Greens
Grits
Black Eyed Peas
They don't have much in common
and they're kinda Southerm
and I doubt that I would be eating them now except for my bride
My bride is the best ever, she humors me
and puts up with my foolishness.
My bride is a good cook too, that makes a difference in the food. But the list that I made here really doesn't rate as hard stuff even for me and my bachelor food repertoire .
The list?
Greens
are similar to Spinach but are the leaves from colliard plants. They eat like spinach and taste like spinach but different, they are Southern. I didn't like spinach either until one evening the new little spouse decided we should eat at church supper. Vegetables were scarce that potluck night so I took a dab of spinach. To this day they were the the best I've ever tasted. I think it was the ample bacon and bacon juice that won me over.
The Grits.
Southern of course, little hominy granules cooked to the consistency of Creme of Wheat cooked cereal. I'd never tasted them so of course I did not like them. When we moved to Texas the Holiday Inn Restaurant served them with fried eggs. Mrs had never been to Texas so she tried some and thought they were really great! But then she liked Creme of Wheat and Oatmeal, i.e. porridge, before so she would like these. I tried them and I LIKED !!. But I don't like Creme of Wheat and think that I still GAG ON OATMEAL (that's another story).
Black Eyed Peas
Spouse's mother and all her family ate these like they were the only food left after North's raids and burnings. Well they were, thought they were food for the cattle so they left them alone. ONE EVENING I decided to humor them and had a serving on my plate. After a taste I discovered that they were delicious.
None of these and other foods I would be eating if not for my lovely bride. But Oatmeal not.
The Chocolate Chip Cookies (slighty browned and burned)?
Well, bachelor cooking level has its limits.
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Maybe I should be living in the South! I love grits, greens and black eyed peas.
ReplyDeleteAnd warmer winters near the Gulf of Mexico. I left two snow shoovels North, one in Nebraska where I grew up and the other in New Hampshire where I worked three years.
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Oh, those cookies look like my daughter would have made them! She would put things in the oven and wander off, never hearing the timer, if she even set it. I think she's better now. I hope. Well, most things are tasty with enough bacon! I'll bet those black-eyed peas had bacon or ham! I'm not much of a greens fan, even spinach. My father ate whole hominy, the canned kind.
ReplyDeleteThere's more to our cookie story but I'm not telling. I like hominy but we haven't had any for years.
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What a delightful account of your food conversions, Jim! I can't say I fancy the idea of any of those things (which I have not tasted and am not likely to) – but I do love oatmeal and even cream of wheat. Choc chip cookies are good too, but not burnt.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this, Jim. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI think it took dating my husband for me to become a much more adventurous eater. Before then, I was very much a creature of habit and played it safe. It frustrates the heck out of my mom because I was super picky as a kid.
ReplyDeleteI love all the foods you mentioned, but I absolutely will never eat Cream of Wheat again.
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