My grandmother would tell us the eating onions thing was a holdover from the Great Depression. In fact, she would have one meal a week be something that she and my grandfather would eat as the endured the Depression. She would prepare it then, as she brought it to the kitchen table, she would ceremoniously say, “never forget,” crush out her Pall Mall, and join us for supper. Things like brown gravy on white bread, navy beans, SOS, celery soup, hot water cornbread and milk, her version of Hoover Stew (hot dogs or any other leftover meat with stewed tomatoes) among other dishes. When my kids were growing up, and my grandmother would come and stay the winters with us, she would make one of her never forget meals about once a month. Anytime I made the navy beans for her I would include a smoked ham hock, and she would say they were good, but they were too gussied up for her with that fancy meat in it.
AZBob Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 2, 2023, at 9:36 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > When I met Mrs. Dan’s relatives the week after we were married, we were > visiting her paternal grandmother in her “house” (using that word loosely, it > was more of a “cabin” or shack with 2-3 rooms.) Her grandfather, whom I > suspect knowing what I know now was suffering from senile dementia or > Alzheimer’s, was walking through the place eating an onion sandwich. I saw > him make it in the kitchen - he just sliced an onion, put the slices between > a couple of slices of white bread, and had at it. > > No worries about cultural appropriation there. An onion sandwich is not > something I’ve felt the need to try, despite liking onions. > > -D > >> On Dec 2, 2023, at 10:04 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I believe my grandmother would have enjoyed those. She used to eat onions >> like apples. >> >> AZBob >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Dec 2, 2023, at 7:50 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I wonder if my mandolin will be able to slice the onion thin enough. It has >>> an adjustable blade. >>> >>>> On Sat, Dec 2, 2023, 7:50 AM mitch--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2023-12-01 22:54, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: >>>>> Are those a thing? You eat those? >>>> >>>> In OKC look up Tuckers, they have a few locations. >>>> >>>> And if you think you're man enough, order the Mother Tucker, its >>>> multiple layers of meat and grilled onions. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-m/1280/18/ef/43/73/onion-burger.jpg >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
