In Richmond Thalhiemers made the best ham biscuits (and eclairs!), no
social function was complete without Thalhiemers Smithfield ham
biscuits. But we'd get our own Smithfield ham every Christmas [they
were expensive, it was a treat].
We always had Kool Aid or lemonade in the "ice box" during the
summer. Tea with dinner. I never knew people drank hot tea till I was
older. The British cuppa didn't count in my reckoning, I guess.
Nancy from Rich'mun
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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
--Daniel Boone
On Jan 10, 2007, at 11:11 AM, Excalibur131 wrote:
> Heck, come to think of it, I don't remember much about Coke until I
> was
> probably 10 or 12 and I don't think I tasted coffee until I was a
> teenager.
> I do remember lots of Kool-Aid Popsicles in the summer though. As
> for real
> Smithfield ham (yes, there are many pretenders out there) I'm not
> sure I'd
> call them "rubbery," but I'd sure call them reallllllly
> goooooooood. Real
> Smithfield ham is still around, thank goodness, and my family has
> it every
> Christmas Eve. We used to have it with silver dollar biscuits, but
> good
> silver dollar biscuits have simply gotten too hard to find and, if
> you find
> decent ones, they cost a small fortune.
>
> As a child I remember Granny cooking Smithfield ham. She'd start by
> putting
> the ham in a sink of water, and then scrubbing it down with soap
> and a scrub
> brush. And for those that don't know, yes, Smithfield ham is best
> eaten
> paper thin -- the thinner the better. If you can almost see your hand
> through the slice of ham you've gotten a true treasure!
>
> Tom
> Eastern Shore & More Forum
> http://www.easternshoremore.com/forum/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Speech patterns
>
>
>> When I was a kid- pre air conditioning- we had summer curtains and
>> winter curtains, a summer and a winter rug, all designed to keep the
>> house cooler or warmer, as the case may be. Popular culture today is
>> a bit hard for me to understand, because when I was a kid the word
>> "heck" was considered too strong or dirty for children to say. I once
>> got bit on a finger by our parakeet and blurted out that it hurt like
>> heck. My mother was shocked. And we 3 kids were only rarely allowed
>> to drink Cokes [and never coffee], Mama said we already had too much
>> energy, we didn't need the caffeine. To drink some Coke- usually on
>> summer vacation to the beach- was a rare treat. I guess the caffeine
>> in sweet iced tea in the summer didn't factor into that equation. But
>> the big treat was at Christmas, paper thin slices of real Smithfield
>> ham. People who only eat those rubbery, wet hams don't know what they
>> are missing.
>>
>> Nancy
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