It takes so little time to delete a message that you are not interested in... Sharing old recipes allows some people a chance to be a part of the Bertie list that might not otherwise submit anything else. Know what I learned from "tomato pudding"??? I believe that may be a German dish? I am from western KY with TN roots and I never heard of that. We had a very small, if any, German element in our community, so that in its self 'might' be a clue to your hertiage??? Remember we find our 'clues' in strange ways... I would be interested to know if any one else might share my thought about "tomato pudding" I come from 'breaded tomatoes" country!!! LOL Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: "George L. Holder" <glholder@cableone.net> To: <ncbertie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:39 PM Subject: [NCBERTIE] Respectful disagreement with recipes > With the utmost respect, may I disagree with you and some others about > the sharing of recipes on this list. I think this is a list for > genealogical research and I do not understand the reasoning that this > includes recipes. I also think it does not include the details of the > houses and barns built by our ancestors, the manufacturing processes > in which they may have been involved, the details of the crops they > planted, how they cared for their animals, made their tools and a > number of other related subjects. If recipes are considered proper > for this list then these and any other subjects affecting our > ancestors should also be allowed in the same detail as tomato > pudding. Then the genealogical details, the reason for which this > list exists, will be so buried that many of us will not have time to > search for them. > > I personally favor saving and sharing old and new recipes but I > suggest that this is a subject better handled on a list set up for > that purpose. > > Regards, > > George Holder > > > > On Aug 18, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Mmaker52 wrote: > > > Elaine, > I understand your frustration with the number of emails coming in to > your > mailbox from the Bertie List. To help ease your situation, I just > switched > you to "Digest" Mode --- this will enable you to have only 1 message > every > 12 hrs. and since it has an index at the top of the message, you can > quickly see the topics and if nothing at all interests you, then quickly > delete it. > > If after a couple of days of trying this, you don't like it, just let me > know and I'll switch you back to receiving individual messages. > > The Bertie List is one of the oldest and most active lists in North > Carolina. We have gone through very slow times and very active > times. Whenever a topic like the present one -- "recipes" -- comes > up, we > do tend to get more emails. However, as has been stated earlier on the > list, having general topics like this is very popular with most of the > list. In fact, I think you are the only person that has spoken > against this. > > Since Bertie County is so old, our subscribers range in their research > interests from 1700's - present day. That is a long period, and > naturally > means that the interests of the subscribers is just about as wide. > > While you may consider this having nothing to do with genealogy, most of > our subscribers are interested in knowing how our ancestors lived back > in > the old days of Bertie County. Rather than just having names and dates, > these recipes, help us see them as real, living people, who lived in > North > Carolina, and cooked in ways that modern people may have completely > lost. > > As far as Wills -- we'd love to have you submit some. Or visit the > pages > and see all those that have been submitted already. Remember also to > look > for "Courts" -- as that contains similar information that was not > specifically a will. > > http://usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie.htm > > To submit a will, use the automated Forms: > http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ > > Be sure to let me know if you have any trouble submitting. > > Also I do hope you understand where we're coming from on the Recipe > topic. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >