I have really enjoyed reading all of your stories. The one who wrote that geneology without stories like these is kind of useless was right. Unfortunatley I am under 50 years old and was raised mainly in Maryland, eastern shore, so I don't know of these things with the exception of Pinto and Navy bean with ham "soup". I do have memories of my mom making it, putting a piece of cornbread in the bottom of a bowl, lots of onions on top. Course, I can't stand cornbread so I used white bread. I'm sure my father would be very disappointed to know his son doesn't like cornbread being from Appalachia in Wise county. And by the way, when he was young I think he was embaressed that he was from Appalachia but as he grew older I don't think it bothered him anymore. I am proud of the fact that he is from there, it's beautiful country. And judging from the people on this list it is populated with some of the best people in this country.