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Posted on 4/26/16 at 8:59 pm to Gris Gris
I can't count the hours spent shelling peas and cutting corn off the cob. At some point, the family as a group bought a pea sheller and that pretty much ended that. But the damn corn...cutting it off the cob with the old wooden thing that you put over the bowl in the sink. That wasn't the bad part but cleaning off the splatters off the backsplash was. That stuff would set up like concrete in a matter of minutes.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 9:42 pm to Gris Gris
I remember being happy I was able to "help" my grandparents. I dug potatoes, hulled peas, shucked corn, and my favorite was the butterbeans because you got to use that knife thing on your thumb that split em. I've shelled many pecans then used a crank grinder to make them pie worthy. I've sat up with my grandpa well past midnight with a .22 rifle and a spotlight more than once protecting the crop. Some of the thieves were served with the same vegetables along with rice in their own gravy.
Those people worked less hours at their workplace than we did. They ate all of the lard, bacon, and cake they wanted. Simple life. Honest work. Simple diet.
Grandpa died at 86 with a pack of camels in his shirt pocket.
Those people worked less hours at their workplace than we did. They ate all of the lard, bacon, and cake they wanted. Simple life. Honest work. Simple diet.
Grandpa died at 86 with a pack of camels in his shirt pocket.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 11:39 pm to Gris Gris
What do you mean growing up GG? We shelled peas last summer. We will shell them again this summer. Purple hull peas, Lady peas, pinto beans, and butterbeans.
You asked about the fan last night.
It came from Lowes. Probably a tailgating fan, designed to go in tents, like wedding tents or whatever. Actually pretty nice. We wanted a small fan for our screen porch and it works nicely for that use. Hangs from a hook and has a plug in power cord. No light, but we wanted the string lights shown in the photo. It does have three speeds and an old fashioned cage around the blades.
Lowes keeps them in the patio lights and such section, not in the fan section.
Here it is.
You asked about the fan last night.
It came from Lowes. Probably a tailgating fan, designed to go in tents, like wedding tents or whatever. Actually pretty nice. We wanted a small fan for our screen porch and it works nicely for that use. Hangs from a hook and has a plug in power cord. No light, but we wanted the string lights shown in the photo. It does have three speeds and an old fashioned cage around the blades.
Lowes keeps them in the patio lights and such section, not in the fan section.
Here it is.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 11:58 pm to MeridianDog
Posted on 4/27/16 at 1:16 am to Btrtigerfan
What neat memories, btr! I loved reading your post.
I'm sorry some of you have bad memories, but I've enjoyed reading the other posts especially those who still shell.
Yes, butterbeans are really fun to shell. Quick gratification.
Thanks, MD, for the fan info. I like the look.
Next time I pick green beans or shell peas/beans, I'm going to take a trip back in time in my mind, to simpler times.
I'm sorry some of you have bad memories, but I've enjoyed reading the other posts especially those who still shell.
Yes, butterbeans are really fun to shell. Quick gratification.
Thanks, MD, for the fan info. I like the look.
Next time I pick green beans or shell peas/beans, I'm going to take a trip back in time in my mind, to simpler times.
This post was edited on 4/27/16 at 11:08 am
Posted on 4/27/16 at 6:37 am to Gris Gris
We shelled by hand when I was young, but by the time I was a teenager our family and another shared a pea sheller. It was one of these kind.
Some griped that the rollers "mashed" the peas, and they would if you picked the peas too green. The peas had to be full mature to shell properly.
Even that was a slow go, feeding a few peas at a time by hand, and it didn't really work for beans.
Then a farmer in our area got one of the large tumbler style shellers. You dumped in a whole bushel, flipped the switch, and the peas, pintos, or butterbeans rained out like magic with no mashing.
That was when hand-shelling became history for me. My parents still raise a lot of peas and shell with the roller-style, but I've gone full modern city boy.
Some griped that the rollers "mashed" the peas, and they would if you picked the peas too green. The peas had to be full mature to shell properly.
Even that was a slow go, feeding a few peas at a time by hand, and it didn't really work for beans.
Then a farmer in our area got one of the large tumbler style shellers. You dumped in a whole bushel, flipped the switch, and the peas, pintos, or butterbeans rained out like magic with no mashing.
That was when hand-shelling became history for me. My parents still raise a lot of peas and shell with the roller-style, but I've gone full modern city boy.
Posted on 4/27/16 at 6:45 am to Gris Gris
I use to shell peas with my great grandma when i was little. I still remember the smell.
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.
Posted on 4/27/16 at 8:50 am to Gris Gris
Yep. Shelled peas until my thumbs were purple and sore. Shucked and silked many bushels of corn. Put up lots of tomatoes. I still enjoy doing all that from time to time.
Posted on 4/27/16 at 12:04 pm to BRgetthenet
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My dad calls cell phones a human leash.
Pavlov and his dog's worked for AT&T. We salivate at the sound of a ringtone. And we pay to do it!
I still shell peas and crack pecans, have a garden and many trees. I live on land that's been in the family for 150 years. One of my great (maybe 2 or 3x great) grandad's wagon wheel rims is leaning against a pecan tree in the front yard. I have a couple of 2x great grandmother's roses and camellias too.
This post was edited on 4/27/16 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 4/27/16 at 1:11 pm to Gris Gris
I did. And to this day I love eating foods you have to work at - crabs, olives, walnuts. I really like the whole process of having to pick something apart to eat it; I think it makes me slow down and enjoy my food more. My wife thinks I'm nuts.
Posted on 4/27/16 at 1:22 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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I think it makes me slow down and enjoy my food more. My wife thinks I'm nuts.
I get that.
Posted on 4/27/16 at 1:31 pm to Gris Gris
Yep. Brings back some great memories
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