SC - American food

[Elaine Koogler]

Just reading your message took me back once again!

Kiri

"Michael F. Gunter" wrote:

> I got a good example of Southern cooking this weekend. My Mother died last
> Friday and I've been in Oklahoma making the arrangements and such all week.
> Well, my mother's side of the family are "Cotton Patch Okies", meaning they
> grew up as sharecroppers and cotton pickers along with the negro folks. And
> the food I grew up with could be considered "Soul Food" by some.
> To keep occupied I spent a lot of time in the kitchen cooking and cleaning. The
> friends of the family brought food, as I'm sure is done by just about every
> human culture, and I got reminded of my childhood dishes. Lots of sweet potato
> casseroles, fried chicken, home canned green beans, beets, hot peppers. Ham
> steaks, potato casserole, peach pie. I cooked up a meal of pinto beans, cornbread,
> ham steak and fried potatoes & onions as one of the meals I grew up with.  It was
> definately a trip back in time for me.
>
> Needless to say that my good diet and eating schedule were wrecked. Now it's
> time to hit the gym.
>
> Gunthar
>
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