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Skriven 2008-11-06 13:55:06 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Kommentar till text 16135 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: strawberries etc was: garlic [1]
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Hi Nancy,
NB> then. NB>> Greenhouses were used to grow fruits in the winter, mostly
NB> vine or NB>> So, not likely to have had frozen strawberries, but
NB> fresh were quite NB>> possible, if a bit pricey, so likely to be used
RH> Still seems hard to figure out where my grandmother got the
RH> strawberries--or how she was able to afford them, especially in the
RH> Depression years. My grandfather worked for a lumber mill for ten
RH> cents an hour in those years.
NB> Pricey being relative, of course... There were most likely
NB> greenhouses around, and if they only did it for your dad's birthday,
NB> they probably
NB> saved up for the VERY special treat... maybe set aside a penny every
I wouldn't hazard a guess one way or another. Guess I'd best ask my
dad; he may know how his mom managed to get them.
NB> It was probably like the stories I've heard about the treat of an
NB> orange at Christmas in one's stocking... wouldn't have had them any
NB> other time, since they were much too expensive for regular... nowadays
I know; we used to get an orange and a box of raisins in our stocking
every year. I think it was probably tradition from either my mom or
dad's family--again, something to ask about. We'd also get something
small like a roll of film for our camera and a bar of chocolate.
NB> we just go to the supermarket and get them, any time of year and think
NB> nothing of it.
So true--and sad to say, that's how a lot of kids think food is
produced.
NB> NB>> Very good idea. :) And/or get him talking on tape... :)
RH> He did do that for the Veteran's Project in NY State, interviewed by
RH> one of Tim Russert's cousins. But, that project has lost its funding
RH> so they don't know what will become of the interviews.
NB> I hope that they can at least preserve the interviews and pass them on
NB> to an historical or genealogical society or library, even if they
NB> weren't able to do all they planned.
Not being involved with it (or even in NY), I have no idea what will be
done with them. Somebody up there ught to start making noises to make
sure the tapes are kept.
RH> I think Dad would rather write than talk; he's spent most of his
RH> life in the "word" business.
NB> Then for sure, get him writing... and soon... Too soon, they lose the
NB> abilities they had, whether simply the manipulation of
NB> pen/pencil/puter, or the ability to put thoughts together.... and too
NB> soon, they pass on.
Yes, Dad has lost all of her siblings, Mom has a sister still. My dad
would do his writing on the computer, Mom, not sure as she is so
computer illiterate.
NB> RH>> Picture Cookbook. It's a bit worn but not as bad as the copy my
NB> mom RH>> has as it's her main "go to" book. I bought a JoC in a used
NB> book store NB>> The most used and loved ones become quite worn,
NB> indeed... :)
RH> And well stained, despite our efforts to keep them clean.
NB> Quite true. :)
Sometimes I think the stains show up out of thin air. I don't recall
spilling something but the next time I pull out the book, there will be
a stain near where I was last using it. The only book I recall doing a
major spill on was a Penn. Dutch one--spilled hot bacon fat on it. We
replaced the cook book some years later.
NB> NB>> I know that I have Mother's in the Kitchen... probably not the
NB> latter, NB>> as I was last truly involved with LLL almost 30 years
NB> ago.... I took NB>> my niece to one meeting shortly after her baby
NB> was born (recently), so NB>> that she'd have at least a point of
NB> contact with them.
RH> The WFFTWF one came out in 1981; they started collecting recipies a
RH> year or so before. Rachel was born in October, 1978 but I didn't get
RH> involved with LLLI until she was about 3 months old, January of 79. I
RH> stayed with them until early 1982.
NB> Hmmm... I'll have to check my cookbook shelf... when I crunch the
NB> numbers, it seems I was* still there then... my son was born in 1974,
NB> he was 4 when my sister got married (78), 5 when her first was born
NB> (79), 7 when she had her next (81), so it would have been early 82
NB> that I left
NB> LLL also.
We were in NC at the time, living in Swansboro (on the coast) but had to
go up to Jacksonville for the meetings. A fair number of the members
were military (Marine Corps) wives.
RH> Deborah was born in June, 1980 and I started the leadership
RH> training procecess a few months later. Never finished because of a
RH> philosophical difference of opinion with the leader I was working
RH> under so I quietly left LLLI after Deborah weaned completly.
NB> I was also in the leadership training... started after I'd been
NB> accompanying a close friend to meetings for a few years while she was
NB> having babies... ;) LLL was a little reluctant to promote me to
NB> leader since my only child had weaned himself early (and of course,
NB> since I
NB> wasn't then in LLL, there was some thought that maybe had I been more
NB> persistent, he might not have really needed to wean that early), so
NB> they were waiting for me to have another successful nursing experience
NB> before becoming a full leader.
Rachel weaned completley at a year (she was down to just one nursing) so
they wanted to see if I would go longer with my 2nd child. Deborah
stopped at 18 months, with an emphatic "no mommy" (typical of her
personality). A few months later, I let my membership expire. We were
somewhat into whole grains cooking/eating before the girls were born but
got into it more thru the local chapter library of cook books. Between
those and a natural foods co-op that we joined when Rachel was still a
baby, we got into it big time and haven't quit since.
In God's plan, though, having another
NB> child
NB> didn't happen, and by the time I needed to go down to Maryland to help
NB> my sister with some health issues (the one I used for calculating,
NB> above) it was also beginning to be rather painful going to meetings
NB> with always a new crop of babies, none of whom were (or were going to
NB> be)
NB> mine. So it was good timing... what would have been just a "vacation
NB> from" became a "retirement". I left on good enough terms... had I
NB> ever been able to have another child, I'd have been welcomed back
NB> warmly, but as it never happened, that just became a closed chapter.
NB> :)
I know it must have been hard on you, always seeing those babies and not
having one of yours. We may have gotten a bit (! G) excited in the echo
here about Sarah's birth but in 2005, Rachel lost 2 pregnancies. I can
understand why you decided to "retire" from LLLI.
NB> Natural Foods NB>> ones are in paperback... and certainly show their
NB> usage... I even NB>> ended up getting a spare copy of the latter
NB> when I had a chance,
NB> NB>> just in case.
RH> Some are better than others so it's worth having back ups for.
RH> Others, I use occaisionally but may modify the recipe I take from it to
RH> fit the way we like to eat.
NB> Nowadays, mostly that's all I'm doing from any of the cookbooks...
NB> just checking recipes to get an idea of what it should be, and then
NB> modifying to suit our style, the ingredients at hand, my lazier
NB> inclinations, and
I'll still do a fair amount from my cook books but just as often, not.
Tonight we're having "deconstructed fajitas" over rice--made fajita
"fixin's" a few months ago but didn't have the tortillas. So, served
them over rice and liked it enough to make it a keeper.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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