This is today's question.
- How are holidays with your family different today than when you were a child?
- Does your family gather for holidays, or are they not as important for family today?
- Do you have your own family now? and if you do, do they celebrate with you or with their own families?
For me, when I was a child we did things as a family. But as an adult without children of my own I don't have family to celebrate with other than my brothers and sisters which have families of their own. So now we all gather as a large family early in December for Christmas so that each individual family has time to spend nearer to the holiday with their own families. It's a gathering of three generations that all come together so that we can at least see each other once a year. This answer is different for my brothers and sisters than it is for me as they have children of their own but I don't. Other holidays that were important when I was a child aren't celebrated as much for me. The only one really is Christmas. The other holidays I think are more geared to families with smaller children.
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.
Making use of left overs cont.
Drippings - Use all drippings from bacon, roasts or broiled meats for gravies or frying. Use excess fat from poultry as a butter substitute in baking.
Eggs - Use left-over whites as meringues for pie, in fruit whips or frozen desserts. Use left-over yolks for mayonnaise soft custards, cream fillings, and potatoe croquettes. Combine 2 whites or 2 yolks with one whole egg to make a 2 egg cake. Use yolks alone to make an egg drop for soup. (Blend 2 yolks with 2 tbsp flour and 1 tbsp evaporated milk, salt and pepper. Drop mixture through a sieve into boiling broth.) Boil cracked eggs without the center oozing out, by adding a tsp of salt to the water. Combine left-over scrambled eggs with chopped spring onion stems to make a dinner appetizer. Whisk left-over hard cooked eggs through ricer and serve over salads, or vegetables as a garnish. Get the last bit of beaten egg from the bowl, by wiping out with a rubber plate scraper.
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