Good Eats....

Just now waking from my reunion induced food coma. I was talking to my Mom and it occurred to me that there were several things on the Buffet Of Love that some people might never have heard of. So I am going to provide a brief overview with explanations (when necessary).



Pay attention this will be followed by a quiz....

• 4 different kids of fried chicken


• Boston butt with homemade bbq sauce


• 4 different kinds of corn casseroles


• 2 different kinds of squash casseroles


• Homemade chicken and dumplings with lattice work crust


• 4 different kinds of tiny little field peas *The reason everybody loves MeMaws*


• 2 bowls of butter beans *again, NOT Lima beans-these are tiny and cooked in lots of butter or bacon grease*


• English peas


• Broccoli casserole


• English pea and asparagus casserole


• Homemade potato salad


• At least 2 sweet potato casseroles *oh yeah babe, with the pecans and brown sugar..*


• Homemade mac-n-cheese


• Homemade pimento cheese


• 2 different kinds of deviled eggs *you can not have a reunion or holiday of any kind without these*


• Sliced Vidalia Onion, bell peppers and cucumbers in a cooked vinegar/sugar sauce *this is wonderful over a mound of field peas*


• 2 kinds of green salad *this is really going to throw you-there is not a single leaf of lettuce in this-it is cream cheese, lime jello, pecans, and sometimes marshmallows and/or pineapple....*


• Fresh sliced tomatoes *ummm dab of mayo and a dash of salt and pepper.....*


• A bowl of seeded watermelon *love it with a little dash of salt*

I am sure I probably forgot something-but y'all this was just the lunch stuff I have not gotten to the dessert table yet!

• 3 different kinds pound cake-coconut, chocolate and sour cream *I could live on just the crust alone*


• A gallon of fresh sliced peaches *I mean fresh-picked on Friday and peeled on Saturday*


• Yellow cake with cooked chocolate icing *I have never made cooked icing but it sure is good!*


• Chocolate pie


• 4 lemon pies


• Chess pie


• Brownies


• Peach cobbler


• Caramel Cake


• Blueberry crumble

I am betting I forgot a few of these too, I was still pre-coma but going fast by the time I got to the dessert table.

All of this was washed down with GALLONS of sweet tea.

So which of these foods have you never heard of? Which ones do you have at your family gatherings? Do y'all have some strange ones of your own?