re: Did/Does your grandfather cook? And if so what was your favorite meal.

Today is the anniversary of my granddad's death, 7 years ago. He was one of 13 and they'd have a big BBQ every March. The brothers would stay up all night with a split pig over an open pit, just flipping the meat and basting it until the next afternoon.

Vinegar based hot sauce (I've tried to replicate) and some dang good pork. They chopped it on a giant wooden table, and we'd all hover, grabbing some pork skin when we could. Great BBQ and we'd have over a hundred cousins there, with tables and tables of food.

He also made some dang good homemade biscuits, big as your fist, with fig preserves from his fig tree.

He was a farmer so he grew and cooked turnips, field peas, butter beans, cream corn, squash, red potatoes, etc.

He'd send some corn to the mill and have it ground for corn meal. He'd make corn bread and hush puppies that were great.

He always carried me fishing and we clean 'em and fry them. The only thing I really wanted, when he died, that he had left was the fish cooker the he used. He had dementia and folks took advantage of him. Lost his tractor, his boat, and basically anything of value.

Today was the first anniversary of his death that I can't call my mom to check on her and tell a few stories we remember. She passed in January this year.

I still have a few jars of fig perseveres from his fig tree. Had a big ol' homemade biscuit with figs this past weekend. One day, I'll get his BBQ sauce recipe right!

Mine did. One thing I always remember about him was his cornbread. When he died and my MawMaw asked what I wanted of his I told her I’d like his cast iron skillet when she no longer needed it and his cornbread recipe.

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called me yesterday while I was heading home from work and said he had a pot of pinto beans on the stove , fried potatoes , and cornbread in the cast iron if I wanted to stop by the house. Told me I'd probably have to heat up a pork chop though if I wanted some meat Man times are good.

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I’d give anything to have that call. Enjoy that time while it lasts. I miss my grandpa every day.

Mine didn’t cook much. If I slept over we ate out, but he’d always make pancakes or cinnamon rolls for breakfast. He liked the orange icing which used to aggravate me to no end. Now my kids like orange icing and when I make them I think about him and get sad.

I wish I could go back in time.

One never did.

The other one would make anything he trapped with skunk being the only exception. He grew up on a farm during the depression so food was food. Beaver, porcupine, muskrat, otter, coyote….you name it, he fed it to us. My grandma on that side was exactly the same.

Yes

Fried fish every Friday night. Most often they were caught on Thursday by him. They were fried in pig lard that he made from the pigs he raised and killed.

Both of my Grandfathers passed in the 70s but my Texas Grandfather, he was the best at TexMex.

I miss him especially.

My grandpa cooks all the time, he lives on a ranch in a town of less than 100 people so not a whole lot of dining options.

You never know what you're getting, I like to shop the cellar when I go home for different jellies he's made. No necessarily cooking, but they are always so good.

He did.

Best meal was when we'd go to the camp as kids, get a loaf french bread on the way in. Then we'd catch a limit of reds that he'd clean and fry for us.

Nothing like a freshly caught fried fish po' boy

He was known for his red beans and rice. They were great and he would make a huge pot for family functions.

I also ate dinner there almost every night during the week. My bus dropped me off there and my brother was also there after school. Mom would come when he would get off of work. My favorite regular meal his was probably paneed meat, mashed(creamed) potatoes, and peas. He made a mean fried shrimp as well. Pretty much anything he cooked I like as it was generally my style of food. He wasnt afraid to serve boiled hot dogs on white bread for lunch however.