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Skriven 2007-07-04 15:21:03 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: learning bout culcha 761
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Hi Michael,

 RH> stationed at Fort Concho (original site of San Angelo) and an Indian
 RH> brave of the region. We've been stationed at another Buffalo Soldier
 RH> post also, Fort Huachuca, which had more intense dealings with some of
 RH> the Indians in the area, namely Cochise and Geronimo.

 ML> Important names, those two, during an interesting and tumultuous
 ML> time. Lot of history down there in the Sonoran desert. I still
 ML> don't know why it was all worth fighting over, what with Mexican,
 ML> Indian, and white factions battling it out from time to time for
 ML> patches of sand.

Well, I guess part of it had to do with the fact that California joined
the union in 1850 and the government probably didn't want any Indian or
Mexican territory between the eastern US and the west coast. Politics
and so on probably accounted for a lot of it but people were moving west
for years before that.


 ML> Geronimo ended up, as I recall, living out his natural life after
 ML> surrendering to the Feds (I could have got him mixed up with
 ML> Sitting Bull, though, my knowledge of such figures being just as
 ML> dubious as anyone else's).

I beileve they both did; Geronimo in Florida and Sitting Bull in
Oklahoma if my memory serves me correctly. Cochise was the one that was
the major pain in the neck for the government on the Indian side, Pancho
Villa was the Mexican pain. Anyway, did you know that General John
(Black Jack) Pershing commanded a Buffalo Soldier post prior to WW1?



 ML> (not going to bother with Louis L'Amour, though).
 RH> I've yet to read any of his and I'm a voracious reader--just not
 RH> gotten my hands on any of his.

 ML> Sooner or later ... he was as avid a writer as you are a reader.

I suspect so; it's been close a few times but I've not yet succumed.


 RH> Hermits also have more spicing in them besides ginger is my
 RH> understanding.

 ML> As do the molasses cookies that started this discussion, and also as
 ML> do many (perhaps not all) gingersnaps. Sometimes I have to think that
 ML> the recipes evolved in kitchens with random assortments of spices and
 ML> flavorings: the spice cookies have assortments of one or more of:
 ML> ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, and black pepper!

Yes, and a generous use of the spices may have hidden the fact that the
flour could have been rancid as well.


 ML> Chewy Cacao Gingerbread Cookies
 ML> cat: raw, dessert
 ML> yield: 1 batch

 ML> 2 c golden flax seeds (ground fine)
 ML> 1 c almonds (ground fine)
 ML> 1 c soaked figs or raisins (blended smooth)
 ML> 1/4 c healing honey
 ML> 1 c pure water or more if needed
 ML> 1 apple (chopped)
 ML> 4 oz raw cacao bean pieces (ground fine)
 ML> 2 Tb mesquite pod meal
 ML> 1 1/4 ts ground ginger
 ML> 1 ts ground cinnamon
 ML> 1/4 ts ground cloves
 ML> 1/4 ts ground nutmeg
 ML> 1 Tb freshly grated ginger
 ML> 2 pn fine sea salt

These look like they're meant to cure whatever ails you! (G)

BTW, out and about today--spotted a Rugged Wear House but didn't stop
in.  But I did think of you. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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