Thursday, August 24

[chochiyo_sama]

 I have had the urge to bake ever since I posted about how Cora and I used to bake cookies when she was little.  Today, Ed was here helping me with some house work that is hard for me due to my bad knees, and I decided to bake some chocolate chip cookies.  Every time I ate a blob of cookie dough (which is delicious and does NOT give you worms), I thought about the vast amount of cookie dough Cora used to eat when we baked together.

I used to tease her that we only got about half the cookies the recipe normally made when I baked with her.  Hahaha. 

Some day, in the future, if she maintains an interest in baking, I intend to give her the blue bowl that I got from my Grandma Harpel.  I love that bowl.  But I will only give it to her if she intends to use it and never let it leave the family.  I don't know if she has the level of sentimentality necessary to cherish "family heirlooms" like the blue bowl. 

If she doesn't care about it, I'll give it to Sadie.  She is working in a fancy bakery now, so maybe she would cherish it.  I actually have two identical blue bowls, so I could give one to each of them, which would be appropriate since they are my only surviving nieces.  One came from my Grandma Harpel (paternal grandmother) and the other came from one of her old lady friends, Marie Farr who was an excellent cook.

She made the most fabulous watermelon rind pickles I have ever tasted.  I sure wish I had that recipe.

It would be nice if both my nieces treasured my blue bowls like I do, and would pass them down to someone they cherish the way I cherish them.

I think my blue bowls enhance the flavor of everything I make in them.  

Or, maybe I just imagine it.  All I know is that I love them.



 

Comments

[the_godiva]

Was Marie Farr also the one that made the famous Cinnamon Rolls? Is there any way to contact a relative of hers for the recipes?

[chochiyo_sama]

She probably did make good bread and sweet rolls, but I don't remember her making them. The two people from my past who made wonderful sweet rolls were Mary Groth who made caramel rolls and cinnamon rolls that could bring tears to your eyes, and my friend Mary Kuiper's mother who made prune rolls that were amazing.

Those older ladies knew how to make the best yeast rolls and breads. I have never been any good at that kind of thing--or pies. I suck at pies too.

[the_godiva]

Ah, it was Mary Groth I was thinking of.

Did you ever get her recipe for those cinnamon rolls?