My grandma used to make them...she'd also make pickles with them.

Grandpa and grandma lived through the great depression, eating only what was available to them. Because pumpkin was the only thing available to my grandpa's family, he'd never allow pumpkin pie in the house...not even on Thanksgiving. he hated the stuff.

He would always leave a piece of sausage and half an egg on his plate after eating his breakfast. When I was a kid, I was perplexed by that fact, and later in life asked him why...He told me that it was because he could.

He handled all of the grocery shopping in his house...and was a food hoarder. When he passed away, we were cleaning out his basement and found 8 cases of green beans, 12 cases of corn, another 12 cases of peas, and 15 cases of coffee. Amazingly, all of the food was still in date. He was buying food that they didn't need, because he never wanted to do without again.

Grandma raised three very large men...all were over 6'2" and over 200lbs each. They were each very strong as well. In raising these guys, she learned how to feed them using only one chicken, two cans of vegetables, and flour. She could make a fried chicken with taters and gravy and veggies that would curl your toes. She could write a book about raising kids on a budget.

Grandma is well off today, has well over a million in assets, plus a couple hundred thousand in GE stocks she inherited from her SIL...but she still lives like she has NO money. She lives with my mom now, and they split everything down the middle...you should hear her gripe about grocery costs today!!

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles