Lost Arts's blog listings. Feed Zend_Feed_Writer 1.10.8 (http://framework.zend.com) http://www.qmb2.com/lostarts Canned tomatoes When I was making my gift baskets, I somehow managed to pop the seal on one of my jars of canned tomatoes. I stuck the jar in the fridge to use myself, and have been putting the tomatoes in omlettes and other things, and I have decided that I am NEVER using store-bought canned tomatoes again! The taste is so much fresher when I can my own. Huzzah!
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]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:47:38 -0600 http://www.qmb2.com/lostarts/blog/2008/01/14/canned_tomatoes http://www.qmb2.com/lostarts/blog/2008/01/14/canned_tomatoes When I was making my gift baskets, I somehow managed to pop the seal on one of my jars of canned tomatoes. I stuck the jar in the fridge to use myself, and have been putting the tomatoes in omlettes and other things, and I have decided that I am NEVER using store-bought canned tomatoes again! The taste is so much fresher when I can my own. Huzzah!
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]]> 0 Learning the Lost Arts I've always been astonished by the sheer number of things my mother and grandmother could do, that my friend's families simply could not! My mother cooked 2 meals a day for us (breakfast was cereal--even my mother didn't want to cook 3 times a day!), sewed, did cross-stitch, made jellies, and decorated our bathroom with lovely stencils. My grandmother ran a farmhouse alone for years, canned, cooked, manatged property, and did gorgeous hardanger needlework.
As a child, I persuaded my mom to teach me to cook and sew, both of which skills I have used constantly (favorite cookbook is the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, circa 1960). I recently made a quilt, and this summer I taught myself how to do home preserves (ironically, I learned this nearly lost art on the internet--aren't modern times wonderful?)
I'd love to connect up with other ladies who preserve some of these wonderful traditions!
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]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:17:23 -0600 http://www.qmb2.com/lostarts/blog/2007/12/21/learning_the_lost_arts http://www.qmb2.com/lostarts/blog/2007/12/21/learning_the_lost_arts I've always been astonished by the sheer number of things my mother and grandmother could do, that my friend's families simply could not! My mother cooked 2 meals a day for us (breakfast was cereal--even my mother didn't want to cook 3 times a day!), sewed, did cross-stitch, made jellies, and decorated our bathroom with lovely stencils. My grandmother ran a farmhouse alone for years, canned, cooked, manatged property, and did gorgeous hardanger needlework.
As a child, I persuaded my mom to teach me to cook and sew, both of which skills I have used constantly (favorite cookbook is the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, circa 1960). I recently made a quilt, and this summer I taught myself how to do home preserves (ironically, I learned this nearly lost art on the internet--aren't modern times wonderful?)
I'd love to connect up with other ladies who preserve some of these wonderful traditions!
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