tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post1633202848692125445..comments2023-10-02T04:08:31.104-04:00Comments on blogbaby: MacheteBrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-90323050873545846952010-11-04T13:18:54.724-04:002010-11-04T13:18:54.724-04:00Brook-Just read these comments. Your Sept 8 post h...Brook-Just read these comments. Your Sept 8 post had me teary eyed. You get it.:)I am getting it too...yay.:)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818337425969299543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-89201524375377363172010-09-14T21:05:49.183-04:002010-09-14T21:05:49.183-04:00If the ability to preternaturally do things like p...If the ability to preternaturally do things like put up fruit and vegetables means one is a hick, then slap me twice and call me a hick-wannabe. <br /><br />[My grandmother on my dad's side was one of those people who could taste anything in any restaurant/home and replicate it later from memory. She was nearly savant when it came to cooking. My dad, late in life, as a means to get her respect (because no one ever could) started cooking. It was so terrible in the beginning that no one noticed when he had surpassed my mom and everyone else. Finally. At age forty or so. His food was out of this world. Unfortunately, all of my grandmother's recipes were what my dad started with. He messed with them (seriously - neurotically) in the beginning so much that they (in their now "documented form) are unrecognizable as her recipes. Which is fine, but it means that my grandmosther's recipes are lost (in the scribbled translation) and all that is left is my dad's versions of these things (and even they aren't "right" - I think he made a monkey out of me from beyond the grave in a few instances = ha ha hilarious).<br /><br />If someone in my family had simply spent time casually teaching me how to cook (instead of later handing me this thousand page unreadable, useless TEXT) I might, too, have it in my bones. <br /><br />So, I honor those that do this. you know, with love. <br /><br />This is long, I know. But your recipes (and the stories that are intertwined) are GREAT. Please, keep them coming!<br />VVictoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406449906872692996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-36174026053422693602010-09-10T09:23:57.365-04:002010-09-10T09:23:57.365-04:00You showed me a while back some pics of quince and...You showed me a while back some pics of quince and I totally agree that is probably the fruit mawmaw used. I liked eating the quince, very crunchy and sour/sweet. My aunt had an apple tree that had little hard round green apples that were sour/sweet and I loved them too. These were probably all some kind of heritage fruit, sure would like to have a few of those trees for the farm.ginstonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831481549259081579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-69981838275653453832010-09-08T22:01:02.939-04:002010-09-08T22:01:02.939-04:00Victoria I have to confess, I have never ever prep...Victoria I have to confess, I have never ever prepared acorn squash and subsequently enjoyed it. I don't think I've figured it out yet-though I do have some ideas for this Fall.<br />Intellectually I understand that preserving food can be scary but I literally spent entire summers as a child picking and preserving fruits and vegetables and the knowledge is just kind of there. I hated it so much then that I deliberately avoided even a hint of continued "hick" activity as a young adult. It is only in the past few years that I can appreciate the wisdom in working with the seasons and acknowledge my thankfulness for the "hick" women that taught me so much before I even knew I was learning. Things about life and just living, being in the moment and dealing with what you have for this one day and not thinking too much about yesterday or worrying about what tomorrow might bring(mostly 'cause they were too tired I think ;)<br />It's funny isn't it how certain activities bring so much that is hidden inside to the surface? I mean who'da thunk that little old "granniemaws" as I so disparagingly called them years ago could know and teach so much without saying a word?<br />I like that you say and ask things that make me think and then share. I have some preserves with your name on them-good with pork, sausage and let's not forget...bread!Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-13499406458349929732010-09-08T21:20:32.686-04:002010-09-08T21:20:32.686-04:00Okay, this is great. I may just begin putting up ...Okay, this is great. I may just begin putting up fruit (quince) because you wrote this post and made it so (?) ..less intimidating? Such has always been beyond me (and I know from your preserves and, yeah = damn good). <br /><br />I love this post! Oh, and Machete? Can't wait.<br /><br />So, what are your thoughts on acorn squash..?Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406449906872692996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-80104970153065249752010-09-08T21:06:39.064-04:002010-09-08T21:06:39.064-04:00Spellbound thanks-I still haven't caught all t...Spellbound thanks-I still haven't caught all the misspellings and grammar mistakes but that is what the edit button is for...MawMaws will forever hold a special place in my heart-did yours have a sweet chirpie bird voice? Mine did and I can still close my eyes and hear her just going on, you know? Her cheeks were so round and friendly and soft, her hands so busy...I have a great bad picture of her and her daughter, her daughter's daughter, her daughter's daughter and that daughter's daughter. 5 generations! (MawMaw, Nonie, Grandma, Me and Minion #1-it is truly wonderful) I have never made nor had homemade grape jelly/jam-NEW MEMORIES waiting...Keep having a great time in Seattle(?)!Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-2329252624315394122010-09-08T20:22:52.906-04:002010-09-08T20:22:52.906-04:00This was a great post. I called my grandmother Maw...This was a great post. I called my grandmother Mawmaw too but she never made pear or quince preserves as far as I can remember. She canned a lot of fruit and vegetables and made grape jelly from her vines. I think I might just try to make some quince when I get back to Virginia. My mother made pear pineapple honey which was a preserves that was super sweet and I never liked.Spellboundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509472793661588823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-20179676006794163342010-09-08T14:13:21.605-04:002010-09-08T14:13:21.605-04:00HD I am just not into Antonio or Salma that much-t...HD I am just not into Antonio or Salma that much-though Trejo has always been hot to me-strange huh? you should have brought me a box of those quince when you came through-was it last month? Oh wait, I didn't see you then...you should let somebody know when you'll be less than 10 minutes away! Shame on you! ;)<br />Dinah might like the preserves-you should make some for her. Sometimes a quince will get super ripe and be crisp juicy and kind of sweet.Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-34358439253323722212010-09-08T13:19:08.174-04:002010-09-08T13:19:08.174-04:00Yes El Mariachi is better, but Salma's not in ...Yes El Mariachi is better, but Salma's not in it. :D<br /><br />Well if these pears are quince, you can have them. My wife likes them. We have way too many, they never seem ripe to me. I find the texture to be awful, very grainy. She says we have two different kinds that look the same to me.Huff Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374300106877859626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-65028106254815896882010-09-08T13:08:57.058-04:002010-09-08T13:08:57.058-04:00HD El Mariachi is better...;)HD El Mariachi is better...;)Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-76544131265814868472010-09-08T13:08:17.413-04:002010-09-08T13:08:17.413-04:00HD-1)TOTALLY
2)I bet you a jar that they are qu...HD-1)TOTALLY<br /> 2)I bet you a jar that they are quince and would make delightful preserves.Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434442851611224015.post-65395882849226803382010-09-08T12:44:32.927-04:002010-09-08T12:44:32.927-04:001) Being that Desperado is in my top 5 all time fa...1) Being that Desperado is in my top 5 all time favorite movies, I'm excited about Machete.<br /><br />2) We have 3 or four pear trees with pears that I think taste nasty and they don't look like the pears in the grocery. Maybe they are quince?Huff Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374300106877859626noreply@blogger.com