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Post by Bara on Jun 29, 2007 11:53:46 GMT -5
Oh, JA - those old recipe books must be great. Have you tried any of them? Or can't you get powdered egg!
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Post by johnnysauntie on Jun 29, 2007 12:45:25 GMT -5
I said pre- WWII - so I can avoid weird rations-era recipes! No powdered egg here! ewww.
I have found some great recipes. Real heritage stuff. Some great cookies, and good old-world recipes that came from Grandma who came to the states in the late 1800s.
Finding recipes for everyday that don't contain cream of mushroom soup can be a real challenge!
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Post by adcooper on Jun 29, 2007 18:45:21 GMT -5
JA, You'd love my family cookbook. I have a butterscotch pie recipe that calls for "butter the size of an egg," as well as "one or two cups of milk" and a "heaping spoonful of flour." When I asked my grandmother how much milk I should actually use for this recipe, she answered, "Well, how much do you have?"
Okay, here's a poem that is included in our family cookbook, author unknown.
Mama's Mama
Mama's mama, on a winter's day,
milked the cows and fed them hay,
slopped the hogs, saddled the mule,
and got the children off to school,
did a washing, mopped the floors,
washed the windows and did some chores,
cooked a dish of home-dried fruit,
pressed her husband's Sunday suit,
swept the parlor, made the bed,
baked a dozen loaves of bread,
split some wood and lugged it in,
enough to fill the kitchen bin,
cleaned the lamps and put in oil,
stewed some apples she thought might spoil,
churned the butter, baked a cake,
then exclaimed, "For Mercy's sake,
"the calves have got out of the pen!"
went out and chased them in again,
gathered the eggs and locked the stable,
returned to the house and set the table,
cooked a supper that was delicious,
and afterwards washed all the dishes,
fed the cat, sprinkled the clothes,
mended a basket full of hose,
then opened the organ and began to play,
"When You Come to the End of a Perfect Day."
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Post by johnnysauntie on Jun 29, 2007 22:35:40 GMT -5
You hit the nail on the head, AD. I'm still trying to reconstruct a Swedish meatball recipe from my husband's grandma that calls for "a goodly amount" of one item and a "jigger" of an other. I think "jigger" is an ounce but for the life of me, "a goodly amount" has me stumped.
That poem was really cute (and exhausting). THanks for sharing!
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Post by Kim on Jun 29, 2007 23:30:06 GMT -5
JA, I have a swedish meatball recipe somewhere. I think ours calls for pineapple chunks maybe, and onions? I don't know, I usually make sweet and sour meatballs cause theyre easier. But I can try to find that recipe if it sounds similar to yours, and we can compare amounts if you'd like!
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Post by Bara on Jun 30, 2007 4:03:02 GMT -5
What a great (and humbling) poem, Ann! This is the perfect place for Goalie to post her Grandma Vernice pictures!
Hmmm - I don't know if it's relevant, but those little portion control thingies of cream or milk are called 'jiggers' in the catering trade - but that's probably a 'goodly amount' of red herring!
;D
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Post by adcooper on Jun 30, 2007 6:14:16 GMT -5
DH tells me that a jigger is 1.5 ounces. And 5 drops are a dash. He remembers this from his bartending days. He has no idea what a goodly amount would be!
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Post by Goalie on Jun 30, 2007 6:42:28 GMT -5
a goodly amount is a full cup of the hand. Cup your hand and fill. I learned this from my grandmas recipe book. I'll get that pic on the board today Bara.
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Post by Goalie on Jun 30, 2007 6:51:18 GMT -5
 this is my grandma Vernice with her favorite workhorse Blaze. I loved this woman but never got a chance to meet her as she passed when my dad was 29. I have her cookbooks, which I treasure deeply. |
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Post by Bara on Jun 30, 2007 20:03:54 GMT -5
I wonder why they called him 'Blaze'?  |
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Post by brooks on Jun 30, 2007 20:23:11 GMT -5
getting in here late but love old cook books too. My mother has one from 1955 that I just love. And I have a few, very few polish recipes from little old polish grandma |
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Post by Goalie on Jul 1, 2007 6:29:23 GMT -5
How tall do you think he was?
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Post by johnnysauntie on Jul 1, 2007 11:07:43 GMT -5
Awww, Blaze! My great aunt Leona's favorite farm horse was Maud. She drove the team (Maud and Nell) in the fields. I don't have a pic of either horse, sadly.
And a cup of the hand would work for 'goodly amount' I think, b/c the item for which a 'goodly amount' is called are cracker crumbs.
These swedish meatballs don't have any pineapple - just pork, veal, beef, different spices, egg and crumbs.
Thanks Goalie for de-mystifying, I'll give it a try sometime and see how it goes!
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Post by Bara on Jul 1, 2007 11:17:07 GMT -5
I'm guessing she was only about 5'3" / 5'4" - but even so he looks about 17hh..  Chunky chap. Doesn't he look kind! Looks so powerful in front! |
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Post by Lynne on Jul 2, 2007 6:31:03 GMT -5
I love the poem Ann. I need to develop a jigger's worth of that woman's energy!
Love the picture too! Wow. Paco loves that horse.......don't ask me why......
Epicurious.com is great.
And I need more recipes....did zucchini nine different ways for dinner last night...LOL.
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