Hillbilly stalker
Senior Member
Thought it mite be a good time to travel back a little. What’s some of y’all’s older family traditions on turkey day ? Do you still practice them ? I’m a little slow on cutting them loose, they mean a lot. We sure didn’t have much money, but we were far from poor.
We all always got together at maw maw & paw paws house, big family gathering. Two things happened back in the hills on Thanksgiving. We usually had a big family rabbit hunt and killed a hog. It was usually about one of the coldest days, had plenty help around to scald & scrape. Women folk ruled the kitchen and cooked pert near all day. When the women hollered it was ready, we went. An elder always said grace and man we threw down. Food fit for a king, turkey, ham, mashed taters & gravy, sweet taters, green beans, creamed corn, slaw, beets and bout anything else you could imagine. After the feast, the menfolk would set in lawn chairs in the front yard and whittle. Lots of knowledge passed around and always several Jack tales. Man I sure miss them old timers and old ways. Do y’all still practice any ol family traditions ?
We all always got together at maw maw & paw paws house, big family gathering. Two things happened back in the hills on Thanksgiving. We usually had a big family rabbit hunt and killed a hog. It was usually about one of the coldest days, had plenty help around to scald & scrape. Women folk ruled the kitchen and cooked pert near all day. When the women hollered it was ready, we went. An elder always said grace and man we threw down. Food fit for a king, turkey, ham, mashed taters & gravy, sweet taters, green beans, creamed corn, slaw, beets and bout anything else you could imagine. After the feast, the menfolk would set in lawn chairs in the front yard and whittle. Lots of knowledge passed around and always several Jack tales. Man I sure miss them old timers and old ways. Do y’all still practice any ol family traditions ?