Cup and saucer went the way of tablecloths and napkins. Saucering Coffee was/is quite ethic, I think, besides that boiled coffee was HOT, scalding hot. In fact saucers once were more like soup bowls. They cooled the immediate drink while the cup if used at all( grandma didn't) held the heat and the HOT coffee. Now tea was and entirely different method. Number1 not so hot, number2 always served with heavy cream and the sugar lump was in the bottom and NEVER stirred. Also tea in our family was drank Never Slurped( coffee could be slurped). There were RULES for everything, a time for each and even a day to get certain things done. I still have not figured that one out. What happen if one didn't get thru that chore? One can't milk just one tit! Was this why on certain days extra "help" was in the house and field??? So much of this I recall but so vague, evidentially I was not involved. Most likely chased away or given a trivial thing to do. I know and uncle, who seemed to have one job. "see what I was doing"Bud. -----Original Message----- From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Doug Crim Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 6:44 AM To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ML] Liver and lights at Ma's... My Grandad saucered his coffee, which in itself wasn't a big deal in those days, but this subject got me to thinking... what ever happened to saucers? Growing p, we always, always served coffee with a cup and saucer... I couldn;t tell you the last time I used a saucer. lol :-)* On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:25 PM, helenware <helenware@comcast.net> wrote: > Guess I was real lucky to have had all my grandparents until I was married > and had all my children. I also had all four great-grandfather's and they > would pour the hot tea or coffee into the deep saucer their cup fit in-a > sip > the cooled liquid---the most interesting was my g.grandfather Peter, he was > red headed and Irish-he had a huge handlebar moustache-he always had a > napkin to dry the moustache after he drank-it was waxed and stiff as can > be! > I remember the cups as off white and quite large with a good size handle > and > deep saucer. > Another of my great-grandfathers never ate a big meal at night-he always > had > "milk toast" toast mashed up with warm butter milk poured over it-he ate a > big breakfast and the noon meal was called dinner and was his main meal of > the day. > I love hearing all of peoples memories-such wonderful things to remember > and > talk about! > Helen > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I'd be a "gone goose" if I had to finish every job on time... back in the olden days when I had my company was a different matter but hells bells, I am retired now and can do whatever I want... I have so much to do that when I become bored with whatever I'm doing and there is no emergency, I stop and do something else for a while. My bride is on her last day on the job. By close of business today, she will be retired... Oh yes, we have our jobs lined up but there ain't nothing or nobody to tell us we can't quit when we get tired... That's the joy of being retired... lol Our hunters have offered to help us scrape and paint the small house they stay in at the ranch... who'ed turn down and offer like that? Sherry and I spent the weekend working on the exterior of the house.. Tomorrow, Sherry's first day of retirement, we will make a trip to the lumber company and buy materials we need to make certain repairs... we'll probably still get up early 'cuz that's our nature... drink coffee and have breakfast by sunup and work our heinies off until we get tired.. after that, we'll rest and do something else... being reired is a good thing. lolol :-)** On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:48 AM, samuels <dwsbgs@centurytel.net> wrote: > Cup and saucer went the way of tablecloths and napkins. Saucering Coffee > was/is quite ethic, I think, besides that boiled coffee was HOT, scalding > hot. In fact saucers once were more like soup bowls. They cooled the > immediate drink while the cup if used at all( grandma didn't) held the heat > and the HOT coffee. > Now tea was and entirely different method. Number1 not so hot, number2 > always served with heavy cream and the sugar lump was in the bottom and > NEVER stirred. Also tea in our family was drank Never Slurped( coffee > could > be slurped). > There were RULES for everything, a time for each and even a day to get > certain things done. I still have not figured that one out. What happen > if > one didn't get thru that chore? One can't milk just one tit! > Was this why on certain days extra "help" was in the house and field??? So > much of this I recall but so vague, evidentially I was not involved. Most > likely chased away or given a trivial thing to do. I know and uncle, who > seemed to have one job. "see what I was doing"Bud. > > -----Original Message----- > From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Doug Crim > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 6:44 AM > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ML] Liver and lights at Ma's... > > My Grandad saucered his coffee, which in itself wasn't a big deal in those > days, but this subject got me to thinking... what ever happened to saucers? > Growing p, we always, always served coffee with a cup and saucer... I > couldn;t tell you the last time I used a saucer. lol > > :-)* > > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:25 PM, helenware <helenware@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Guess I was real lucky to have had all my grandparents until I was > married > > and had all my children. I also had all four great-grandfather's and they > > would pour the hot tea or coffee into the deep saucer their cup fit in-a > > sip > > the cooled liquid---the most interesting was my g.grandfather Peter, he > was > > red headed and Irish-he had a huge handlebar moustache-he always had a > > napkin to dry the moustache after he drank-it was waxed and stiff as can > > be! > > I remember the cups as off white and quite large with a good size handle > > and > > deep saucer. > > Another of my great-grandfathers never ate a big meal at night-he always > > had > > "milk toast" toast mashed up with warm butter milk poured over it-he ate > a > > big breakfast and the noon meal was called dinner and was his main meal > of > > the day. > > I love hearing all of peoples memories-such wonderful things to remember > > and > > talk about! > > Helen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >