"l not -l" wrote in message ...


On 17-Sep-2016, wrote:

> On Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 10:10:05 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >
> > " wrote:
> > >
> > > In many Southern homes cornbread is on the table EVERY
> > > night at dinnertime.
> >
> > And you know that how?
> >
> >
> Ummmmmmm, because *I* live in the South. Does that
> answer your question?
> >
> > Sounds like you are just stereotyping Southern people.
> >
> I've lived in the South ALL my life and I have a fair idea
> of what we eat.
> >
> > Do all black people love watermelon and Moon Pies?
> >
> How did watermelon, Moon Pies and black people enter into
> this conversation? I'm not black and I love watermelon
> but I detest Moon Pies. If I live to be 100 and never see
> another Moon Pie again it will be too soon.

I lived in the south (Kentucky) from birth until I was 12, and continue to
have ties (family and property) there still. One of my grandmothers had
biscuits AND cornbread (or corn muffins, cakes, sticks, etc) on the table
every meal I ever had there. Those grandparents were share-cropppers and
had several family members working the fields; dinner (noon meal) always
included feeding the "hands". My other grandmother, though she had in
earlier years, did not cook for field hands; she always had biscuits OR
cornbread on the table. One of my favorite things to eat as a child was
cornbread with butter and sorghum.

I have noticed that a lot of people don't really understand "southern" food.
What is often called "soul" food is thought to be for African Americans; the
reality is, it is what cash-poor people ate. Sometimes when I checkout at
the supermarket an AA checker will ask me why I have collards, or hocks or
smoked jowl or whatever. A share-cropper family ate the stuff they couldn't
sell at a good price and, much of the year, had little cash; therefore
bought only necessary pantry items. In addition to food from the garden, my
grandparents would forage; we ate collards and other greens when my
grandfather found them growing wild in/near his fields. Soul food is what
people of limited means lived on; and, they learned how to make it taste
great.

In the western KY of my youth more people (black or white) thought more of
cantaloupe varieties than watermelon; but, Moon Pies were a big seller at
our general store. The three biggest selling "treats" at that store were
Moon Pies, Bluebird brand personal pies (single serve) and Tom's peanuts
poured into a bottle of RC cola.
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Thanks for sharing. I love hearing how families lived 'back in the day'!


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