Do y'all Yankees eat vegetables?

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

I meant to post this last fall when I I went to the Pokeynose but forgot and just got back from eating lunch where I had delicious meatloaf, mash potatoes, greens and cornbread. I could have chosen from another 8 or so veggies.

When I was in the Pokeys I tried to find a diner or restaurant similar to this but no luck even when I went to a place that had diner in it's name. The food was delicious but there were no veggies, no green beans even!! The only thing I could find that was green was a salad. I guess I'll have to move up there and open my own little restaurant .

[abc31 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close abc31]

I'm a Yankee from NY and we eat plenty of vegetables. NY diners have lots of vegetable choices.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

You can't tell what the food is like in the Northeast from the Poconos. Even those of us who love going there will tell you that it's not a great place for restaurants.

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

There were plenty of good restaurants, just no home cookin ones. No meat & threes. I noticed the same thing in Vermont as well. Good breakfasts tho. Me thinks you have to grow a big garden like Tony to get your veggies. shaggy

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

I love veggies, and easily get any veggie that I like on Long Island. In fact, many veggies are grown locally, and sold at stands, as well as markets......No problem getting any veggie in the city, either....Anything that you want, it's there. It must be a Pocono thing.

[joycapecod Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close joycapecod]

It must be a Pocono thing. Here on the Cape we have lots of farming, ok, not huge farms, but lots of farm stands and nice, fresh local veggies. Usually, when I'm cookingwe have two veggies (one green, one not) and often a salad too, along with the meat...but then I grew up in the South.....

Joy

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Shaggy, I'm actually kind of offended that you would say this. I know you're kidding, but....

[JoAnn Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoAnn]

DH & I grew up in the North and have always eaten veggies (well, most of them anyway. DH has always had some type of garden and then one we have here in FL is getting bigger (we just grow them opposite of when they do up north) and we shouldn't have to buy much of anything this winter and I'll probably have to freeze or can some of them. I have always found that Southerners eat DIFFERENT veggies than us Yankees do. I had never heard of Black Eyed Peas, Collard or Mustard greens and I still don't like them, no matter how they are cooked.

[Barbeque Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Barbeque]

Add enough Bacon or Ham Hock to any veg and it will taste good.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

Add enough Bacon or Ham Hock to any veg and it will taste good.

Yuck!

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

If'n it's green or yeller I'll eat it.

[Pat H Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pat H]

Well, I live in the Poconos and I eat veggies. The diner I go to has all kinds of vegs on the menu. They have their standard ones that are printed in the menu and then everyday they usually have a couple of additional choices. They make the best soups too, especially vegetable barley.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Add enough Bacon or Ham Hock to any veg and it will taste good.

Dare I ask.....What the heck is Ham Hock?

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

A Ham Hock is a smoked pork shank. It isn't as big as a lamb shank, but it is meaty and flavorful. People use it to flavor their beans, black eyed peas, or greens. It used to be inexpensive (or years ago even free), and people in the South used it for seasoning.

As long as we're going there, in addition to using ham hocks, my MIL used to pickle pig feet as well. She didn't buy them in a jar, but made them herself. She was born in Italy, but she grew up in Arkansas.

If you dont like the idea of ham hocks, you can actually use turkey Italian Sausage (if you can find it) or regular Turkey Sausage to season most of the items above.

Fern

Dare I ask.....What the heck is Ham Hock?

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

You can't tell what the food is like in the Northeast from the Poconos. Even those of us who love going there will tell you that it's not a great place for restaurants.

Now, Wacky, I certainly didn't mean to offend you, maybe I should have said how come there is no home cooking type restaurants in the area. I know you guys eat veggies because when we talk about gardening tons of you plant tons of veggies.

There is a point made of maybe we eat different types, such as black eyed peas, greens, okra, pintos . When I ate at restaurants the only thing I could find was mashed potatoes and that was usually made with garlic (yuck, or to say it more politically correct, that is not to my liking )

Pat, I sure wish I had thought to ask you for recommendations b4 I left. I absolutely loved Sam Sneeds tavern.

Right now I'm soaking pintos overnight to make pintos with a ham bone for seasoning. This is to go with stew beef and rice. I can't wait. Will be sharing the beans with my neighbors as I'm making a big pot full.!! Yummy