tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7751794206860576470..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Like Grandma Used To MakeAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-51046805252993637562019-08-09T14:48:14.418-04:002019-08-09T14:48:14.418-04:00The old diet was better than how MOST people eat t...The old diet was better than how MOST people eat today. If you eat better than most people (it isn't hard), great. Redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082374076978989199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-8183236616685273792014-02-26T15:40:19.860-05:002014-02-26T15:40:19.860-05:00My mother was the world's worst cook. My gran...My mother was the world's worst cook. My grandmother was a fantastic cook. Taught me to grow vegetables, and (when that not possible) to buy locally, eat seasonally, buy organic produce, eat humanely raised animal meat, milk and eggs because she said God made us stewards, not torturers of animals. She was a stingy Yankee who may have bought SOME pricy food but never wasted any. Taught me how to make delicious soups and stews and use up leftovers in interesting ways. She loved guests as it gave her an excuse to splurge on treats and cook all day preparing. I'm just like her. She spent part of her youth in Europe so always enjoyed cooking w spices and new ingredients.<br /><br />She was socially traditional but quite determined to support the local farmers around her, and militantly against factory farming. She also knitted dozens and dozens of mittens a year for her church fair every year for local poor kids (of whom, sadly, there were all too many in desperate need of them). She felt that giving your time and effort was more loving than the two bucks apiece she cd have given instead for the mittens. <br /><br />She basically served us a Mediterranean diet w periodic nods to the meat and potatoes tastes of the men. She made bread, minimized sugar, and bought no processed foods that I can remember. At her funeral the priest read Proverbs 31 and nobody snickered. It described her to a T. And to the extent that I ever follow her example (I'm lazy and wrathful and not half the woman she was) my family are happier. Corny, but she is my role model. absolutely. jerks like me need saintly grandmothers to inspire us...Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-33744635211139536622014-02-20T01:00:52.477-05:002014-02-20T01:00:52.477-05:00I agree with Class Factorum. When it comes to bak...I agree with Class Factorum. When it comes to baking, use lard. Leave the shortening for the also-rans.Who Struck Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359715705053814488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-50271492496788424972014-02-19T08:02:39.719-05:002014-02-19T08:02:39.719-05:00I'm trying to think of anything bad about lard...I'm trying to think of anything bad about lard. Nope. Can't do it. I say more lard. More bacon grease.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64247696644318940952014-02-17T02:32:20.704-05:002014-02-17T02:32:20.704-05:00I'm tickled pink that I don't have to do t...I'm tickled pink that I don't have to do things the way my grandmother did.<br /><br />Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-53686982130176977972014-02-16T23:39:09.135-05:002014-02-16T23:39:09.135-05:00"Cream Dried Beef"
Is that related to
&..."Cream Dried Beef"<br /><br />Is that related to<br />"a blend of ground meats and tasty gravies appetizingly poured over a shingle?"<br /><br />FWIW, my grandmother was a very good and efficient cook (worked at it professionally for years), making plenty of things from scratch and preserving others (I never did care for head cheese, though), and my mother also is a good cook. But with the variety and quality of ingredients easily available I eat better now than ever before, and not just because my wife cooks well. She does, but there are more fresh vegetables than before for her to use, a wider variety of meats, and spices that I only used to hear about. Turnips and almonds I once rarely saw; now they're my work snacks.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com