Heather's Heavenly Vapes - THE BIG THREAD (Part 6)

[LAwaters]

This is a cool story. One of the earliest YouTube “celebrities” was a 91 year old Italian grandmother. Her grandson wanted to film her as an oral history project. Rather than having her sit facing the camera and being interviewed, he filmed her in her kitchen cooking meals her mother made during the Great Depression.

No fancy ingredients or flavors. No complicated prep. Just good, inexpensive food that got them through horrible economic disaster.

I watched her videos and it reminds me so much of my Nana! Hanging out in her kitchen and helping her cook and hearing her stories. She didn’t let me help cook that much. But she did let me do the dishes after.

She Survived the Great Depression—Then, at 91, Became a YouTube Star

 

[retic1959]

Are we talking about installing Linux here or Path of Exile?

Either , or .

 

[Bronze]

This is a cool story. One of the earliest YouTube “celebrities” was a 91 year old Italian grandmother. Her grandson wanted to film her as an oral history project. Rather than having her sit facing the camera and being interviewed, he filmed her in her kitchen cooking meals her mother made during the Great Depression.

No fancy ingredients or flavors. No complicated prep. Just good, inexpensive food that got them through horrible economic disaster.

I watched her videos and it reminds me so much of my Nana! Hanging out in her kitchen and helping her cook and hearing her stories. She didn’t let me help cook that much. But she did let me do the dishes after.

She Survived the Great Depression—Then, at 91, Became a YouTube Star

I believe the Depression (and WW2) made women great cooks. They had fewer ingredients, fewer options, and they certainly could not afford to eat anywhere but home. Dinner could get boring quick so they had to be creative and make alterations to the same dishes just to add a little variety. They also had to maximize quantity. What an explosion of great home style meals! These women cooked like this their entire lives and still rank as the best meals I've ever had. Both my grandma's cooked like this. Amazing what they knew. My one grandma (the poorer one) had two pieces of cookware. An iron skillet and an iron dutch oven. Everything got cooked in those things. I still don't know how she made the things she did taste so good. I could never replicate it. These skills got passed on to their daughters (our moms) who continued the fabulous cooking. When they went, so did the great home meals because most women today don't have those same skills. Our thriving economies since the Depression obsoleted them. Just like how most men could fix anything. That's not true anymore in large part because lots of stuff became electronic instead of mechanical or have been otherwise designed not to last. Mechanical skills have become obsolete among most men. Cripes, you open a hood on a new car these days and it's unrecognizable.

 

[EleanorR]

Question for those here owned by cats: How often per day do you feed them wet food? And do they have a bowl of kibble to hit up throughout the day?

The cats that own me are 11 and 10 yrs old. Both at healthy weights. They seem to do best on wet food. The kibble they’ve had is grain-free and as all natural as I could find. But lately I’ve given them less kibble and there’s less barfing. (TMI - sorry!)

I know this is a late reply, but -- I always fed my kitties wet food twice a day, with kibble left out for free-munching. Worked wonderfully!

Cats tend to dehydrate easily, so wet food is a really important assist to getting enough liquid in them. (Also, fresh cold water changed daily!)


My current little fur goblin, however, will not eat any wet food -- not even the most expensive, dee-luxe, are-you-kidding-me-this-smells-so-good-I-think-I'll-eat-it food! He loves loves loves his Iams Adult kibble (fed him Iams Kitten Kibble his first year). He also loves his daily super-wet treat: either Fancy Feast BROTH or Hartz' Lickable stew.

When I had a dog (for a minute) I had a large bag of dog food on the back enclosed porch. I found my monster kitty (Maine ....) half in the bag chowing down on dog food!

LOLOLOLOL I flashed on an image of a very drunken kitty ("half in the bag") upended inside a sack of dog chow!

His name is Louie.
Wow, is he a lover !
He got a bath yesterday - it didn't take me long to dry off at all !
He goes back and forth between us for luvs !
So far his waking time favorite resting place is on Steve's foot - he can also see the TV from there and he does watch it !
Finally heard a meow last night, it was a very, very soft reply after I asked him if he was a happy boy.
I am guessing he is really closer to under 1 1/2 - maybe closer to a year.
And he loves the lazer light !
He's been up in my lap a few times on his own and turned on his back for belly rubs and has reached up to touch my face a couple of times.

 

[LAwaters]

I know this is a late reply, but -- I always fed my kitties wet food twice a day, with kibble left out for free-munching. Worked wonderfully!

Cats tend to dehydrate easily, so wet food is a really important assist to getting enough liquid in them. (Also, fresh cold water changed daily!)


My current little fur goblin, however, will not eat any wet food -- not even the most expensive, dee-luxe, are-you-kidding-me-this-smells-so-good-I-think-I'll-eat-it food! He loves loves loves his Iams Adult kibble (fed him Iams Kitten Kibble his first year). He also loves his daily super-wet treat: either Fancy Feast BROTH or Hartz' Lickable stew.





LOLOLOLOL I flashed on an image of a very drunken kitty ("half in the bag") upended inside a sack of dog chow!

Very helpful, thanks! Tigg is the one here who will lick out any and all gravy and leave the rest of the wet food. He loves his kibble too. Just sometimes I have to put out less of it because I can tell he’s getting dehydrated. That’s what made me curious about what others do. As they are getting older I want to make sure I keep them healthy!

Yes, always fresh cold water. They both come running and get all anxious when I pull their water bowl to wash it and refill it. Maybe living in the desert has made them feel how precious water is. They act like I’ll never put the bowl back down!

I did learn something interesting. My female was always dipping her paw in the water bowl and drinking from her paw. It looked so funny. But when I looked up why cats do that I found out that some cats have very sensitive whiskers. They suggested you try a very wide mouth water bowl. I replaced the narrow bowl with a shallow wide one and she loved it! She now drinks the usual way. Unless she’s sneaking a dip into MY water glass.

 

[Desert Dweller]

Heya army,my work day is done, till tomorrow,then end of week Friday I start 9 days off for vacation!
Time to catch up on emails and play some POE (path of exile) on other computer (this one is for general use)
Retic,check this thread to help poe run better in Linux: Path Of Exile with an overcharged Wine
I'm going to wait for mint 19.0 to release then try it dual booting on gaming rig

 

[kkay59]

This is a cool story. One of the earliest YouTube “celebrities” was a 91 year old Italian grandmother. Her grandson wanted to film her as an oral history project. Rather than having her sit facing the camera and being interviewed, he filmed her in her kitchen cooking meals her mother made during the Great Depression.

No fancy ingredients or flavors. No complicated prep. Just good, inexpensive food that got them through horrible economic disaster.

I watched her videos and it reminds me so much of my Nana! Hanging out in her kitchen and helping her cook and hearing her stories. She didn’t let me help cook that much. But she did let me do the dishes after.

She Survived the Great Depression—Then, at 91, Became a YouTube Star

I subscribe to that channel, sadly she passed. I have written down some of her recipes too! I think she was a great lady.

I believe the Depression (and WW2) made women great cooks. They had fewer ingredients, fewer options, and they certainly could not afford to eat anywhere but home. Dinner could get boring quick so they had to be creative and make alterations to the same dishes just to add a little variety. They also had to maximize quantity. What an explosion of great home style meals! These women cooked like this their entire lives and still rank as the best meals I've ever had. Both my grandma's cooked like this. Amazing what they knew. My one grandma (the poorer one) had two pieces of cookware. An iron skillet and an iron dutch oven. Everything got cooked in those things. I still don't know how she made the things she did taste so good. I could never replicate it. These skills got passed on to their daughters (our moms) who continued the fabulous cooking. When they went, so did the great home meals because most women today don't have those same skills. Our thriving economies since the Depression obsoleted them. Just like how most men could fix anything. That's not true anymore in large part because lots of stuff became electronic instead of mechanical or have been otherwise designed not to last. Mechanical skills have become obsolete among most men. Cripes, you open a hood on a new car these days and it's unrecognizable.

You don't want to see my grandma's depression era cookbook. Some of the things on the menu are only if you are practically starving. My mom has the book now. I won't be trying those recipes unless meals are few and far between. I'd rather eat vegetables or weeds than some of the meat choices in that book. Rice and beans with cornbread are good now and then, but not every day.

Back a long time ago everything was made from scratch of course. Then again that was when almost all women were stay at home moms. That is why the art has been somewhat lost. There are some exceptions of course. Some of those meals took literally hours to make. Few take the time to prepare a meal like that these days.

 

[kkay59]

I fill the water bowl around here for the pets several times a day. It is a pretty big bowl, and wide. The old cat demands cold water. I think she is getting senile if that is possible. The young cat doesn't drink water very much that I see. Bella drinks water a lot when she is hot. Cassie is not a big water guzzler either.

Speaking of Cassie, i worked on her hair again today. Of course I didn't finish, it is a work in progress. Hopefully the touch ups will take place tomorrow. It is just too hot to be outside for long.

 

[Bronze]

You don't want to see my grandma's depression era cookbook. Some of the things on the menu are only if you are practically starving. My mom has the book now. I won't be trying those recipes unless meals are few and far between. I'd rather eat vegetables or weeds than some of the meat choices in that book. Rice and beans with cornbread are good now and then, but not every day.

Back a long time ago everything was made from scratch of course. Then again that was when almost all women were stay at home moms. That is why the art has been somewhat lost. There are some exceptions of course. Some of those meals took literally hours to make. Few take the time to prepare a meal like that these days.

The French still eat this way. Tripe? Are you kidding me?! And the animals some of the Asians eat? No thanks!

 

[Bronze]

You don't want to see my grandma's depression era cookbook. Some of the things on the menu are only if you are practically starving. My mom has the book now. I won't be trying those recipes unless meals are few and far between. I'd rather eat vegetables or weeds than some of the meat choices in that book.

My mom's parents raised chickens and that was their primary protein source. And being Germans the kids had chores. Guess what my mom's chore was (in addition to gathering the eggs)?

I suppose they'd eat beef and pork but it wasn't so easy to have a cow or pig around where she lived. And cows and pigs don't lay eggs.

 

[retic1959]

Heya army,my work day is done, till tomorrow,then end of week Friday I start 9 days off for vacation!
Time to catch up on emails and play some POE (path of exile) on other computer (this one is for general use)
Retic,check this thread to help poe run better in Linux: Path Of Exile with an overcharged Wine
I'm going to wait for mint 19.0 to release then try it dual booting on gaming rig

That guy needs to write a bash script to run on linux , basically an executable text file that runs in the terminal . Too much legwork for one game , it's much easier to dual boot . DD make sure you put your Linux drive first in the boot order in bios . That will keep Windoze from overwriting the linux grub . Both OS's can update safely that way and grub works perfectly for both . I'm playing with the LM19 Mate beta as a backup to Manjaro . There are a few bugs they have to eliminate but I expect it to release in a week .

 

[Desert Dweller]

@Bunnykiller ,@retic1959 ,make sure to click on lore in game at least first time thru,the lore is pretty good in poe

 

[DavidOH]

Evening...….

 

[PapawBrett]

Good Morning Army. Busy day ahead, so early start.

Have a Safe and Blessed Day

 

[LAwaters]

Heya army,my work day is done, till tomorrow,then end of week Friday I start 9 days off for vacation!
Time to catch up on emails and play some POE (path of exile) on other computer (this one is for general use)
Retic,check this thread to help poe run better in Linux: Path Of Exile with an overcharged Wine
I'm going to wait for mint 19.0 to release then try it dual booting on gaming rig

Yay! STAYcation!!! My favorite kind.

 

[LAwaters]

I subscribe to that channel, sadly she passed. I have written down some of her recipes too! I think she was a great lady.



You don't want to see my grandma's depression era cookbook. Some of the things on the menu are only if you are practically starving. My mom has the book now. I won't be trying those recipes unless meals are few and far between. I'd rather eat vegetables or weeds than some of the meat choices in that book. Rice and beans with cornbread are good now and then, but not every day.

Back a long time ago everything was made from scratch of course. Then again that was when almost all women were stay at home moms. That is why the art has been somewhat lost. There are some exceptions of course. Some of those meals took literally hours to make. Few take the time to prepare a meal like that these days.

She lived a good, long life. I was sad to see she’d passed though.

I remember my Nana coming to my house and watching me make soup. What I was cutting away of the veggies, she scolded me on! Then she grabbed the cuttings, chopped them up and tossed them in the pot. She said when you grew up in the Depression, you learned not to waste anything!

I’ve sure gotten an appreciation for the art of making food from scratch these past few months. I used to make fresh food all the time. But it was just meats and veggies. Before kids I did some canning, but then got too busy.

I think it was Clara who said in an interview that she couldn’t understand why people bought bread at a store. She said half the fun was in making it yourself.

One of her recipes was for a fried pepper and eggs sandwich. She said her mother made it and she took it to school for lunch. Unrefrigerated! Now we are all too scared of salmonella to do that. I don’t know what changed.

 

[LAwaters]

The French still eat this way. Tripe? Are you kidding me?! And the animals some of the Asians eat? No thanks!

My grandparents were Slovak and they loved picked tripe! Ewwwww!

I’d say no thanks to the fish you catch. Never been a fan of most fish, especially fresh water varieties. I can eat salmon, tuna and mild varieties of ocean white fish. Different strokes!

 

[Bunnykiller]

Lol I should have mentioned how addictive the game is.

hmmm it was easier to put away the ciggies then turn off Exile

I still have saved games from the first Diablo on my hard drive

when Retic and I were playing Diablo (1) we figgured out a way to get a lvl 1 player with no exp points to get 3 dots
(extreme hard core )... talk about alot of flack in the forums... they all thought I had hacked/cheated the game...
it was all legit tho... there was a loophole in the "shared game via a parallel cable" that no one thought of other than Retic ( Retic is smart like that) ... I wouldnt have figgered it out

but anyway... Im off to go hackem and wackem...

 

[Bunnykiller]

Are we talking about installing Linux here or Path of Exile?

exile... your a geek girl, you live to play Exile

 

[LAwaters]

My mom's parents raised chickens and that was their primary protein source. And being Germans the kids had chores. Guess what my mom's chore was (in addition to gathering the eggs)?

I suppose they'd eat beef and pork but it wasn't so easy to have a cow or pig around where she lived. And cows and pigs don't lay eggs.

Technically cows and pigs do lay eggs. But they are internal and miscroscopic. Too hard to harvest and not good eating. Okay, I just grossed myself out.

As a little kid I was chased one time by the lower part of a chicken after its head was removed. It’s one of many reasons I ain’t right.