I Remember: A Collection of Old-Time Recipes and Memories
By Hank Kellner
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Everyone likes to turn back the clock; to return to favorite places; to relive those wonderful moments in time that slipped by all too quickly. And everyone likes to remember cherished family members, festive occasions, and the wonderful old-time foods that were so much a part of everything in the days when life seemed simpler than it is today.
In this book you will (1) Meet thirteen people who share their memories from the past; (2) Discover twenty-nine authentic old-time recipes handed down from generation to generation; (3) Experience childhood recollections through the eyes of a young boy; (4) Relive fascinating bits 'n pieces from history as reported in turn-of-the-century newspapers.
I Remember is more than just a cookbook. It's a treasured collection of memories that will take you back to the time when butter was churned in the kitchen, meat was slaughtered at home, and water was drawn from a spring at the side of the mountain.
Hank Kellner
Hank Kellner is a veteran of the Korean War and a retired associate professor of English currently based in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He is the author of 125 Photos for English Composition Classes (J. Weston Walch, 1978); How to Be a Better Photographer (J. Weston Walch, 1978); Write What You See (Prufrock Press, 2010); and, with co-author Elizabeth Guy, Reflect and Write: 300 Poems and Photographs to Inspire Writing (Prufrock Press, 2013).
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I Remember - Hank Kellner
I Remember
A Collection of Old-Time Recipes
and Memories from the Past
by Hank Kellner
Copyright © 2013 by Hank Kellner
Smashwords Edition
Other Smashwords Books by Hank Kellner
Terror at Mirror Lake
I Don’t Wanna Be an Orange Anymore
The Taste of Appalachia
The Lucky Star House of Celestial Pleasures
Mayday: 99 Disasters and Tragedies on the High Seas
Give Me Liberty: 24 Heroes and Heroines of the American Revolution
Prologue To the Pokerbury Tales
Wooden Doors
Humpty Dumpty
Curtains
Forever
About the Author
About the Author: Hank Kellner is a retired associate professor of English. He is the author of 125 Photos for English Composition Classes (J. Weston Walch, 1980) How to Be a Better Photographer (J. Weston Walch, 1980), Write What You See (Prufrock Press, 2010), and, with Elizabeth Guy Reflect and Write: 300 Poems and Photographs to Inspire Writing Prufrock Press, 2013). His other writings and photographs have appeared in hundreds of publications nationwide.
Introduction
Food does more to spark our recollections of the past than almost anything else. Through our memories of meal times years ago, we can transport ourselves to happy times or sad; to times that fostered traditions we treasure today.
For me, such memories recall lazy, hot summers at my grandmother’s house, summers that trigger a thousand fond memories.
In the mornings, for example, there was nothing for me to do but to watch grandmother prepare lunch while sunlight dappled the walls of her kitchen.
Later, at lunchtime, we all gathered around the big table for an ordinary lunch–extraordinary by today’s standards–of fried chicken or chicken and dumplings; mashed potatoes and cream gravy; green beans cooked with fatback and served with sliced, fresh onions; field peas with tomato gravy or sliced tomatoes; high and bready biscuits; rough cornpone; cold, fresh milk and buttermilk from yesterday’s milking; and molded sweet butter I had watched my grandmother churn. Dessert was apple cobbler made from June apples I had picked that morning.
Those days are gone, of course. Never again in my life will I eat as we did in those years. Never again will I gaze, wide-eyed, at the magnificent foods my grandmother used to prepare.
But I can still imagine; I can still journey back in time through the corridors of my mind. And I can still recapture moments from long ago through the pages of books like this one.
And so can you! I hope you’ll join me as I turn the pages of I Remember. When you do, you’ll meet people who share their memories from the past. And you’ll discover priceless old-time recipes handed down from generation to generation. You’ll also recall poignant and often funny moments from childhood as seen through the eyes of a young boy. And you’ll even relive history briefly as it was reported in turn-of-the-century newspapers.
Why not find a comfortable chair, settle down, and get ready to travel back in time. Even if you never take this book to the kitchen, you’ll be rewarded by happy memories of the scent of freshly baked bread or the aroma of spices simmering on the back burner of an old woodstove.
Carole Currie
Lifestyles Editor
Asheville Citizen Times
Chapter 1
Memories from the Past
She Always Smelled Like Bread Rising
Cheryl Robert’s recollections from the past center on her grandmother; a large wood-burning stove; a closet full of flour, and a great big double bed in her grandparents’ house in Rhode Island.
When I was a little girl, I slept with grandma in that bed,
says the mother of two from Creston, North Carolina. "I remember that she always smelled like bread rising. She had long white hair that she wore braided and coiled at the back of her head, and she could cuss with the best of them.
"Early in the morning, before dawn, grandma would pop out of bed, crank up the cast iron stove, and bake glorious breads and rolls in her two ovens. The aroma was enough to drive anyone crazy.
Later, my granddad, my twin brother, and I would sit at the kitchen table surrounded by the scent of yeast, flour and bread to consume many slices of grandma’s magnificent offering.
Although Cheryl Roberts maintains that her grandmother was one of the greatest bread bakers of all time,
he husband Robbie Franklin disagrees. If anyone makes bread fit for the gods, it’s Cheryl,
he maintains. "What’s more, she’s also a