Re: More Food for Thought

I love potato bread, got a recipe you would like to share?
 
Donna


--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:

From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CHAT] More Food for Thought
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 3:24 PM

In my earlier years we lived on homemade potato bread for everything except
for an occasional loaf of Rosen's Rye.  When we moved to Indiana when I was

10, we started eating something like Wonderbread - awful stuff.  Anytime a
family member would visit us from Chicago, they'd be sure to bring some
Rosen's.  The crust on that was so tough, your teeth had to fight with it -

it was THAT GOOD!  And delicious seeds.  I can't believe it now when I see
seedless soft rye bread available in stores. What IS the point?

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] More Food for Thought


> We were always told that eating the crusts would make our hair curly--
> which, for some reason, was supposed to be a good thing. But it wasn't
> until I moved away from home and began buying bread from a baker
> rather than from a grocer that I discovered the joys of a good, chewy
> crust.
>
> On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Kitty wrote:
>
>> I am sitting here eating a delightful grilled cheese sandwich. I had
>> to use the heel for one side of the sandwich which I normally
>> wouldn't use for grilling because it is not level as are slices.
>> But um, yumm, that was good.
>>
>> This got me thinking about how kids today (from what I have heard)
>> don't like bread heels.  Many go so far as to insist that mom cut
>> the crusts off. Strange, as I've always loved the end pieces of
any
>> bread - mmm crust has more texture!
>>
>> My guess is that this was subterfuge on their mom's part.  I grew
up
>> having to fight 2 sister's for the heels and, being the youngest,
>> rarely won.  This was the coveted piece of bread and you couldn't
go
>> out of turn, reaching to the back for it.  The end had to become
>> available after the slices were used.  Or you had to open a new
>> loaf , which was forbidden until the previous loaf was finished.  In
>> the case of homemade bread, you weren't allowed to just turn it
>> around and cut yourself some crust...there were rules!
>>
>> So, as babyboomers grew up and had their own kids, they didn't
>> mention how good the crust was.  Instead, mom served the kids first
>> and then took the heel for herself.  The kids assume that mom is
>> being dutiful to her children, giving them the best and eating the
>> crummy (not crumby) stuff herself.  Then the day comes when mom's
>> eating a yogurt and the kids are getting sandwiches and there's
just
>> enough bread left, but someone has to take the heel.  The wailing
>> and carrying on is deafening!  Hadn't they suffered enough when
they
>> were told they had to eat their crusts?!  An END piece?  Are you
>> crazy?  Those are for adults!
>>
>> Yeah, they are.
>>
>> The end.
>>
>> Kitty
>> neIN, Zone 5
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty"
<kmrsy@comcast.net>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 12:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Food for Thought... Have you seen it?
>>
>>
>>> Hi Cathy,
>>> A touching story, but I have to ask...
>>> Since she didn't know him, she wouldn't be expecting him,
so what
>>> did it
>>> matter if he was late?
>>>
>>> Kitty
>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catharine Carpenter"

>>> <cathycrc@comcast.net
>>> >
>>> To: "Carmel Akins" <carmakins@hotmail.com>;
"Kayla Bunger"
>>> <kbunger@earthlink.net>; "Kristin Hatton"
>>> <mandkhatton@comcast.net>; "Cassie
>>> Carpenter" <cassiecarpenter@gmail.com>;
<gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 7:45 AM
>>> Subject: [CHAT] Food for Thought... Have you seen it?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Received this from someone who I never expected would consider
this
>>>> important..... Tried to send this once. Don't think you
received
>>>> it .
>>>> Am trying again.
>>>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   How to Dance in the Rain
>>>>>
>>>>> It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly
gentleman
>>>>> arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said
he was
>>>>> in a
>>>>> hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.
>>>>>
>>>>> I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it
would be
>>>>> over an hour before someone would be able to see him. I
saw him
>>>>> looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy
with another
>>>>> patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well
healed,
>>>>> so
>>>>> I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to
remove
>>>>> his sutures and redress his wound.
>>>>>
>>>>> While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had
another
>>>>> doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a
hurry. The
>>>>> gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing
home to
>>>>> eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired as to her health.
He told
>>>>> me
>>>>> that she had been there for a while and that she was a
victim of
>>>>> Alzheimer's Disease.
>>>>>
>>>>> As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a
bit late.
>>>>>
>>>>> He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she
had not
>>>>> recognized him in five years now. I was surprised, and
asked him,
>>>>> 'And you still go every morning, even though she
doesn't know who
>>>>> you are?'
>>>>>
>>>>> He smiled as he patted my hand and said,
>>>>>
>>>>> 'She doesn't know me, but I still know who she
is.'
>>>>>
>>>>> I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on
my arm,
>>>>> and thought,
>>>>> 'That is the kind of love I want in my life.'
>>>>>
>>>>> True love is neither physical, nor romantic.
>>>>> True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will
be, and
>>>>> will not be.
>>>>> With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes
there is
>>>>> one that comes along that has an important message. This
one I
>>>>> thought I could share with you.
>>>>>
>>>>> The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of
everything;
>>>>> they just make the best of everything they have.
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope you share this with someone you care about.
>>>>> 'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but
how to dance in the
>>>>> rain
>>>>>
>>>>>  Do not worry about tomorrow,
>>>>> for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.
>>>>> Today's trouble is enough for today.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>>>
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