A Texan's Last Meal (San Antonio, Pharr: to move, dinner, supermarket)

[solytaire]

Originally Posted by TexasReb

C'mon, Neddy and Mpope, y'all are pulling my leg, right?

BUT...just in case some others might not think so, here is the definition of "sweet milk"! Back in the "old days" when milk was not much a store bought commodity (because most Texans lived in the country) and it came from ol' Bessie, then SWEET milk was the term used to distinguish from "buttermilk". The stuff that came from the cow was churned for butter, and the leavin's was called "buttermilk." Sweet milk was the regular stuff. And that is what a lot of older Texans/Southerners would use as for what is commonly bought nowadays!

But hey, just to qualify, I AINT that OLD! I just remember what my granmaws and granpappys used to say!

Lol, yeah I remember constanly hearing my Grandmother refer to REGULAR STORE BOUGHT MILK as "sweet milk". I finally asked my mom what in the devil my grandmother kept on calling it "sweet milk" for, and she told me exactly what you said, and she said it was just a carry over term from when rural people had to actually get milk for themselves. That was something I just couldnt get behind, and I think in part it was due to me knowing that apparently most rural/farming people like my parents & grandparents between Marshall and Tyler were refering to store bought Borden/Dairy Pride milk as "sweet milk" or worse yet "cream" in the new millenia...lol

[solytaire]

Originally Posted by momof2dfw

Okay, I'll add hushpuppies as I could eat my weight in them all nice and hot loaded down w/ melting butter. YUM!!! But, if they are the round ball shaped ones they have to have the right taste otherwise they are just dried nastiness. I prefer the long skinny round ones made from yellow cornmeal. Place in Rockwall used to serve them but they closed up. I have a whole bag of them in my freezer right now as I found where to buy them. Only thing keeping me from eating them is the cooking of them - deep frying.

You mean the kind found at Catfish King...**GASP** was I not supposed to advertise?...lol

[lonestar2007]

I remember my Daddy crumbling cornbread up in a big glass, then pouring buttermilk over it. I like it that way too, except with "sweet milk", lol. Everytime I'd fix mine, he asked me, are you putting sweet milk in there? It's better with buttermilk.

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by lonestar2007

I remember my Daddy crumbling cornbread up in a big glass, then pouring buttermilk over it. I like it that way too, except with "sweet milk", lol. Everytime I'd fix mine, he asked me, are you putting sweet milk in there? It's better with buttermilk.

Oh, good lord, memories!

My grandmothers and/or granddaddy's and cornbread crumbled up in a glass with either buttermilk or sweetmilk (depending on which one was doing it) poured over it was as much a part of my growing up years as chasing lightin' bugs on a summer night!

On a related tangent...I didn't develop a taste for buttermilk until I was MUCH older. Back in the kid days I thought it was GROSS! LOL

Nowdays? I sorta like it! It is kinda like beer. It is a an "acquired" taste!

[carolmcb]

Well, we all had things that we hated as kids that we love now. I grew up in Brownsville and we had avocados all over the place. They were practically free. My mother served them all the time. Sometimes as little bowls for chicken or tuna salad, sometimes with citrus fruit slices and sometimes as guacamole. I turned up my nose and wouldn't touch them. All those years of avocado eating pleasure lost to me.

Now, I have to look all over the place to find decent ones. And, if I can find them, I have to check my bank balance to see if I can afford them. I usually just get a little side of guacamole when we eat at a Mexican restaurant. It is very expensive here.

Oh, my lost youth!

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by lonestar2007

Now this is funny. I have a friend who one day was telling us about his aunt who lived out in the country, had chickens, etc. She had ham or bacon and fried eggs every morning for breakfast. One day when she was at the doctor's having a checkup, he told her, Miss Rose, you've got to stop eating those fried eggs with that bacon every morning, they're going to kill you. Well, she lived to the ripe old age of 98. One of her nephews mentioned after the funeral that he guessed the doc was right, that ham and bacon and fried eggs finally caught up with her, if she'd stopped eating them, no telling how long she'd have lived.

HAHAHAHA LOVE it!

Originally Posted by lonestar2007

I grew up eating the food that has been mentioned on this thread. I remember when pizza was first introduced down in these parts and it was in Italian restrauants and offered as pizza pie. I remember for years that's what we called it, 'pizza pie'. Think about it, no such thing as Pizza Hut, Papa's John's, etc. When my Daddy was stationed in New York City in WWII, my Mother went there to be with him before he shipped out. There was an Italian lady who lived by them and taught my Mother how to make some of the most fantastic Italian dishes. I make them to this day.

This is very interesting. It got me to thinking back too that, in my hometown (Wichita Falls, Texas) we didn't have any "pizza places" either up until the early 70's. "Shakeys Pizza" was the first that opened in town (BTW-- do they even still exist?) and it was a novelty and a half in what was pretty much a town where steak, hamburgers, catfish, fried chicken and (a rare) "mexican food" joints were the norm!

Anyway, yep, like you said, LoneStar, "pizza pie" was what we called it too!

Originally Posted by lonestar2007

One more thing, I think it was quite unnecessary to point out that the La Methode was in Paris, FRANCE, not TEXAS.

*grins* Meth-ode? Hmmmmmm. I admit to not catching that in the original post. BUT...come to think of it? I DO recall some feller from Paris, Texas tawkin' about a "Rest Stop" stop somewhere along U.S 82 that had the notorious distinction of being known for unsavory types selling a certain illegal substance in one of the stalls. I wonder if that was the term he used...?

Ok..Ok. That was unnecessary!

[BstYet2Be]

Originally Posted by TexasReb

Oh, good lord, memories!

My grandmothers and/or granddaddy's and cornbread crumbled up in a glass with either buttermilk or sweetmilk (depending on which one was doing it) poured over it was as much a part of my growing up years as chasing lightin' bugs on a summer night!

On a related tangent...I didn't develop a taste for buttermilk until I was MUCH older. Back in the kid days I thought it was GROSS! LOL

Nowdays? I sorta like it! It is kinda like beer. It is a an "acquired" taste!

I can remember my Grandfather doing the same... cornbread and buttermilk!

But, all the while growing up, I wouldn't even touch cornbread, much less buttermilk. They all made fun of me wanting "lightbread" instead (that's what they called store-bought regular white bread). Looking back on it, I guess it was pretty gross watching me eat "lightbread" with fresh beans, peas, etc., when cornbread would have been so much better!

I, of course, love cornbread now... but never developed the taste for buttermilk!

[coboblack]

I live in Houston and I love me some Tex-mex but I'ma have to go with a "Big as yo Face, Chicken Fried steak" and Mashed Tator's topped with white gravy, and a mix of chopped red and green peppers with some corn. (And put it right next to the tators so I can mix them all together for a nice Texas Spread) And then Pop 3 biscuits, cut down the middle with a square of butter on my plate right next to a hot pile of okra. I'll have some Abilene snow ice cream for desert and a glass of Coke and rum to wash it down "Yeeeee-HAAAW" :P

[CaliforniatoTexas]

Well I guess we have TexMex food here in California, because we have enchiladas, tacos, burritos etc.. can't be much different in Texas. At first I thought maybe TExMex was some sort Texan/Mexican recipe or style of cooking and yes we do Bar B Que Hot dogs, hamburgers, but we also Bar B Que steaks, ribs, carne asada, chicken with Bar B Q suaces, some even are family secrets, can't wait to go and do it Texas Style!! BTW- we have Shakeys here in California!!

[TexasReb]

I don't know if this old thread is the right one to mention this or not, but I was perusing the Alabama site -- devoted to the food topics --and somebody mentioned "butter and tomato" sandwhiches (I have always wondered what the "proper" spelling is, by the way!).

Any of y'all remember them? I sure do. My grandmother used to make them for us. She was one who had a green thumb and used to chill those home-grown 'maters and not only did I grow up eating them cold, sliced and salted, but she would make us kids sandwiches which had the same on them, along with real butter!

DAD GUM...I want one of them thangs right now!