Comments on: Thanksgiving Memories

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:07:45 +0000

Single Baker, I don’t know if Reverend Ed cooked or not. But he was a wag. A church woman was once looking for a fellow committee member and asked Ed if he had spotted this other Baptist lady in the church that day: “Have you seen Betty Blaise?” He answered, “I didn’t know she as on fire.” I have the feeling it was Ed’s wife who cooked, and he was put on the cover as a way of currying (so to speak) favor.

By: Single Scratch Baker

Single Scratch Baker — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:24:57 +0000

Are there any more recipes featuring critters in the First Baptist cook book? Possum?
Was Reverend Ed a good cook? If he was not, his immortality on the cover suggests there was a squabble about which of the church’s gifted female cooks would grace the cover. Oh heck let’s conjure up a squabble.
You are ringingly clear about which side of the Butter-Crisco or lard divide you cook on. The divining question for cooks everywhere: what kind of Cake Flour do you use?

By: jennifer

jennifer — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:11:44 +0000

So you won’t be cooking that squirrel and dumpling recipe I shared for your husband’s birthday, Becky? Love your observation about the exotic ingredient “soy sauce.” Remember in the 1960s when Chinese food always meant chop suey OUT OF A CAN? And yeah…I like to think of my cookie sheets as “seasoned.”

By: becky up the hill

becky up the hill — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:28:27 +0000

Loved the stories and the recipes. I can personally vouch that squirrel is not one of my ‘go to foods’, tho my Dad was a hunter and we did eat it, blech. Fricassee if you can believe it. I think it may have had something to do with tough meat. When my city slicker husband came courting he politely gave it the thumbs down and my mom never cooked it for him/us again. That is one of the many reasons I married him ;o).
I love that your cookie sheets look like mine, not in style but condition. My sister has an old Lutheran cookbook and one exotic recipe calls for 1/8 teaspoon of soy sauce! Smoking!!
I enjoyed the culinary family history you shared. Thanks Jennifer.

By: jennifer

jennifer — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:46:31 +0000

Tracie, yes! The ads are one of the best parts of old cookbooks! Although I’m horrible with phone numbers, I think even I could remember your grandpa’s excellent two-digit version. And you’re right, WIMS, Jello is definitely one of the essential food groups, at least you’d think so by flipping through a church cookbook.

By: Walking In My Sleep

Walking In My Sleep — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:15:20 +0000

THE CHURCH COOKBOOK!!!! What a flashback of memories – most involving Jello – and warm thoughts. My favorite was the rolls made by one of the church women. Her secret recipe was the envy of all.

Happy Holidays!

By: Tracie in Tallahassee

Tracie in Tallahassee — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:24:07 +0000

Jennifer – thanks so much for sharing the Thanksgiving recipe memories! The icebox rolls sound absolutely wonderful with that little bit of powdered sugar on top. I’ve never heard of doing that but am going to try them next time I make rolls. I’ve got an old recipe book that my mom used all the time – from the Panama City, Fla. women’s club, printed in the early ’30s. Ironically, my favorite recipe from that one is for Icebox Cookies, which I make every December. I especially love the business ads in the front of the recipe book, including one for my grandfather’s store – whose phone number was 14!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:04:21 +0000

Thanks for the correction, Daddy! I don’t mind. OK, these rolls were made by my mom, my Grandma Lorene, and HER mother in law. I’m just about to pop them in the oven now.

By: bill crabb

bill crabb — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:58:24 +0000

Well, you know how your mother disliked being corrected by me but I hope that you will accept this correction in good spirits. It was actually passed down from Grandma Pinney. Speaking of Pinneys, days ago I talked to your Aunt Bev. She was wondering if those rolls would be appropriate to take to her neighbors for Thanksgiving. I told her that you always made them for the Holiday feasts and I had never heard of one going to waste.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:35:30 +0000

Leslie, you have to send me that Spinach Jello receipt. It will be the highlight of Malcolm’s 12th birthday dinner!