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Recipe for Taboulli
5 cups finely chopped parsley
2 finely chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup cracked wheat
1 finely chopped onion
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 large leaves of lettuce
1 teaspoon of salt
Mix everything together well and lay on bed
of lettuce leaves.
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable |
Date learned: 00001960S
On New Year's Day, I make a big pot of split pea soup and that
brings good luck for the coming year.
Where learned: HUNGARY
Date learned: 00001950S
While you're pregnant don't eat hot peppers or hot sauce, because
it'll make you have a mean baby.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Colcannon is traditionally eaten on St. Patrick's Day in
Ireland. It is a mixture of cabbage, scallions, green onions, and
kale.
Where learned: IRELAND
This is a tradition that has been handed down from my mother
and which I have in turn handed down to my children. The
tradition is that if a certain vegetable is being served to eat
and a certain person does not like that vegetable he or she has
to eat as many of the vegetables as he or she is old. For
example, if I hated peas and I am 11 years old, I would have to
eat 11 peas. This only applies to kids until they are 18 years
old. It was a good way of getting children to eat their
vegetables.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
Date learned: 00-00-1966
Luck
Two things you should always eat on New Year's Day: Greens
and Black-Eye Peas. Greens for money and Black-Eye Peas for
luck.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): Homeopathic Magic -- green
Date learned: 00-00-1931
Truckpatch
Most Afro-Americans in the south during the 1930's had great
self pride. However, they had to eat. For this particular
family there were 16 people under one two-room roof shack. Okra
was always left in the ice box; it was a substitute for meat.
Neighbors would come by to bring different items grown from their
truckpatch, but would always say that they had too much and
didn't want it to go to waste. Foods such as sweet potatoes,
pinto beans and rice were brought. Everything was usually cooked
together in one pot and would last for up to three weeks. The
pinto beans were saved mostly because they were good for at least
three more swellings.
Keyword(s): Truckpatch = Small garden
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable |
Seven Layered Salad
Break lettuce into bit size. Layer bottom of large bowl
Layer green onions - shredded slightly
Layer drained green beans (fresh -- cooked, frozen or canned)
Layer diced green peppers
Layer drained green peas (fresh --cooked, frozen or canned)
Layer boiled eggs - diced
Shred sharp cheese - layer on top
Cover with Miracle Whip "globbed" over top to seal salad
Mix Miracle Whip as needed. Do not mix completely or vegetables
will become soggy. Will last for 7 days. Add layered diced
tomatoes if desired.
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Animal product Egg Food Drink -- Animal product Cheese |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes
Ingredients are: 1 medium green tomato (per person), white
cornmeal, bacon drippings, salt. Slice tomatoes about 1/2 inch
thick, season with salt and pepper, and then coat both sides with
cornmeal. In a large skillet, heat enough bacon drippings to
coat the bottom of the pan and fry tomatoes until lightly browned
on both sides.
Submitter comment:
She said you'll think you've died and gone to heaven! I'm
thinking about trying this one!
Where learned: ONTARIO ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Process Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable |
Date learned: 03-00-1992
EASTER CUSTOM
IT IS TRADITIONAL TO LEAVE CARROTS FOR THE EASTER
BUNNY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable |
Date learned: 11-17-1969
EATING CELERY MAKES YOU SEXY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
IF YOU CUT BOTH ENDS OF A CUCUMBER AND RUB THEM OVER THE
ENTIRE CUCUMBER, IT WILL CHANGE FROM BITTER TO SWEET.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER BELIEVES THIS AND ALWAYS DOES IT,
ALTHOUGH INFORMANT CAN'T TELL ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE TASTE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
IF YOU EAT YOUR MEAT BEFORE YOUR POTATOES AT
SUPPPERTIME, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Meat BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
EAT AN ENTIRE CURLED POTATO CHIP IN ONE BITE AFTER
MAKING A WISH AND THE WISH COMES TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-29-1967
WEAR GARLIC AROUND YOUR NECK TO KEEP EVIL SPIRITS
AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-12-1969
IF BOYS WANT TO GROW HAIR ON THEIR FACE OR CHEST,
THEY SHOULD EAT PICKLES AND WATERMELON AT THE
SAME TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): VIRILITY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PUT A DIME IN THE BLACK EYED PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
FOR PROSPERITY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable |
Date learned: 06-09-1972
THE BEER LABEL TEST FOR GIRLS
HOLD A BOTTLE OF BEER IN ONE HAND AND WITH THE THUMB
OF THAT HAND START AT THE TOP OF THE LABEL, TEARING
DOWN. IF THE GIRL CAN TEAR IT ALL THE WAY TO THE
BOTTOM, SHE IS SUPPOSEDLY A VIRGIN.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
PLANT WATERMELONS BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP ON THE FIRST DAY
OF MAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
A BIT OF CHARCOAL BOILED WITH CABBAGE DESTROYS THE DIS-
AGREEABLE ODOR AND RENDERS THE CABBAGE MORE DIGESTIBLE.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable |
Date learned: 08-10-1968