I canned corn for years. Just make sure you process them long enough. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: Smoochie Newton<mailto:smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where Are Ya'll? . I did put baggies of strawberries in the freezer. It's ok to can corn, right? paulette in sw fla usa.... I feel my southern roots protruding.... *

Just read about the bad winter coming up, but 2 areas were mentioned that weren't supposed to be too bad...South east or South West one was mentioned.....Has anyone done any research on the coming winter that they could share ? I've always heard if theres a LOT of fruit and nuts that means a hard winter, as God is sending us food to store.....I wish someone had all these darn little old peaches that litter the edge of the garden....I've had a stomach virus the last few days and don't feel like fooling with them....Apples all over the ground, too....Yeah, God is definitely giving us a prolific year ....Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:20:33 -0400 "Smoochie Newton" <smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> writes: has anyone heard that this winter is supposed to be brutal??? I may have to buy shoes..Paulette > ____________________________________________________________ Why not be a nutritionist? Get your degree fast. Click here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oG91wKhVAIZu0TQMuyUDXotDrMjmba8F6b2N0sHMOpwYG52/

Come on down,Emma,would thrill me to have you . These colored butterbeans, with sliced homegrown tomatoes, baby vidallias, and hot cornbread are hard to beat.I have enjoyed our local curb-market setup on the University of Al., grounds everry Thursday afternoon.I lost track of how much money I've spent...this stuff was high, but I do like it. One week, I spent 100.00 on fresh stuff. They had Chilton Co peaches, watermelons and cantaloupe, local blueberries, local, Ga., and Fl., strawberries...too so I have eaten my share of those now for months. Local blueberries are gone...have to get them in the store now. My fridge wouldn't hold it, like you said...and I just about have this freezer full. If they have the nice tomatoes Thursday, I plan to can some of them, and I need more squash.A local man raises the small sweet vidallias.(if I am not spelling that right..it's onons!)..I get about five lbs every other week. They are so good steamed on top of green beans, and of course in squash, and everything else! I cook for my brother too you know. Stella

HELLLLLLOOOOOOOOO UP THERE!!! I'm just about to float away. Today we may not get any rain but it's still hotter than hades! Onliest constructive thing goin' on around here is me tossin' out some junk - which is just about everything I own. I did get ambitious and cooked then froze spag. sauce...... actually I just made way to much and bagged the excess but it sounded really good to say it the other way....... snicker. Stella.... where oh where do you get all that energy?? Lee.....do you have all your winter wood chopped and ready for the fire? I am soooooo looking forward to some cooler air...... paulette in muggy, steamy, wet, sw fla usa...... has anyone heard that this winter is supposed to be brutal??? I may have to buy shoes On 8/25/08, Stella Roper <busmar1852@webtv.net> wrote: > > The list is very quiet. Are ya'll busy with gardening, freezing food, > other lists, or just staying outside a lot? I do not do other lists, > except my genealogy surname, county, and state lists. > We are under the gun here in Alabama, Fay seems to like us!. I may have > to unplug my webby later...tornadoes coming through. We are sure > saturated ! They say we could get another six inches of rain today.I > sure hope this doesn't get the late crops of peas and beans but it > probably will. The farmers I buy from, had all planted late crops > because the produce has really sold well this year. I bought me a 7.5 > foot freezer last week, because I was storing stuff in everyone's > freezers.I am sure enjoying it so far.I let my big upright go with the > house when I sold it...and in this apartment, I couldn't have a large > one...but I didn't want the small 5.0 ft one either. I have put up 19 > bags of different kinds of peas,mostly purple hulls, and 22 bags of > colored limas (butterbeans here in the south)Seven bags green snap > beans, 11 bags of squash.Three bags of vegetable soup.Made fig and peach > preserves, and plum jelly.Made dill pickles but gave them away. I love > fooling with vegetables. Also love eating them!.Let me hear from ya'll > as to what you did this summer. Hope none of you are in floods. Stella > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The list is very quiet. Are ya'll busy with gardening, freezing food, other lists, or just staying outside a lot? I do not do other lists, except my genealogy surname, county, and state lists. We are under the gun here in Alabama, Fay seems to like us!. I may have to unplug my webby later...tornadoes coming through. We are sure saturated ! They say we could get another six inches of rain today.I sure hope this doesn't get the late crops of peas and beans but it probably will. The farmers I buy from, had all planted late crops because the produce has really sold well this year. I bought me a 7.5 foot freezer last week, because I was storing stuff in everyone's freezers.I am sure enjoying it so far.I let my big upright go with the house when I sold it...and in this apartment, I couldn't have a large one...but I didn't want the small 5.0 ft one either. I have put up 19 bags of different kinds of peas,mostly purple hulls, and 22 bags of colored limas (butterbeans here in the south)Seven bags green snap beans, 11 bags of squash.Three bags of vegetable soup.Made fig and peach preserves, and plum jelly.Made dill pickles but gave them away. I love fooling with vegetables. Also love eating them!.Let me hear from ya'll as to what you did this summer. Hope none of you are in floods. Stella

The list is very quiet. Are ya'll busy with gardening, freezing food, other lists, or just staying outside a lot? I do not do other lists, except my genealogy surname, county, and state lists. We are under the gun here in Alabama, Fay seems to like us!. I may have to unplug my webby later...tornadoes coming through. We are sure saturated ! They say we could get another six inches of rain today.I sure hope this doesn't get the late crops of peas and beans but it probably will. The farmers I buy from, had all planted late crops because the produce has really sold well this year. I bought me a 7.5 foot freezer last week, because I was storing stuff in everyone's freezers.I am sure enjoying it so far.I let my big upright go with the house when I sold it...and in this apartment, I couldn't have a large one...but I didn't want the small 5.0 ft one either. I have put up 19 bags of different kinds of peas,mostly purple hulls, and 22 bags of colored limas (butterbeans here in the south)Seven bags green snap beans, 11 bags of squash.Three bags of vegetable soup.Made fig and peach preserves, and plum jelly.Made dill pickles but gave them away. I love fooling with vegetables. Also love eating them!.Let me hear from ya'll as to what you did this summer. Hope none of you are in floods. Stella

I had a large 22 cu ft chest freezer until I sold my house after my husband died. After I bought my mobile home, I decided I HAD to have a freezer again so I bought a 12 cu ft chest freezer. Still I never kept it full but I had more than the freezer in my refrigerator could hold. When I moved to the apt, all I have is the one in my refrigerator. I sure miss my chest freezer. I would never keep it full but there are times when I need more than what my refrigerator one will hold. I know where to go if I get hungry this winter. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: Stella Roper<mailto:busmar1852@webtv.net> To: Southern-Chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:Southern-Chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 7:14 AM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where Are Ya'll? I bought me a 7.5 foot freezer last week, because I was storing stuff in everyone's freezers.I am sure enjoying it so far.I let my big upright go with the house when I sold it...and in this apartment, I couldn't have a large one...but I didn't want the small 5.0 ft one either. I have put up 19 bags of different kinds of peas,mostly purple hulls, and 22 bags of colored limas (butterbeans here in the south)Seven bags green snap beans, 11 bags of squash.Three bags of vegetable soup.Made fig and peach preserves, and plum jelly.Made dill pickles but gave them away. I love fooling with vegetables. Also love eating them!.Let me hear from ya'll as to what you did this summer. Hope none of you are in floods. Stella

I could write a book on what I know of Nathan Bedford Forest. My home was Selma Alabama, where the famous Nathan B. Forest bridge is over the Alabama river..at the foot of Broad Street, downtown.(I was living there during the civil rights years by the way).History in that area on him is not exactly as colorful, either as the history books have it. My aunt lived in a house with cannon ball holes (patched) were still visible through the attic.It was a huge house, and grounds for all the equipment, and animals I guess. The house was taken, at time of all the burning of Selma Ironworks and Navy yard during civil war, and was used as a hospital. Prisoners were kept in Selma too.Worse thing that ever happened to the South. S.

Stelllllllllla..... I did not think of the word "extraditing" - you're probably right. At first I thought "ex" was short for Execution until I saw Elsberry was still alive in 1870...whew! I didn't realize there was even such a thing as a "home guard" but apparently the home guard had infantry and cavalry etc. just like the regular military. I wonder if every man was required to be in the military..... questions questions and more questions and more research. Guess I'll never get the housework done.... or even started..... paulette in sw fla usa.... thinking about cleaning the bathrooms.... but not very hard On 8/22/08, Stella Roper <busmar1852@webtv.net> wrote: > > I still think it was extraditing..maybe traveled by boat from Cairo..My > nephew would probably know exactly where the prisoners were kept.. he > is a cvil war buff from way back. I did a lot of reseach in state of MS > because my family had lots there...including prisoners and deaths. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

well, small world...... my gggrandfather was at Ft. Donelson but somehow he RUNDOFT with a couple of other guys. He "ran the blockade" = whatever that means. Something to do with a blockade on the Mississippi River, me thinks. It's all so very sad. Mt. Vernon, where I come from, is not that far from Kay-row (as all usn's from the southern portion of the U.S. would pronounce it..... it's Kay-row like the corn syrup). paulette in sw fla usa...... Kayrow on buttered cornbread.... OH MOMMA!!! On 8/22/08, askgranny@juno.com <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > > Been through Cairo many times...driving or on the train.....Sounds like > Kay row.... > > Speaking of prisoners of war reminds me of how proud some folks are...I > wrote an article on how my Great Grandfather & his two brothers rode out > of Fort Donelson at Dover, TN with Nathan Bedford Forrest when the Fort > surrendered...I mean I took the family information fed me by my 100 plus > year old aunt and her nephew and made a wonderful story out of it....The > I made the mistake of looking up these glorious relatives of mine on the > Microfilm? dealie at the library and found out the three of them were > captured when Donelson went down and sent to Camp Douglas, > Illinois:....They were exchanged for Yankees and sent way South..where > one died and two deserted......I was astounded......to say the > least....When questioned, the family know it all/historian said some > other soldiers stole their names.....all 3 of them ? Wow ! Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~ > > On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:46:41 -0400 "Smoochie Newton" > <smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> writes: > > ;HEY STELLA!!! I'm not sure what went on in Cairo....it's at the > southern tip of Illinois on the Mississippi river. > > ____________________________________________________________ > Why not be a nutritionist? Get your degree fast. Click here! > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oG915PZCJr4ghVNN0lWNdaVcKSVbymbWOA0m7m8eprWCN3G/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Buzz always checks out his 'treasure chest' after the first frantic hours of coming here....Said'' I can eat all I want of this candy." Ate one sugar free chocolate mint patty and started eyeing the last one in the pack...I told him that was Papa's favorite candy.....He decided to save the last chocolate for his beloved Papa....Then after much consideration, he decided it was only fair to save HALF the last piece of candy for Papa...I cut it neatly in half and he decided to put Papas half back in his treasure chest....Not liking the way this was headed, but highly amused, I said " No need to do that, just put it on the windowsill by Papas recliner.....' He climbed up in the chair and sat down...looked at the candy a little while and then said " I'll eat part of it." I said 'You ARE going to save some for Papa, right ?' He put the rest of it in his mouth and started chewing ..Calm as Judge , he said " He don't want any candy....he's playing the guitar." Makes sense to me....Papa wouldn't want to get chocolate all over those guitar strings , now would he ? .....Jeannie T / ____________________________________________________________ Looking for business phone systems? Click here to reduce your phone bills by up to 50%. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3ohtZ51KSL3KreXS842av4LPef3xkM1jt4MVtsh58cGSCrZg/

Been through Cairo many times...driving or on the train.....Sounds like Kay row.... Speaking of prisoners of war reminds me of how proud some folks are...I wrote an article on how my Great Grandfather & his two brothers rode out of Fort Donelson at Dover, TN with Nathan Bedford Forrest when the Fort surrendered...I mean I took the family information fed me by my 100 plus year old aunt and her nephew and made a wonderful story out of it....The I made the mistake of looking up these glorious relatives of mine on the Microfilm? dealie at the library and found out the three of them were captured when Donelson went down and sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois:....They were exchanged for Yankees and sent way South..where one died and two deserted......I was astounded......to say the least....When questioned, the family know it all/historian said some other soldiers stole their names.....all 3 of them ? Wow ! Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:46:41 -0400 "Smoochie Newton" <smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> writes: > ;HEY STELLA!!! I'm not sure what went on in Cairo....it's at the southern tip of Illinois on the Mississippi river. ____________________________________________________________ Why not be a nutritionist? Get your degree fast. Click here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oG915PZCJr4ghVNN0lWNdaVcKSVbymbWOA0m7m8eprWCN3G/

I still think it was extraditing..maybe traveled by boat from Cairo..My nephew would probably know exactly where the prisoners were kept.. he is a cvil war buff from way back. I did a lot of reseach in state of MS because my family had lots there...including prisoners and deaths.

;HEY STELLA!!! I'm not sure what went on in Cairo....it's at the southern tip of Illinois on the Mississippi river. Elsberry was in the Missouri Home Guard which were the fellas that protected the home areas. Since he was a Prisoner of War, that would mean he was captured by the other guys (Union) and hauled off to Cairo for "Ex"...whatever "ex" is. I thought maybe someone on here had done enough research to know some of the lingo..... surely not me. I'll check further, see what I can find. Otherwise it's still raining here and looks like it's gonna stay raining for a few more days ..... almost time for zzzzzz's...... paulette in sw fla usa...... oh, a hunting I will go...... On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Stella Roper <busmar1852@webtv.net> wrote: > Paulette...I don't know what, or where, Cairo is but looks like he > ran away...was found at home and extradicted back to the fighting(or to > a prison camp,for awol's ...maybe tha'ts what Cario was, Did you > research that....but what do I know about the Civil > war...nothing...Stella > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Paulette...I don't know what, or where, Cairo is but looks like he ran away...was found at home and extradicted back to the fighting(or to a prison camp,for awol's ...maybe tha'ts what Cario was, Did you research that....but what do I know about the Civil war...nothing...Stella

I sure am hoping someone on here has more knowledge than I have on this. Here's the deal...... I have found a relative: Elsberry G. Glover a private in the Missouri Home Guard, Ralls County. On April 18, 1862 records say he was "captured at home:" Under "remarks": sent to Cairo for Ex Apr 23 1862 see p. 175. The heading on the page says: Roll of Prisoners of War at Military Unreadable Alton Ill. Can anyone send me off in the right direction to find out any other info? Elsberry is still around in 1870 so he wasn't executed.... whew! paulette in sw fla usa where we're still getting rain from that pesky tropical storm...... gheeshe!!! glug glug glug

thanks for the info jeanneT. Now I know I'm not entirely crazy. We also picked wild asparagus which grew in the ditches..... it was yummmmm-eeeee. One thing I recall was the cherries...... the cherries I remember pickin' didn't look anything like the cherries in the stores nowadays. My cherries were red but not dark red and they were sweeter. They just tasted different. Haven't tasted a cherry like those since we moved from southern Ill. wah wah wah..... paulette in sw fla usa where people eat the insides of palm trees.... BLAK!! On 8/20/08, askgranny@juno.com <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > > Oh yeah....folks from all over eat dandelion greens...more back in Ma > Kettles day than in ours, Smoochie.....Immigrant city folks used to take > the trolley to the end of the line and harvest baskets full of > dandelions...& ate them raw in a type of salad, cooked, made dandelion > wine, etc....Gotta remember by Spring folks were hungry for fresh greens, > and dandelions are ready to eat before garden truck...plus they are > free...which surely appealed to the poor folks....You can even boil the > roots and eat that as a veggie, or dry them and make coffee...Oh > yeah...that old weed used to be respected...Now days folks just cuss them > when they sprout in their yards.....Wild garlic too...A friend of mine > was quite amazed one Spring when two men came and asked if they could dig > the wild garlic from his yard......One man's feast.......Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~ > On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:08:44 -0400 "Smoochie Newton" > <smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> writes: > Does anyone still eat DandyLion greens??? I'm sure we used to > eat those back in the day. Or have I entirely lost my mind..... > nevermind.... don't answer that last part. > > > > paulette in sw fla usa......no tellin' what MaKettle cooked up for > us...... whatever it was, it didn't kill us - YET! > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Need cash? Click to get a loan. > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3mKivsEpAwtQGMz1dqx7F5z3upl1TuuqsBXPmPCiuUiGemYk/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Oh yeah....folks from all over eat dandelion greens...more back in Ma Kettles day than in ours, Smoochie.....Immigrant city folks used to take the trolley to the end of the line and harvest baskets full of dandelions...& ate them raw in a type of salad, cooked, made dandelion wine, etc....Gotta remember by Spring folks were hungry for fresh greens, and dandelions are ready to eat before garden truck...plus they are free...which surely appealed to the poor folks....You can even boil the roots and eat that as a veggie, or dry them and make coffee...Oh yeah...that old weed used to be respected...Now days folks just cuss them when they sprout in their yards.....Wild garlic too...A friend of mine was quite amazed one Spring when two men came and asked if they could dig the wild garlic from his yard......One man's feast.......Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:08:44 -0400 "Smoochie Newton" <smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> writes: Does anyone still eat DandyLion greens??? I'm sure we used to eat those back in the day. Or have I entirely lost my mind..... nevermind.... don't answer that last part. > > paulette in sw fla usa......no tellin' what MaKettle cooked up for us...... whatever it was, it didn't kill us - YET! > > > ____________________________________________________________ Need cash? Click to get a loan. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3mKivsEpAwtQGMz1dqx7F5z3upl1TuuqsBXPmPCiuUiGemYk/

sadly my grape vines didn't make it...... I tried..... I really tried. The only grapes I've heard of down here are Muscatel. I do have four avocado trees started and they are doing well. Unfortunately I don't like avocados!!! Does anyone still eat DandyLion greens??? I'm sure we used to eat those back in the day. Or have I entirely lost my mind..... nevermind.... don't answer that last part. paulette in sw fla usa......no tellin' what MaKettle cooked up for us...... whatever it was, it didn't kill us - YET! On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:18 AM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > > We used to pick Muscadines throughout the woods and off the sides of the > dirt road that went by our log house.....Since we climbed like monkeys it > wasn't a problem for us to shinny up a tree...We didn't have to worry > about pollution from passing traffic,since the only thing that ever > traveled that road was the mailman , and once in awhile the peddler man > in his old flivver....Mama made the hulls into jam and the inner part was > cooked and seeded and made into jam.... > > Our neighbor has an enormous Muscadine vine but it never has > fruit...Needs a pollinator, probably...I ought to plant some seed and > hope one turns out to be the right sex to pollinate it....The elderly > folks who own the property had a place on KY Lake and may have brought > the vine home from there....I'm really looking forward to buying some of > these 'grapes' at Wal Mart.....Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ____________________________________________________________ > Click here to find a huge selection of computer desks & furniture. > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nZ3ibgmMJQ68IPsPqO8aDwz8t6mlyEOkBUF7G70LYkFnXLM/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Belle..... I see you..... look in the archives for your posts. For some strange reason we don't receive our own posts back anymore. I miss that cuz I never know what I've said. DOH! http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/SOUTHERN-CHAT/ Above is the link...... you should find yourself there.... ~~~: )~ paulette in breezy rainy cool (brrrrrr) sw fla usa On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Belle Shepherd <belleshep@cox.net> wrote: > Shirley, > Have I also been taken off the list? I don't see where any of my posts have > gone through . Am I looking in the wrong place> > Thanks, > Bellle > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >