Comments on: Healthier Meals? Bring Back The Relish Tray!

By: Misty Oliver

Misty Oliver — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:00:35 +0000

My grandmother always had a relish tray for Sunday meals. It was my job to fill the celery with cheese spread (the kind that was in a small glass jar). She would save the jar and use it as a juice glass. I remember how much I loved having my morning OJ in that little glass. It’s funny how family meal time brings back so many memories.

I’m a fan of the relish tray. Thanks for posting.

By: ALICE COTHREN

ALICE COTHREN — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:09:29 +0000

I met this sweet lady where I work(Waffle King) I love her Website with all the old southern cooking. I have been cooking since I was 9 years. My daddy taught me how to ccok and I have been doing it for 40 years and I love to what I do.

Thank You

Alice

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By: horsechick

horsechick — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:41:18 +0000

LOVE a good relish tray! And I never thought about using jicama on one. I enjoy stuffing celery w/ low-fat cream cheese & line up craisins on top. Delish!

By: Miss Adrienne

Miss Adrienne — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:57:57 +0000

Being raised up as a Yankee, our “supper club” restaurants (you can even look it up on Wikipedia!) always featured a relish tray on a lazy Susan as part of the free appetizer that you didn’t have to pay for! In addition to the usual olives, sweet gherkins, pickled beets, radishes, celery, etc., many of them also featured cottage cheese or cheddar cheese spread and crackers (especially in Wisconsin). My ‘Bama boy (er, husband) always had a relish tray at home too when he was being raised by his Nanny Selma and said it was okay but when I put my relish tray on a lazy Susan and added cottage cheese, he went crazy for it! Thank you for your awesome blog, you help me keep my southern man happy with proper food!

By: Dianne Hart

Dianne Hart — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:03:22 +0000

Christy!
What a wonderful idea! We always have a relish tray or dish out at holiday get-to-gethers…but I never thought about doing in for regular meals. I don’t think it would work for my 20 year old, but it is still a great idea for me and my husband… Instead of looking for a cookie or candy bar, if I had a relish dish out or ready in the fridge…we could easily snack on that and avoid the carbs.
Thanks for brightening my day with this wonderful idea
Dianne

By: i done forgot again

i done forgot again — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:28:19 +0000

LOVE AND MISS THE RELISH TRAY — GREAT POST, GREAT IDEAS –

THANKS, C!

By: Sonya

Sonya — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:40:57 +0000

“Picky eater” was definitely not a compliment to my grandmother either! I think I was her favorite granddaughter because I was a “good eater!” The others were picky! That was probably because no one cooked special for me when I was a kid. I ate what was being served or I went hungry! The only time I might have gotten special cooking of my favorite things was when it was my birthday or I got a good report card!

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:46:49 +0000

Your reply really made me laugh. I wasn’t really thinking about your post on introducing children to a variety of good foods — which is a brilliant idea, as evidenced by the before/after pics of the relish tray. I really had in mind recipe sites where ratings of recipes frequently begin with an evaluation of how the writer’s “whole family of picky eaters” like the recipe. Imagine shopping and cooking for such a family! As Angie’s grandmother says, “Baby, be sure you raise him so that everyone can and will love him, not just you.” =0)

By: SouthernPlate

SouthernPlate — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:51:12 +0000

Excellent points, Mary! Picky eater has never been a compliment in my book. But since this is a family oriented site, its better than what I really think when I say that! From the standpoint of the person who does all of the cooking and grocery shopping, my actual thoughts are pain in the…ear.

Relish trays just might have been the way folks kept this hidden, you’re right!