Posted on 01/09/2017 12:39:51 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
A cheeseburger from The Sub Shop in Boone NC. The only venue brave enough to display a massive painted marijuana leaf prominently in the building. The locals had “no idea” even though the sheriff was trafficking Foscoe Gold leaf from his house.
Chili, slaw, mustard and onions. Bose 901’s playing 95Q album hour. Awesome. I ate 4 of them while brown bagging a 8 pack of Bud (dry county) listening to Little Feats “Waiting for Columbus” when it debuted.
Slyman’s Corned Beef in Cleveland, Ohio.
L'ville is total hispster now, is Frankie's still open?
For anyone who loves a good bologna sandwich, especially with sharp country hoop cheese (look it up if unfamiliar, very pungent, great with a fresh apple, melted on apple pie or in a sandwich), or a homemade pimento cheese sandwich, if you’re ever out in the country in northwestern North Carolina, head over toward Danbury and Hanging Rock State Park. In Danbury, on Sheppard Mill Road, you’ll find an awesome throwback, an old country store with a lunch counter, just at a crossroad, nothing else around for miles. You won’t regret it, the place is run by the mayor of Danbury, and her family have run the place for going on a hundred years.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Priddys-General-Store-123076327732783/reviews/?ref=page_internal
AMEN ! Ya just ain’t eatin’ a mater sammich without Duke’s !!
Since I would never visit one of these places, I guess I miss out. Shucks.
*** Peanut butter and onions. Slice an onion by an amount roughly equal to a beef patty, then enclose in slices of bread lavishly slathered with peanut butter. Enjoy! ***
I haven’t even tried it yet and I already have heartburn ... I love Onions but suffer a 30 minute heartburn where I ask “Why did I do that?” and yet no matter what kind of Onion, I will chow down and enjoy the crunch ... (small price to pay)
I’m sure I will like it, at first and then suffer and do it again. ;^0
Man I had a Philly cheese today, but could murder an Italian beef
The Maid Rite from Iowa. Indiana Tenderloins. Brains and eggs from the Ohio Valley. Pasties and Brats from “Up Nort.” Kentucky Q. Nashville Chicken.
We’ve got sammy game in flyover.
Day in and day out it is probably a Reuben. A ham and swiss cheese can be good too. Like most things the quality of the ingredients makes a big difference.
My Mother loves it.
Oh, I’ll just have a tomato sangwich..
Peanut butter and jelly, Onion Sandwich!!
I like brie with blackberry or raspberry jam on paisano bread. Yum!
[Mom’s baked beans and mayo on white bread. A guilty pleasure from childhood that Mom’s family ate growing up in the great depression.]
I like to add a slice of onion—Bermuda if I have one.
They are hilarious! I watched them at Christmas. They described scrapple as the American version of haggis.
Yes, it was surprisingly good.
The Irish?
LOL
I love scrapple
There are a lot of Depression era throwback foods that are actually pretty good. Both my parents were born in the early Depression years and pretty much grew up in it, if you consider WWII part of the Depression. Most who experienced it do.
Wild greens like Creasies (wild watercress), Poke Salad (young shoots only, fully grown are toxic), Dandelion greens can be very nice in mixed green salads, sort of peppery tasting.
Creative use of leftovers, making them into something a little different that still tastes good, was a Depression era art. Make extra mashed potatoes. Refrigerate the leftovers. For breakfast, mix in chopped onion, form patties, flip them in flour and fry them up in bacon grease. Awesome, better than hash browns. Meat loaf sandwiches are good, collard sandwiches grilled in a skillet with butter are good. All manner of things.
We don’t know what we missed, when food was really appreciated. We have it too easy, I think.
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