We had three meals a day in KY, but only cooked twice, especially in the summer when there were extra field hands working the tobacco fields. There was always a big breakast with ham, sausage, bacon, eggs, home-made biscuits, fried apples and gravy. There was also such a thing called "chocolate gravy". That never sounded too good to me, so I never tried it. I couldn't even tell you what it was, but after that big breakfast was finished, all the women stayed in the kitchen. There were no automatic dishwashers, but some of the women would wash dishes while someone else started cooking dinner. Dinner was served at noon. Again, it was a big meal with fried chicken, etc. After the noon dinner was over, no more meals were cooked. A tablecloth was laid over the food that was left over and that was eaten for supper. Ruby -----Original Message----- From: Edward Boggs <scotlandforever@webtv.net> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com <SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, March 21, 1999 12:10 AM Subject: MEALS When I was quite young, at times we lived with my grandparents from these areas and my mother recalls that we only ate two meals a day. Apparently there was no meal we know as lunch. Was this a common practice? For breakfast we always had gravy and bisquits (I still enjoy them!) and for supper they always had fried potatoes, beans and cornbread. (yum! the cornbread is still good!) This was in the late to mid 1950's. Once in a while there was chicken to eat. Later in life they had more selection of diet. Maybe it was an economic choice. ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== #9 As of 2/27/1999 we have 485 members. Traffic can get heavy so check your mailbox often. We should regulate traffic so it don't get out of hand. There is an average of ten members coming and going each week. -sysop