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Beans Beans Beans... What Did You Grow Up On? - Regional Foods & Brands

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Pipedream:
Proud Kraut here:

 :P

Toast:
Hi Lynne
it is interesting that you have Purity as a brand name in Tennessee
we also have Purity (Purity Factories) here in Newfoundland. (Canada)
they make baked goods mainly - biscuits.
crackers and cookies.
but our main "cultural" product that they make is Purity Hard Bread.
this "sea biscuit" kind of a bread, is used to make a dish we call brewis.
the hard bread will keep forever.
it is a relic of the British Navy, and was stored below deck on ships at sea.
Just soak it for a couple of hours, and serve warmed as the carbohydrate replacement.
served like potato with fish dishes.


We also have our Newfie screech (rum)

and when we joined Canada in 1949, we were allowed to have our margarine yellowed.  there was a part of the confederation agreement that we did not have to add our own colour to the margarine.  we still have yellower margarine than most of Canada, even though the Eversweet Margarine is now made in Ontario for us.

Beans in Newfoundland are purchased canned as well
but we love our home made baked beans and we have a dish called stewed beans, kind of a soup with a small amount of salt beef, vegetables and lots of dried beans well cooked.



ps Purity Bread from Newfoundland actually shows up on the shelves of Monroe's supermarket.

Pipedream:
Just got to mention something else: Steinpilze aka funghi porcini aka yellow boletuses (is that the right English expression?).... Yum, yum, yum, yum!!! 

Forget brands! Forget supermarkets! Pack a knife and a basket and venture out into nature! Best time of the year: end of August, beginning of September. Best place to look for them? Naw, I won't tell ya. No true Steinpilz-maniac ever will.

Don't buy them at the market! Don't buy them pickled! They taste their very best when found personally, crawling under the trees; Guess it's something you just inherit. My Dad's that crazy aswell. Luv him.
It also helps when you don't live in a big city...


 

ProwlAmongUs:
I grew up and still live in the Syracuse, NY area, and Grandma Brown's Beans were what many fell back on when not wanting to go the extra mile to make their own. Red and white hots are another memory. Enrico's spaghetti sauce, made in Syracuse, was my mom's short cut when I was a kid. Thanks for jogging my memory.

hermitdave:
 I grew up in rural Texas. The food I remember most is my grandmothers cooking. She made the best cornbread. It was baked in an old cast iron pan. It was crunchy on the edges and moist but textured (corn meal) throughout. She also made homemade buttermilk biscuits,  banana pudding, and the most delicious peach cobbler. I wish I had the recipes (even though I dont cook). Nowadays, I buy whatever frozen dinners are on sale. Five minutes in the microwave and dinner is served- yuck.

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