Southern country boy supper

Old Arkansawyer · Jul 15, 2023

Today I had a bowl of pinto beans with chopped onion and
Tabasco. A yellow crook neck squash sliced thin and, of course,
fried, my wife uses olive oil, not quite like days gone by.
2 large tomatoes, one red, one pink, I like both.
To top it off, corn bread in a glass of sweet milk, was out of
butter milk.
Does that sound like Grandpa Jones on Hew Haw?

jscheck · Jul 15, 2023

Yum Yum! Sounds delicious!

djohns6 · Jul 15, 2023

If you really want to country it up , put some smoked Deer sausage in them beans .

Eric300 · Jul 15, 2023

djohns6 said:
If you really want to country it up , put some smoked Deer sausage in them beans .

And wash it all down with some sweet tea.

sophie · Jul 15, 2023

Old Arkansawyer said:
Today I had a bowl of pinto beans with chopped onion and
Tabasco. A yellow crook neck squash sliced thin and, of course,
fried, my wife uses olive oil, not quite like days gone by.
2 large tomatoes, one red, one pink, I like both.
To top it off, corn bread in a glass of sweet milk, was out of
butter milk.
Does that sound like Grandpa Jones on Hew Haw?

Yes, yes it does. Sounds real good. I like it all but I seldom have corn bread in my milk anymore. I just got out of the habit.

BKLooney · Jul 15, 2023

Sounds good to me!

Last night the wife made brown beans & fried cornbread, sliced tomatoes, macaroni & cheese, and a couple of pieces of fried Spam (the Spam is for me as she won't touch the stuff!)..for desert I had another piece of that cornbread with butter

UncleEd · Jul 15, 2023

Meanwhile, a Northern city boy enjoyed
a filet mignon rare, corn on the cob and
roasted asparagus seasoned with lemon
zest. And for prelude a Beefeater martini.

Chuck24 · Jul 16, 2023

Country meals have gravy

ACORN · Jul 16, 2023

Old Arkansawyer said:
Today I had a bowl of pinto beans with chopped onion and
Tabasco. A yellow crook neck squash sliced thin and, of course,
fried, my wife uses olive oil, not quite like days gone by.
2 large tomatoes, one red, one pink, I like both.
To top it off, corn bread in a glass of sweet milk, was out of
butter milk.
Does that sound like Grandpa Jones on Hew Haw?

Not quite, you have to make it rhyme

pawngal · Jul 16, 2023

djohns6 said:
If you really want to country it up , put some smoked Deer sausage in them beans .

Or country smoked ham.

BC38 · Jul 16, 2023

Old Arkansawyer said:
Today I had a bowl of pinto beans with chopped onion and
Tabasco. A yellow crook neck squash sliced thin and, of course,
fried, my wife uses olive oil, not quite like days gone by.
2 large tomatoes, one red, one pink, I like both.
To top it off, corn bread in a glass of sweet milk, was out of
butter milk.
Does that sound like Grandpa Jones on Hew Haw?

My grandparents never missed a weekly episode of Hee-Haw! I remember growing up watching Doc Jones, Roy Clark, Minnie Pearl, Buck Owens, Dolly Parton, and Porter Wagoner on Saturday nights, week in and week out.

Your menu sounds like a regular dinner down on the farm. Grandma pretty much always had a crock pot full of pinto beans cooked up with fresh onions and chunks of pork for seasoning and flavor.

Add some cornbread and a salad that was fresh-picked from her garden, and maybe a skillet full of fried taters & onions, maybe even an ear of fresh corn from the garden too - when it was in season.

Wash it all down with a glass of cream-flecked fresh milk and put some hand-churned butter on your cornbread.

Pretty hardy fare for hard-working farm hands, and pretty hard to beat too! YUM!

Funny how it all seemed so common-place and ordinary back then. Today most of it almost sounds like something exotic, but back then it was so ordinary we took it for granted.

Definitely a simpler time. Thanks for the memories!

mike4sigs · Jul 16, 2023

Had to Google what sweet milk was. Never heard it just called sweet milk.
I may have to try that. I like corn bread in Milk with Sugar on it

ZGrand · Jul 16, 2023

mike4sigs said:
Had to Google what sweet milk was. Never heard it just called sweet milk.
I may have to try that. I like corn bread in Milk with Sugar on it

I remember as a kid in the south, once I had a waitress ask me if I wanted "sweet milk" with my meal. Thinking I was going to get something other than what I'd always had, needless to say I was disappointed.

The parental units thought it was pretty funny.

Inusuit · Jul 16, 2023

I'd put the cornbread in the beans. Other than that, my mouth waters. I have pinto beans and some ham hocks in the freezer. Hummm...

Nevada Ed · Jul 16, 2023

I usually do chili in the cooler days but it still works for summer days.

I generally sneak one hot green pepper in, past the wife, if I can get away, with it.

That is why the USA made beer, right ?

SMSgt · Jul 16, 2023

Sounds good except for the Tabasco. It's too vinegary for my taste. I prefer Cholula sauce, more pepper flavor than vinegar.

Bald1 · Jul 16, 2023

Ok so every time I mention this my wife gives me the side eye. She is born and raised in NY although she did live in Kentucky for a few years. I too am born in NY state but my parents are from southern West Virginia. I grew up eating white rice with a little milk and sugar for breakfast. Especially in the winter time. Any other southerns familiar with this? I still like it, but now I use Jasmine rice. It’s even better. My wife likes rice but won’t even try it. I also like rice pudding but she doesn’t.

Rustyt1953 · Jul 16, 2023

Bald1 said:
Ok so every time I mention this my wife gives me the side eye. She is born and raised in NY although she did live in Kentucky for a few years. I too am born in NY state but my parents are from southern West Virginia. I grew up eating white rice with a little milk and sugar for breakfast. Especially in the winter time. Any other southerns familiar with this? I still like it, but now I use Jasmine rice. It’s even better. My wife likes rice but won’t even try it. I also like rice pudding but she doesn’t.

When I was a lad, mom often served us white rice with warm milk and sugar. It was easy, inexpensive and a holdover from lean times.

Mom still makes a spectacular rice pudding. My brother and I would grapple for the crusty bits on the edges.

Good stuff.

fishwishin · Jul 16, 2023

Believe it or not I grew up on food just like that out here in California. My grandparents were however from Monette Arkansas. My grandfather hobo’d his way out here to find work (Richmond Shipyards) and then hobo’d back and packed the family up. They then bought train tickets to get out here with the shipyard money he had saved up.

jeffrefrig · Jul 16, 2023

Rice pudding and bread pudding were the real reasons I loved the family reunions on my mom's side. I haven't had either since my preteens. Of my two sisters left, and neither of the two that I lost, nobody I know in my family makes either. Wow, memories relived! Mom was a great cook, as was her mom. I guess when you have 5 & 6 kids, you better know how to cook great on a budget. Or be rich and have people to do it.

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