Hamon Breakfasts

As a kid  mom or dad never had to wake me up to get ready for school.  The wonderful smell coming from the kitchen did it.  I would lay there trying to figure out by the smell which of Mom's wonderful breakfasts she was fixing.  I thought I would share the one's I remember with you.  Now remember I was born in 1935 on the farm where we butchered our own beef /hog in the winter when it was cold. 
The back porch windows were not enclosed with glass just screen.  It was cold out there.  There was a hook in the ceiling where they hung the butchered meat and Mom would wrap a sheet around it to keep it clean.  When she needed meat she just went out and sliced off what she needed (seemed to know where to slice for tenderness) for the meal she was making.  Thought I would share the ones I have recipes for and remember.
                                               HAMON (OSWALD) BREAKFASTS

1. Beefsteak, Cornbread & Gravy
2. Creamed Rice & Fried sausage patty
3. White sauce Hash on bread
4.  Rhubarb on bread
5. Chipped dried beef gravy
6. Milk Toast with cinnamon + a fried egg on the side
7. French Toast (we called fried bread) w/ a fried egg on the side


1. Beefsteak sliced very thin.  Fried in a small amount of bacon grease and make a white gravy with the juices left in the skillet.  She would have already made a pan of fresh cornbread.  We would slice a piece of   cornbread across the middle so you have 2 thin slices and pour the gravy over it when you ate it.  I had to do what my Dad did and put a drop of catsup at each place we would take a bite.  Yum, Yum.  Of course Dad put catsup on most things he ate.  Especially cooked GREEN BEANS.  He didn't like them but Mom still raised them in the garden and they would produce all summer.  Dad like my kids loved peas but you only got 1 or 2 picking's off the pea plant.  Green beans would produce all summer.  REMEMBER THIS - we always ate a bite of one food & a bite of the other thus getting the flavor of both at the same time!!

2. Creamed rice & fried sausage
     Cook the amout of rice needed for the people you are feeding.  After cooking add cream, half & half, or if you still milk and your milk is "raw milk" (not homoginzed or pasturized) skim some of the TOP cream off your pitcher of milk in the refrigerator and use it.   Cream should cover the rice and now add about 1/2 cup sugar (or sugar to taste) to two cups of cooked rice & cook over low heat till the rice has absorbed the cream.  Add a tablespoon of butter to creamed rice. Yum, Yum.  Eat the rice bite by bite, with one bite of fried sausage.  If you have some rice left add some dried raisins, cranberries or   cherries & chopped pecans and have warmed up in the microwave for dessert that night.

3.        
8. Pancakes & Ham
9. Poached egg on toast
10. Scrambled eggs, toast & fried potatoes