"W. Baker" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove > wrote:
>
> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
> : ...
> : > Storrmmee > wrote:
> : > : thickened chicken soup could be thought of more as an "a la king"
> sorta
> : > : thing... served thickened over rice, bread or noodles, not carb
> friendly
> : > but
> : > : my mom made it on cold winter days if she had the leftovers to do
> it.
> : >
> : > : Lee
> : >
> : >
> : > Funny you mentin that. My mother used to make Kosher chicken a-la
> king
> : > with veloute sauce(like cream sauce, but using chicken stock), which
> she
> : > called Jewish cream sauce. Then she would add the pimentos, etc to
> the
> : > cut up soup chicken.
>
> : Do you have a recipe for that?
>
>
> Just take a recipe for cream sauce, use oil instead of any butter called
> for to cook the flour with any onions or whatever you use in makign the
> roux, and substitute chicken broth or stock for the amount of milkor cream
> called for, or iuntil it is the consistancy you like. I never use a
> recipe.

And then you add meat to it? I have never made ala King anything.

Julie Bove > wrote:

: "W. Baker" > wrote in message
: ...
: > Julie Bove > wrote:
: >
: > : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
: > : ...
: > : > Storrmmee > wrote:
: > : > : thickened chicken soup could be thought of more as an "a la king"
: > sorta
: > : > : thing... served thickened over rice, bread or noodles, not carb
: > friendly
: > : > but
: > : > : my mom made it on cold winter days if she had the leftovers to do
: > it.
: > : >
: > : > : Lee
: > : >
: > : >
: > : > Funny you mentin that. My mother used to make Kosher chicken a-la
: > king
: > : > with veloute sauce(like cream sauce, but using chicken stock), which
: > she
: > : > called Jewish cream sauce. Then she would add the pimentos, etc to
: > the
: > : > cut up soup chicken.
: >
: > : Do you have a recipe for that?
: >
: >
: > Just take a recipe for cream sauce, use oil instead of any butter called
: > for to cook the flour with any onions or whatever you use in makign the
: > roux, and substitute chicken broth or stock for the amount of milkor cream
: > called for, or iuntil it is the consistancy you like. I never use a
: > recipe.

: And then you add meat to it? I have never made ala King anything.
You add cooked chicken, traditionally, soft, jarred pimento strips and
other vegetables you might like. It's those little pieces of cheerful red
in there tht makes it a-la-king to me, otherwise it would be just plain
creamed chicken with whatever.

Wendy

"W. Baker" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove > wrote:
>
> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
> : ...
> : > Julie Bove > wrote:
> : >
> : > : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
> : > : ...
> : > : > Storrmmee > wrote:
> : > : > : thickened chicken soup could be thought of more as an "a la
> king"
> : > sorta
> : > : > : thing... served thickened over rice, bread or noodles, not carb
> : > friendly
> : > : > but
> : > : > : my mom made it on cold winter days if she had the leftovers to
> do
> : > it.
> : > : >
> : > : > : Lee
> : > : >
> : > : >
> : > : > Funny you mentin that. My mother used to make Kosher chicken a-la
> : > king
> : > : > with veloute sauce(like cream sauce, but using chicken stock),
> which
> : > she
> : > : > called Jewish cream sauce. Then she would add the pimentos, etc
> to
> : > the
> : > : > cut up soup chicken.
> : >
> : > : Do you have a recipe for that?
> : >
> : >
> : > Just take a recipe for cream sauce, use oil instead of any butter
> called
> : > for to cook the flour with any onions or whatever you use in makign
> the
> : > roux, and substitute chicken broth or stock for the amount of milkor
> cream
> : > called for, or iuntil it is the consistancy you like. I never use a
> : > recipe.
>
> : And then you add meat to it? I have never made ala King anything.
> You add cooked chicken, traditionally, soft, jarred pimento strips and
> other vegetables you might like. It's those little pieces of cheerful red
> in there tht makes it a-la-king to me, otherwise it would be just plain
> creamed chicken with whatever.

Thanks!

On 11/12/2011 9:29 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
> Sounds great, right up my alley for flavour I will just use red
> tomatoes, have never seen green here unless they are unripe tomatoes

yup, unripe tomatoes
and yummy

kate


>
> "basilisk" > wrote in message
> news
>>
>> Ingredients:
>>
>> 7 chicken thighs (leave skin on for now)
>> 1 cup of green peas
>> 3.5 cups of chopped celery
>> 8 oz. okra pods cut in half (adds body to soup)
>> 1 cup chopped green onions bulb and tops
>> 1.5 cups of fresh sliced mushrooms
>> 1 cup of chopped green tomatoes (these are readily available in
>> southern US, not sure about else where)
>> 1 smoked ham hock, if avoiding pork use a smoked turkey leg
>> 1 rosemary branch
>> 1 tsp cracked black pepper
>> .5 tsp of garlic powder
>> 2 tsp of salt
>> 5 bay leaves
>> large pinch of sage
>>
>> Boil chicken (with skin) until tender in 5 quarts of water
>> with sage, bay leaves, garlic powder, rosemary branch, ham hock,
>> salt and pepper. Remove chicken thighs let cool until they can be
>> deskinned and deboned, remove rosemary branch and bay leaves and
>> discard them.
>>
>> While chicken is cooling, put everything but peas in boiling stock,
>> cook for 20 minutes before adding prepared chicken back in, add
>> chicken and cook for an additional 20 minutes adding peas in the last
>> 5 minutes.
>>
>> Sample and add salt and pepper to taste.
>>
>> before serving retrieve hamhock and save for breakfast, if using turkey
>> remove it prior to add vegetables.
>>
>> Makes 20 2 cup servings with 4 grams of carbs, 68 calories and 7 grams
>> of protein per serving.
>>
>> Enjoy
>>
>> basilisk
>>
>> --
>> A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse
>

my mother is 73 years old, she lived in a house with a dirt floor until she
was ten, my grandparents didn't get indor plumbing until 1968 or so, all of
their underclothes and femine products were sewn from flour and sugar sack
cloth, very poor but well fed, Lee
"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> was just discussing this with a df, her grandmother used to somehow clean
>> the feathers to make pillows and bed batting with... she doesn't
>> remember, but she lolled when she said it popped into her head the hoter
>> day and she was trying to figure how she cleaned them and they didn't
>> stink.
>>
>> My sister has started skinning her chickens whn she slaughters so it goes
>> quicker, the skin isn't there to tempt and smells less nasty,
>
> My grandmother possibly did. She was born in the early 1890's, didn't have
> a house with anything but a dirt floor for many, many years and made boy's
> pants out of grain sacks! I cringe when I think what that must have felt
> like against the skin.

thanks, what wonderful memories, Lee
"W. Baker" > wrote in message
...
> Storrmmee > wrote:
> : this should probably a new thread, but i am just too tired, for those of
> you
> : with a big monster mixer, what do you have, and why? i have been
> looking at
> : the "arts/aides" as dh now calls them and i simply am overwhelemed.
>
> : Lee
>
> I still have a 15 year old Kitchen Aid 4 1/2 qt stand mixer tht is now
> their smallest model in the country. I use t not often, but for the whole
> weat, spiced challah I bake for the jewish New Year's holidays. I make
> about 8 or 9 fairly small loaves of the snail like specially shaped bread
> from a recipe that is supposed to make 2 loaves. In this way, when I
> serve oit , whole for ritual purposes, at a holiday dinner I have no
> left-overs to temp me the next morning:-) I also annually make a double
> recipe of a honey cake, 2 loaves for the annual local hospital
> fund-raising fair and 2 for the Holidays. actually, I did not make it
> this year, but Syd especially loved this so I would make it for him.
> Unfortunatly, no need for it now:-( In the city I have a heavy duty hand
> mixer I use to make my Channuka candle cookies with my grandkids, just
> part of the family tradition. It is fun to see how the hand rolled cookie
> shapes improve with each year for each kid, lumpy bumps at 2 and 3, and
> graceful long ones by 8 or 9, then they get to decorate them.
>
> Wendy

ok i have a funny for you, not sure if i told it here or not... when i was a
kid my mom always froze the bread ends, and every once in a while she would
make tuna/peas and cream of mushroom soup... it was always a special treat
for us, we all loved it... and my mom never was hungry during those meals,
only as an adult did it occur to me, that three cans of each were always
back of the cereal boxes not where the other canned goods were, and we
always ate this on wed or thurs... my father got paid every other thursday
and mom picked up his check on thurs or friday... so what was a wonderful
treat for us was the "end of the money" meal... Lee
"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
b.com...
> On 11/15/2011 8:50 AM, W. Baker wrote:
>
>> Funny you mentin that. My mother used to make Kosher chicken a-la king
>> with veloute sauce(like cream sauce, but using chicken stock), which she
>> called Jewish cream sauce. Then she would add the pimentos, etc to the
>> cut up soup chicken.
>
> My mom made a dairy version. She used canned tuna that she rinsed and
> drained (I don't think they had water-packed tuna back then), canned peas
> and carrots and Heinz's cream of mushroom soup. The served this on toast
> to her womens groups. Not something little kids would eat.
>
> I do remember the chicken soup based sauce on the fricasee which had
> chicken wings and little meat balls among things I forgot.
>
> Wow! We are truly dredging up memories!
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Way-the-heck-south Texas
> Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
...
> my mother is 73 years old, she lived in a house with a dirt floor
> until she was ten, my grandparents didn't get indor plumbing until
> 1968 or so, all of their underclothes and femine products were sewn
> from flour and sugar sack cloth, very poor but well fed, Lee

We have come a long way

IN the late 50's I become aware of certain things on the line every few
weeks. I eventually became aware that they were terry pieces of rag my
mum used each month. My sister is 16 years older than me and I remember
a bit of hoohah when her eldest daughter became a young teenager and
started using stick on pads (as opposed to the old style attached to a
strap) I wasn't around for the time she started tampons, lol. My
mother and sister eventually succumbed to modern day products

> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> was just discussing this with a df, her grandmother used to somehow
>>> clean the feathers to make pillows and bed batting with... she
>>> doesn't remember, but she lolled when she said it popped into her
>>> head the hoter day and she was trying to figure how she cleaned them
>>> and they didn't stink.
>>>
>>> My sister has started skinning her chickens whn she slaughters so it
>>> goes quicker, the skin isn't there to tempt and smells less nasty,
>>
>> My grandmother possibly did. She was born in the early 1890's, didn't
>> have a house with anything but a dirt floor for many, many years and
>> made boy's pants out of grain sacks! I cringe when I think what that
>> must have felt like against the skin.
>
>

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
...
> ok i have a funny for you, not sure if i told it here or not... when i
> was a kid my mom always froze the bread ends, and every once in a
> while she would make tuna/peas and cream of mushroom soup... it was
> always a special treat for us, we all loved it... and my mom never was
> hungry during those meals, only as an adult did it occur to me, that
> three cans of each were always back of the cereal boxes not where the
> other canned goods were, and we always ate this on wed or thurs... my
> father got paid every other thursday and mom picked up his check on
> thurs or friday... so what was a wonderful treat for us was the "end
> of the money" meal... Lee

I don't recall what we had at end of pay. Probably because all our meals
were budget style, lol. My dad was unfortunately a gambler who gambled
his entire pay every week before he got home. I just remember tears one
night a week. My mum always had menial low paying jobs but we actually
survived them. I remember eating steak the first time when I was 15 and
had lunch at my first husband's house for the first time. I looked
forward to Saturday lunches, lol.

Meals at home were usually centred around sausages and ground meat,
mackerel fish cakes, potato and peas. Mac n cheese was a big deal! I am
sure it was made with canned tomato soup. Sunday nights were canned
tomato soup with bread in it and hot jam tarts in a bowl of cold milk as
the once a week dessert, yummo

my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the modern
day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear or later a
belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my grandmother would boil
them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems everyone survived it... odd
to think of talkng of what my mom used as a young girl and now i don't need
any of that sort of thing anymore, lol, Lee
"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> my mother is 73 years old, she lived in a house with a dirt floor until
>> she was ten, my grandparents didn't get indor plumbing until 1968 or so,
>> all of their underclothes and femine products were sewn from flour and
>> sugar sack cloth, very poor but well fed, Lee
>
> We have come a long way
>
> IN the late 50's I become aware of certain things on the line every few
> weeks. I eventually became aware that they were terry pieces of rag my mum
> used each month. My sister is 16 years older than me and I remember a bit
> of hoohah when her eldest daughter became a young teenager and started
> using stick on pads (as opposed to the old style attached to a strap) I
> wasn't around for the time she started tampons, lol. My mother and sister
> eventually succumbed to modern day products
>
>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> was just discussing this with a df, her grandmother used to somehow
>>>> clean the feathers to make pillows and bed batting with... she doesn't
>>>> remember, but she lolled when she said it popped into her head the
>>>> hoter day and she was trying to figure how she cleaned them and they
>>>> didn't stink.
>>>>
>>>> My sister has started skinning her chickens whn she slaughters so it
>>>> goes quicker, the skin isn't there to tempt and smells less nasty,
>>>
>>> My grandmother possibly did. She was born in the early 1890's, didn't
>>> have a house with anything but a dirt floor for many, many years and
>>> made boy's pants out of grain sacks! I cringe when I think what that
>>> must have felt like against the skin.
>>
>>

my parents were both uber responsible, and we didn't get this every pay day,
maybe every other one... my medical bills i realize now played a part in
this, but blessedly i never even knew there were bills until i was an adult.

Lee
"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> ok i have a funny for you, not sure if i told it here or not... when i
>> was a kid my mom always froze the bread ends, and every once in a while
>> she would make tuna/peas and cream of mushroom soup... it was always a
>> special treat for us, we all loved it... and my mom never was hungry
>> during those meals, only as an adult did it occur to me, that three cans
>> of each were always back of the cereal boxes not where the other canned
>> goods were, and we always ate this on wed or thurs... my father got paid
>> every other thursday and mom picked up his check on thurs or friday... so
>> what was a wonderful treat for us was the "end of the money" meal... Lee
>
> I don't recall what we had at end of pay. Probably because all our meals
> were budget style, lol. My dad was unfortunately a gambler who gambled his
> entire pay every week before he got home. I just remember tears one night
> a week. My mum always had menial low paying jobs but we actually survived
> them. I remember eating steak the first time when I was 15 and had lunch
> at my first husband's house for the first time. I looked forward to
> Saturday lunches, lol.
>
> Meals at home were usually centred around sausages and ground meat,
> mackerel fish cakes, potato and peas. Mac n cheese was a big deal! I am
> sure it was made with canned tomato soup. Sunday nights were canned tomato
> soup with bread in it and hot jam tarts in a bowl of cold milk as the once
> a week dessert, yummo
>
>
>

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
...
> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the modern
> day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear or later a
> belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my grandmother would boil
> them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems everyone survived it... odd
> to think of talkng of what my mom used as a young girl and now i don't
> need any of that sort of thing anymore, lol, Lee

God I hated those sanitary belts with those metal tabs, and as someone else
said in another newsgroup, "those pads that were about the size of a twin
mattress." Glad to be rid of all that myself. :-)

Cheri

no kidding, and you just KNEW everyone else KNEW because you walked like you
were trying to steal a tv from sears, lol, Lee
"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the modern
>> day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear or later
>> a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my grandmother would
>> boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems everyone survived
>> it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom used as a young girl and now
>> i don't need any of that sort of thing anymore, lol, Lee
>
> God I hated those sanitary belts with those metal tabs, and as someone
> else said in another newsgroup, "those pads that were about the size of a
> twin mattress." Glad to be rid of all that myself. :-)
>
> Cheri

Very true but I much prefer things (in general) that we have today I
think in the 50's though a lot were past that almost 24/7 job some of
our grandmas had just working in the house/farm etc and the fast-paced
life that is today. My nan had a really hard life looking after her 6
siblings and helping her mother in the house as well as all the cooking
for the farmhands. Then she went on to have 7 kids of her own, lol. But
my grandfather ended up working for the railways and they lived many
years in railway homes in the country as he was a station master, each
one a little more modern than the other. Then they made the move to
Sydney with a floor and a can toilet out back Nan never stopped doing
certain things though, like putting sunlight soap in a wire container to
use as dishwashing soap. She always boiled washing up water on the
stove. She only used hot water from the tank for baths and showers. It
was late in her life before she got rid of the copper in the laundry
that she used for some washing. Then there was always home made ice
cream (pretty vile, lol) and always home made soups. Stewed her own
fruit, made her own jams and pickles etc.

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
...
> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear
> or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my
> grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems
> everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom used as
> a young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing anymore,
> lol, Lee
> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> my mother is 73 years old, she lived in a house with a dirt floor
>>> until she was ten, my grandparents didn't get indor plumbing until
>>> 1968 or so, all of their underclothes and femine products were sewn
>>> from flour and sugar sack cloth, very poor but well fed, Lee
>>
>> We have come a long way
>>
>> IN the late 50's I become aware of certain things on the line every
>> few weeks. I eventually became aware that they were terry pieces of
>> rag my mum used each month. My sister is 16 years older than me and I
>> remember a bit of hoohah when her eldest daughter became a young
>> teenager and started using stick on pads (as opposed to the old style
>> attached to a strap) I wasn't around for the time she started
>> tampons, lol. My mother and sister eventually succumbed to modern day
>> products
>>
>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> was just discussing this with a df, her grandmother used to
>>>>> somehow clean the feathers to make pillows and bed batting with...
>>>>> she doesn't remember, but she lolled when she said it popped into
>>>>> her head the hoter day and she was trying to figure how she
>>>>> cleaned them and they didn't stink.
>>>>>
>>>>> My sister has started skinning her chickens whn she slaughters so
>>>>> it goes quicker, the skin isn't there to tempt and smells less
>>>>> nasty,
>>>>
>>>> My grandmother possibly did. She was born in the early 1890's,
>>>> didn't have a house with anything but a dirt floor for many, many
>>>> years and made boy's pants out of grain sacks! I cringe when I
>>>> think what that must have felt like against the skin.
>>>
>>>
>
>

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the
>> underwear or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then
>> my grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it
>> seems everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom
>> used as a young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing
>> anymore, lol, Lee
>
> God I hated those sanitary belts with those metal tabs, and as someone
> else said in another newsgroup, "those pads that were about the size
> of a twin mattress." Glad to be rid of all that myself. :-)

Or surfboards some here called them.

lmao Lee. Still, rather be a woman than a man

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
...
> no kidding, and you just KNEW everyone else KNEW because you walked
> like you were trying to steal a tv from sears, lol, Lee
> "Cheri" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
>>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the
>>> underwear or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then
>>> my grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it
>>> seems everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom
>>> used as a young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing
>>> anymore, lol, Lee
>>
>> God I hated those sanitary belts with those metal tabs, and as
>> someone else said in another newsgroup, "those pads that were about
>> the size of a twin mattress." Glad to be rid of all that myself. :-)
>>
>> Cheri
>
>

what please is sunlight soap? my grandmothers were from vastly different
backgrounds, my maternal grandmother married at 18 to my grandfather who had
seven children from 15 to 2 in age, had four children that lived... she
taught me to make lye, sp soap and squirrell and dumplings, she also taught
me how to bottle feed rabbits squirrels and racoons and deer... the other
grandmother taught me all the uses for a 24 set of cultury and how to walk
with a book on my head... when you attended church with her you wore gloves
and a hat,

btw my mother's home made ice cream is a treat and the only ice cream i care
for, very rich and creamy and not too sweet, Lee
"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
...
> Very true but I much prefer things (in general) that we have today I
> think in the 50's though a lot were past that almost 24/7 job some of our
> grandmas had just working in the house/farm etc and the fast-paced life
> that is today. My nan had a really hard life looking after her 6 siblings
> and helping her mother in the house as well as all the cooking for the
> farmhands. Then she went on to have 7 kids of her own, lol. But my
> grandfather ended up working for the railways and they lived many years in
> railway homes in the country as he was a station master, each one a little
> more modern than the other. Then they made the move to Sydney with a floor
> and a can toilet out back Nan never stopped doing certain things
> though, like putting sunlight soap in a wire container to use as
> dishwashing soap. She always boiled washing up water on the stove. She
> only used hot water from the tank for baths and showers. It was late in
> her life before she got rid of the copper in the laundry that she used for
> some washing. Then there was always home made ice cream (pretty vile, lol)
> and always home made soups. Stewed her own fruit, made her own jams and
> pickles etc.
>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the modern
>> day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear or later
>> a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my grandmother would
>> boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems everyone survived
>> it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom used as a young girl and now
>> i don't need any of that sort of thing anymore, lol, Lee
>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> my mother is 73 years old, she lived in a house with a dirt floor until
>>>> she was ten, my grandparents didn't get indor plumbing until 1968 or
>>>> so, all of their underclothes and femine products were sewn from flour
>>>> and sugar sack cloth, very poor but well fed, Lee
>>>
>>> We have come a long way
>>>
>>> IN the late 50's I become aware of certain things on the line every few
>>> weeks. I eventually became aware that they were terry pieces of rag my
>>> mum used each month. My sister is 16 years older than me and I remember
>>> a bit of hoohah when her eldest daughter became a young teenager and
>>> started using stick on pads (as opposed to the old style attached to a
>>> strap) I wasn't around for the time she started tampons, lol. My
>>> mother and sister eventually succumbed to modern day products
>>>
>>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> was just discussing this with a df, her grandmother used to somehow
>>>>>> clean the feathers to make pillows and bed batting with... she
>>>>>> doesn't remember, but she lolled when she said it popped into her
>>>>>> head the hoter day and she was trying to figure how she cleaned them
>>>>>> and they didn't stink.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My sister has started skinning her chickens whn she slaughters so it
>>>>>> goes quicker, the skin isn't there to tempt and smells less nasty,
>>>>>
>>>>> My grandmother possibly did. She was born in the early 1890's, didn't
>>>>> have a house with anything but a dirt floor for many, many years and
>>>>> made boy's pants out of grain sacks! I cringe when I think what that
>>>>> must have felt like against the skin.
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>

one of my brothers and i had this conversation when he was in his early
twenties... he was stunningly good looking and said the worst thing about
being a man was you had to screw up your courage to ask a woman out say to
the movies... so one finally accepts, then you get to the movie, you sit
down, if you got into the movie she was asking if he was *** or if there was
something wrong with her... on the other hand if he made a pass then he was
either a pervert or she accused him of thinking she was cheap... no winning
for the men, Lee
"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
...
> lmao Lee. Still, rather be a woman than a man
>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> no kidding, and you just KNEW everyone else KNEW because you walked like
>> you were trying to steal a tv from sears, lol, Lee
>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
>>>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear
>>>> or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my
>>>> grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems
>>>> everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom used as a
>>>> young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing anymore, lol,
>>>> Lee
>>>
>>> God I hated those sanitary belts with those metal tabs, and as someone
>>> else said in another newsgroup, "those pads that were about the size of
>>> a twin mattress." Glad to be rid of all that myself. :-)
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>>

Sunlight soap was a hard soap that was usually used in the laundry for
cleaning clothes by hand, generally dirty collars etc and for washing of
hands when working in the yard or under the car. It had either no
fragrance or very low fragrance as I can't really remember a fragrance.
We used it in the bath as we couldn't afford regular bath soap. It
doesn't really make any suds which is why we always wondered why my nan
used it for washing dishes. Grease never really came off her plates,
lol.

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
...
> what please is sunlight soap? my grandmothers were from vastly
> different backgrounds, my maternal grandmother married at 18 to my
> grandfather who had seven children from 15 to 2 in age, had four
> children that lived... she taught me to make lye, sp soap and
> squirrell and dumplings, she also taught me how to bottle feed rabbits
> squirrels and racoons and deer... the other grandmother taught me all
> the uses for a 24 set of cultury and how to walk with a book on my
> head... when you attended church with her you wore gloves and a hat,
>
> btw my mother's home made ice cream is a treat and the only ice cream
> i care for, very rich and creamy and not too sweet, Lee
> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Very true but I much prefer things (in general) that we have today
>> I think in the 50's though a lot were past that almost 24/7 job some
>> of our grandmas had just working in the house/farm etc and the
>> fast-paced life that is today. My nan had a really hard life looking
>> after her 6 siblings and helping her mother in the house as well as
>> all the cooking for the farmhands. Then she went on to have 7 kids of
>> her own, lol. But my grandfather ended up working for the railways
>> and they lived many years in railway homes in the country as he was a
>> station master, each one a little more modern than the other. Then
>> they made the move to Sydney with a floor and a can toilet out back
>> Nan never stopped doing certain things though, like putting
>> sunlight soap in a wire container to use as dishwashing soap. She
>> always boiled washing up water on the stove. She only used hot water
>> from the tank for baths and showers. It was late in her life before
>> she got rid of the copper in the laundry that she used for some
>> washing. Then there was always home made ice cream (pretty vile, lol)
>> and always home made soups. Stewed her own fruit, made her own jams
>> and pickles etc.
>>
>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
>>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the
>>> underwear or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then
>>> my grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it
>>> seems everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom
>>> used as a young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing
>>> anymore, lol, Lee
>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> my mother is 73 years old, she lived in a house with a dirt floor
>>>>> until she was ten, my grandparents didn't get indor plumbing until
>>>>> 1968 or so, all of their underclothes and femine products were
>>>>> sewn from flour and sugar sack cloth, very poor but well fed, Lee
>>>>
>>>> We have come a long way
>>>>
>>>> IN the late 50's I become aware of certain things on the line every
>>>> few weeks. I eventually became aware that they were terry pieces of
>>>> rag my mum used each month. My sister is 16 years older than me and
>>>> I remember a bit of hoohah when her eldest daughter became a young
>>>> teenager and started using stick on pads (as opposed to the old
>>>> style attached to a strap) I wasn't around for the time she
>>>> started tampons, lol. My mother and sister eventually succumbed to
>>>> modern day products
>>>>
>>>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> was just discussing this with a df, her grandmother used to
>>>>>>> somehow clean the feathers to make pillows and bed batting
>>>>>>> with... she doesn't remember, but she lolled when she said it
>>>>>>> popped into her head the hoter day and she was trying to figure
>>>>>>> how she cleaned them and they didn't stink.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My sister has started skinning her chickens whn she slaughters
>>>>>>> so it goes quicker, the skin isn't there to tempt and smells
>>>>>>> less nasty,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My grandmother possibly did. She was born in the early 1890's,
>>>>>> didn't have a house with anything but a dirt floor for many, many
>>>>>> years and made boy's pants out of grain sacks! I cringe when I
>>>>>> think what that must have felt like against the skin.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
...
> Sunlight soap was a hard soap that was usually used in the laundry for
> cleaning clothes by hand, generally dirty collars etc and for washing of
> hands when working in the yard or under the car. It had either no
> fragrance or very low fragrance as I can't really remember a fragrance. We
> used it in the bath as we couldn't afford regular bath soap. It doesn't
> really make any suds which is why we always wondered why my nan used it
> for washing dishes. Grease never really came off her plates, lol.

We had neighbors who were very questionable. I found out recently that the
kids who lived there were mainly not their own but foster kids. How they
got them I will never know. They had a ton of people living in that house
along with adult kids who had their own kids. The kids told me the dad
would hold a job just long enough to steal enough of whatever they made at
that factory. Once it was toothpaste, another time it was Fritos chips.

I spent the night there once and for dinner we had all you can eat Baby Ruth
candy bars. Nothing else was offered. For breakfast it was pancakes made
with flour and water. No oil so of course they stuck to the pan. Served
with Karo syrup. They had a garbage can in the kitchen that was full of
potatoes.

Once one of the kids came over to "borrow" some soap. My mom didn't like to
lend things to them because they never returned them. When she asked what
kind of soap the kid just shrugged and said, "Soap!" As if there were only
one kind. So my mom gave her a bar of bath soap. They used that bar for
everything. Laundry, bathing and dishes. After that my mom went out and
bought some really cheap bars of soap because she took pity on the children.
Soap was something they borrowed from us frequently.

thanks, Lee
"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
...
> Sunlight soap was a hard soap that was usually used in the laundry for
> cleaning clothes by hand, generally dirty collars etc and for washing of
> hands when working in the yard or under the car. It had either no
> fragrance or very low fragrance as I can't really remember a fragrance. We
> used it in the bath as we couldn't afford regular bath soap. It doesn't
> really make any suds which is why we always wondered why my nan used it
> for washing dishes. Grease never really came off her plates, lol.
>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> what please is sunlight soap? my grandmothers were from vastly different
>> backgrounds, my maternal grandmother married at 18 to my grandfather who
>> had seven children from 15 to 2 in age, had four children that lived...
>> she taught me to make lye, sp soap and squirrell and dumplings, she also
>> taught me how to bottle feed rabbits squirrels and racoons and deer...
>> the other grandmother taught me all the uses for a 24 set of cultury and
>> how to walk with a book on my head... when you attended church with her
>> you wore gloves and a hat,
>>
>> btw my mother's home made ice cream is a treat and the only ice cream i
>> care for, very rich and creamy and not too sweet, Lee
>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Very true but I much prefer things (in general) that we have today I
>>> think in the 50's though a lot were past that almost 24/7 job some of
>>> our grandmas had just working in the house/farm etc and the fast-paced
>>> life that is today. My nan had a really hard life looking after her 6
>>> siblings and helping her mother in the house as well as all the cooking
>>> for the farmhands. Then she went on to have 7 kids of her own, lol. But
>>> my grandfather ended up working for the railways and they lived many
>>> years in railway homes in the country as he was a station master, each
>>> one a little more modern than the other. Then they made the move to
>>> Sydney with a floor and a can toilet out back Nan never stopped doing
>>> certain things though, like putting sunlight soap in a wire container to
>>> use as dishwashing soap. She always boiled washing up water on the
>>> stove. She only used hot water from the tank for baths and showers. It
>>> was late in her life before she got rid of the copper in the laundry
>>> that she used for some washing. Then there was always home made ice
>>> cream (pretty vile, lol) and always home made soups. Stewed her own
>>> fruit, made her own jams and pickles etc.
>>>
>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
>>>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear
>>>> or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my
>>>> grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems
>>>> everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom used as a
>>>> young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing anymore, lol,
>>>> Lee
>>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> my mother is 73 years old, she lived in a house with a dirt floor
>>>>>> until she was ten, my grandparents didn't get indor plumbing until
>>>>>> 1968 or so, all of their underclothes and femine products were sewn
>>>>>> from flour and sugar sack cloth, very poor but well fed, Lee
>>>>>
>>>>> We have come a long way
>>>>>
>>>>> IN the late 50's I become aware of certain things on the line every
>>>>> few weeks. I eventually became aware that they were terry pieces of
>>>>> rag my mum used each month. My sister is 16 years older than me and I
>>>>> remember a bit of hoohah when her eldest daughter became a young
>>>>> teenager and started using stick on pads (as opposed to the old style
>>>>> attached to a strap) I wasn't around for the time she started
>>>>> tampons, lol. My mother and sister eventually succumbed to modern day
>>>>> products
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> was just discussing this with a df, her grandmother used to somehow
>>>>>>>> clean the feathers to make pillows and bed batting with... she
>>>>>>>> doesn't remember, but she lolled when she said it popped into her
>>>>>>>> head the hoter day and she was trying to figure how she cleaned
>>>>>>>> them and they didn't stink.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My sister has started skinning her chickens whn she slaughters so
>>>>>>>> it goes quicker, the skin isn't there to tempt and smells less
>>>>>>>> nasty,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My grandmother possibly did. She was born in the early 1890's,
>>>>>>> didn't have a house with anything but a dirt floor for many, many
>>>>>>> years and made boy's pants out of grain sacks! I cringe when I think
>>>>>>> what that must have felt like against the skin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>

Ozgirl > wrote:
: Sunlight soap was a hard soap that was usually used in the laundry for
: cleaning clothes by hand, generally dirty collars etc and for washing of
: hands when working in the yard or under the car. It had either no
: fragrance or very low fragrance as I can't really remember a fragrance.
: We used it in the bath as we couldn't afford regular bath soap. It
: doesn't really make any suds which is why we always wondered why my nan
: used it for washing dishes. Grease never really came off her plates,
: lol.

Probably like the Kirkmans brown soap used for laundry and for washing
you off if you got into poison ivy. It was reputed to be good at gettign
rid of the sap wich caused all the problems.

Wendy
: "Storrmmee"
>
wrote in message : ...
: > what please is sunlight soap? my grandmothers were from vastly
: > different backgrounds, my maternal grandmother married at 18 to my
: > grandfather who had seven children from 15 to 2 in age, had four
: > children that lived... she taught me to make lye, sp soap and
: > squirrell and dumplings, she also taught me how to bottle feed rabbits
: > squirrels and racoons and deer... the other grandmother taught me all
: > the uses for a 24 set of cultury and how to walk with a book on my
: > head... when you attended church with her you wore gloves and a hat,
: >
: > btw my mother's home made ice cream is a treat and the only ice cream
: > i care for, very rich and creamy and not too sweet, Lee
: > "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
: > ...
: >> Very true but I much prefer things (in general) that we have today
: >> I think in the 50's though a lot were past that almost 24/7 job some
: >> of our grandmas had just working in the house/farm etc and the
: >> fast-paced life that is today. My nan had a really hard life looking
: >> after her 6 siblings and helping her mother in the house as well as
: >> all the cooking for the farmhands. Then she went on to have 7 kids of
: >> her own, lol. But my grandfather ended up working for the railways
: >> and they lived many years in railway homes in the country as he was a
: >> station master, each one a little more modern than the other. Then
: >> they made the move to Sydney with a floor and a can toilet out back
: >> Nan never stopped doing certain things though, like putting
: >> sunlight soap in a wire container to use as dishwashing soap. She
: >> always boiled washing up water on the stove. She only used hot water
: >> from the tank for baths and showers. It was late in her life before
: >> she got rid of the copper in the laundry that she used for some
: >> washing. Then there was always home made ice cream (pretty vile, lol)
: >> and always home made soups. Stewed her own fruit, made her own jams
: >> and pickles etc.
: >>
: >> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
: >> ...
: >>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
: >>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the
: >>> underwear or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then
: >>> my grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it
: >>> seems everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom
: >>> used as a young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing
: >>> anymore, lol, Lee
: >>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
: >>> ...
: >>>>
: >>>>
: >>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
: >>>> ...
: >>>>> my mother is 73 years old, she lived in a house with a dirt floor
: >>>>> until she was ten, my grandparents didn't get indor plumbing until
: >>>>> 1968 or so, all of their underclothes and femine products were
: >>>>> sewn from flour and sugar sack cloth, very poor but well fed, Lee
: >>>>
: >>>> We have come a long way
: >>>>
: >>>> IN the late 50's I become aware of certain things on the line every
: >>>> few weeks. I eventually became aware that they were terry pieces of
: >>>> rag my mum used each month. My sister is 16 years older than me and
: >>>> I remember a bit of hoohah when her eldest daughter became a young
: >>>> teenager and started using stick on pads (as opposed to the old
: >>>> style attached to a strap) I wasn't around for the time she
: >>>> started tampons, lol. My mother and sister eventually succumbed to
: >>>> modern day products
: >>>>
: >>>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
: >>>>> ...
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
: >>>>>> ...
: >>>>>>> was just discussing this with a df, her grandmother used to
: >>>>>>> somehow clean the feathers to make pillows and bed batting
: >>>>>>> with... she doesn't remember, but she lolled when she said it
: >>>>>>> popped into her head the hoter day and she was trying to figure
: >>>>>>> how she cleaned them and they didn't stink.
: >>>>>>>
: >>>>>>> My sister has started skinning her chickens whn she slaughters
: >>>>>>> so it goes quicker, the skin isn't there to tempt and smells
: >>>>>>> less nasty,
: >>>>>>
: >>>>>> My grandmother possibly did. She was born in the early 1890's,
: >>>>>> didn't have a house with anything but a dirt floor for many, many
: >>>>>> years and made boy's pants out of grain sacks! I cringe when I
: >>>>>> think what that must have felt like against the skin.
: >>>>>
: >>>>>
: >>>
: >>>
: >
: >

On 11/16/2011 11:34 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear
>> or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my
>> grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems
>> everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom used as
>> a young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing anymore,
>> lol, Lee
>
> God I hated those sanitary belts with those metal tabs, and as someone
> else said in another newsgroup, "those pads that were about the size of
> a twin mattress." Glad to be rid of all that myself. :-)
>
> Cheri

weren't they the worst!!!!!!!!
and they were an improvement? LOL
everyone in gym class knew exactly what was happening

then there were the swim classes you missed (again everyone knew why,
you just never spoke of it!)

and now they have these uber thin, uber absorbent amazing stick on
pads....... and i don't need them LOL

kate

On 11/17/2011 12:23 AM, Storrmmee wrote:
> no kidding, and you just KNEW everyone else KNEW because you walked like you
> were trying to steal a tv from sears, lol, Lee

bwha ha ha ha

yup!
kate

Ozgirl wrote:

> Sunlight soap was a hard soap that was usually used in the laundry for
> cleaning clothes by hand, generally dirty collars etc and for washing of
> hands when working in the yard or under the car. It had either no
> fragrance or very low fragrance as I can't really remember a fragrance.
> We used it in the bath as we couldn't afford regular bath soap. It
> doesn't really make any suds which is why we always wondered why my nan
> used it for washing dishes. Grease never really came off her plates,
> lol.

We can still get it here! Brought back by popular demand. Then one day in a
jumble sale my wife saw a soap cage - got it for a song, the young
salesperson had no idea what it was. Picked up another old tool the same
way: http://www.strindahistorielag.no/wik...hp?title=Tvare

Warning - text is in Norwegian, the picture is universal. It was used to
stir porridge, mostly - roll the handle between your palms. Grandma used it.

Storrmmee wrote:

> one of my brothers and i had this conversation when he was in his early
> twenties... he was stunningly good looking and said the worst thing about
> being a man was you had to screw up your courage to ask a woman out say to
> the movies... so one finally accepts, then you get to the movie, you sit
> down, if you got into the movie she was asking if he was *** or if there
> was something wrong with her... on the other hand if he made a pass then
> he was either a pervert or she accused him of thinking she was cheap... no
> winning for the men, Lee

A young woman I know was told, "Sure, *you* can live cheaply, you don't
smoke, dont drink, and you're a woman yourself" ...

On 11/15/2011 2:58 PM, W. Baker wrote:
>: Someone gave me an ancient Hamilton Beach which
> : worked okay but the blade fell apart and messed up the bowl. I need a
> : *real* machine.

>
> Was that an "Oscar?"


No, it was a regular HB Food processor. I'm guessing it was from the
early 90's.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On the subject of menstral products, I was telling my DH this story
yesterday.

My mom loved to eat grapefruit. She peeled and removed the membrane of
each section. Because of the mess, she did this over a piece of
newspaper. When she was done, she waded up the paper and threw it in the
garbage can.

She also had fibroid tumors and bled heavily during her period. She
would take newspaper into the bathroom and come out with a bundle of
newspaper that actually held the used pads, but looked to this little
girl like the wrappings around the grapefruit peelings. I really
believed my mom went into the bathroom and closed the door to eat
grapefruit.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On 11/17/2011 12:34 AM, Cheri wrote:
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear
>> or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my
>> grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems
>> everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom used as
>> a young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing anymore,
>> lol, Lee
>
> God I hated those sanitary belts with those metal tabs, and as someone
> else said in another newsgroup, "those pads that were about the size of
> a twin mattress." Glad to be rid of all that myself. :-)
>
> Cheri

We must be of an age, Cheri. :-)

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On 11/17/2011 9:41 AM, W. Baker wrote:

> Probably like the Kirkmans brown soap used for laundry and for washing
> you off if you got into poison ivy. It was reputed to be good at gettign
> rid of the sap wich caused all the problems.
>

It was also used to wash out one's mouth when caught uttering a dirty
word. Ask me how I know :-)
--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
b.com...
> On 11/17/2011 12:34 AM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
>>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear
>>> or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my
>>> grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems
>>> everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom used as
>>> a young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing anymore,
>>> lol, Lee
>>
>> God I hated those sanitary belts with those metal tabs, and as someone
>> else said in another newsgroup, "those pads that were about the size of
>> a twin mattress." Glad to be rid of all that myself. :-)
>>
>> Cheri
>
> We must be of an age, Cheri. :-)
>
> --
> Janet Wilder

I'm thinking so Janet. :-)

Cheri

i guess we should be glad we made it past fifty, Lee
"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> b.com...
>> On 11/17/2011 12:34 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> my grandmother would sew a pad that looked similar in shape to the
>>>> modern day ones but they had a tab on each end to pen to the underwear
>>>> or later a belt... they had cotton sewn and quilted, then my
>>>> grandmother would boil them in lye soap. sounds hidious but it seems
>>>> everyone survived it... odd to think of talkng of what my mom used as
>>>> a young girl and now i don't need any of that sort of thing anymore,
>>>> lol, Lee
>>>
>>> God I hated those sanitary belts with those metal tabs, and as someone
>>> else said in another newsgroup, "those pads that were about the size of
>>> a twin mattress." Glad to be rid of all that myself. :-)
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> We must be of an age, Cheri. :-)
>>
>> --
>> Janet Wilder
>
> I'm thinking so Janet. :-)
>
> Cheri

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
...
>i guess we should be glad we made it past fifty, Lee

Yes, both of my parents died at 59, so I have outlived them by 6 years...so
far. :-)

Cheri

On 11/17/2011 7:22 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> i guess we should be glad we made it past fifty, Lee
>
> Yes, both of my parents died at 59, so I have outlived them by 6
> years...so far. :-)
>


That con firms it. I'm 65, too.


--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
b.com...
> On the subject of menstral products, I was telling my DH this story
> yesterday.
>
> My mom loved to eat grapefruit. She peeled and removed the membrane of
> each section. Because of the mess, she did this over a piece of newspaper.
> When she was done, she waded up the paper and threw it in the garbage can.
>
> She also had fibroid tumors and bled heavily during her period. She would
> take newspaper into the bathroom and come out with a bundle of newspaper
> that actually held the used pads, but looked to this little girl like the
> wrappings around the grapefruit peelings. I really believed my mom went
> into the bathroom and closed the door to eat grapefruit.

Heh!

When I was in elementary school we had to wear dresses. For gym class, the
boys were sent outside while we put on or took off a pair of shorts that we
wore under our dresses.

One of the boys saw the machine in the bathroom that took nickels and spread
the rumor that we bought our shorts in the bathroom for 5 cents.

i am 52, all of my three grandparents died in the seventy plus ages, one
grandfater at 89 and one at 96 one grandmother still living at 96 and one
grandmother was 76 but passed with ovarian cancer, Lee
"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>>i guess we should be glad we made it past fifty, Lee
>
> Yes, both of my parents died at 59, so I have outlived them by 6
> years...so far. :-)
>
> Cheri

lol, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> b.com...
>> On the subject of menstral products, I was telling my DH this story
>> yesterday.
>>
>> My mom loved to eat grapefruit. She peeled and removed the membrane of
>> each section. Because of the mess, she did this over a piece of
>> newspaper. When she was done, she waded up the paper and threw it in the
>> garbage can.
>>
>> She also had fibroid tumors and bled heavily during her period. She would
>> take newspaper into the bathroom and come out with a bundle of newspaper
>> that actually held the used pads, but looked to this little girl like the
>> wrappings around the grapefruit peelings. I really believed my mom went
>> into the bathroom and closed the door to eat grapefruit.
>
> Heh!
>
> When I was in elementary school we had to wear dresses. For gym class,
> the boys were sent outside while we put on or took off a pair of shorts
> that we wore under our dresses.
>
> One of the boys saw the machine in the bathroom that took nickels and
> spread the rumor that we bought our shorts in the bathroom for 5 cents.
>

one of the things that just assures me i was correct in not propogating is
that once we had two neices with us, well we had to use the restroom... and
both noticed the machine at the same time, and the one that used to only be
in men's rooms... worst day was when another neice started her first period
while visiting me, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> b.com...
>> On the subject of menstral products, I was telling my DH this story
>> yesterday.
>>
>> My mom loved to eat grapefruit. She peeled and removed the membrane of
>> each section. Because of the mess, she did this over a piece of
>> newspaper. When she was done, she waded up the paper and threw it in the
>> garbage can.
>>
>> She also had fibroid tumors and bled heavily during her period. She would
>> take newspaper into the bathroom and come out with a bundle of newspaper
>> that actually held the used pads, but looked to this little girl like the
>> wrappings around the grapefruit peelings. I really believed my mom went
>> into the bathroom and closed the door to eat grapefruit.
>
> Heh!
>
> When I was in elementary school we had to wear dresses. For gym class,
> the boys were sent outside while we put on or took off a pair of shorts
> that we wore under our dresses.
>
> One of the boys saw the machine in the bathroom that took nickels and
> spread the rumor that we bought our shorts in the bathroom for 5 cents.
>

Storrmmee wrote:

> one of the things that just assures me i was correct in not propogating is
> that once we had two neices with us, well we had to use the restroom...
> and both noticed the machine at the same time, and the one that used to
> only be in men's rooms... worst day was when another neice started her
> first period while visiting me, Lee

If her parents hadn't had The Talk it must have been rough on you!

But as for the other machine, good idea. I'm all for reducing surprising
teenage pregnancies. I do have a feeling that girls are more level headed
than boys during those dangerous years... or do I mean all the time? :-)

i am all for the machines being available to both, just a hard thing, either
machine to deal with at six/seven...

My mom had given her the talk, but i didn't know it nothing i ever figured i
would deal with... and i have always at some point with each of the neices
and nephew's offered to answer questions and pay for birth control so after
figuring out what i didn't have to answer it was pretty cool, Lee
"Bjørn Steensrud" > wrote in message
...
> Storrmmee wrote:
>
>> one of the things that just assures me i was correct in not propogating
>> is
>> that once we had two neices with us, well we had to use the restroom...
>> and both noticed the machine at the same time, and the one that used to
>> only be in men's rooms... worst day was when another neice started her
>> first period while visiting me, Lee
>
> If her parents hadn't had The Talk it must have been rough on you!
>
> But as for the other machine, good idea. I'm all for reducing surprising
> teenage pregnancies. I do have a feeling that girls are more level headed
> than boys during those dangerous years... or do I mean all the time? :-)