This is today's question.
- As a child, what holidays did you celebrate?
- Did you have large extended family gatherings?
- Was it just immediate family?
- Were there special meals made each year?
- What do you remember most about each of these holidays?
As a child I remember getting a new outfit for Easter every year and having my photo taken out front by my mother's rose garden, sometimes the photo was of me and my brothers or of me and my neighbor that lived behind us. We always got easter baskets with big chocolate bunnies and got to find Easter eggs in our yard. I don't remember much fuss around Thanksgiving although I'm sure there was a big dinner. Christmas was my favorite as we always got at least one gift that we really wanted. After my mom passed my dad would ask us what we wanted for Christmas and I learned pretty quickly that if I told him what I really wanted I'd get it. So I asked for bigger items like a small tv for my room or a new radio. My one brother would get mad because he just asked for silly stuff like socks or ties. And that's exactly what he got. My dad was pretty literal in that sense. I do remember one year when I was about 3 or 4 getting a doll that walked and skated. She was my best friend for a long time. She looked somewhat like me with shoulder length blonde hair so I really liked her a lot. While my mother was alive we use to have large extended family gatherings at Christmas. It was all of our aunts and uncles and cousins. After she passed that all stopped for us and it was just our immediate family.
As a continuation of yesterday's blog post... Here are the two excerpts from The Lily Wallace new American Cookbook on Ration Cooking from 1946.
Milk - Evaporated milk can be used in place of fresh milk or cream for cooking without any loss in food value. It can be whipped and used in frozen desserts. Skim milk, while lacking the Vitamin A and D content of whole milk, contains Vitamins B and G, plus calcium and other valuable minerals.
Making use of left overs. A second and even more important attack on food waste lies in the direction of the garbage pail. To toss left-over foods away when a bit of thought can transform them into nourishing dishes, is uneconomical. Here are a few of the ways in which odds and ends of food can make their way back to the dining table.
Bread Rolls - If slightly dry, use for toast, or French toast. If very dry, grate or grind for crumbs to use in casserole dishes and deep fat frying. Save as stuffing for roasts, as filler for meat loaf. Use as croutons in soup. If toasted and burnt, rub the grater and remove burnt spots leaving a nice brown surface. To freshen, dampen and place inside a paper bag. Tie end of the bag loosely and place in a hot oven for a few minutes.
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