Text 37878, 80 rader
Skriven 2010-05-17 15:15:46 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 37737 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Growing potatoes                                         [2]
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Hi Ruth,

>> I think at my grandmother's house, we were so happy to see all of our
>> cousins that we didn't worry about things we'd like or not like.. and

> We have no first cousins on my mom's side.  One sister never married;
> the other did but had no children.  My mom's cousins were all adults
> when we were kids and never spent the holiday with us, having their own
> families to celebrate with.

Understand.  We were happy to see everyone since 'they' all lived in the
Scranton/Dunmore PA. area, and we were in NY.. Though my parents would bundle
us all up and make the trip to PA. each weekend, in my mind it still wasn't the
same as "living" close to Grandma's house (g).

>> besides that, our Italian Thanksgivings were tremendous amounts of
>> food (any holiday at Grandma's or Mom's was). First the
>> antipasto...(roasted red peppers, caponata, anchovies, black olives,
>> stuffed olives, etc. etc.).. then the meat and vegetables.. turkey, or
>> roast lamb or whatever, greenbeens, spinach, salad... then the pasta
>> (ravioli, or lasagne).

> I'm stuffed, just reading about it!

It's the way my Mom always cooked.. and if you ask Ron, he'll tell you I
inherited that umm.. cooking for armies mentality (laugh).  I remember when my
daughter was in college, and she and her girlfriends would stop by our house..
The first thing her friends would do was check out the leftovers  - "Ooh, can I
eat this??" (bg).  Bet you had similar things happen.

>> the pediatrician, he assured me that my son would not starve to death,
>> and that a diet of peanut butter and 'whatever' was ok (grin).  That
>> was hard to listen to.. (vbg). But I didn't have much choice there.

> And he turned out OK, didn't he?

Kinda (vbg).. he is still a very picky eater.  If he can avoid it, he won't eat
meat, and he's not very adventurous towards dishes he hasn't tried in the past.
A plate of anything Italian is FINE though as you noticed at the picnic :)

> Deborah went on a pb&j sandwich spell
> for a while when she was 4--but only for lunch. By letting her have her
> way for lunch, she was willing to have whatever we had for breakfast and
> supper.

Matt was happy with the breakfasts I made him, it was lunch and supper that
were the problems... especially "green" things (bg).

>> LOL that is the truth.. :) :) :) It is definitely the boonies out
>> here..East Podunk looks like downtown compared to here :)

> Go up to the Adirondacks for some real out of the way places. (G)  Then
> you'll think Windsor is almost NYC.

Been there and know JUST what you mean Lol.. :)

>> This is for a crowd no doubt.. I put most of the eggs in the salad
>> chopped up, but reserve about 4 of them to slice and put on the top...
>> depends on how big your bowl is.

> Sounds about right--and a big salad.  This one makes enough for 6-8 or
> so servings.

You can add about 1 tablespoon or so of djohn mustard to that recipe.. gives it
a nice zing, but not too spicy.

>> lunch. Still have a few chunks of pork roast left..

> Something hot on a coolish day?  Sounds good here.

Last night, we had a salad made from pea greens, baby beet greens, and baby
lettuce leaves. The way I plant most green things is to way overload the 'row'
and then thin as the spring goes.  Eventually those over packed rows will be
down to about what the seed packet suggests :)

Take care,
Janis

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