i am sure its totally emotional on my part as i love most all other beans...
and cornbread? any way except too sweet. not to hot on the onions but greens
are excellent, Lee
"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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>> my parents were fairly easy going and liberal on most things, we had very
>> few rules, but those we had were not allowed to be breaeched, he said to
>> me later, that if my mother went to the effort to fix food, that the
>> least i could do is respect the effort and not influence the younger
>> two's opinion... and of course he was right... just about five years ago,
>> i brought up the fact he made me eat black eyed peas, mom had a pot on
>> the stove... the man looked at me and said" why on earth would i make you
>> eat something that tasted like wood and smelled worse... i almost fell
>> out of my chair in shock... the dh laughed so hard he almost threw up...
>> so i told him what he had said about respecting mom... he said, ok it was
>> probably worth it... then she set the peas down on the table, and he
>> said, well... wheres the pepper, and ate it, lol, Lee... who had corn
>> bread and greens only without even gagging out loud
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> You're talking about one of my favorite meals, black-eyed peas and white
> grainy cornbread with red onions on top. My kids never liked them, so I
> never made them eat them. My daughter is in Alabama now, and she makes
> them for her hubby, but she said she still doesn't like them. mmmmmmmmmm
> Those were the good days since I only make them on New Years now.
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> Cheri