Hope you all will enjoy this. Becky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "cooking-in-the-dark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:59 AM Subject: cookinginthedark: Food Humor: From Scratch
> "Scratch" > > My mother never let me help much in the kitchen. As a result, my cooking > ability was practically non-existent when I got married. But, I did > remember > mother mentioning to her friends that she did make cakes, pies and other > things from scratch. So my first priority after the honeymoon, was to > locate > some scratch. > With mother's delicious cakes in mind, my first trip to the supermarket > was > to buy some scratch. I found the aisle that read -- Baking Items. I spent > a > good 15 minutes looking at everything from vegetable oil,sugar, flour and > chocolate without seeing a sign of scratch. I was sure it wouldn't be with > the pickles or the meat. I asked the clerk if they carried scratch. He > looked at me funny and finally said, "You'll have to go to the store on > the > corner." > When I got there, it turned out to be a feed store. I thought it rather > strange, but I decided cakes were food. "Do you have scratch?" I asked the > clerk. > He asked me how much I wanted. I suggested a pound or two. His reply was, > "How many chickens do you have? It only comes in 20 pound bags." I really > didn't understand why he mentioned chickens, but I had heard mother say > she > made chicken casserole from scratch. So, I bought 20 pounds and hurried > home. > My next problem was to find a recipe calling for scratch. I went through > every single page of my lovely "Better Homes and Gardens" Cookbook -- a > wedding gift. I looked and looked for a recipe using scratch. There I was > with 20 pounds and no recipe. > When I opened the scratch, I had doubts that a beautiful, fluffy cake > would > ever result from such a hard looking ingredient. I hoped with the addition > of liquids and heat the result would be successful. I had no need to > mention > my problem to my new husband. He had suggested very early in our marriage > that he liked to cook and would gladly take over anytime. One day he made > a > pie and when I told him how good it was, he said that he made it from > scratch. That assured me that it could be done. > Being a new bride is scary and when I found out he made pies, cakes, and > even lemon pudding from scratch . . . . well, if he made all those things > from scratch, I was sure he had bought a 20 pound bag of scratch also. > But, > I couldn't find where he stored it, and I checked my supply. > It was still full! At this point I was ready to give up because all the > people knew about scratch except me. I decided to try a different > approach. > One day when my husband was not doing anything, I said, "Honey, I wish > you'd > bake a cake." He got out the flour, sugar, eggs, milk and shortening. But, > not a sign of scratch. I watched him blend it together, pour it into a pan > and slide it into the oven to bake. An hour later, as we were eating the > cake, I looked at him and smiled and said, "Honey, why don't we raise a > few > chickens?" > > > Blind Mice Mart is proud to sponsor the Cooking in the Dark Show and list > serve > Visit the Cooking in the Dark page at Blind > Mice Mart for show archives and lots more cool info! > Every purchase at Blind Mice Mart funds the Mouse Hole Scholarship Program > providing scholarships for Blind students! > http://www.BlindMiceMart.com > Use the coupon code "acbradio" when you check-out at Blind Mice Mart and a > portion of your purchase will be donated to ACB Radio and you will save a > little change too! > Got a pod catcher? Here is the pod cast address for Cooking in the Dark: > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > Cooking in the Dark is also streamed weekly on the internet. > Here are the carriers, times, and links for the broadcasts: > All Times listed are Eastern. > ** Acb Radio Mainstream > Saturdays at 10 pm eastern > Sundayys at 1 am, 4 am, 7 am, 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm, and 7 pm eastern > http://www.acbradio.org (Mainstream channel) > > ** Houston Taping for the Blind > Wednesdays and Thursdays at 4 pm eastern. > http://www.listen.tapingfortheblind.org > > ** For The People > Sundays at 5:30 pm eastern > http://www.for-the-people.com (Membership Required) > > Visit the Cooking and Baking Department at Blind Mice Mart and get some of > the same products Dale uses on the show! > > Recipes posted on this list serve are the property of Blind Mice Mart and > Cooking in the Dark. Reproduction without permission is not permitted. > Cooking in the Dark and Blind Mice Mart are copyrighted trademarks of > Blind Mice Inc. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
