Something about cooking

 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.

This little one is getting a drink, then will need changing to dryer clothes...while the wood stove is the heart of the kitchen for his mother. Don't you just know those two buckets have been carried from the source of their water! 

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.

From internet, "Cooking in 1900."  Some stoves were coal fired as well as wood. This ornate one doesn't have any clear designation, but there appears to be a hot water tank next to it. With all the pipes it's possible she had running water also. (But there's a familiar bucket in the pantry also!)

The crew which helped produce the TV cooking shows for Julia Child. Only thing missing? A bucket!

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.

It's always fun to share with other photographers on Sepia Saturday...some of which will be on the suggested meme, and others will be enjoyable as they've gone in another direction!!

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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:

My sister Mary Miller fixing something delicious in the 80s.