My maternal grandmother would make the best ham and beans with fried potatoes and cornbread. I would eat 2 platefuls. I make this occasionally to this day. I have to share this story about my youngest son when he was a small child, about 5 yrs old. I raised chickens and butchered them myself. He was right there chasing the flopping bodie…
My maternal grandmother would make the best ham and beans with fried potatoes and cornbread. I would eat 2 platefuls. I make this occasionally to this day. I have to share this story about my youngest son when he was a small child, about 5 yrs old. I raised chickens and butchered them myself. He was right there chasing the flopping bodies and picking up the severed heads. He was also very interested in the guts. When he saw the forming eggs inside the hens, he immediately called them “grabbles.” He begged me to save them and cook them so he could eat them. To him they looked like rivels but he could only pronounce it as grabbles. :)
My maternal grandmother would make the best ham and beans with fried potatoes and cornbread. I would eat 2 platefuls. I make this occasionally to this day. I have to share this story about my youngest son when he was a small child, about 5 yrs old. I raised chickens and butchered them myself. He was right there chasing the flopping bodies and picking up the severed heads. He was also very interested in the guts. When he saw the forming eggs inside the hens, he immediately called them “grabbles.” He begged me to save them and cook them so he could eat them. To him they looked like rivels but he could only pronounce it as grabbles. :)