Time to make the cookies...Thursday, April 2, 2015

As you can see, we have had this recipe for a LONG time...Gosh, I don't think you can even BUY a 1 lb box of Vanilla Waffers anymore...I had to buy 2 boxes...my cousin gave it to Mother and it has become one of my FAVORITE Easter Treats...

I am not really sure why I THINK this is an Easter cookie, but I just do...It is like the daughter that was helping her Mother in the Kitchen to prepare the ham.  The Mother took the BIG knife and cut about 2 inches off of the end of the ham before she put it in the pan to cook.  The daughter asked the mother WHY she did that.  The Mother looked baffled and simply said it was the way HER Mother did it.

When the family gathered for their holiday meal, the granddaughter went and asked her grandmother WHY she always cut 2 inches off of the end of the ham to cook it.  The Grandmother got the SAME baffled look on her face, when all of a sudden she said, "The ham was TOO BIG for the pan, so I had to cut it off so it would fit."

Many of our traditions happen simply BECAUSE we liked something, so we kept doing it UNTIL it became expected...

I am certain there is a TREAT that YOU like that you usually only get or make at a certain time of year and the ANTICIPATION is so worth the wait!

Just a note...I don't really care for coconut, so 

I ROLL my cookies in confections sugar!  YUMMY!!

My cookies are made and Charcoal gave his PAW of approval...I think I will be freezing most of these so I won't be tempted to eat them all in one day!

I HOPE that you are looking forward to a tradition.  Remember to SLOW DOWN and enjoy the PEOPLE that surround you, because once they are gone, it gets very lonely...Blessings to YOU...~charlotte

Hey Roamie...I hope you are having fun with Momma and Daddy...it is hard to believe that you have been gone one year...I miss you and will always remember that YOU were the best puppy ever...You SURE would have loved these cookies, just like you loved sitting under my feet WAITING for one to drop so you could gobble it up...xoxoxo

Vinegar...Sunday, August 3, 2014

 I found myself snickering a few moments ago as I was making gravy from the roast beef “juice” and I reached for the vinegar.  I had purposely cooked this roast with extra water so I could make some easy gravy (just thicken with corn starch)…

Vinegar, especially Apple Cider Vinegar, was a MUST for meals in my mother’s extended family…it was ALWAYS placed on cabbage and turnip greens…

ONCE we had a family Thanksgiving with Mother’s family, as we always did, and NOBODY brought the Vinegar!  TRAGEDY ensued…my Cousin became VERY grumpy and believe me, NEVER did that happen again…That made the “no dessert” Thanksgiving seem like a MILD tragedy…NEVER had we had a POT LUCK gathering without a single dessert…I guess the LUCK just ran out!  THAT never happened again either!

I don’t like vinegar on my cabbage and since I don’t like turnip greens, then it certainly does NOTHING to endure the taste to my “buds”…LOL…

I have often joked that I am the QUEEN of making ANYTHING that has vinegar and Salad dressing~~broccoli slaw, slaw, tartar sauce, tomato and cucumber relish…ANYTHING that has vinegar, I am YOUR GIRL!  I guess it is just a reflection of the SWEET and SOUR part of me…Although I can be “fine and dandy, sweet as candy”…I can be the WORST sour-puss on the planet…sigh….

Growing up and learning to cook as all good farm girls did, I had a tough time remembering WHICH vegetables required a pinch of sugar added to them and which needed vinegar.  Green Beans were always finished off with a splash of vinegar to brighten them…Corn from the old days always got a pinch of sugar as did any form of black eyed peas and to this day, I can’t remember IF Lima Beans got it or not, so I just add butter!  Nothing else got the vinegar EXCEPT the green beans~~wonder why, but boy, are they delicious and NO you cannot TASTE the vinegar and if you do, Well, then you added too much!!

Roast Beef gravy was another thing that most always got a splash of vinegar…it just brightened it…AND again, no other gravy got it…I don’t know why, but I just try my best to STILL follow the rules!  =)

I’m so thankful that Mother made sure I learned to cook.  It has brought me, and many others, great JOY…Thanks, Momma!!...This morning as I was sitting on the back porch, I was surrounded by more than a dozen butterflies…I THINK it was Mother just stopping by to say HI and that she loved me…I wish I had been a better daughter and I think I will always wish that!  Too late to repair the past, but I sure can improve ME for the present…

Sending you ALL BUTTERFLY wishes and LOVE…Blessings to YOU…~charlotte♥

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