[Van Hagar]

I’ve mentioned this before, but my mamaw made red eye gravy, which is basically just bacon grease and coffee grounds, then you would sop your biscuits in it. I’ve only had it once since she passed in the early 80s, at the Whistle Stop restaurant in Glendale, near Elizabethtown, and I was disappointed, although that is a great country restaurant.

[Granny Bear]

Every old woman, including me, has their own spin on cooking certain foods. Your memory is connected to your mamaw!! Nothing could match that.

[Old School Hound]

I’ve mentioned this before, but my mamaw made red eye gravy, which is basically just bacon grease and coffee grounds, then you would sop your biscuits in it. I’ve only had it once since she passed in the early 80s, at the Whistle Stop restaurant in Glendale, near Elizabethtown, and I was disappointed, although that is a great country restaurant.

Red eye gravy is the bomb. My pawpaw made it, mostly whenever they had coountry ham.. But something even better--- my pawpaw made something called tomato gravy. He made it when they had something called swiss steak. The gravy did have an orangish tint to it. I put it over the steak , and especially over granny's homemade mashed potatoes. Best tasting gravy EVER!!!!

[Old School Hound]

Tomato gravy has its roots in the South, dating back, in some things I've read, to the early 1800's.  I don't have my pawpaw's recipe handy but if I find it I will share it. He made the best I've ever had. It's not just good over buscuits , but mashed potatoes, even meat dishes like meatloaf. Like I said aboove, pawpaw made it when he had swiss steak. It's the most delicious gravy I've ever tasted


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[King Kong]

I love beef jerky or anything close to it.  When I was a kid Food City in Paintsville had packs of beef and pepperoni rolls. They were rolled up in the packs like ropes.  With 6ft of beef or pepperoni rolled into each pack.  They were good and didn't cost much.  Haven't seen those things in forever. 

Blaine KY.  located in Lawrence County.  Blaine is one of those little towns,  if you blink you'll miss it.  Come deer rifle season that place would be booming.  Traffic going up and down 201 people going thru Blaine to go deer hunting,  for a week or two each deer season,  traffic thru Blaine might closely resemble that of a large city!  Around the country store at Blaine someone would set up a hotdog stand.  After hunting we'd often stop there for lunch and grab a few hotdogs.  As many hunters would. 

The store was also a place you could check your deer in at.  You could stop there,  grab a few hot dogs,  chips and a pop and watch all the deer come in.  That hotdog stand usually had a pretty good line of people.  It was a booming place.  That was when I was a kid.  Haven't seen that hotdog stand there in years.

[Van Hagar]

Speaking of little country stores, I had an aunt that had one, and of course there was a gigantic jar of pickled bologna on the counter. And you told about how long a piece you wanted and she would just stick her hand down in the juice and grab the roll and cut off a piece. No gloves, no tongs, no problem. What a treat that was!

[Old School Hound]

Speaking of little country stores, I had an aunt that had one, and of course there was a gigantic jar of pickled bologna on the counter. And you told about how long a piece you wanted and she would just stick her hand down in the juice and grab the roll and cut off a piece. No gloves, no tongs, no problem. What a treat that was!

She should have had that saying on the on the counter as customers ordered. I would laugh my ass off if I saw something like that.   

[Old School Hound]

Saw some rock salt today in Walmart. Reminded me of how my pawpaw would use that rock salt to make his homemade ice cream when I was a kid. Talk about cold, icy, deliciousness...



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[King Kong]

Saw some rock salt today in Walmart. Reminded me of how my pawpaw would use that rock salt to make his homemade ice cream when I was a kid. Talk about cold, icy, deliciousness...



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One of my Aunts would make homemade ice cream,  homemade ice cream is the best ice cream ever

[Granny Bear]

Granny used to make homemade ice cream; not often, but I sure remember it. She would flavor it with seasonal fruit when she had it. Most of the flavors were strawberry and peach. The flavors were more subtle back then because they were fresh and not flavored. It was still delicious.