Awww. Mama never used lard but She had a drippings container on the stove where all the bacon grease went. I have it now, don't use it but just to remember her by. My mouth is watering over those pie crusts.
I would give anything to have one of mama's homemade yeast rolls right now. She gave me the recipe but it was just a list of ingredients. She forgot the directions. LOL
She had three stoves. One in the kitchen, her old one in the basement from before daddy remodeled her kitchen which was used for baking biscuits or rolls when the other oven was full. She also had a wood cookstove out in what we called the pavilion. It was an outside screenhouse but had its own bathroom, it's own kitchen sink and refrigerator and the wood stove. She learned to cook on a wood cookstove and swore everything tasted better cooked on a wood stove.
I know. I don't have a wood cookstove but I have a woodstove that I can cook on and in. It has a cooking panel on the top and that lifts to reveal a grill inside. It is also one heck of a good woodstove. Mom mostly used hers for bread and it was wonderful.
I was thinking about this, spurred I'm sure by your comments about Grandma Dog's pie crust. Mom was a depression baby and never wasted anything. When she made pies, she took the scraps of leftover pie crust, rolled it out, sprinkled them with cinnamon and sugar, rolled that up and cut it into 1 inch pinwheels and baked them. They were so good.
...she would put those "cookies" in a bread bag, fill a mason jar with kool aid, wrap it with aluminum foil then send me off for my own private picnic....
...those memories they created for us are an inheritance of untold value....
We always had picnic tables, Daddy was a builder but came from a long line of country cabinetmakers and homebuilders. We were sent outside for lots of snacks. They also made great pirate ships, Davey Crockett cabins, etc. Mom had a set of aluminum glasses in assorted pastel colors that would keep any drink at iceberg temperature. By the time I was about five, they were well worn dented and scratched.
We never had either grandma cook for us. Grandma who lived next door was very sick from when I was five. We visited mama's mother and father but they sold the farm when I was a baby and lived in a tiny apartment in Petersburg
A great aunt who lived in Harrisonburg made huge feasts for us, all on a wood stove and in a tiny kitchen just big enough for the stove, a sink and hand pumped faucet and a tiny drainboard. And the great aunt. No room for anyone else.
I forgot to mention Food Lion carries it too. BTW, if anyone is concerned about artificial sweeteners, stevia is a plant and it's all natural. No artificial anything. I don't think it has sugar alcohols either, unlike the artificial sweeteners, If you're diabetic, you'll know why that's a verrrry good thing.
The weirdest thing is their version of corn pudding. It's not sweet. It's like a real vegetable. Not fit for human consumption. Mama's corn pudding was rich with nutmeg, cream, eggs and sugar.
Here in MI tea isn’t as big of a deal as it is in the southern states & years ago I was waitressing at a small restaurant that had tea on the menu but it was rarely ordered. We were extremely busy one fish fry Friday & I had a lady order tea. I rushed to the kitchen to pour a glass & next thing I know my boss is calling me to the lady’s table. The lady asked me what the hell I poured her. I told her I was sure it was tea & said I’d go get the jug. Well I got the jug & it was labeled black olives! Hahaha It’s been over 30 years & I still lmao about that.
I'm doing fine now, thank you. I appreciate all the thoughts and prayers. The server of the tea has been detained by authorities. For the record, the server did NOT ask sweet or non-sweet.
I really don't understand American "humor". Why would anyone consume sugar, knowing that it causes diabetes, cancer, obesity and a host of other ailments?
Hahaha! I love how this is based in Knoxville!! Only part of the story that’s not believable is “Fountain City PD” no such agency, Knoxville PD covers the area. But the rest of it I could see
Oh gosh, my mother never ever served a meal without homemade biscuits or rolls and homemade sweet tea.
Milo's Tea. Just try it. Walmart has it. I swill that stuff in the summer. I have to get the diet version because of my blood sugar but it's terrific.
...oh God...
...and everything cooked with lard of bacon grease (renderings)...
...Grandma Dog's ice water/lard pie crusts...
...now you got me crying.....
Awww. Mama never used lard but She had a drippings container on the stove where all the bacon grease went. I have it now, don't use it but just to remember her by. My mouth is watering over those pie crusts.
I would give anything to have one of mama's homemade yeast rolls right now. She gave me the recipe but it was just a list of ingredients. She forgot the directions. LOL
She had three stoves. One in the kitchen, her old one in the basement from before daddy remodeled her kitchen which was used for baking biscuits or rolls when the other oven was full. She also had a wood cookstove out in what we called the pavilion. It was an outside screenhouse but had its own bathroom, it's own kitchen sink and refrigerator and the wood stove. She learned to cook on a wood cookstove and swore everything tasted better cooked on a wood stove.
...find a yeast roll recipe and incorporate your Mama's ingredients into it...
...and yes, your Mother was right, food, especially bread, tastes better cooked in a wood stove.....
I know. I don't have a wood cookstove but I have a woodstove that I can cook on and in. It has a cooking panel on the top and that lifts to reveal a grill inside. It is also one heck of a good woodstove. Mom mostly used hers for bread and it was wonderful.
I was thinking about this, spurred I'm sure by your comments about Grandma Dog's pie crust. Mom was a depression baby and never wasted anything. When she made pies, she took the scraps of leftover pie crust, rolled it out, sprinkled them with cinnamon and sugar, rolled that up and cut it into 1 inch pinwheels and baked them. They were so good.
...Grandma Dog did the same thing...
...she would put those "cookies" in a bread bag, fill a mason jar with kool aid, wrap it with aluminum foil then send me off for my own private picnic....
...those memories they created for us are an inheritance of untold value....
We always had picnic tables, Daddy was a builder but came from a long line of country cabinetmakers and homebuilders. We were sent outside for lots of snacks. They also made great pirate ships, Davey Crockett cabins, etc. Mom had a set of aluminum glasses in assorted pastel colors that would keep any drink at iceberg temperature. By the time I was about five, they were well worn dented and scratched.
We never had either grandma cook for us. Grandma who lived next door was very sick from when I was five. We visited mama's mother and father but they sold the farm when I was a baby and lived in a tiny apartment in Petersburg A great aunt who lived in Harrisonburg made huge feasts for us, all on a wood stove and in a tiny kitchen just big enough for the stove, a sink and hand pumped faucet and a tiny drainboard. And the great aunt. No room for anyone else.
Grandma Dog would tell me,"memories are you roses in the winter's snow"...
...at the time, I didn't put much credence into those words....
I forgot to mention Food Lion carries it too. BTW, if anyone is concerned about artificial sweeteners, stevia is a plant and it's all natural. No artificial anything. I don't think it has sugar alcohols either, unlike the artificial sweeteners, If you're diabetic, you'll know why that's a verrrry good thing.
😅🤣😂. A true emergency
...Yankees' just wouldn't understand...
...they like their cornbread sweet and their ice tea bitter....
The weirdest thing is their version of corn pudding. It's not sweet. It's like a real vegetable. Not fit for human consumption. Mama's corn pudding was rich with nutmeg, cream, eggs and sugar.
Here in MI tea isn’t as big of a deal as it is in the southern states & years ago I was waitressing at a small restaurant that had tea on the menu but it was rarely ordered. We were extremely busy one fish fry Friday & I had a lady order tea. I rushed to the kitchen to pour a glass & next thing I know my boss is calling me to the lady’s table. The lady asked me what the hell I poured her. I told her I was sure it was tea & said I’d go get the jug. Well I got the jug & it was labeled black olives! Hahaha It’s been over 30 years & I still lmao about that.
I'm doing fine now, thank you. I appreciate all the thoughts and prayers. The server of the tea has been detained by authorities. For the record, the server did NOT ask sweet or non-sweet.
...thank you for the update and vindicating the server...
...doggy winks....
I really don't understand American "humor". Why would anyone consume sugar, knowing that it causes diabetes, cancer, obesity and a host of other ailments?
Hahaha! I love how this is based in Knoxville!! Only part of the story that’s not believable is “Fountain City PD” no such agency, Knoxville PD covers the area. But the rest of it I could see