Posted on 06/14/2017 5:54:44 PM PDT by Jamestown1630
My Korean friends used to be alarmed at the way I gulped it down. They would admonish me: “Eat some Rice!”
It’s not about her recipes, really. Her stories about food and love and life just got under my skin so long ago and stayed there.
I was sad and homesick in a snowy cold winter with the same kind of radiator and same kind of tangerines she had when she was sad and lonely, so I did her little trick of separating the little tangerine sections and placing them on the radiator for a short while until the skin became crisp and the tangerine juice inside became a pop of warm, sweet sharpness. So many little things I got out of reading her. I love the stories of her biggest love affair, with the man who ended up losing both his legs and then died during the war.
She and I are very different (and there are some things about her I don’t like) but she influenced me significantly.
Like a very intense mini cabbage.
Braised seems to take the sulfur off.
They aint bad but some folks cant abide that sulfur.
I put diced granny smith apples in the sauerkraut. That takes all the funk off it.
Simmer with Kielbasa and caraway seed.
Givem a try
That’s a great story.
And she was a very talented writer. When I first discovered her, I was entranced by the writing.
It is a condiment of sorts LOL
Its like Gyoza, you spend all day making it and 20 mins later its all gone LOL
I often think the most beloved foods take the most time
Me too. And you know, last year I stopped hoarding books; when we moved I donated 3/4 or more of my huge collection to the local Catholic Church big sale. Only books that I truly couldn’t put with made the cut. Her books stayed.
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Food really glues you to life memory’s.
It so does. Our senses can bring back the past. Smells, tastes, sounds.
Lets not let our kids memories be “lunchables or hot pockets” LOL
We make Gyoza for my brother at Christmas. Big production on the Dining Room table - but it goes immediately into the freezer, with some separate for us.
When you thaw it, you can decide to steam, fry, or bake.
I wish you could give me the secret re: ‘stop hoarding books’.
The last time we moved, we got rid of scores. Somehow, now they’re all back....
Pierogis, Potato pizza....Briar Hill Pizza
It’s an all day affair,and they never make it to the freezer, but I make them alone, and its a family affair.
I wish we had gyoza ladies here.
We have tamale ladies but it’s the same idea.
It’s time consuming and poof they are gone
Lumpia is another classic special family party food.
Get everyone involved, get the kids fists in the dough
Get the whole family on the assembly line :)
Like churning butter and baking bread
It tastes better when you have a hand in it
My husband has lots of memories of all the kids turning the crank on the wooden ice-cream maker. He was the oldest, so he started out; and then the other kids fell in line, according to age and ability :-)
Exactly, lather rinse repeat and that was after a full day of picking strawberry’s, Peaches
We’re not living as well, now :-(
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