In article >,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> On Sun 06 Mar 2005 01:38:58p, TheAlligator wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
> >>My childhood didn't include any of that, thank God! Our family must have
> >>already been further up the food chain. :-) My mother's housekeeper used
> >>to tell of roasting possums, and we were quite happy to only have heard
> >>about it.
> > Oh, Wayne, I feel sorry for you! I hope you saw my post about being
> > introduced to "polenta" as a child in the form of fried mush. When I
> > asked my mom a few years ago how to make it, she said"why would you
> > want to eat that crap? We only had it because your dad was on strike
>
> Now, that's something I did have as a kid, and loved it! My grandmother
> would occasionally make wonderful fried mush for breakfast, along with
> fried apples, and streak-a-lean or ham on the side.
>
> > for 2 months". OK, I'll admit it - the possum is going a little too
> > far even for me - possum, the OTHER yellow meat.
> >
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright

I actually love fried cornmeal as well. :-)

My mom made "scrapple"

She would boil a ham bone and use the juice as the stock and flavoring
to make the cornmeal loaves, and would include any remaining ham meat
from the bone mixed with the cornmeal, and maybe add some crumbled bacon.
Properly made ham stock helped to solidify the whole thing when placed
into loaf pans to cool and form. She would line the loaf pans with wax
paper for ease of removal.

It's delicious fried in butter and served with more butter and maple
syrup! :-d

--
K.

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