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What's cooking, at the Diner...

Brings a new meaning to "Fair Game".

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on August 9, 2013 at 18:52

YUM YUM YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on August 10, 2013 at 1:41

And Lemon Pie for dessert

Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on August 14, 2013 at 8:36

Today, we are having Venison Sloppy Joe - and I do love it.

Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on December 30, 2015 at 17:16

Sounds like a winner, to me. Add a side order of fries, onion rings and a diet coke

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on December 30, 2015 at 18:14

well tonight was grilled cheese and tomato soup but ready for the new year is.....

Black eyed peas are soaking

Collard greens are cooling and ready to go into the fridge

Gotta have that southern traditional new years dinner!!

Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on December 30, 2015 at 18:25

Guess you'll be wanting a birthday cake for desert? 29 candles right?

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on December 30, 2015 at 19:36

Do you eat black-eyed peas for good luck on New Year's Day? This tradition may have some beginnings from the Civil War.

Some suggest the tradition dates back to the Civil War, when Union troops, especially in areas targeted by General William Tecumseh Sherman, typically stripped the countryside of all stored food, crops, and livestock, and destroyed whatever they could not carry away. At that time, Northerners considered "field peas" and field corn suitable only for animal fodder, and did not steal or destroy these humble foods.

In the Southern United States, the peas are typically cooked with a pork product for flavoring (such as bacon, ham bones, fatback, or hog jowl), diced onion, and served with a hot chili sauce or a pepper-flavored vinegar.

The traditional meal also includes collard, turnip, or mustard greens, and ham. The peas, since they swell when cooked, symbolize prosperity; the greens symbolize money; the pork, because pigs root forward when foraging, represents positive motion. Cornbread also often accompanies this meal.