Hi, What do you do with beet tops? Robin -------Original Message------- From: Dorothy Borne Date: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 5:15:14 PM To: NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Re: Pork on New Years Carl, I remember my mother buying beets and cooking the root for supper one day and the tops for the next day. Dot ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo by ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Suk" <csuk@kih.net> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:46 AM Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Re: Pork on New Years > Come on Robin, > > Collards, Mustard, Turnip and Beet green smothered in bacon fat, nutin' > better. Us folks down here in the hollar (y'all call it the valley) know how > to eat. Now for New Year's we are all getting together (that is the hollar > folks)for a big feast, everybody is bring a dish. It will be an all day > affair. I'm making squirrel pot pie from my grand mother's recipe, there > will be venison roast, chittlings and a whole bunch of other things plus > plenty of corn. WE don't get out much but we do know how to celebrate the > New Year. > > Y'all come now ya hear! > > Carl > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robin M. Stinson" <robinpaulstinson@mybluelight.com> > To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 10:54 PM > Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Re: Pork on New Years > > > > Hi, > > Is this a southern thing? My husband wants me to cook spinach or > greens > > > > Carl might get a kick out of this. When my husband asked me to cook > greens > > I replyed green what? He said greens. I said green what? Of course > > this went on for a while. Finally I said what gensus and species are we > > talking about? > > Well anyway I thought it was funny. I refuse to cook greens etc. I > guess > > that is my northern side coming out. My inlaws think the Civil War is > still > > going on. > > > > Love, > > Robin > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: Tacy413408@aol.com > > Date: Monday, December 30, 2002 10:14:48 PM > > To: NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [NJ-Memories] Re: Pork on New Years > > > > Robin,' > > > > We always ate pork and saurkraut on New Year's Day. Supposed to bring good > > luck and good health. My mom used to say if you ate chicken(fowl) on New > > Year's Day you would scratch (for a living?) all year. Down here it is > pork > > and blackeyed peas for health and wealth. We will be having porkroast with > > saurkraut. May throw in some blackeyed peas for my husband. > > > > Pat > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > . > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 .

Robin, My mother just boiled them like spinach. They were tasty if I can remember correctly. It is many years since I have tasted them. But it was certainly economical to use them. Two vegetables for the price of one. Dot ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo by ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin M. Stinson" <robinpaulstinson@mybluelight.com> To: "Dorothy Borne" <dotbnj@earthlink.net>; <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Re: Pork on New Years Hi, What do you do with beet tops? Robin -------Original Message------- From: Dorothy Borne Date: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 5:15:14 PM To: NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Re: Pork on New Years Carl, I remember my mother buying beets and cooking the root for supper one day and the tops for the next day. Dot ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo by ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Suk" <csuk@kih.net> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:46 AM Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Re: Pork on New Years > Come on Robin, > > Collards, Mustard, Turnip and Beet green smothered in bacon fat, nutin' > better. Us folks down here in the hollar (y'all call it the valley) know how > to eat. Now for New Year's we are all getting together (that is the hollar > folks)for a big feast, everybody is bring a dish. It will be an all day > affair. I'm making squirrel pot pie from my grand mother's recipe, there > will be venison roast, chittlings and a whole bunch of other things plus > plenty of corn. WE don't get out much but we do know how to celebrate the > New Year. > > Y'all come now ya hear! > > Carl > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robin M. Stinson" <robinpaulstinson@mybluelight.com> > To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 10:54 PM > Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Re: Pork on New Years > > > > Hi, > > Is this a southern thing? My husband wants me to cook spinach or > greens > > > > Carl might get a kick out of this. When my husband asked me to cook > greens > > I replyed green what? He said greens. I said green what? Of course > > this went on for a while. Finally I said what gensus and species are we > > talking about? > > Well anyway I thought it was funny. I refuse to cook greens etc. I > guess > > that is my northern side coming out. My inlaws think the Civil War is > still > > going on. > > > > Love, > > Robin > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: Tacy413408@aol.com > > Date: Monday, December 30, 2002 10:14:48 PM > > To: NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [NJ-Memories] Re: Pork on New Years > > > > Robin,' > > > > We always ate pork and saurkraut on New Year's Day. Supposed to bring good > > luck and good health. My mom used to say if you ate chicken(fowl) on New > > Year's Day you would scratch (for a living?) all year. Down here it is > pork > > and blackeyed peas for health and wealth. We will be having porkroast with > > saurkraut. May throw in some blackeyed peas for my husband. > > > > Pat > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > . > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 .