Marilyn© wrote:
> In ,
> George Shirley > took a deep breath, sighed and spoke thusly:
>
>>Marilyn© wrote:
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>>>In ,
>>>George Shirley > took a deep breath, sighed and
>>>spoke thusly:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Marilyn© wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>>In ,
>>>>>George Shirley > took a deep breath, sighed
>>>>>and
>>>>>spoke thusly:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>That's exactly what I do with pears to make pear sauce. No letting
>>>>>>it
>>>>>>cook down or anything. Comes out just great and, if anyone
>>>>>>desires,
>>>>>>they
>>>>>>can add sugar at the table. The pears are naturally sweet so no
>>>>>>one
>>>>>>adds sugar. Easiest stuff in the world to make.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>George
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Last night when I was making applesauce, my 15-year old son asked
>>>>>me
>>>>>how to make it. After I told him that all I do is core the apples
>>>>>(something I don't always do, but did this particular time), cut
>>>>>them into quarters and put in a pot with a little water, then just
>>>>>let cook for maybe 45 minutes or so and run through the food mill,
>>>>>he was impressed. He said he thought it was some big complicated
>>>>>process. He was even more impressed when I said that when he moves
>>>>>out and is living on his own, he can make his own applesauce, just
>>>>>enough for one person, any time. When the kids were babies, I'd
>>>>>just do one apple at a time and run it through the baby food
>>>>>grinder
>>>>>after cooking. If he peels and cores the apples prior to cooking,
>>>>>he won't need a grinder or food mill.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>You got a smart kid if he listens to his Momma. I taught both of my
>>>>children, girl and boy, to cook, clean house, etc when they were
>>>>small
>>>>and made them help when they were older. Both were taught animal
>>>>husbandry, canning and preserving, gardening, and a lot of other
>>>>virtues
>>>>my folks taught me. The son won't eat anything that isn't from the
>>>>store
>>>>and only cooks out of cans. Daughter follows Mom and Dad's doings.
>>>>One
>>>>out of two ain't bad. Oh yeah, they're both in their early forties
>>>>now.
>>>>
>>>>George
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>This is the same son who praises me for my jam because he's rarely
>>>had store bought jam at all.
>>>
>>>Now, if I could only get him to appreciate my home-grown,
>>>home-canned green beans...
>>>
>>
>>Why do kids all dislike or distrust green beans and green peas. My son
>>called green peas "spider eggs" when he was small, suspect he learned
>>it
>>from older kids. His three yo boy loves "geen" peas. My eldest
>>grandson,
>>he who presented me with a greatgranddaughter when I was barely 61,
>>loved green beans when he was a kid. I swear he could tell you where
>>they were grown and what variety they were. Now he won't touch them
>>but
>>his daughter loves them.
>
>
> I dunno. He's the only one of the five kids who really hate green beans. He eats them,
> but doesn't like it.
>
>
>
>>Shoot, we were taught to eat what was put in front of us or do
>>without.
>>I'll eat about anything but cooked cauliflower, just flat don't like
>>it
>>cooked but love it pickled or raw. Don't like cooked turnips either
>>but
>>eat them raw or pickled.
>
>
> I've raised my kids that way, too. I have one that will not eat gravy, but since gravy
> isn't exactly high on the list of vitamin and mineral-packed foods, I say, fine, you don't
> have to eat it. But they have to eat their vegetables. I tell him it could be worse, I
> could make him eat brussel sprouts or lima beans, both of which I like, but no one else in
> the family, including my husband, will touch.
>
Dang! Come on down, I make a mean pot of giant limas cooked with onion,
garlic, and sausage. Put on a pot of rice, get out the hot sauce and pig
out. My wife doesn't much like the limas either but if they're green and
called butter beans she'll eat them. Most folks around here just eat red
beans aka kidney beans. Me, I'm partial to pintos or limas. I have to
put lots of epazote in the pot cause they do gas me up.

George