- I have been missing out here
- writing some of the things
- we did in the old days and
- not even that far in time ago--LOL
- I like remembering == how it was,,,,,
- but I also remember how hard it was
- and I feel we are indeed blessed
- to be where we are today
- ----------
- I miss mama and I am glad that she
- did get a new house with running water
- and electricity and all the things
- that I now take for granted
- and all in doors- (smile)
- she did not get the house until later
- in her life but she so enjoyed
- it and yes, she missed some of the old ways
- but was thankful for her new ways
- some times the old days sound romantic
- but there is nothing romantic about
- sitting up all night beside the heater
- to keep the home fires going
- and making sure that there is no
- chimney fire and your nest and
- family are safe......
- mama did this often in the winter
- and then had to sleep during the day
- ------but mama was a homesteader-
- and that was just one of the ways
- of the way it was....
- thank God that we now have furnaces
- that keep us warm and we can sleep
- at night,,,
- warm hugs from Meme
Thursday, February 26, 2009
missing meme
Sunday, February 1, 2009
daddy's coffee
I remember how daddy made coffee in the old days. Coffee was low on the list of groceries so often daddy had no coffee. Coffee was considered a luxury but when he did have coffee this is how he made it....
- we had a wood stove to cook on- and he used a small coffee pot-blue enamel similar to the old cowboy type we see on westerns only smaller.
He used fresh well water in the pot and would bring the water to a boil- then he would pull the pot closer to the back of the stove and add the coffee grounds plus an egg shell and a pinch of salt- then simmer for a minute and take off the stove and let the grounds settle- I do not remember how much coffee he used but he always used the Nabob brand-
He would pour the coffee into his favourite cup which came with a saucer- not a coffee mug nor a teacup- - The coffee cups were larger in size and not made of fine china.
- He always took 2 sugar cubes and would place one between his teeth and drink the coffee while the other one cube went into the cup- - he always drank his coffee quickly and never more than one cup. The coffee grounds and left over coffee were fed to the rose bushes at the end of the day.
- we had a wood stove to cook on- and he used a small coffee pot-blue enamel similar to the old cowboy type we see on westerns only smaller.
He used fresh well water in the pot and would bring the water to a boil- then he would pull the pot closer to the back of the stove and add the coffee grounds plus an egg shell and a pinch of salt- then simmer for a minute and take off the stove and let the grounds settle- I do not remember how much coffee he used but he always used the Nabob brand-
He would pour the coffee into his favourite cup which came with a saucer- not a coffee mug nor a teacup- - The coffee cups were larger in size and not made of fine china.
- He always took 2 sugar cubes and would place one between his teeth and drink the coffee while the other one cube went into the cup- - he always drank his coffee quickly and never more than one cup. The coffee grounds and left over coffee were fed to the rose bushes at the end of the day.
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