In article >, gravesend10
@verizon.net says...
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> On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:23:07 -0700, sf > wrote:
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> >On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:09:07 -0700 (PDT), Gregory Morrow
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> >> So seeing Sheldon's garden pix got me all nostalgic about when I was a kid. A childhood memory was some of the food that my Midwestern small town grandparents routinely ate in the late 50's and into the 60's, some now seem a bit "old - fashioned" to me (but grandpa lived 1876 -> 1965!). Here are some:
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> >> - cornmeal mush
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> >> Anyone else?

My grandfather lived on the bank of a river and in the years we lived
with him, we ate what he caught in it; salmon and eels. I really hated
the eels because even after their heads had been cut off they could
slither around like mad in the sink and (worse) in the hot frying pan.
We also ate rabbits he shot, and wonderful vegetables he grew in the
garden , fertilized by the contents of the bucket lav. My grandmother
used to cook nettles in spring; they tasted rather like spinach; and
make huge jars of pickled onions and pickled eggs.

Janet UK