Grandma's cooking (skillet, tomatoes, bread, cream)

[averagejoe76]

My grandmother used to make Creamed pea's and Potatoes,Asparagus on
Toast and Rhubarb Pie.
I have never seen these items cooked anywhere else.
Is this something regional?Anyone else tried these?
The Creamed pea's and Potatoes are really good with Butter and pieces..
Of bacon!

[nanannie]

I make the rhubarb pie, but always make it with strawberries .

[burdell]

My grandmother made rhubarb pie with homegrown rhubarb, I used to enjoy eating rhubarb stalks sprinkled with sugar.

[yankeegirl313]

That sounds good!
Awww.. I sure do remember my Grandma making her famous fried chicken on Sundays. It was always so crispy, and soooo good, along with her yeast rolls! To die for!

[southernnaturelover]

My grandmother cooks the best tasting speckled butter beans (w/ bacon) and fried cornbread.

[seattlerain]

I think Rhubarb might be a northern thing as it does not grow well in the south.

[Bobilee]

I remember about 6 years ago, when my grandmother was just 91, she baked about 7 fruit pies for the family reunion, as well as the chicken and dumplings (thick noodles). She made skillet cornbread, biscuits & gravy, potatoes & green beans, crackling. She is now 97 and, God willing, I will see her in August for the reunion. This is West Virginia. She loves pickled corn, and crackers with buttermilk.

[Rathagos]

My grandmother was never a baker really. But being 2nd generation Italian, I remember watching her roll out the dough for the fresh pasta she'd make. I don't know if they had non-industrial pasta makers back then (late 60's early 70's).. I just remember her rolling the dough with a rolling pin. Then she'd take a hangar wire, and roll the dough onto that to make a type of penne. Once round she'd slide the hangar out leaving the middle hollow, and cut it up into slightly bigger than bite-sized pieces. Then she'd drop it into the boiling water. I was probably biased but it was the best pasta I ever had!!!

[cynwldkat]

Don't know if anyone can beat their grandma's cooking! My grandmother made lots of the side dishes with every dinner. The cucumbers in cream (still can't get it the same way after trying so many methods), cooked tomatoes and bread (tomatoe pudding I guess), the best scrambled eggs around, creamed corn, creamed peas etc. Maybe it was the "love" she put in her cooking but I've never been able to get even close to making anything the way she did.

[Granny Sue]

I became a Grandma last Sept......I hope one day my grandkids answer this with something I make.......
My grandmother celebrated the day that packaged foods came out. She passes this lack of cooking talent on to my mom.