This week to show you a collection of old photos (and maybe a few that aren't so old) for Sepia Saturday, I'm looking for the food related photos. Mmm, if I can find any.
And before women had the gifts of freestanding wood fired stoves, this is the way they cooked. All these little "Dutch Ovens" are covered with live coals below and above, probably to bake some lovely bread. My son Tai and his wife use a Dutch Oven inside their gas oven in the kitchen to rise their sourdough bread... then formed into round loaves.
On a recent visit with them, I asked for blueberry pancakes, and Tai was most obliging.
Another breakfast was steel cut oatmeal with fresh and dried fruit liberally stirred in. I somehow didn't get photos of the wonderful evening meals...which they prepared together.
I may have mentioned that I'm considering moving to southwest Colorado when an apartment comes available...the dry air is one inviting factor, while being near my son and his wife is also a big one. I'll have to be careful adjusting to the altitude however, which I faced during my short 9 day visit. My pulmonologist said a visit od 6 weeks would show how much I can acclimate to it, but I can't very well do that. So if it happens, we shall see. Yesterday I was sick with coughing a lot, and even had a fever by late afternoon. Tylenol to the rescue, and today I feel pretty good.
A purchase of my favorite sweetener at the Tailgate Market last year attracted one of the creators of the very same thing.
A mother from Southeast Missouri in 1938. Fannie Lou Hammer's America. Another woman who had the galvanized bucket for water, as well as a wood fired stove.
And to match the theme for Sepia Saturday more exactly, here we see fresh veggies at the Tailgate Market in Black Mountain.
Our free veggies (fruit and bread) from Bounty and Soul, which is brought to different locations on different days in the valley. Those blueberries are organic locally grown, and were frozen immediately...as well as the bread. I'm so fortunate to live where this is available for anyone who wishes to wait in line. At one pick-up place they just give out a box of edibles, but that's wasteful as many things aren't what the person wants, or will eat.
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Today's quote:
Sometimes during our spiritual growth, we can feel as if we are going backward — rest assured you are not.
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An old photo from my family files:
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An old photo from my family files:
My sister Mary Miller fixing something delicious in the 80s.
Interesting idea, moving to a different climate. Is it the appeal of drier air? Maybe different vegetation would also affect you for the better. My visits to parts of Florida have seen a return of severe asthma, probably from plants.
ReplyDeleteI mentioned my two reasons to consider moving to Colorado...family and drier air. Having moved all over the southeast, and a bit of New England, humidity has been there always. But I have visited the southwest and enjoyed it.
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ReplyDeleteIt would nice to be close to your son, I hope an apartment is available for you.
The bread looks delicious. Happy Friday! Have a great day and a happy weekend.
Hope you also have a great weekend...see you with some critters tomorrow! I think this gradual approach to the move is probably a good idea...though when an apartment is available I'll have to scurry to get everything done probably. Thus I do need to do a deep cleaning/de-cluttering!
Delete...the Amish still have summer kitchens!
ReplyDeleteGood thinking, with all the heat produced with all their baking and cooking without electricity. I was thinking how people come to the mountains in summertime and used to stay in these big hotels, where meals must have been prepared in separate buildings just to keep the heat out of the patrons' rooms.
DeleteThat’s a big move, but being near family would be nice in addition to the difference in climate. Can you do winters?
ReplyDeleteI don't mind dry cold, but have learned from experience that damp cold really is bad for my lungs. So yes, winters are usually good for me. I've got my snow boots and seldom have opportunity to wear them here! Of course they are only for snows of 6 inches or less! Might have to do some adjustment there! But why would I be out if there's more than 6 inches of snow anyway?
DeleteI suppose had I lived when women used wood stoves or fireplaces to cook I could have but I'm glad I don't have to.
ReplyDeleteOh me too. Not to mention wearing long skirts !
DeleteI hope the move works out for you. With your lungs, that dry air would be a blessing. These mountains are nothing if not pollen-filled and humid! And to be close to your son, even better.
ReplyDeleteLove the photos. Big fan of oldtime kitchens hete!
I bet you even know the proper wood for baking in a wood fired oven! My sister did when she lived in TN, and was so proud of baking a cake. I think bread would satisfy me though.
DeleteI can remember families who had second kitchens in the basement in the 60's - used for canning and such during hot summer months before air conditioning was common.
ReplyDeleteI live where it snows and I follow your idea. Since I have retired if it snows, I stay home!
Our food pantry has switched to a grocery store type set up so that people can pick their foods. It doesn't make sense to giveaway food that a family will not eat.
I'm planning to go to the more expensive, and fresher foods, Tailgate Market Saturday morning this week. I was surprised I haven't purchased any groceries since the 12th, what with the almost daily hot lunches from the Council on Aging. They often mean left overs to put together for other meals too. I look at the refrigerator and have plenty of things...except maybe eggs. But the plenty are things that aren't really fresh, so I may end up tossing half of them...wilted lettuce, black avocados, etc.
DeleteI just got permission from my daughter-in-law, Kendra, to publish the header photo. It's so fun!
ReplyDeleteThe old photos are really nice to see. I hope your search for a place to live in Colorado is very successful. It would be a wonderful move for you, dryer weather and closer to your son and his family.
ReplyDeleteTHank you for your good wishes. Me too, and hope it comes together. But I do tend to just live one day at a time these days...tomorrow I plan to go to the Tailgate Market before it gets too hot.
DeleteWhen we were living in homes heated with wood stoves I would sometimes find myself cooking on them when the power went out in the winter. I thought it was kind of fun, but I wouldn't want to do it all the time! Those poor women back in the old days. Whew. And not just the cooking but the washing & ironing & trying to keep the house halfway clean. I hope if you move to Colorado it agrees with you both health-wise & otherwise. A lot of beauty there. And mountains depending on where you are. And I hope you continue to feel okay!
ReplyDeleteOur ancestor women were really incredible...but so were the pioneering men who farmed and built all the buildings with hand tools! Our lives are so much easier now, no wonder there are so many people and buildings. We've forgotten that we're part of nature unfortunately.
DeleteOh yes, my son lives in a mountainous part of the southwestern part of the state...near Mesa Verde National Park.
DeleteI wondered if you might be pondering a move. So much to consider . . .
ReplyDeleteI agree, and I keep just taking a deep breath, and ignoring all that needs to be done. But fortunately there's usually quite a long waiting list for affordable places for which I'm qualified.
DeleteI anticipate waiting at least a year before having an opportunity to move.
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