Random Memories
Recently, I posted this quote:” I enjoy those random memories popping up at no particular time that makes me smile”. Immediately, I saw a picture in my mind of my best friend Dorothy and I learned to cook.
One day we decided to make donuts. We got the “Joy of Cooking” cookbook Out. That book was the best reference for anything to do with cooking. Carefully, we read the recipe, as a matter of fact, we read it twice. The big bowl of batter was ready to cook. We look at the directions again. The instructions said: drop the batter in a deep kettle-what? This is when it the happened-the minute we quit reading. We drop the batter into a tea kettle my mother had on the stove. We cooked that batter to the specified time and all that batter come spewing out of the spout. Lesson Learn ed. Read directions all the way through.
Another time we decided to make that old-fashioned southern flat skillet cornbread for my father. On Saturday’s our family always had fresh green beans and little red potatoes along with the cornbread. The recipe was on a Martha White bag of cornmeal. We got the recipe right and got it into a well-greased skillet. But alas, we let it cook too long. It tasted all right but was a little tough. My Dad’s comment was good because he needed to retread the tires on his old 38 Chevrolet. But now, as I smile, I know we both turned out to be good cooks.
Another smiling memory was all about Dorothy and I and poison ivy. Dorothy and I were with our friend Boots waiting for public transportation to go to the movies. We were standing by a tree that had a lot of vines hanging down from it. Dorothy said;” Don’t touch those leaves, I think that is poison ivy” Boots and I laughed and rub leaves on our arms. During the movie, we all began to itch and scratch. By the time we got home our eyes were swollen almost shut, our faces were swollen and we itched. We wound up in the same bed at my house and were cared for by my mother.
I also look back at the things we did to amuse ourselves when we were youngsters. This was before TV. There was a big chinaberry tree in our backyard. The tree produced hard green berries. We pick the green round berries almost all morning. Then all the kids were divided into two teams. We had a chinaberry war, as we threw the berries at each other. It took all of about 5 minutes for we diminished our stockpiles.
Now that I’ve commented on a few of my flashback random memories I will record them for my daughter so it will put a smile on her face as well. as well.
