritual she did.
ellaydubya
(354 posts)Mashed together with fresh onion, black pepper, and Tabasco. Sometimes he would have to add some "bean liquor" (liquid from the beans) to make it the right consistency. It is the only way I will eat them because it is SO GOOD!!!
Iris
(15,632 posts)And onion sandwiches.
many a good man
(5,997 posts)My Grandpa turned me on to raw onion sandwiches with a slice of American cheese and topped with a few shakes of black pepper. I still make one every few years when feeling nostalgic!
Iris
(15,632 posts)but I don't think he ever thought of that!
Scuba
(53,475 posts).... many of the items on this thread are familiar to me. My ancestors ate salt and pepper on cantaloupe and grandma made everything with lard.
But ketchup on French Toast??
mithnanthy
(1,725 posts)...were topped with Dark Kero Syrup, cold butter patties, then I smeared them together and made a 'butter syrup', in circle. Next I poured ketchup on the side of the plate. After cutting the pancakes into bit-sized squares, I would "dip' each piece into the ketchup. I still eat them that way, every time.... and at 65..they're still yummy!
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)I like scrambled egg sandwiches on toast with ketchup. So French toast with ketchup is basically that.
JitterbugPerfume
(18,183 posts)Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)Hey, it was the first thing that came to mind in response to your question. My grandparents on my mom and dad's side lived tough, tough lives, and they just took care of business and made the best of what they had.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)The alternative to odd food was no food, for way too many Americans.
"Choices" would not arrive for many many people. Too many still have poor nutrition -- and way too many children go hungry.
Meiko
(1,076 posts)EWWWW!
grasswire
(50,130 posts)mrmpa
(4,033 posts)mom took us for a walk, and we'd have duck soup and roasted duck for dinner. Grandma lived in the city, in a home with a shared wall with the house next door.
When I stayed for the weekend, I remember her frying pork chops for my uncle that were so overdone, she fried them for over an hour, but she grew up with pork having to be cooked beyond repair because of the fear of trich..........(something). When I have fresh breakfast sausage, I still cook it in water before frying it.
Tallulah
(209 posts)mayonaise on lima beans and navy beans
peanut butter and sugar sandwiches
french toast with chocolate syrup
sauerkraut with boiled eggs
grasswire
(50,130 posts)....and did he live through the depression?
VenusRising
(11,252 posts)After she died, it was the one thing everyone said they remembered and loved about visiting her.
I miss her so much! I learned to cook and bake from her. She was amazing in the kitchen.
csziggy
(34,120 posts)She also likes to take a slice of sharp cheddar and uses it to stir her coffee until the cheddar melts.
VenusRising
(11,252 posts)I think I'll leave that one to the more experienced.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Does the cheese melt into the coffee, then? Or does she eat the cheese with her fingers?
csziggy
(34,120 posts)So she ends up with this orange sludge at the bottom of the cup that is cheesy coffee flavored. I've tried it and it's OK, though it makes the coffee pretty salty.
eridani
(51,907 posts)--is like a kiss without a squeeze. Old family saying,
VenusRising
(11,252 posts)I'll have to tell my dad that one the next time I talk to him.
eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)I never heard of that until I had spent several years among Yankees.
VenusRising
(11,252 posts)We have a lot of family around New Hampshire.
eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)Her dad always put black pepper on watermelon.
madinmaryland
(64,920 posts)jmowreader
(50,453 posts)One of my grandmothers would leave things that SHOULD have been refrigerated, like dairy products and foods with mayo in them, on the counter for DAYS. And then eat them.
The other one fed her Pekingese dog--there is a reason these dogs are not popular--chicken meat. The process by which she made this was to boil a chicken, stick it on the counter in a glass pan, leave it there to cool overnight, debone the chicken, put the dog's portion in the fridge then cook with the rest of it.
The second one's mom got arrested either three or nine times, depending on which relative you ask, for bootlegging during Prohibition.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)was this in the south?
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)One of them lived in New Plymouth, Idaho.
The other lived in Seattle.
Doremus
(7,261 posts)To us little kids that was like, UGH! He also used to eat boiled okra which we all thought looked like spit on the fork, lol. He also put crumbled up corned bread in a glass, sprinkled with sugar and covered with buttermilk. Another UGH from us, lol.
Once in awhile we kids used to put sugar on a piece of buttered bread. At the time it tasted okay but now I shudder at the thought.
TheCruces
(224 posts)They also put it on the dog's daily can of Alpo. I remember being freaked out about them putting "dog vitamins" in their juice.
ornotna
(10,763 posts)Uphill.
Both directions.
provis99
(13,062 posts)I remember her making a can of beef stew for me and her once; she put cream in hers, and passed the cream to me. I waved it off, and she looked SHOCKED!
she would put cream in everything; put it in her milk, her mashed potatoes, her tuna fish salad sandwiches, her broccoli.
Still alive too, at 93, despite her god-awful unhealthy diet.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)to sprinkle a little tabasco sauce on her home made Kimchi .. as though it was not hot enough!