Yesterday morning I knew I had several things to get done in the kitchen and before I finished those “several” things, more were added to my list.
I ground some wheat and made biscuits.
I’ve mentioned this here before but my great grandmother lived just down the road (walking distance for a 6 year old) from my grandparents. I never remember a time that I went to “Maw’s” house, and I went often, that she didn’t have a plate of tea cakes. She would fix me a glass of milk and I’d sit at the kitchen table and talk to her while she was doing whatever she was doing in the kitchen. When I’d get ready to leave, she would always say “Take one for the road!” and when I’d get that one, she’d say “just take two!” and I would! Not too long ago, I asked my great aunt if she had Maw’s recipe. She said no . . as far as she knew, there never was a recipe but her mom made biscuits EVERY morning and most mornings, she made extra dough, and whatever was left, she would add sugar, vanilla, maybe an egg and more milk and make the tea cakes.
By the time I thought about making the tea cakes, I had already made up a regular batch of dough so I made just four biscuits, added a bit of sugar, vanilla and milk and made a few tea cakes. I think they do need an egg and more sugar than I added but they are good and it was a start. They’ll be better next time.
I had sifted out some of the bran to get a softer biscuit and I needed bran for the Apple Cranberry Muffins I wanted to make with the cranberries from the juice we’ve been drinking. I made 30 full size muffins.
Then Vince told me he needed more muesli so I made a half gallon jar and a quart jar of that.
I fixed breakfast this morning I fixed spinach, mushroom, cheese and bacon omelettes. That’s it . . no more cooking today. We have leftovers for the rest of our meals today. Let’s hope I get lots of stitching time.
Marie L says
Judy, your post made me think of one of my great grandmothers. Her birthday was February 2. My grandmother was one of her daughters, and she died 6 weeks after my mother was born. She was the first of my great grandparents’ seven children to pass away. So, the year Big Momma turned 50, with her youngest child being 11, she took my 6 week old mother and one of her brothers to raise. She tried to take the other brother, but he kept running away to his dad. She would have been 183 on Groundhog day. I make her pone bread when I miss her.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Thanks for sharing. I love when y’all share stories like that!! Thank goodness she was there for your mother and the one brother. Now I’m wondering what happened to the other brother. 🙂
Marie L says
He went to live with his dad, who was a broken person after my grandmother’s death.
My uncle was about 6 or 7 at the time, and every time my great grandparents brought him back, he ran away again. He didn’t like my great grandfather’s rules. My uncle had a hard life, because he chose poorly iin many things,. It is often like my grandfather and uncle never recovered from my grandmother’s death. Thankfully my mother and her other brother thrived under my great grandparents’ care. Thanks for letting me share,
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Many grandparents end up raising grandchildren these days. Until I became a grandparent, and, of course, would have stepped in and raised Addie in a heartbeat had the need arisen, I can’t imagine how hard it is for grandparents and great grandparents. These days things have changed so much since the time we raised our children and with us having less stamina and then you end up having to give so much of what you looked forward to in your older years when there’s a young one in the house again . . my hats off to all grandparents who raise their grandchildren so for the Great grandparents to have done it . . I can’t even imagine how hard that was, though I think you said they were still raising kids of their own at the time. I have friends raising grandchildren and I try to always be mindful that their schedules are way different from mine. My parents raised grandchildren and I saw the sacrifices they made. But, thank goodness they are there for those kids who need a stable home.