tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post8596697321859413508..comments2024-03-27T21:15:11.245-06:00Comments on BLD in MT : Living a Simple Life in This Interconnected World: Clara's KitchenBLD in MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449967376288331137noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-5890364748258539852011-11-16T13:32:55.987-07:002011-11-16T13:32:55.987-07:00Hooray for the library! I hope you enjoy it!Hooray for the library! I hope you enjoy it!BLD in MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497511995276601468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-51073902435292002992011-11-16T12:50:32.330-07:002011-11-16T12:50:32.330-07:00I requested it from the library after reading this...I requested it from the library after reading this post. It's waiting for me to pick it up now. Thanks for the recommendation.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155841244685348056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-76081700316403546842011-11-07T04:53:40.182-07:002011-11-07T04:53:40.182-07:00Both my parents were children of the Great Depress...Both my parents were children of the Great Depression. We were raised not to waste anything and to stock pile. It was just the way things were done when you lived out in the boonies. I think it is awesome that so many people are moving back in that direction.<br /><br />Once a week growing up we had what Momma called Duke's Mixture. She made something out of all the leftovers for a meal. The refrigerator got cleaned out once a week and we very rarely threw any food out and if we did the dog usually got it!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15032479084775154076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-84907074832231264082011-11-04T23:50:52.350-06:002011-11-04T23:50:52.350-06:00First paragraph in my comment where I said most re...First paragraph in my comment where I said most recipes require a trip to the store--I was referring to most recipe books, not Clara's.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-51931967650338627492011-11-03T22:18:28.604-06:002011-11-03T22:18:28.604-06:00I love Clara's videos. Maybe I don't get a...I love Clara's videos. Maybe I don't get as much from these videos as young people. It seems like most recipes are opportunities to go to the grocery and buy something not already in the house. My mother could put together a meal from simple things. <br /><br />My father suffered from hunger during The Great Depression, so he demanded meat at all meals. However, he had to have his bowl of beans too, nothing fancy, just beans, salted and peppered and seasoned with just a bit of meat or bones. Oh, he had to have potatoes often. <br /><br />My mother had a better diet and more food. But, she grew up on a large farm (90) acres. Her life was not abundant, but not deprived.<br /><br />Many times, I make do with what is here, leaving out the thing I don't have or adding something else. Often, I am not making do, I am just eating what I have or using up vegetables that are going to be wilted if I don't tend to them. Rarely do I make a grocery run just for dinner or a meal I have my heart set on eating.<br /><br />It sounds like Claras's book would be especially good for young people who wish not to be bound to recipes that call for a trip to the store. Or, for folk of any age that have not learned how to cook with what they have, making do.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-37397951064412261792011-11-03T17:09:02.144-06:002011-11-03T17:09:02.144-06:00I have heard of Clara and I think the book sounds ...I have heard of Clara and I think the book sounds great. I will have to I.L.L. it from our little library. <br />A treat for me is coffee out rather than at home. Once in awhile my husband and I eat out for lunch. There is a small restaurant in Choteau that serves a garden panini with feta cheese, sprouts and a variety of vegetables. It is wonderful. <br />So far no snow up here and it's not windy today either. Yahoo!Rocky Mountain Homemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03953810454269758775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-17466108944614889142011-11-03T15:09:00.549-06:002011-11-03T15:09:00.549-06:00I saw on her on youtube and the book sounds really...I saw on her on youtube and the book sounds really interesting. They had a great deal of knowledge on getting by on nothing during the great depression and it would be sad if these things didn't get passed on. I'm putting this one on my list. By the way I also used to have a soft drink (as we call soda) addiction. Only an occasional treat now.Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00123593037593548003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-53927617701974618102011-11-03T15:05:54.889-06:002011-11-03T15:05:54.889-06:00This book sounds wonderful, thank you for sharing ...This book sounds wonderful, thank you for sharing it. This one is definitely going in my "to read" journal. (okay, I don't really have a "to read" journal per se, but I do have a list ;-)Ngo Family Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484243776589015749noreply@blogger.com