I remember my grandma used epson salt as a laxative. A brutally effective one, too.

"This is an old Polish recipe that was used at Easter time. This recipe is traditionally served with home made noodles. If desired the fruit can be removed, leaving broth to serve with noodle. If you do not know where to purchase a duck, contact a local farmer or butcher. If you prepare your own poultry be sure to add 1/2 cup vinegar to duck blood to prevent coagulation

Head cheese....... beef tounge....... pickled pigs feet. Ugh! G'pa used to eat all of that. Not often, but once in a while.

Hogs head cheese....fuggin awful.

My grandma used to chew tobacco old school. She had a spittoon next to her rocking chair.

Great depression food? I think my girlfriends mom would put sugar in milk or water or something with bread. My girlfriend said it's good, but probably only b/c she grew up w/ it. Weird shit I tell ya.

My dads dad ate.
lutefisk
headcheese
pigbrains
hogjowls
ox tail
chicken feet
chicken necks
balls of any quadruped or fowl
pretty much anything hardcore nasty...i cant say shit cause i eat it...

well everything but beer kask cheese, that shit smells like diapers and tastes like what youd imagine diapers to taste like. ****in nasty.

Fried green tomatoes?

My grandpa loved straight horseradish. The hotter, the better. Used to to clear his sinus. He also put salt and tomato juice in his beer.

Nothing strange really. Peanut butter and white syrup sandwichs served with chili. It's great!


PhilFree:arrow:

That's what I was mentioning in my earlier post. WTF is that about? My guess is it was a depression era thing.

What the hell is beer kask cheese?

We mix Epsom Salt in our sow feed right before they have their piglets to loosen their stool and make the farrowing process easier.

And what did my grandpa used to eat that was weird?

My Grandma.

I loves me a tomato sammich.

Horehound candy.

Gaaaaghhh.