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Emma Jean writes from her home in Florida and in her RV as she and her husband travel. She loves the Rocky Mountain States and tries to spend a couple of months there each summer. A graduate of the University of Georgia’s Journalism School, she has a background in newspaper and magazine writing. Emma Jean is passionate about nature in all forms. She is a book and eBook designer, writer and editor and a Premier Provider at www.elance.com. To visit her Profile Page at Elance, go to http://jeanboles.elance.com. Email your comments about her writing: jean.
CRACKER COOKIN' Recipes From Florida's Past
by Emma Jean
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- Publisher: BolesBooks
- Publication date: 06/01/2012
- Sold by: Barnes & Noble
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In the early days of statehood, Floridians who “lived off the land,” harvesting and eating whatever was available to them, became known as crackers, perhaps from the noise their long whips made when they rounded up their cattle. This plain cookin’ was later recognized as a healthy diet by many nutritionists. CRACKER COOKIN’ is one woman’s recollections of cracker life and Cracker cooking during her early childhood.
"Times were hard in the late 40’s and early 50’s in rural Florida, but as children, we didn’t realize that we were poor. Our daily meals almost always consisted of either dried peas, or dried beans with rice, and corn bread or corn pone (a mixture of cornmeal and flour, cooked on top of the stove in an iron skillet). That was our lunch, which we called dinner.
"Our evening meal, which we called supper, would sometimes consist of white, salt-cured bacon, tomato gravy, or flour gravy (made with bacon drippings), and biscuits.
"This was served along with any leftovers from the midday meal. Breakfast was oatmeal with sugar and milk, or, grits with butter. Any biscuits left over from the night before were toasted in the big iron skillet, or, Mamma made them again from scratch. If times were good, we also had bacon for breakfast.
"But we always had something extra on Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Potato salad was always a given, made with potatoes that had been boiled and cubed and then mixed with chopped boiled eggs, onions, pickle relish and gobs of mayonnaise. The other sure thing on each of those holidays was banana pudding."
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