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{From the Archives of Connie's Letters. February 16, 2012.}
Dear Mothers,
I was the first-born in my family, and then I had 2 younger brothers. . . Dad fought in W.W.2.. .. and I was a Baby Boomer.
But then Jim was born into an old fashioned family. . . He was the 12th child out of 13 children. My Mother was a modern Millie. Dad was an up- to- date guy. But as a child I loved the old fashioned ways.
Jim was born into a well established old timey family. He loved just plain, black coffee ...and drank it with his meals sometimes. He would take my homemade bread, after it got hard, and he would then crumble it up in a bowl...put sugar on it, and milk, and eat it like cereal. . . He loved radish sandwiches. . The Old timers would make anything into a sandwich. Jim would eat cucumber sandwiches too.
As a boy he would work for some of the farmers in their town. . . He would spend all day topping onions. . . So he hated onions.. When we first married, Jim asked me to make bread pudding. . . I had no idea how to do that. . . I had never heard of such a thing. But I learned how and made many pans of bread pudding.
Jim also loved hamburger gravy. He loved anything with gravy. Creamed Eggs was another meal he asked me to make. . . As a young wife I had sure never heard of that. . . All you do is hard-boil some eggs and chop up the eggs in a white gravy. .We would eat this on biscuits or just plain buttered toast. . . Our Mary loves creamed eggs too. . . Sometimes, if I had cheese, I would add some cheese to the white gravy. . . Sometimes if I ran out of meat we would have fried potatoes and fried eggs for a late supper.
The old timers didn't eat a lot of snacks between meals either. . . Jim loved homemade cakes and pies and peanut butter cookies. . . But he didn't really want a lot of store bought desserts. .
In the summer, we loved our garden. We ate fresh tomatoes along with every meal, even for breakfast. Jim loved plain tomato sandwiches too. .
Love Connie
PS Another thing Jim's mom made for her family, that I have never made, was fried bananas. . I think you just fry them in a skillet in butter. . and then put powdered sugar on them when they are done cooking.
But then Jim was born into an old fashioned family. . . He was the 12th child out of 13 children. My Mother was a modern Millie. Dad was an up- to- date guy. But as a child I loved the old fashioned ways.
Jim was born into a well established old timey family. He loved just plain, black coffee ...and drank it with his meals sometimes. He would take my homemade bread, after it got hard, and he would then crumble it up in a bowl...put sugar on it, and milk, and eat it like cereal. . . He loved radish sandwiches. . The Old timers would make anything into a sandwich. Jim would eat cucumber sandwiches too.
As a boy he would work for some of the farmers in their town. . . He would spend all day topping onions. . . So he hated onions.. When we first married, Jim asked me to make bread pudding. . . I had no idea how to do that. . . I had never heard of such a thing. But I learned how and made many pans of bread pudding.
Jim also loved hamburger gravy. He loved anything with gravy. Creamed Eggs was another meal he asked me to make. . . As a young wife I had sure never heard of that. . . All you do is hard-boil some eggs and chop up the eggs in a white gravy. .We would eat this on biscuits or just plain buttered toast. . . Our Mary loves creamed eggs too. . . Sometimes, if I had cheese, I would add some cheese to the white gravy. . . Sometimes if I ran out of meat we would have fried potatoes and fried eggs for a late supper.
The old timers didn't eat a lot of snacks between meals either. . . Jim loved homemade cakes and pies and peanut butter cookies. . . But he didn't really want a lot of store bought desserts. .
In the summer, we loved our garden. We ate fresh tomatoes along with every meal, even for breakfast. Jim loved plain tomato sandwiches too. .
Love Connie
PS Another thing Jim's mom made for her family, that I have never made, was fried bananas. . I think you just fry them in a skillet in butter. . and then put powdered sugar on them when they are done cooking.
* Order Connie's book, "Dear Kitchen Saints," - It is autobiographical and tells the beautiful story of her marriage testimony! You will be encouraged in old time homemaking.*
