25 FORGOTTEN Sunday Dinners Your Southern Grandma Made From Her Garden

On August 12, 1925, in Hope, Arkansas, a farmer cut a watermelon off the vine that weighed 136 pounds. Three summers later, about 30,000 people crowded into that little town, and the iced watermelon was free. But the real treasure in those Southern gardens was Sunday dinner, the whole family at one long table, with nearly everything on it grown or raised out back. Here are 25 forgotten Sunday dinners from old Southern cookbooks and newspapers: from the first tomato sandwich of summer, to fried chicken from the backyard flock, to chicken bog for thirty cousins, to a jar made from the part most folks threw to the hogs. Pour a cup of coffee and stay a while. Every dish comes with its own garden clock, a little bit of history, and an easy job for the grandkids. What you'll take away: The one line to remember: the garden kept the clock, Sunday just rang the bell Why the pot went on to boil before anybody picked the corn Why greens taste sweeter after the first frost Why sweet potatoes had to wait a few weeks before they went in a pie Three ways to tell a watermelon is ripe without cutting it Small jobs for the grandkids, and why the frying pan always stays with the grown-ups Dunk or crumble your cornbread? Tell me in the comments. And which of these 25 dishes do you miss the most? I read every one. Subscribe for more old-fashioned tips that still work today:    / @sarahsoldfashionedtips   CHAPTERS 00:00 Hope, Arkansas, 1925: the free watermelon 01:02 1. The first tomato sandwich of summer 02:33 2. Sunday fried chicken 04:10 3. Creamed corn cut from the cob 05:17 4. Turnip greens, pot likker and cornmeal dumplings 06:49 5. Butter beans with a ham hock 08:02 6. Fried okra 09:17 7. Mustard potato salad 10:15 The onion that made nobody cry 11:25 8. Whole baked sweet onions 12:27 9. Field peas with a spoon of chow-chow 13:39 10. Yellow squash casserole 14:39 11. Sweet potato pie 15:46 Where fried green tomatoes really came from 16:37 12. Fried green tomatoes 17:28 13. Fried peach pies 18:44 14. Wilted lettuce 19:37 15. Stewed tomatoes over a split biscuit 20:24 16. Green beans cooked down with new potatoes 21:12 17. Chicken bog 22:06 18. Fried apples 22:53 A party for the strawberry 23:35 19. Strawberry shortcake on a biscuit 24:14 20. Blackberry dumplings 24:54 21. The fresh-egg pound cake 25:36 22. Fresh corn pudding 26:15 23. Red rice 26:49 The watermelon that rode a train to California 27:45 24. Watermelon rind pickles 28:22 25. The Sunday watermelon Facts, dates and prices in this video were checked before publishing. Kitchen notes are general tips: let a grown-up handle the hot skillet, the boiling pot and the stove, and give children only the cool jobs. Sarah is an AI narrator voice. The historic photos are real material from the time. Scenes marked "AI illustration" are AI images made to show what the story describes, so small details may not match history exactly. #southerncooking #vintagerecipes #sundaydinner