tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post7300089978655622159..comments2024-03-28T11:38:34.959-05:00Comments on Leaves On My Tree: Made From ScratchEmma Springfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-24046666579496441422018-10-13T15:49:37.030-05:002018-10-13T15:49:37.030-05:00I would bet that you wish you had the recipe for t...I would bet that you wish you had the recipe for those sweets. Those cookie bars are the only thing my mother refused to share.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-13565101229995058962018-10-13T01:44:24.438-05:002018-10-13T01:44:24.438-05:00beautiful chest of memories you open to share joys...beautiful chest of memories you open to share joys of your past dear Emma! and i always love to read them and they take me to my magical world of childhood :)))<br /><br />my mom either died without sharing her recipe of my favorite sweets that she specially made for my brother when he was in army for ten years (later he left ) she used to make huge amount so he can take along and when he told his friends like her sweets she was so happy to hear and packed more<br /><br />yes i am 48 now and i can say that 33 years ago eating stuff sold outside was more healthy safe and less harmful <br /><br />now there are tons of things kids buy in cheap price and then parent pay high bills to the doctors bailihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06498012175058870980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-14777047376852009522018-10-12T12:14:54.129-05:002018-10-12T12:14:54.129-05:00Be careful. You might get yourself a permanent hou...Be careful. You might get yourself a permanent house guest. I love everything you mentioned except a couple that I do not know.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-58597015105727279242018-10-12T00:02:02.461-05:002018-10-12T00:02:02.461-05:00I love your wander to the past Emma. These days it...I love your wander to the past Emma. These days it is certainly tempting to buy packet mixes and fast foods. Like Rhodesia I never have fast food either. Everything is from scratch. I regularly make my own hummus, bread, salads, soups, and stews. (I don't bake cakes much these days as I prefer not to eat sugar, but always bake a fruit cake at Christmas - that reminds me, I should get the fruit soaking in the rum this week.) I grow spouts all the time on the windowsill and have three small vegetable gardens and in summer I grow most of the easier vegetables like green beans, spinach (we have a huge New Zealand version called silver beet), herbs, rocket, lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes. Also I have a lemon tree, an orange and three mandarin trees, a big rhubarb patch (yum rhubarb crumble), two blueberry bushes, a plum, a macadamia nut, a persimmon, a casimira and two passionfruit vines. Nearby on some common land is an avocado tree, two walnuts and a feijoa. I am lucky here it is quite a mild climate by the coast and everything grows well. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-36309325579391466152018-10-11T16:26:07.831-05:002018-10-11T16:26:07.831-05:00I miss mine too. Grandma was a plain farmer's ...I miss mine too. Grandma was a plain farmer's wife cooking plain wholesome meals with homemade bread every day. Mom was pretty much the same but she liked to try new things. Mom and I always argued over which of us made the best pie crust (I did). I made better bread; she made better cakes and cookies. I made better meatloaf and pot roast but pretty much everything else was her.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-76278641294313459182018-10-11T13:19:16.124-05:002018-10-11T13:19:16.124-05:00Are certain that we were not in your kitchen?!
I...Are certain that we were not in your kitchen?! <br /><br />It has been years since I made cake from a recipe. Pie is always homemade. I miss my mom and grandmothers.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-56005805443049992932018-10-10T13:59:20.322-05:002018-10-10T13:59:20.322-05:00Sometimes we took turns because it could take a wh...Sometimes we took turns because it could take a while. If we had extra we even added walnuts.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-1929681410233901222018-10-10T13:55:05.448-05:002018-10-10T13:55:05.448-05:00I will be over soon for dinner.I will be over soon for dinner.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-9931641941937115862018-10-10T13:54:17.461-05:002018-10-10T13:54:17.461-05:00My mother made the best chocolate cake with fudge ...My mother made the best chocolate cake with fudge frosting. Mine never turns out as good. I think I do not cook the fudge frosting quite long enough.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-13567017782942415292018-10-10T09:21:38.539-05:002018-10-10T09:21:38.539-05:00My father was the only one in my family who had th...My father was the only one in my family who had the physical strength to make homemade fudge, the cocoa box recipe where you had to beat it until it was thick. Still the best fudge I ever ate. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-82554989063061671212018-10-10T03:08:49.509-05:002018-10-10T03:08:49.509-05:00We never have fast food Almost all our vegetables...We never have fast food Almost all our vegetables come from the garden and meat from the butcher. I also do not bake often, but when I do I make my own, no packets. I do make bread quite often, but the french make such amazing bread and pastries it is hard to not buy them occasionally. Take care DianeRhodesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159888599601532530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-19830770737874576292018-10-09T22:11:33.019-05:002018-10-09T22:11:33.019-05:00Those were the days, Emma, whentreats were homemad...Those were the days, Emma, whentreats were homemade and tasted better. We never made fudge, but my mother baked chocolate cookies from the basics you described, pkus Nestles morsels. We also made popcorn in a large pot over the stive and used oil.Beatrice P. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281239556392874979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-32536650497687509602018-10-09T18:04:00.556-05:002018-10-09T18:04:00.556-05:00A sauce sandwich sounds goods.A sauce sandwich sounds goods.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-67541865200260749952018-10-09T17:10:40.864-05:002018-10-09T17:10:40.864-05:00I liked what I called a "sauce sandwich"...I liked what I called a "sauce sandwich" which was a slice of white bread covered in the tomato sauce my mom was cooking. It was my favorite "appetizer".John Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185765129472832100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-48920836563692402302018-10-09T12:35:54.118-05:002018-10-09T12:35:54.118-05:00I have gotten to the point of disliking the stove....I have gotten to the point of disliking the stove. If we did not live so far away from fast food stores I would probably seldom cook.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-89689036918028198032018-10-09T12:34:10.719-05:002018-10-09T12:34:10.719-05:00I never did the thread to slice the cake into laye...I never did the thread to slice the cake into layers but I have seen it done. We simply slapped one cake on top of the other. Never more than two layers for us.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-50250114551380371252018-10-09T09:37:22.360-05:002018-10-09T09:37:22.360-05:00How time has changed. I cannot remember the last t...How time has changed. I cannot remember the last time I even cooked.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061832609518891075.post-54432267568425767412018-10-09T06:49:14.949-05:002018-10-09T06:49:14.949-05:00I bet you will figure out that cookie bar recipe o...I bet you will figure out that cookie bar recipe one day! My Mom made fudge the same way, with dropping some into cold water. Did you use sewing thread to make layers of the cakes? My mother did, never did figure out how to do that!Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.com