Subj : Cookware (part #2)
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Apr 20 2024 15:41:15

Hi Shawn,

 RH> My mom started that way but having 5 kids and Dad's job not paying a
 RH> whole lot, she changed gears aand became a working (outside the house)

 SH> Survival comes first!

Very much so! We ate a lot of cheap meat meals and pb&j but never had to
miss a meal.

 RH> GA, with a smooth top stove. Instruction/warranty book was in a RH>
 binder, with the rest of the appliances--smart idea--that was left when
 RH> we moved.

 SH> That is a good idea.  Probably something I should have done over the
 SH> years, we have a drawer filled with manuals in a file cabinet and we
 SH> can never find what we want, so I just end up using google to see if I
 SH> can figure it out.

We've got a file box that we have most of the older warranties in--need
to go thru and purge out what we no longer have. Newer (since we bought
the house in 2014) warranties are in a drawer in the kitchen.


 RH> I've got a set of plastic (in addition to my metric measures) around
 RH> somewhere but it's missing the (IIRC) half cup. Not a big deal. Also

 SH> We're missing a few from the plastic set.  I'm not sure where they
 SH> went.

 RH> have the less than common (2 tablespoon/teaspoon, 1 1/2 tablespoon,
 RH> pinch, smidgeon, packet of yeast [from King Arthur Flour] measures.
 RH> The cup measures range from 1/8 cup to one, including 2/3 and 3/4 cups.

 SH> That's handy!

Very much so as it's the corner where I do a lot of prep work. The
lay-out of that part of the kitchen has fridge to the left as you come
in, a small cabinet/counter top with the toaster oven on it, followed by
a corner counter (a corner cabinet unit makes the lower blind corner
cabinet fully useable) leading to the sink, with the dishwasher on the
right side, then the pantry. We have what Lowe's (hardware) called a
"butler" a couple of feet in back of the sink; the pot rack hangs above
it (saving us from bonking our heads) for some storage. It's an eat in
kitchen with the table, several storage units and an upright freezer to
the right as you come in.


 SH> Reminds me of my Mother before her mother passed away they spent time
 SH> in the kitchen so Mom could say to Granny "Okay give me a pinch." and
 SH> then she measured it.  "Give me a small handful" and measure. etc. LOL
 SH> So the family recipes now say "Big handful" - 1/2 cup or something
 SH> like that. Granny was good about writing them down just used her own
 SH> hands as a
 SH> measuring device. LOL

Sounds like how my MIL standadised her sauce and meatballs recipies,
especially the spicing. For the sauce, she took the pot she made it in,
lined up the spices and shook each one into the pot, dumping out and
measuring it before doing the next one in line. I think she did the same
basic thing with the meatballs, spices, cheese, breadcrumbs, etc. She
told us all the story when we were up for a family get together.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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