George Shirley wrote:

> Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > Penelope Periwinkle wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:56:00 -0600, George Shirley
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I like the dried giant limas, do a quick soak, cut up onion, some
> >>>garlic, and a link of smoked sausage and simmer until dinner time. Eat
> >>>over rice or Arkansas cornbread or just plain with a little homemade
hot
> >>>sauce. Filling, rich in fiber, cheap to buy and cook, tastes good too.
I
> >>>like them better than the fresh ones.
> >>
> >>*drool*
> >>
> >>Guess I'm running to the store before dinner....
> >
> >
> >
> > Me too, I forgot about dried limas. I have all the stuff to make this,
will
> > put the limas on my shopping list. Thanx George...!!!
> >
> You're welcome, sometimes we have to remind each other about good grub,
> cheap.


This is the kind of stuff we ate often when growing up, I grew up by the
Mississippi in Illinois so at times we had lotsa catfish, smoked sturgeon,
river/lake perch, carp, plus whatever we had from the garden (I remember
being a real tiny kid and eating fried rabbit and squirrel that my older
brothers had hunted). Now this kind of stuff can be seen on big - city
fancy resto menus, it's "deconstructed" and then reconstructed (more often
than not it's more like "misconstrued") as "American Classic Cuisine" and
served at 20++ bucks per plate (and a miniscule portion to boot). When I
was a kid nobody told us it was "poor food"...

Gawd I cringe when I see morel mushrooms in the stupormarket here in
Chicawgo for $39.95/lb, when I was a kid we'd pick gunnysacks full and we
gave most away, if you had charged for them you would have been dragged off
and committed to the County Home...

:-)

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Best
Greg