tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post3562935246575889697..comments2024-03-28T09:29:11.392-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: The Good StuffMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-45743011305086190222021-04-01T14:44:07.099-04:002021-04-01T14:44:07.099-04:00Your greens are so inviting. My favourite food stu...Your greens are so inviting. My favourite food stuff!!!<br /><br />I tried life without a washing machine mainly because the women living in my village in this tiny African country we called paradise for a while had none and they and their families were always wearing spotless clothes. I watched them pounding and wringing and rinsing - in the river estuary and/or using an outdoor sink - and tried. There was a lot of laughter and pity.<br /><br />When I found a secretive semi legal way to import a washing machine, I could not sleep for the weeks it took to bribe and con the various customs people and someone to check the fickle electrics and the plumbing. When it was finally installed, I washed everything, literally everything. My neighbours watched and tsk tsk tsked for a day or two and went back to their washer women groups singing and gossiping and pounding. <br />My wonderful machine lasted exactly 18 months, it died of a shortcut and meltdown when a cockroach decided to deposit a huge load of eggs in the casing of the control panel. Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-15533415838107087482021-04-01T01:20:32.201-04:002021-04-01T01:20:32.201-04:00I guess nobody else resonated with your appreciati...I guess nobody else resonated with your appreciation of the right tool however simple or secondhand or improvised, but I sure did. I have a whole bunch of things around here I have to guard carefully because otherwise they would get thrown out as junk, but they're perfect for what I want them for. Thanks for noticing and expressing it so well Sally Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17272673801103141958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-87711492286183501132021-03-31T17:12:00.848-04:002021-03-31T17:12:00.848-04:00You're damn right about the women. I doubt tha...You're damn right about the women. I doubt that men's lives were a piece of cake either but the women worked just as hard if not harder. <br />You might enjoy at least a tiny bit of dirt to grow things in, Ellen. A few tomatoes, maybe? Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-45278449756454953772021-03-31T17:10:50.205-04:002021-03-31T17:10:50.205-04:00Well, yes, they did have different stresses and I ...Well, yes, they did have different stresses and I am sure that communities and families absolutely had to come together to help each other but I imagine that the stresses they had- like fear of not making it through the winter with food, too many mouths to feed, being dependent entirely on the weather for the growing of necessities - were pretty bad. And honestly- I think that there were probably as many assholes then as there are now. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-5510967234891624952021-03-31T17:08:12.077-04:002021-03-31T17:08:12.077-04:00You could try to grow a few big containers of toma...You could try to grow a few big containers of tomatoes. Might be fun and would be pretty simple. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-45748218797766972052021-03-31T17:07:37.073-04:002021-03-31T17:07:37.073-04:00Definitely much less prone to waste when supper do...Definitely much less prone to waste when supper doesn't come from a box. <br />Ah well, I may be mocking you now but it won't be long before I'm stuck in the house because it's so damn hot here. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-75976451735095123862021-03-31T17:06:31.422-04:002021-03-31T17:06:31.422-04:00You are so right, Steve. If someone did manage to ...You are so right, Steve. If someone did manage to become overweight, it may have been due to a medical condition which they didn't/couldn't diagnose or treat then. <br />And I'd be starving and homeless too. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-69401709057511743952021-03-31T17:05:30.188-04:002021-03-31T17:05:30.188-04:00No- more like the spring roll except fatter and a ...No- more like the spring roll except fatter and a slightly different wrapper. Mostly they are fried but I bake mine. They can have different fillings but mine generally have some broccoli slaw and chopped cabbage, green onions and tofu. They're crispy on the outside. <br />I imagine that 75 IS extremely warm for you! It's in the eighties here today but for the next three days, won't get out of the sixties which is extremely cool for us! Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-77004718892948783562021-03-31T17:02:43.832-04:002021-03-31T17:02:43.832-04:00All winter long. Such a joy. All winter long. Such a joy. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-49889773596221847662021-03-31T17:02:30.223-04:002021-03-31T17:02:30.223-04:00It's unimaginable, that life.It's unimaginable, that life. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-69408261414761754862021-03-31T17:02:00.728-04:002021-03-31T17:02:00.728-04:00I'm definitely getting to the age where just t...I'm definitely getting to the age where just the garden in and of itself is about enough.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-89634177485114614192021-03-31T14:49:23.379-04:002021-03-31T14:49:23.379-04:00I know what you mean about all those people wishin...I know what you mean about all those people wishing to go back to 'simpler' times. they wouldn't last a week before they would be crying. and the answer to 'who' is the women, as usual. I haven't had a food garden for a couple of years. I think I'm really going to try and start another small one but over here at the house, a few small raised beds to start because I do miss the fresh out of the garden food.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-36279418368723609372021-03-31T12:02:23.552-04:002021-03-31T12:02:23.552-04:00How right you are about things being tough in the ...How right you are about things being tough in the "good old days". They were physically tough of course, but I do wonder if they had different stresses to us - no email deadlines, no work being taken over by robots and so on, but then no access to such improved medicine. That being said, there was definitely a closer sense of community then (in my opinion, having grown up in a large poor family in the inner city). Everyone pitched in and shared. If we could get that back I think life would be so much better!Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-60443713267768541602021-03-31T11:39:51.155-04:002021-03-31T11:39:51.155-04:00The "good old days" were not so good for...The "good old days" were not so good for a lot of people! <br />I don't have a garden that I tend to - I have a big green lawn that my son mows and a bit of landscaping plants close around the house. I have tried a few times to grow tomatoes or beans or peppers but without much success because we never knew what we were doing! I can blame our mid-western weather but I am really just lazy... I appreciate hearing about your home-grown treats!Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-74193829619182163942021-03-31T10:33:58.423-04:002021-03-31T10:33:58.423-04:00So much for resting your foot.
I think when we ...So much for resting your foot. <br /><br />I think when we grow our own food and make meals from scratch we understand how difficult it is and how much time it takes. Much less prone to waste. <br /><br />I have tomato plants under a grow light in my kitchen and ten oak trees. Still need another six or seven weeks before we can plant outside. Sigh. You mock me with your winter garden:)My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-78508852432038366882021-03-31T10:02:09.606-04:002021-03-31T10:02:09.606-04:00I've often thought of all the everyday items t...I've often thought of all the everyday items that I depend on so much, and that often have so much backstory. And yeah...in "simpler times" we didn't have people struggling to keep extra weight off, because they worked hard and grew their own food and washed clothes by hand on a washboard and built their own houses! Can you imagine?! I'd be starving and homeless.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-41184547089934071682021-03-31T03:54:59.444-04:002021-03-31T03:54:59.444-04:00Again, I had to look up a foodstuff that you were ...Again, I had to look up a foodstuff that you were eating. It seems that egg rolls are pretty much what I know as " spring rolls" ( chinese ), but egg rolls have egg in the wrapping.....more like a thin omlette? Yesterday we had the hottest March day since 1968, can you believe! It got to 24c here in the south...that's 75 F to you folks! One more day of the warm weather and then it gets back to more normal temperatures for the time of year. 13C max tomorrow. Hope that you can stay off that foot and get it better. Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-9492186712039935752021-03-30T21:27:23.056-04:002021-03-30T21:27:23.056-04:00So envious that you can go to the garden and pick ...So envious that you can go to the garden and pick stuff already. I. Can't. Wait.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-55449005183090198842021-03-30T21:19:44.489-04:002021-03-30T21:19:44.489-04:00I had three uncles who were farmers. I only visite...I had three uncles who were farmers. I only visited and looked on, or sat on the porch and stripped peas or beans or currents. The aunts worked until they went to bed, then worked again. One fed hands three meals a day. The other two just the noon time meal.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-53225689007086922542021-03-30T20:26:34.995-04:002021-03-30T20:26:34.995-04:00Lovely day. And yes on the amount of labor getting...Lovely day. And yes on the amount of labor getting plants from garden to freezer.but it's so worth it. Easy for me to say, decades since I had a big vegetable garden!Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.com