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re: Did You Ever Shell Peas Growing Up?
Posted on 4/27/16 at 8:01 am to BugAC
Posted on 4/27/16 at 8:01 am to BugAC
Used to shell peas with my Great Grampa. My favorite are purple hulls. His favorite pastime was picking and shelling pecans for everyone in the neighborhood. He used to grow mustard greens along the levees. My favorite meal as a young child 5 or 6 was smothered mustard greens with smoked sausage over white rice with some home made pepper vinegar. He always had the hottest peppers and he made me learn the hard way about picking them without gloves. Just a couple weeks ago I went back home and helped my grandma(his daughter) pick the last of her carrot crop. Helped her wash, peel, Blanche, and freeze for future eating.
Posted on 4/27/16 at 8:42 am to lsumailman61
My great grandparents had a farm in southwest Alabama. Spent many summer afternoons under their carport shelling purple hulls. They had a catfish pond, still raised chickens, but since they were older they didn't farm as much. Tons of land out there, but they mostly just grew for themselves and other nearby family. I'm taking my daughter there one weekend this summer to fish and visit the family. They passed it down to one of my mom's cousins a few years before they passed on and it is still in the family 20 years later.
And we have planted a garden this year, and I specifically planted purple hulls so I could pass on the tradition to my kids.
And we have planted a garden this year, and I specifically planted purple hulls so I could pass on the tradition to my kids.
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