Kitchen

[SharkE]

my father in law up in Ind at the time had what U call them

white cows ? I've forgotten what you call them now . albino ? LOL

[On It]

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@SharkE wrote:

my father in law up in Ind at the time had what U call them

white cows ? I've forgotten what you call them now . albino ? LOL

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Were they Charolais cattle? Oddly enough there were no animals on our farm. We only had plants. Cotton for our income and vegetable patches for our food supply. We picked the vegetables just after sunrise for maximum freshness. It took most of the morning to prep and cook them. We ate at noon. The afternoon was spent weeding, pruning, and visiting relatives. Then we did it all over again the next day. I miss those times.

[Enufstuff]

@On It @Kachina624  Like both of you ladies, I still have my

trusty, reliable, well made General Electric hand mixer from

1963. It cost $10.00, back then. It is yellow and the top is gray

with chrome. My best friend has the same mixer, also.

    This model is 30M47 and was made in Bridgeport, Conn.

While raising my five children, I baked every week, using that mixer. I still use it, but now I have a Kitchen Aid stand mixer and

use that for large recipes. My kids loved to lick the beaters when I made whipped cream or frosting.

    By the way, On It, many of the retired people that I know,

have their large meal in the early afternoon rather than evening. Then they have something light to eat at night. I would probably do that too, but my youngest son still lives at home and I make dinner in the evening so that he can eat after work.

[gloriajean]

I hardly use my hand mixer. I like using the hand one I got at IKEA years ago, like we had on the farm, I use it all the time for mashed potatoes with the skins on. When baking breads, I thought the big stand mixer would be good for kneading, I bought one off a neighbor for $5.00, then found out it's way too heavy for me to lift, so gave it away to my daughter, and I just knead by hand.  I grew up on the farm, and our noon meal was dinner and supper at night. Lunch was at 4:00 for coffee and Mom's home made cinnamon rolls, for Dad when he was out in the field.  Nice memories.

I used to go up in our windmill to see how far he was getting to the road and I'd bring him lunch on my bike.  Those were the days!

[ScrapHappy]

My washing machine recently broke for the second time in a little less than two years.  My grandmother had one of those washing machine with the ringer on the top.  It never broke.  I think it still works.