tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post4157250945368387680..comments2024-03-27T23:53:59.771-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The tomatoes stink, but you should really try the pieLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-59471258318450137702023-05-20T09:59:02.285-04:002023-05-20T09:59:02.285-04:00I just saved that Gores novel to my to-read list. ...I just saved that Gores novel to my to-read list. I never knew this about Indiana. Maybe it's full of transplants from egg noodle country trying to get their fix. I agree that most supermarket tomatoes these days sthing! It's really the only reason we go to the trouble of planting a veggie garden each summer—to harvest the only delicious tomatoes we eat each year.Joseph D'Agnesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718912272076700465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-67642257737483915992023-05-20T09:53:44.889-04:002023-05-20T09:53:44.889-04:00I get asked about family cookbooks all the time. I...I get asked about family cookbooks all the time. I think they're wonderful, but that target audience has always got to be the family. It's when people have grandiose visions of selling it to a traditional publisher that the dreams become unrealistic.Joseph D'Agnesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718912272076700465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-90650592863217926502023-05-20T09:51:37.085-04:002023-05-20T09:51:37.085-04:00I know a number of her recipes by heart that were ...I know a number of her recipes by heart that were never written done. I'm sure she felt that she never needed to. If you know it by heart, why bother?Joseph D'Agnesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718912272076700465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-62758859384978264042023-05-19T21:37:35.905-04:002023-05-19T21:37:35.905-04:00Your earlier post remains memorable. I enjoyed bot...Your earlier post remains memorable. I enjoyed both.<br /><br />I share great sympathy with your mom in the tomato wars. I continue to eat ‘tomatoes’ but I haven’t tasted a real tomato in forever. On the trip from field to genetics lab to grocery store, tomatoes have gained DNA weirdness but lost their flavor.<br /><br />My amazement never ceases when it comes to Hoosier cooks mailing noodles. My Indiana mother did it. My grandmother did it. My other grandmother did it. My girlfriend does it. Her daughter and grandchild do it. Somewhere in Indiana is a special FedEx shipping center where egg noodles are routed to Arizona, Florida, Texas, New Jersey, Iowa, and for all I know, Ukraine.<br /><br />The mystery item sounds like a terrific plum pudding to me, possibly resembling a cobbler. My interpretation is that, like a musician sheet-reading new music in his head, your mom’s experience suggested it would be good. Even if her ungrateful children had abandoned her. Just sayin’.<br /><br />On a separate note, your mother might have appreciated the novel, <i>32 Cadillacs</i>.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-41399652699499685282023-05-19T19:04:14.760-04:002023-05-19T19:04:14.760-04:00My husband's late uncle came here from Poland ...My husband's late uncle came here from Poland & was a commercial baker by profession. He kept a notebook full of recipes for cooking in huge quantities, starting out like "1,400 lb white flour" ... over a period of time he cut a lot of them back to household amounts, with the recipe in Polish on one page & in English on the facing page. We were going to publish a cookbook, but it didn't happen. I think his daughter threw out his handwritten recipe collection!Elizabeth Dearbornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-56668581537226837012023-05-19T09:36:16.296-04:002023-05-19T09:36:16.296-04:00I have a number of Greek recipes from my grandmoth...I have a number of Greek recipes from my grandmother on my father's side - none written down, but I know how to make them. Spanakopita, eggplant fried with garlic, moussaka, finikia, koulourakia, etc. It's all in the feel and the smell. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.com