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[thereonmytongue]

So last night, before I went out to the Vid with psychopeg, zenmasterzeno, tuanda13, et al., I stuck some pinto beans and ham hocks in the (terrifying, thirty-year-old, avocado green) crock pot that Mom gave me. Please note that the pork products are largely for seasoning. My mother looked at me like I was playing "Dueling Banjos" with my feet, in overalls with no shirt, when I

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[mitchco]

I love box Jiffy mix, which kind of makes me a pariah with Quakers, who evidently come out of the womb making pure and holy cornbread out of organic corn flour.

When I make tofu jambalaya (this is more cooking for vegans), i mix the Jiffy with soy milk only (no eggs or egg substitute, but maybe a little oil) and in a well-fucking oiled skillet make cornbread flapjacks. which i then instruct people to put in the bottom of their bowls, under the jambalaya. because i am a control freak.

i have a love-hate relationship with ham. i feel weird about eating anything that two major world religions have deemed unclean, plus a lot of people die choking on ham sandwiches. however, this doesn't make it any less delicious.

[we_are_pliable]

Your vegan corncakes sound delicious. I looooove the corn pancakes on the box as a breakfast food, with blackberry jam. You're right about the greasing, though. I made the mistake of not having any Pam in the house yet, and my corn muffins were VERY sticky.

I don't think my ham feelings are any more complicated than my relationship with other meats. I love it-- about three times a year as a food, and all the damn time as a seasoning.

I had a friend in college who kept strict kosher, except for once a year, right before Yom Kippur, when she and her family would take a trip together to this roadside barn of meat and cheese somewhere in Ohio, and they would all partake of delicious bacon. See, that kind of guilt-bonding is what makes me think I missed out on something by not having been raised with some form of psychologically bizarre ideology.