i was blessed to be raised in a situation that allowed me to eat many kinds
of food, squirrel isn't bad but then rabbit isn't eaither, its just too
gamey if not fixed correctly... my mom grew up with lots of siblings so she
tells me stories about home made sour dough bread and gravy with sausage...
hardens my arteries but i love her to talk about it all,
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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>>i think most tastes are enviiromentally influenced if not created, Lee
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> That could be. I grew up eating really plain food. I think perhaps that
> is just common for the Midwest.
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> My mom came from a large family and although they had a farm, there wasn't
> excess food. I don't think they had much in the way of herbs and spices.
> Mainly meat, potatoes and vegetables. But the meat was not always what we
> think of as meat these days. Often it was brains or squirrel or something
> like that. They also ate a lot of popcorn, often as cereal.
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> From what I've been told, it sounded like my dad didn't eat a lot of home
> cooked meals after his dad died. My grandma had to go to work. I think
> they ate out a lot, but it was simple food like fried chicken or roast
> beef with potatoes.
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> I was unfamiliar with sauces of any kind until I started watching cooking
> shows. We never had any such thing at home except for occasional tomato
> sauce for pasta. Our macaroni and cheese came from a box so I can't
> really call what was on it a sauce.
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> My parents do eat out a lot and most of the time if they are ordering
> something with sauce, they ask for no sauce or they have the sauce on the
> side. Or if they do get something with sauce, they will usually scrape
> all the sauce off before they eat it.
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