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Skriven 2014-02-04 20:41:13 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Kommentar till text 9467 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: putting up
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Hi Nancy,
NB> RH>>> They also used to stop at "Bread Alone" sometimes
NB> NB>> Sounds like a smaller, independent version of Panera Breads...
NB> :)
RH> I think they've been around a lot longer than Panera Breads. Not
RH> nearly the choices for sandwiches, don't know if they do soups, but
RH> much better breads (IMO).
NB> I'd not be surprised at any of that... ;)
Have to see if we can get you a sample. We're talking tho, of next time
we head north, stopping in western NY first, then going to the
Catskills. We need to make a day trip to North Tonawanda to stop where
my dad used to get sausage (get some for him, some for us) and visit the
cemetary where family is buried. That is, provisional--we might have to
make a trip to the Catskills for other reasons.
NB> RH>> We always have to buy whole wheat or multi grain breads when we
NB> go up RH>> to NY--and sometimes can get my folks to have a piece or
NB> two. (G) NB>> I've had to do that going some places... but my parents
NB> always had it NB>> available... Another instance of what one is used
NB> to... ;)
RH> Our son in law grew up with the white so Rachel keeps that on hand, as
RH> well as some whole grain. Deborah keeps more whole grain on hand, but
RH> the softer wheat (similar to white but for the color) types.
NB> He might grow to appreciate the whole grain eventually... ;) Which do
NB> the kids prefer...? Our son grew up with my making breads, my first
Deborah's kids & "step kids" like the soft wheat but also liked the
whole wheat baslama bread Steve made while there last time. She doesn't
buy white but also doesn't get a good whole wheat bread; I'll have to
make sure they gets some when they come here next month. Rachel's kids
eat whatever she buys and also liked the baslama bread; maybe I need to
make some bread while out there sometime.
NB> attempt was oatmeal molasses... I'd learned how to make that even
NB> before I got married, so he didn't have a chance to get used to
NB> white... (G)
Our girls grew up on my home made and griped about it. Then they had to
eat school breakfast & lunch for a few days when we packed out for our
move to Germany--and came home complaining about the white bread. They
fussed now and again about the whole wheat bread but overall, I think
they like it better than white.
NB> My sister and I pulled off a surprise 25th anniversary party for our
NB> parents, at a place where she was staying for the summer that year...
NB> the main cook there suggested we might want to add some home-baked
NB> rolls to our menu, and showed me how easy it was, talked me through
NB> the
NB> process that first time, and sent me home with the recipe... :)
Nice! My parents wanted a low key 25th so just took us kids out to
dinner. We (parents, youngest sister & I) left the next day to take some
of my things to NC before the wedding (7 weeks later). For both their
50th and 60th, we had a community open house and dinner for
relatives/close friends. Doubt there will be a 65th, now not even sure
about a 64th.
OTOH, Steve and I have been even lower key in celebrating our big
anniversaries. Number 25 was only 10 days after his psuedo aneurism & I
almost lost him so we didn't do anything (except for the ring he
surprised me with). Our 30th was in HI--did an overnight trip to
Honolulu with dinner and an "Elvis" concert; #35 was while we were both
in school and Steve had classes the next day so we just went down to
Raleigh for supper. Our 40th is next year.
NB> NB>> I think they used money they might otherwise have saved for our
NB> NB>> college for Christian schools, since the plan was always that by
RH> We looked at them when we came back from Germany but couldn't afford
RH> them. Had thought of home schooling but there wasn't really the
RH> supporting infrastructure in the early 80s. Came back from Germany in
RH> 1992 and the movement had exploded but by then the girls wanted public
RH> schools. We supplimented at home a lot tho.
NB> My sister home-schooled all of her kids, most of them all the way
NB> through... I think she started in the late '80s... and she may have
NB> been part of the early movement to give it structure locally... If
Rachel started school in 1983, Deborah started 2 years later. Rachel was
in a really good kindergarten in CA her first 6 months, then we moved to
TX and the quality dropped big time. For first grade she was in an
accelerated class but no field trips or suchlike. About 3 months into
her 2nd grade year, Deborah's kindergarten, we moved onto post and the
school wasn't too great. We moved to Germany about a year later and
schools weren't too good either but kids had more field trips and both
girls finally got into the Talented and Gifted program. Before then,
they'd qualified for it but we moved before they got into it. They
stayed with it thruout elementary school.
NB> I'd been in a locale where there were no good options for schooling, I
NB> might have tried it with our son, but he wasn't really a very good fit
NB> for home
NB> schooling... I couldn't even teach him piano, even though I had no
NB> trouble with teaching any one else... he couldn't distinguish between
NB> my being mom and my being teacher as being at all viable... ;) We
I had a bit of that when I taught Deborah in our mother's co-operative
preschool in TX and was Girl Scout troop leader for Rachel for a year in
Germany.
NB> sent him to Christian school (two different ones) thru 8th grade, and
NB> then to a
NB> public high school that had both the academics and technical
NB> training... I think that any time you send your kids to school, there
NB> will be some
NB> supplementation at home necessary... I did a fair bit along the way,
NB> too... :)
To ensure the kid gets a good education, it has to be done.
NB> NB>> potatoes. Macaroni and spaghetti were also fairly frequent... I
NB> think NB>> my first lasagna at home was after I moved out and was
NB> doing my own NB>> cooking, branching out... ;)
RH> My first lasagne was after I got married, using my MIL's recipe. Sure
RH> beat the version my mom made--and I gave my mom the recipe. Had to
RH> teach her how to make it too.
NB> I don't ever remember having lasagna at home, either that Mommy made
NB> or that we girls made (the boys were too young still by the time I
NB> left
NB> home)... I'm sure I must have had it, like at church dinners, or
NB> restaurants or something, before I tried making it on my own... I got
NB> my recipe probably from a cookbook (possibly from the box, though)...
We had some at a local Italian restaurant--similar to what my MIL makes
so we knew what Mom made was not the real thing. She could pass it off
on us when we were young but as we got older and knew the good stuff,
she quit making it. Then I met/married Steve..........................
NB> RH>>> No, that's why I call it the "Vanishing Lemon Pound Cake". (G)
NB> NB>>> Indeed. :)
NB> RH>> I'll have to make one some time when I know we'll be seeing you.
NB> (G) NB>> Someday... :)
RH> Somewhere............
NB> Yup... ;)
When the time is right, you will get to try it.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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