Deber,

The fried corn sounds good.  My mother still makes it, and it’s one of my absolute favorites!  She doesn’t make it in a healthy way though.  LOL!  MMMmmmmmmmmmmmm!!

deber B

I love heart warming stories like the one you shared. My mother deceased 16 years was from the south. We lived in the city yet she would get up every morning and bake these huge biscuits. She would fill them with lots of butter, jam, and cheese. She cooked for her grits, eggs, fish and ham breakfasts. We loved tea and toast. I’m not sure if it’s a southern thing but sometimes she would reheat the food we had for dinner and we’d have it for breakfast. She cooked lots of cornbread, baked macaroni, chicken , greens, candied yams, sweet potatoes, corn, tomatoes and okra. She knew how to drown everything in gravy. We’re "Geechees" and "Geechees" love their rice. Surprisingly the members of my family were never obese. I guess because we stayed physically active. I’m a child of the 50s.

I think these are some of the reasons I enjoyed watching the Waltons. I loved their huge dining table. Yes. I remember mismatched chairs.

Today, my eating habits have changed drastically. I eat lots of fresh vegetables and fruits. I drink lots of water and fresh juices. I make my own soups and stews. I cook from scratch. I love grainy and raisin breads. when I was a child my older sister Helen taught us children that raisin bread was cake. We were so gullible. I eat lots of  raisin bran, plain cheerios and cornflakes and add fresh fruits. I eat chicken, ground turkey(when making spaghetti.)  I’m going to stop talking about food. I think this is a topic we can all enjoy. It’s loaded with good memories.

For exercise I walk at every opportunity.

What a coincidence - I bought a cucumber, tomoatoes and a red onion just yesterday to put in my salad.  Change of plans - I’ll be enjoying them this evening with a bit of red wine vinegar (or maybe rice vinegar, depending on my mood), olive oil, sea salt and freshly ground pepper!!!

Who could afford fast and/or prepared food when I was a kid - not us - the occasional frozen chicken pot pie or Banquet dinner in the tin foil tray was a huge ‘treat’!  Home cooked food, always from ‘the perimeter’ of the grocery store, is what works for me.  I enjoy milk (okay, did switch to 2%), real butter and real sugar (cannot stand the taste of any artificial sweetener - water for me or an occasional soda).  Potatoes, red meat, bread.  I miss my Grandmother dearly and have wonderful memories of her fried chicken and mashed potatoes, fried pork chops and fried potatoes and homemade apple pie… 

Thanks for bringing back those memories!!