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Traditional( New Years Day Meal in the South
Black eyed peas with a ham hock or hog jowls
Collards (pepper vinegar optional but recommended) Cornbread with a lucky penny included in the batter. Yum-yum! -- |
Traditional( New Years Day Meal in the South
Beauregard wrote: Black eyed peas with a ham hock or hog jowls Collards (pepper vinegar optional but recommended) Cornbread with a lucky penny included in the batter. Yum-yum! -- This is best made as "Hopping John" which includes the peas, peppers, onion and the ham hocks although my Yankee wife insists on just using diced ham but the flavor suffers, She cannot cook collards so I depend on the kindness of one of my employees wifes to cook them for me. I make the corn bread (gotta be white corn meal). The saying is that for every black eyed pea you eat on New Years day you'll make that much money in the coming year. As far as North Florida Culinary Culture, I am really slipping this year as I have not yet had any smoked mullet although we did have cheese grits on Christmas. |
Traditional( New Years Day Meal in the South
wrote in message ups.com... The saying is that for every black eyed pea you eat on New Years day you'll make that much money in the coming year. Would that be in pennies or C-notes? If it's pennies, I'm in trouble. Max |
Traditional( New Years Day Meal in the South
wrote: Beauregard wrote: Black eyed peas with a ham hock or hog jowls As far as North Florida Culinary Culture, I am really slipping this year as I have not yet had any smoked mullet although we did have cheese grits on Christmas. What is mullet? I've had cheese grits in my travels. New Year's Eve I cooked a double batch of fresh black-eyed peas. Bacon, onion, garlic...not to mention my other special ingredients. Cooked up some fresh green beans also. With bacon strips, of course! Did I mention the cornbread or the ....fading LP |
Traditional( New Years Day Meal in the South
Lady Pilot wrote: wrote: Beauregard wrote: Black eyed peas with a ham hock or hog jowls As far as North Florida Culinary Culture, I am really slipping this year as I have not yet had any smoked mullet although we did have cheese grits on Christmas. What is mullet? I've had cheese grits in my travels. New Year's Eve I cooked a double batch of fresh black-eyed peas. Bacon, onion, garlic...not to mention my other special ingredients. Cooked up some fresh green beans also. With bacon strips, of course! Did I mention the cornbread or the ....fading LP Most people consider Mullet to be "trash fish" but it was long a staple food for poor people along the N FL coast. Generally, it is eaten fried along with Hushpuppies and cheesegrits and Cole Slaw washed down with iced tea. Mullet is generally caught in nets and not on hooks. Mullet roe is considered a delicacy by some but I wont touch it. My policy on seafood restaurants is that if they consider themselves too classy to serve fried mullet, I wont eat there because the seafood is probably imported. My brother in law started to fry mullet for Thanksgiving a few yrs ago and we all think its better than having turkey. He always has plenty cuz he knows how to throw a cast net. |
Traditional( New Years Day Meal in the South
wrote Most people consider Mullet to be "trash fish" but it was long a staple food for poor people along the N FL coast. Generally, it is eaten fried along with Hushpuppies and cheesegrits and Cole Slaw washed down with iced tea. Mullet is generally caught in nets and not on hooks. Mullet roe is considered a delicacy by some but I wont touch it. My policy on seafood restaurants is that if they consider themselves too classy to serve fried mullet, I wont eat there because the seafood is probably imported. My brother in law started to fry mullet for Thanksgiving a few yrs ago and we all think its better than having turkey. He always has plenty cuz he knows how to throw a cast net. Porpoises love to eat mullet too. I've stood on a bridge and watched a pod of porpoises round up a school of mullet. They circle around and slap their tails and get the school of fish compacted in the middle. Then one at a time they will break from the circle and dart into the school and grab a mullet or two. I even saw one porpoise toss a mullet up in the air and gulp it down like popcorn or a mini-snickers bar. Looked like he was really having some fun... Cheers, Ellen |
Traditional( New Years Day Meal in the South
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Traditional( New Years Day Meal in the South
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wrote: Lady Pilot wrote: wrote: Beauregard wrote: Black eyed peas with a ham hock or hog jowls As far as North Florida Culinary Culture, I am really slipping this year as I have not yet had any smoked mullet although we did have cheese grits on Christmas. What is mullet? I've had cheese grits in my travels. New Year's Eve I cooked a double batch of fresh black-eyed peas. Bacon, onion, garlic...not to mention my other special ingredients. Cooked up some fresh green beans also. With bacon strips, of course! Did I mention the cornbread or the ....fading LP Most people consider Mullet to be "trash fish" but it was long a staple food for poor people along the N FL coast. Generally, it is eaten fried along with Hushpuppies and cheesegrits and Cole Slaw washed down with iced tea. Mullet is generally caught in nets and not on hooks. Mullet roe is considered a delicacy by some but I wont touch it. My policy on seafood restaurants is that if they consider themselves too classy to serve fried mullet, I wont eat there because the seafood is probably imported. My brother in law started to fry mullet for Thanksgiving a few yrs ago and we all think its better than having turkey. He always has plenty cuz he knows how to throw a cast net. Until I moved away, every Sunday morning my father in law would wade throw his cast net, clean the fish and fry up mullet and serve it with fried green tomatoes and cheese grits to all family members and friends who decided to show up. We're talking wading in January. When water temps at their coldest, he might slip on a farmer john wetsuit bottom. Deceased now, he was the best cast netter I have ever seen. Could get a perfect spread with a big net wading up to his armpits. And that ain't easy. Frank |
Traditional( New Years Day Meal in the South
Ellen MacArthur wrote:
wrote Most people consider Mullet to be "trash fish" but it was long a staple food for poor people along the N FL coast. Generally, it is eaten fried along with Hushpuppies and cheesegrits and Cole Slaw washed down with iced tea. Mullet is generally caught in nets and not on hooks. Mullet roe is considered a delicacy by some but I wont touch it. My policy on seafood restaurants is that if they consider themselves too classy to serve fried mullet, I wont eat there because the seafood is probably imported. My brother in law started to fry mullet for Thanksgiving a few yrs ago and we all think its better than having turkey. He always has plenty cuz he knows how to throw a cast net. Porpoises love to eat mullet too. I've stood on a bridge and watched a pod of porpoises round up a school of mullet. They circle around and slap their tails and get the school of fish compacted in the middle. Then one at a time they will break from the circle and dart into the school and grab a mullet or two. I even saw one porpoise toss a mullet up in the air and gulp it down like popcorn or a mini-snickers bar. Looked like he was really having some fun... Cheers, Ellen Yeah...right...you mean you turned on the tv and watched a National Geographic special... |
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