--- In [email protected], Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > Do your sisters still do TM?
My middle sister, Christine, died in 1986. My oldest sister still meditates. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: awoelflebater <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 8:54 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 12-12-2012 > > >  > > > --- In [email protected], Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > Oh no no no no no no! If you have had sweet potato pie that is > > indistinguishable from pumpkin pie, you have not had real sweet tater pie. > > I must admit I was imagining that sweet potato pie and pumpkin could be > cousins but I have never had sweet potato pie, but I ADORE sweet potatoes > (not yams). > > > > First, you have to use real sweet taters, NOT yams - one of the best to use > > are white fleshed sweet taters like an O'Henry. > > > > Now a lot of the old homemakers used the 1950's type recipe with added > > sugar and evaporated milk - but if you get good sweet taters you don't need > > added sugar - just bake 'em, cool 'em, peel 'em and mash them add a little > > mile or soy milk and if you need sweetener you can add some sugar or > > stevia, I liked green stevia, but that give an unusual taste (I like it, a > > lot of people don't) > > Oh you little home maker you, oh yeah, you are a professional BAKER, now I > remember! I love you already. > > > > Pumpkin pie really depends on the spices - sweet tater pie is usually just > > spiced with cinnamon and maybe a dab of nutmeg - if you add the other > > traditional pumpkin pie spices it will wind up tasting like pumpkin pie. > > See, I knew they could resemble one another under the right circumstances. > Kind of like tofu, it takes on whatever flavour you add to it. > > > > Its all kind of moot for me in the past 6 years or so since my body decided > > to have type 2 diabetes, but I do have the memory. > > Big bummer, that. > > > > If you and your husband ever come to South Carolina I will be happy to make > > you a real sweet tater pie. > > I will definitely take you up on that. We have been meaning to get down that > way one of these days, beautiful and historical. > > > > By the way, you have in some of your kind comments about my writing, > > referred to my experiences with TM - what were yours? I mean how long did > > you do TM and what was your affiliation with the TMO, if you don't mind me > > asking? > > Very simply I was initiated in 1970 when I was 14 years old. My oldest sister > was a teacher and she initiated the whole family. I meditated until I was > about 29 years old at which time I pretty much stopped. I did attend MIU from > 1976 until 1980 when I graduated. My oldest sister (the who initiated me) was > a professor in the English dept. and my brother in law (Peter Erskine), > married to my oldest sister, was dean of faculty and taught in the art dept. > My middle sister was an initiator as well and was an art major and her > boyfriend also taught at MIU, his name was Jim Weidle. He got a little bit > famous for his watercolours later on. > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: awoelflebater <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 12:30 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 12-12-2012 > > > > > > à> > > > > > --- In [email protected], Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > are mince pies actually good? I have never had one. Around here its > > > unusual it even see pumpkin pie - its mostly sweet tater pie or pecan pie. > > > > Love that pecan pie, especially with a bit of chocolate on top. Sweet > > potato pie might as well be pumpkin pie, they seem pretty similar to me. > > But mince pie virtually always contains lard so it is out for me, unless > > you get the vegetarian version. Then it is sweet as hell but I love the > > booziness of it. > > http://www.joyofbaking.com/HomemadeMincemeat.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: salyavin808 <fintlewoodlewix@> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 4:10 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 12-12-2012 > > > > > > > > > Ãâà> > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "seekliberation" > > > > <seekliberation@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone out there ever wonder if perhaps we're being > > > > > just a little bit narcissistic when we assume that these > > > > > times are so much more important than any other time? > > > > > > > > Not just a little. :-) > > > > > > > > Back during the millennial new year of 1999-2000, several > > > > news outlets did articles on "apocalyptic predictions." > > > > They demonstrated very conclusively that *there has never > > > > been a time in human history* when such predictions were > > > > not being made, and in which the end of the world was > > > > imminent, about to happen Any Day Now. > > > > > > > > They concluded that self-importance and narcissism were > > > > hard-wired into the human system, and that no matter what > > > > the era, no matter what the culture or religion, there > > > > would *always* be predictions of the "end of the world" > > > > happening any minute, *because some people need that kind > > > > of delusional self-importance to feel good about themselves*. > > > > > > I'm wondering how our ice age ancestors saw things like this, > > > they must have had such a precarious life that the apocalypse > > > seemed near constantly. You'd probably need a bit of self-importance > > > to get through the day. > > > > > > Funny how we still see everything through this Christian prism, > > > without writing, how long would these myths last? Long forgotten > > > by now I should think,or Chinese whispered out of all recognition. > > > Actually that probably happened anyway given the several hundred > > > years before the gospels were written. What strange creatures we > > > are to keep such faith in unlikely and unreliable stories from so > > > long ago. > > > > > > As a percentage of human history, the last 2000 years don't account > > > for much, how many saviours have there been that we completely forgot > > > about? That's a big problem for the biblical world view because it > > > assumes the old testament was right and we were just a few generations > > > from creation. Bit of an oversight not to take that into consideration > > > now. The idea that God would wait that long before sending a saviour > > > when we've spent millenia struggling out of Africa and round the globe > > > seems unlikely to me, but none of the prophets mention any prior > > > intervention. > > > > > > As highly unusual as the whole Christian mythos is, none of it stops me > > > enjoying Christmas, oh no. I'm on my third box of mince pies since advent > > > began. > > > > > >
