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juliet79
True Blue Farmgirl
112 Posts
Heather
Worland
Wyoming
USA
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 Posted - May 19 2008 : 1:43:17 PM
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| Well, Alee. I remember the huge gingerbread cookies we made with the 8 inch cutters! WOOHOO! But, I must say, my favorite cooking memory from being a kid was the mud pies in Nelly's backyard! Ahhh......weren't those great? |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - May 19 2008 : 2:45:27 PM
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Heather-
I remember those cookie cutters too!
And Nelly's backyard! Remember she had some old spoons she let us dig with and the dirt in out "patch" aways seemed to dry into those big chunks- the mud must have had a lot of bentonite in it since it was so slimy when it rained. Remember Nelly's huge rhubarb plants?
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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nashbabe
True Blue Farmgirl
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Renee M. in Michigan
True Blue Farmgirl
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Renee
Allendale
MI
USA
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Posted - May 21 2008 : 7:02:12 PM
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OMG -- I love this thread! My first memory of baking was with my Mom making "pokey". I was pre-school age.
Mom made bread every week. To keep me (and my siblings before me) occupied, she'd let us have our own little hunk of dough -- what we called "Pokey" because you had to knead it and poke it down -- to make little rolls out of. I would play with that hunk of dough, rolling and stretching, and mauling it until Mom announced it was time to bake and I would finally divide it into six little balls. These I would place in a little rectangular muffin tin pan with shallow depressions (which I still have -- an ANTIQUE now!).
Well, due to all the handling, those little rolls would be very crunchy on the outside after baking, almost like french bread. My father loved them, and I would beam with pride when he would sit at the table after work on baking day, buttering up *MY* pokey's to eat with evident relish.
-- fondly,
Renee M.
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aimeeravae
True Blue Farmgirl
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Aimee
Deer River
MN
USA
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Posted - May 22 2008 : 8:36:40 PM
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My gramma Hazel is the ultimate farmgirl. After grampa Rueben died she had to move to town. One way she supplimented the income was with making lefsa to order. I helped her with it from Thanksgiving up to Christmas. Turning the crank on the ricer/grinder she had. omg. I still am sore from it. The just right twist you develope from turning them with the stick. I found a griddle at an auction for $10 and it works perfect. I went right home and made some that afternoon. I hadn't made any in twenty years. I got it right in the first batch and had two and a half dozen that were edible. We then drove it an hour to her nursing home for her approval. She asked who helped me make it. I could honestly say it was her. She was right there with me. Every flick of the wrist and turn of the roller, I learned from my gramma. She taught me to cook, iron, darn and garden. I can proudly say she gave me nearly every good quality I possess.
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Aunt Em
True Blue Farmgirl
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Emme
Carnation
WA
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Posted - May 22 2008 : 10:22:12 PM
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I had the easy bake oven that looked like a Pizza Hut... it takes a long time to bake a pizza with a light bulb. 
Farmgirl Sister #138
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 23 2008 : 05:30:15 AM
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I am so glad you started this thread! It brought back lots of memories. I can't remember which one is first, though! I do remember going to Ohio Edison Reddy Kilowatt cooking school with my mom - maybe through the Girl Scouts.
This was probably back in the 1960's - funny now, they were telling us how much better to cook/bake with electricity (As opposed to what? Even my grandma didn't have a wood stove then, and gas wasn't really available in the country....)
I think I still have that old cookbook somewhere...
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Moonsanity
True Blue Farmgirl
107 Posts
Brenda
Michigan
USA
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Posted - May 23 2008 : 05:36:52 AM
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Wow, I hadn't thought about his in a LONG time! Baking brownies with 4-H-- I can even remember that we made them the first time at our leader's home. Then I entered them in the fair. I don't remember what I won though!
~Brenda
Farmgirl Sister #207
Journey of Grace and Whimsy
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