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? ? --- On Tue, 11/24/09, jhdouglas59 <jhdouglas59@...> wrote: From: jhdouglas59 <jhdouglas59@...> Subject: [dalton59] Re: Over the river and thru the woods To: dalton59@... Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4:45 PM ? Sorry we can't stop by your home on our way back. We'll take a rain check. Thanks for the invitation. Elderberry pie sounds good. I haven't had that in years. Sure beats ground cherry pie. Rose has made 6 pies for the camping venture. Rhubarb, cherry, 2 pecan pies and 2 pumpkin pies. As you can tell I'm a pie freak. Never cared much for cakes but sure do like most pies. Exceptions are the aforementioned ground cherry and mincemeat pies and also apple pie. Have a great Thanksgiving. John --- In , KEITH GOUDY wrote: > > What I remember is my grandmother had jars of "beef" that were waiting to be used for the minced meat pies. So it wasn't the last ingredient back then. However, haven't even tried the store bought stuff. Waiting until I get back to Ohio sometime when someone bakes them as I remember them. > Didn't have a sleigh ride to grandmother' s house as she lived next door. However, someone in Kidron did have a sleigh and I remember riding it at least once when we had snow. > John, since you will be at Ink's lake, you are welcome to stop by on your way home. Maybe I can find someone local who bakes a good mincemeat or ground cherry or elderberry pie. > We had started a couple of years tradition where our two nearby children and grandchildren and us would go camping for the Thanksgiving weekend. Had planned to continue that but life things arise so we are planning on full meal at home. Still looking for dried corn. Daughter is making sweet potato pie. > > HAVE A GREAT DAY! > > KEITH GOUDY > keith.goudy@ ... > lifeisgrand@ ... > 512-590-2832 > > > > On Nov 21, 2009, at 5:14 PM, jhdouglas59 wrote: > > > Sounds like a communist plot to me. Where's the hammer to go with > > the sickle? I don't recall that song at all; and my mind is sharp as a tack (another stupid expression). > > > > Could be that we sang that song when we were just mind-numbed robots back > > in those younger days. I grow old; I wear my trousers rolled. T S Elliot lives per his J Alfred Prufrock poem. Do I dare to eat a peach? > > > > Another wasted day gone by, > > > > Mr. Douglas, Pilgrim in Waiting > > > > --- In , patricia lee wrote: > > > > > > in case this is just a family memory you can google it and listen to the > > > music..... > > > I somehow remember in grade school learning it.......... ......... .? what say > > > YOU? > > > > > > > > > SWING THE SHINING SICKLE > > > (Alice Riley & Jessie Gaynor) > > > > > > Swing the shining sickle, > > > Cut the ripened grain, > > > Flash it in the sunlight, > > > Swing it once again. > > > Tie the golden grain heads > > > Into shining sheaves, > > > Beautiful their color. > > > As the autumn leaves. > > > > > > Pick the rosy apples, > > > Pack away with care, > > > Gather in the corn ears, > > > Gleaming everywhere. > > > Now the fruits are gathered, > > > All the grains are in, > > > Nuts are in the attic, > > > Corn is in the bin. > > > > > > Lowdly blows the north wind, > > > Through the shiv'ring trees, > > > Bare are all the branches, > > > Fallen all the leaves. > > > Gathered is the harvest > > > For another year, > > > Now our day of gladness, > > > Thanksgiving Day is here. > > > > > > Words Alice C. D. Riley, Misic Jessie L. Gaynor. From "Music Far and Near," > > > Music for Living Book Four, James L. Mursell et al., Silver Burdett Co., > > > 1962, p. 161 with music. > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 2:20 PM, jhdouglas59 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OK. So who can name 5 Thanksgiving songs we used to sing in school? > > > > I can only think of Over the River and Thru the Woods to Grandmother' s > > > > House We Go. The horse was lean and dank and swaybacked to carry the > > > > sleigh and away we go. The horse knew the way to get lost and dump the kids > > > > into the snow so he could stop and take a break. I think the horse was named > > > > Stormy or maybe Mr. Ed. What horse in his right mind > > > > would agree to truck a bunch of obnoxious kids to Grandma's house anyways? > > > > > > > > I don't recall ever taking a sleigh anywhere, let alone my Grandma's > > > > house. Come to think of it, I didn't have any live Grandma's house > > > > to go to since both of my Grandmas were long perished before I arrived > > > > on the scene back in 1941. I imagine Grandma really would not have > > > > looked forward to a bunch of screaming kids invading her space on T-Day. > > > > After slinging hash in her dim-lighted crackerbox kitchen, the last > > > > thing she needed was for a herd of crumbcrunchers to just mosey on in > > > > to say "Happy Thanksgiving" !!!! > > > > > > > > So where are you celebrating Thanksgiving this year? > > > > > > > > We normally (if that's the right word choice) have our children and > > > > their offspring at our home so I can cook the turkey on my Weber > > > > charcoal grill. This year, to be different, our brood has arranged > > > > for us to go primieval and celebrate T-Day at Inks Lake State Park in > > > > Burnet, Tx. We do get to stay in a cabin with no heat and probably > > > > no windows to shelter us from the bitter cold. At least the cabins > > > > feature air conditioning which is a plus in the summer months. > > > > > > > > To continue the tradition, I am taking my Weber charcoal grill to Ink > > > > Lakes State Park so I can possibly overcook the turkey and then use > > > > a chainsaw to carve the bird. Better that than a pink turkey which > > > > refuses to cook no matter how long you cook that bird. I have memories > > > > of one year that we bought a turkey and it never did get done. I hope > > > > that wasn't one of those 40 cents a pound turkeys like I bought this year. > > > > I'll keep you posted about the outcome after the fact. > > > > > > > > What are your plans for this year? > > > > > > > > Just in case anyone is remotely interested. > > > > > > > > May your mincemeat and ground cherry pies be outstanding this year. > > > > > > > > Personally I prefer pumpkin pies and pecan pies. > > > > > > > > Hoping that everyone has a relatively ok mundane T-Day, > > > > > > > > Mr. Douglas--Pilgrim Extraordinaire > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >