Fun Monday - Childhood Memories
Our Fun Monday Host this week is Molly, Return of the White Robin . She requested that we share a fond memory of childhood and some pictures. There are very few pictures of my childhood. There are, however, many memories. Little snippets of sounds and smells raced through my mind today as I tried to find a trail to follow. I jotted down many that I hoped would provide me with an idea for today's assignment. Then, I realized that these little bits and pieces are part of the jig saw puzzle of me -- of who I am. You don't have to put them together, but I think you'll see the picture. Childhood Memories The chorus of frogs from the pond in the lower pasture that lulled us to sleep on warm summer nights. Catching polliwogs in the creek that disappeared several pastures over into a foliage camouflaged ravine. The distinct sweet smell of new born kittens inside a barrel in the fruit house The hunt for the elusive Tiger Lily in the open fields, and the pungent s...
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2 cups berries
½ lemon (2 T for cheater bottle)
Place berries in greased 8x8 pan
Sprinkle with lemon juice
Mix together
3 T butter
¾-cup sugar
½ cup milk
1 c flour
¼ t salt
1 t baking powder
Spoon this mixture over the berries
Mix tougher
1-cup sugar
1 T cornstarch
Sprinkle over berries and batter
Take 1 cup boiling water and pour over all the above
Bake @ 350 for 1 hour
Any kind of fruit will do. I have used apples, blackberries, apricots, peaches, raisons.
Just need to adjust your sugar for tartness, and your cornstarch for juiciness. (Or in case of dried fruit like raisins… more water)
I was going to call her and find out if it was Czechoslovakian or something she'd picked up growing up in Nebraska