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Skriven 2012-07-29 20:05:29 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 27576 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
Ärende: I like that
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Hi Nancy,

-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Burton Ford on 07-22-12  14:57 <=-

 -> -> -> ->  -> That's when I call to mind my grampa's saying...  Mit
 -> Verstandt
 -> -> -> ->  -> (meaning, with due appreciation, or, keep the portion small
 -> -> -> ->  RH> With understanding, more or less.
 -> -> -> -> Literally, yes.  I was describing the meaning as it was used...
 -> -> -> Literal is about as good as my German gets these days, alas.

 NB>  bf-> -> I couldn't figure who said what to whom, among you RH's, so I
 NB>  bf-> picked you.
 NB>  bf-> -> I like that saying of your [?] Grampa.   I has a nice ring to
 NB> it.

 RH> That was the other RH, not me.

 NB> Actually it was me, talking to the other RH...  :)

OK, I wasn't involved at all.


 NB>  bf-> -> How do you pronounce it?
 NB>  bf-> -> Ver shhhtand?  Ver shhhttond?   ...is it that guttural
 NB> 'verst'?  bf-> -> [grin... have fun with that!]

 RH> Verstat.

 NB> Grampa said vershtahndt.


That'll work as well. I've lost my ear for German; it's been 20 years
since we came back to the States. We always hoped the Army would send us
over there again but they never did. Guess they figured almost 6 years
in one shot was enough for us.


 RH> My grandfathers on both sides spoke German fluently, no Russian. Dad's
 RH> father was first generation American, Mom's 2nd. I never knew Dad's
 RH> parents (both died before I was born); Mom's dad passed away when I
 RH> was 4 & her mom when I was 21 (but in poor health before that). I
 RH> picked up my German cooking from living over there for 6 years, some
 RH> here and, of course, cook books.

 NB> I knew my German immigrant great-grandfather, but I was pretty young,
 NB> maybe 5 or possibly 6 when he died.  Grampa, on the other hand, lived
 NB> into his nineties, and I was married with a teenager by then...  I
 NB> never learned any cooking from any of my grandparents, though... only
 NB> family
 NB> stories and a few phrases.  My other grandmother (Daddy's mom) taught
 NB> me some French songs.  I nowadays wish I'd learned how to make her
 NB> family's specialty... speckledy ice cream...  a home-cranked vanilla
 NB> ice cream
 NB> with chocolate pieces cut very small (into speckles)...

I never learned any cooking from my mom's mother--the only one around
when I was old enough to start cooking. She always made a casserole for
supper for the night we'd arrive, called it "glop", that had macaroni,
ground beef, cheese, and (IIRC) onion & tomato in it. I never did get
the recipe before she had her first stroke but I did (some years later)
get the one for her green beans.

When we were at my parents, we found out that they were using a lot of
canned vegetables. The local Dollar General store started selling them,
bread, and a few other non perishables after the grocery store was wiped
out last year. The rebuilt store has been open a while but my parents
are still buying canned peas, beans, etc.  Hopefully they will be eating
out of the garden soon--and will get someone to put up the excess
produce for the winter. It'll taste a lot better than commercially
canned vegetables. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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