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39. My mother

Thu Apr 5, 2012, 12:06 PM

Apr 2012

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.

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What odd, old-timey thing did your grandparents do to their food? [View all] grasswire Apr 2012 OP

i never met my grandfather orleans Apr 2012 #1

Slaughter and butcher it themselves? Chan790 Apr 2012 #2

Grandparents and my father always sprinkle vinegar on peas. auntAgonist Apr 2012 #3

maybe sugar on tomatoes is a Canadian thing grasswire Apr 2012 #5

My ex was southern and he did it too rox63 Apr 2012 #17

My grandpa is from Ohio OriginalGeek Apr 2012 #35

I sprinkle tomato slices with salt TheCruces Apr 2012 #188

We moved from Scotland to Canada and I know she did this forever LOL auntAgonist Apr 2012 #101

vinegar on peas is a new one to me! grasswire Apr 2012 #6

Salt make sweet things taste sweeter Major Nikon Apr 2012 #4

Me too. progressoid Apr 2012 #117

Mom likes salt on her grapefruit! csziggy Apr 2012 #159

Salty dog cocktail TheCruces Apr 2012 #189

My grandpa puts salt on tomatoes and eats them like apples. Bladian Apr 2012 #7

I do that !!!!!!!! Marrah_G Apr 2012 #24

Me too. n/t cherokeeprogressive Apr 2012 #96

My grandparents always had a quart of cow's blood in the ice box pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #8

eeek! grasswire Apr 2012 #55

My Gram used to make blood soup, called Czernina.(polish) We would then take her home crunch60 Apr 2012 #91

I don't understand how salt on watermelon MrsBrady Apr 2012 #9

They had enough of it to eat; greiner3 Apr 2012 #10

My grandmother made a small pot of strong loose tea in the morning and then snagglepuss Apr 2012 #11

My grandparents had a similar thing with coffee. JVS Apr 2012 #12

Grape jelly on scrapple and woodsprite Apr 2012 #13

I use cider vinegar in stew sometimes :) Marrah_G Apr 2012 #25

I remember diner type restaurants in the Midwest serving jelly omelets: Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2012 #49

I've heard of syrup on scrapple, but *grape jelly*?! KamaAina Apr 2012 #60

Delaware woodsprite Apr 2012 #86

I may finally be able to move on from the tollbooth jokes KamaAina Apr 2012 #89

Same as I do - black pepper on melons, tabasco and black pepper on eggs. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #14

My grandma used put black pepper on canteloupe. geardaddy Apr 2012 #62

I still put it on all types of melons HopeHoops Apr 2012 #85

*cough* geardaddy Apr 2012 #90

Oh she loves the (CENSORED CENSORED), but the (CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED) is best. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #121

black pepper on melons sounds divine! Iris Apr 2012 #136

Eggs ALWAYS need black pepper. davsand Apr 2012 #174

Absolutely! No black pepper? No eggs. Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #192

Butter on sandwiches. PassingFair Apr 2012 #15

May I ask, what do you put on sandwiches? SwissTony Apr 2012 #127

Usually mayo or mustard. PassingFair Apr 2012 #131

You reminded me treestar Apr 2012 #186

They cooked their own food. nt raccoon Apr 2012 #16

Sugar sandwiches, vinegar on just about any vegetable. Lucy Goosey Apr 2012 #18

My grandmother used to make sugar sandwiches for us as a snack Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2012 #48

Ooh, I loved sugar sandwiches when I was a kid. Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #56

We used to have sugar sandwiches in Scotland, early 50s. SwissTony Apr 2012 #128

According to my mom, my grandmother couldn't kill a chicken WolverineDG Apr 2012 #19

My grandmother sucked marrow, too. PassingFair Apr 2012 #20

High source of protein WolverineDG Apr 2012 #33

My grandfather was not poor. PassingFair Apr 2012 #34

The only thing I can come up with is tripe. bluedigger Apr 2012 #21

Tripe is still big in Mexican food (menudo) and is an option in Vietnamese pho. MiddleFingerMom Apr 2012 #37

suddenly, I realize why this boy band was called Menudo... provis99 Apr 2012 #178

lol. But isn't that Ricky Martin in the back? alphafemale Apr 2012 #184

Eat relish ( "picalilli") on the side Mopar151 Apr 2012 #22

picalilli geardaddy Apr 2012 #63

New Hampshire Yankees Mopar151 Apr 2012 #67

Cool! geardaddy Apr 2012 #68

my mother made picallili every year, and I do sometimes as well grasswire Apr 2012 #74

oh me me me me me me me me me annabanana Apr 2012 #103

Bowls of ice cream were served with a side of saltine crackers- LeftinOH Apr 2012 #23

Okay that one is really wierd. Marrah_G Apr 2012 #26

My grandmother used to make us ice cream sandwiches with saltines and homemade ice cream. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2012 #31

Be prepared to be surprised. My grandmother's sister sprinkled crushed snagglepuss Apr 2012 #40

wow grasswire Apr 2012 #52

It's not that big a surprise jmowreader Apr 2012 #167

My Dad did that. Mendocino Apr 2012 #99

My husband's family eats radish sandwiches, bread, butter salt & radish slices. madmom Apr 2012 #132

My mother did too MrsMatt Apr 2012 #154

LIMA BEAN sandwiches?? grasswire Apr 2012 #142

UD conversations justthinking Apr 2012 #27

You go to the Lounge to complain about lack of political conversations? uppityperson Apr 2012 #28

You could try the Politics 2012 Group here cyberswede Apr 2012 #29

You are in the Lounge area. William769 Apr 2012 #30

There are numerous political forums and thread at DU yet you click on one about snagglepuss Apr 2012 #42

Duzy treestar Apr 2012 #187

hahahahaha! grasswire Apr 2012 #51

Random Thoughts? Is that you? nolabear Apr 2012 #70

haha! grasswire Apr 2012 #81

Noodles in milk (poor man's chowder) ScreamingMeemie Apr 2012 #32

I had that last night. We called it Milk macroni, with pepper, salt and butter. crunch60 Apr 2012 #93

Salt on watermelon, salt on salad, salt in beer MorningGlow Apr 2012 #36

Hardboiled egg in the middle of meatloaf. I used to cook that for kids - called it a dinoturd. MiddleFingerMom Apr 2012 #41

Good name for it MorningGlow Apr 2012 #61

That looks like the meatloaf version of Scotch eggs. GoCubsGo Apr 2012 #105

Crushed graham crackers with coffee and milk. GoCubsGo Apr 2012 #106

more originals! grasswire Apr 2012 #151

I don't really recall. GoCubsGo Apr 2012 #153

My Grandparents would.... AnneD Apr 2012 #38

My mother warrior1 Apr 2012 #39

Fry bread in bacon fat then slather it with marmalade. snagglepuss Apr 2012 #43

that sounds delicious grasswire Apr 2012 #54

Store bought marmalade but definitely yum. snagglepuss Apr 2012 #82

I do that with grilled cheese sandwiches pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #133

Put pan gravy on cantaloupe (my dad still does that) Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #44

that's two posts about gravy on cantaloupe grasswire Apr 2012 #57

The Piedmont area of the Carolinas Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #58

My grandmother always put fruit pieces in jello... bleh... 1monster Apr 2012 #45

Oh yeah. Putting all sorts of weird crap in Jello was the thing for awhile. Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #100

It's a post-war borrowing from European high cuisine, made easy by the proliferation of good fridges JVS Apr 2012 #118

It's funny how high-brow can become low-brow very quickly. Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #135

Mine would put shredded carrots in Jello. Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #193

Cream and bread for dessert Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2012 #46

oh yeah buttermilk as a beverage was big grasswire Apr 2012 #53

I used to make it from government surplus powdered milk. hunter Apr 2012 #78

Banana with mayonnaise Populist_Prole Apr 2012 #47

This was a popular item in the a la carte lunch line when I was in high school: 1monster Apr 2012 #50

Good for you! KamaAina Apr 2012 #64

Banana sammich= banana+mayo+white bread=yum Little Star Apr 2012 #113

Add peanut butter = DOUBLE yum! csziggy Apr 2012 #161

My grandma always sprinkled wheat germ on cereal. geardaddy Apr 2012 #59

+1 I love it Little Star Apr 2012 #114

My g/f's dad said he ate lard sandwiches or molasses sandwiches as a kid geardaddy Apr 2012 #65

Husband's grandmother loved lard sandwiches. Brickbat Apr 2012 #75

Yep, is it a MN thing? geardaddy Apr 2012 #79

She was western WI. Just farm country, the Depression and a culture's taste, I suspect. Brickbat Apr 2012 #83

In another post in this thread, I said we used to have sandwiches dipped in melted lard. SwissTony Apr 2012 #129

My grandpa loved SUPER ripe bananas Brother Buzz Apr 2012 #66

They cooked everything with bacon fat. hunter Apr 2012 #69

Salted peanuts in Coca-Cola. nolabear Apr 2012 #71

My mom (born in 41) put peanuts in Pepsi Bertha Venation Apr 2012 #107

The best! Iris Apr 2012 #137

Shake milk before pouring from the carton or bottle. bikebloke Apr 2012 #72

My grandmother would eat clams or oysters while RebelOne Apr 2012 #73

That's not weird at all... TheCruces Apr 2012 #190

Family lore holds that my great-grandfather loved baked beans on chocolate cake. Brickbat Apr 2012 #76

Oh wow! MountainMama Apr 2012 #77

tomato sandwiches Bertha Venation Apr 2012 #110

When our tomatoes are done for the season woodsprite Apr 2012 #119

I'm amazed to find this is somehow unusual somewhere in the world SwissTony Apr 2012 #130

at some point we have to wonder if senility sets in vis a vis food! grasswire Apr 2012 #80

My grandfather ate Limburger cheese on chocolate cake! Frosty1 Apr 2012 #109

My grandparents used to eat open sandwiches with a knife and fork SwissTony Apr 2012 #84

This is what my Grandma used to cook with Steerpike Apr 2012 #87

My dad's mother made that silly glazed SPAM with the cloves, pineapple ring and cherry. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #88

Chocolate macaroni laundry_queen Apr 2012 #92

chocolate macaroni could start a new trend. grasswire Apr 2012 #94

Green pepper strips dipped in salt are good too. woodsprite Apr 2012 #120

Apple wedges on a plate with a pile of sugar to dip them in. rug Apr 2012 #95

My Grandma mixed crumbled cornbread in a tall glass of buttermilk. cherokeeprogressive Apr 2012 #97

It was more what my grandma called things. Butter or margarine was "oleo." Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #98

Yep, my mom still calls margarine "Oleo." davsand Apr 2012 #175

Very cool! Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #183

It wasn't until we moved to Canada auntAgonist Apr 2012 #102

I used to eat french toast with salt... grasswire Apr 2012 #115

My dad said they ate jello on sandwiches as jelly woodsprite Apr 2012 #104

One of my grandmothers used to bake us cookies. They were bran cookies with raisins. We loved applegrove Apr 2012 #108

Grandma boiled everything to death. Including bitter greens. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2012 #111

My grandma and coffee Bertha Venation Apr 2012 #112

my father's favorite beverage was alka seltzer grasswire Apr 2012 #141

My grandpa would do that, too. :-) Lars39 Apr 2012 #166

I find this thread fascinating! grasswire Apr 2012 #116

Wilted lettuce many a good man Apr 2012 #122

oh my FIL loved wilted lettuce salad grasswire Apr 2012 #123

This was one of my favorites as a kid. VenusRising Apr 2012 #157

Hard-boiled egg on spinach. Graybeard Apr 2012 #124

I love this thread!! The thing I remember most about my grandparents are the cocktails Beaverhausen Apr 2012 #125

oh now you're making this up. grasswire Apr 2012 #140

Sorghum syrup and butter on a plate, white bread, not toasted. kaitcat Apr 2012 #126

Red Beans & Cornbread ellaydubya Apr 2012 #134

Eating an onion like an apple. Iris Apr 2012 #138

With or without American cheese? many a good man Apr 2012 #143

I think he would have loved the American cheese Iris Apr 2012 #147

Homemade bread, homemade butter, slice of cheddar and a big slice of Bermuda onion.... Scuba Apr 2012 #139

My childhood Pancakes... mithnanthy Apr 2012 #145

I can imagine ketchup on french toast Duer 157099 Apr 2012 #148

my mom at cornbread crumbled up in buttermilk JitterbugPerfume Apr 2012 #144

They ate it without complaining Amerigo Vespucci Apr 2012 #146

that's the truth grasswire Apr 2012 #149

Raw hamburger sandwiches with onions Meiko Apr 2012 #150

no no.......that was beef tartar! grasswire Apr 2012 #152

There would be a duck in the basement....then mrmpa Apr 2012 #155

my grandfather had unusual cravings Tallulah Apr 2012 #156

where was your grandpa from? grasswire Apr 2012 #160

My grandma always served homemade apple pie with a slice of sharp cheddar cheese. VenusRising Apr 2012 #158

Mom does that! Especially with hot apple pie. csziggy Apr 2012 #162

Never heard of the coffee thing. VenusRising Apr 2012 #172

another quirky, quirky tidbit grasswire Apr 2012 #179

The cheese sort of melts but doesn't dissolve into the coffee csziggy Apr 2012 #181

An apple pie without the cheese-- eridani Apr 2012 #164

That's cute. VenusRising Apr 2012 #171

Is that a New England or NY/PA thing? eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 #169

Must be a New England thing. VenusRising Apr 2012 #170

My mom likes green onions dipped in vinegar, and pickled pig's feet. eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 #163

Huh? I put salt on watermelon, and I am far from a grandparent!! madinmaryland Apr 2012 #165

Disobeyed all contemporary food safety guidelines to the point my mom wouldn't let us eat there jmowreader Apr 2012 #168

colorful! grasswire Apr 2012 #180

Not quite jmowreader Apr 2012 #182

Grandfather used to put a tablespoon of brewer's yeast in his morning OJ Doremus Apr 2012 #173

My grandparents did that with the brewer's yeast, too TheCruces Apr 2012 #191

They ate it ornotna Apr 2012 #176

my granny put cream in her beef stew. provis99 Apr 2012 #177

my Korean Grandmother liked AsahinaKimi Apr 2012 #185