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Willbo · 07-30-2015, 08:16 AM

I realize that Kellogg's was a sponsor for the show and that is why you see the Clampetts eating corn flakes for breakfast most of the time. I can't recall ever seeing any breakfast scenes where Granny is fixing eggs, bacon/sausage, grits and homemade biscuits. I bet Granny's biscuits were very good. I know Elly's were not. Does anyone else remember them eating anything else for breakfast but cereal?

treky · 08-25-2015, 01:39 AM

now that you mention it, I don't.

I remember seeing a scene in an episode once where Granny, Jed and Elly were in the kitchen and Mr. Drysdale comes in. Jed asks him "How about some...?", opens the cabinet but it's empty. He turns to Elly and says "Elly Mae, there was 3 boxes of corn flakes up here. What happened to them?" (or 5 or some high number). Elly says "Oh, well Jethro just had breakfast."

Yong Fang · 08-29-2015, 11:33 AM

Part of the humor was Granny making "mountain food" and announcing city folk to dinner, and they were going to have beaver balls in eyeball gravy.....not exactly that, but it was unappetizing to a great point.

The only normal thing they ate was Corn Flakes and Jethro went through the boxes, so that was product placement.

biffbronson · 08-30-2015, 02:04 AM

There was one time that Jethro saw a big pot of what he thought were grits, and he devoured the contents. It turned out to be cement, IIRC...! So of course he and the Clampetts were certainly known to have been consumers of grits -- even if we didn't often see them.

Also regarding breakfast foods, Elly once cooked up some enormous, heavy doughnuts -- and Jed was going to try one with his coffee. They were hard as rocks.

seedub · 05-17-2016, 12:49 PM

There are one or two mentions of biscuits and red-eye gravy, which is a rural dish eaten almost exclusively at breakfast.

Prince Michael · 08-08-2016, 08:16 PM

I remember the Clampetts used to eat possum innards and collard greens . There was one episode where Miss Jane mentioned some of the expensive delicacies rich people eat, and Granny said "I guess if you're hungry enough, you'll eat anything !" .

07-30-2015, 08:16 AM	#1
Willbo Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 10, 2012 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 862	Clampett Breakfast I realize that Kellogg's was a sponsor for the show and that is why you see the Clampetts eating corn flakes for breakfast most of the time. I can't recall ever seeing any breakfast scenes where Granny is fixing eggs, bacon/sausage, grits and homemade biscuits. I bet Granny's biscuits were very good. I know Elly's were not. Does anyone else remember them eating anything else for breakfast but cereal?

08-25-2015, 01:39 AM	#2
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	now that you mention it, I don't. I remember seeing a scene in an episode once where Granny, Jed and Elly were in the kitchen and Mr. Drysdale comes in. Jed asks him "How about some...?", opens the cabinet but it's empty. He turns to Elly and says "Elly Mae, there was 3 boxes of corn flakes up here. What happened to them?" (or 5 or some high number). Elly says "Oh, well Jethro just had breakfast."
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08-30-2015, 02:04 AM	#4
biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,493	There was one time that Jethro saw a big pot of what he thought were grits, and he devoured the contents. It turned out to be cement, IIRC...! So of course he and the Clampetts were certainly known to have been consumers of grits -- even if we didn't often see them. Also regarding breakfast foods, Elly once cooked up some enormous, heavy doughnuts -- and Jed was going to try one with his coffee. They were hard as rocks.
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08-29-2015, 11:33 AM	#3
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	Part of the humor was Granny making "mountain food" and announcing city folk to dinner, and they were going to have beaver balls in eyeball gravy.....not exactly that, but it was unappetizing to a great point. The only normal thing they ate was Corn Flakes and Jethro went through the boxes, so that was product placement.

05-17-2016, 12:49 PM	#5
seedub Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 17, 2016 Posts: 27	There are one or two mentions of biscuits and red-eye gravy, which is a rural dish eaten almost exclusively at breakfast.

08-08-2016, 08:16 PM	#6
Prince Michael Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 26, 2011 Location: Helena, Montana Posts: 296	I remember the Clampetts used to eat possum innards and collard greens . There was one episode where Miss Jane mentioned some of the expensive delicacies rich people eat, and Granny said "I guess if you're hungry enough, you'll eat anything !" .