Mom used to make those but she pealed, cored and sliced the apples about 1/4 - 3/8 inch thick before she cooked them. In the fall, when apples were best, she canned enough to last the year. But then she pickled, canned or jellied anything that didn't move fast enough! She passed away in 1993 at 87 years of age and she still had her 'billfold' and 'icebox' or 'Fridgedaire' (even though it was a GE) and got very insulted if anyone made a remark about the color of her hair. After all, she never 'blondeened' her hair! Why - the very idea! I walked in the house once to show Daddy my latest 'find' at an antique store - he couldn't believe I had found an old ice chart. I recognized it from his many descriptions over the years even though I had never seen one. It was in the window of the shop and I walked in, took it from the window and told the man I wanted it. The owner even remarked that he was surprised I knew what it was because he knew I was not old enough to remember it. These charts had a different color on each quadrant, each representing a different size block. You hung the appropriate side up in the window so the iceman could tell what size block you wanted without walking all the way down to the house to ask. And I had a friend in Richmond who had a hole in her kitchen wall that an ice box once backed up to. It was open to the outside so the iceman could put the ice right into the icebox without coming in the house. Now how cool is that? I have a picture of Mom and Daddy when they were 'courting' in the back of an old pick up truck. My sister used to get furious that they didn't take her along! She couldn't understand that is was several years before she was even a glimmer in Daddy's eye! Bev In a message dated 12/11/2007 9:52:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: In a message dated 12/10/2007 9:38:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Thanks. I am going to try your apples. Sounds soooo good! The whole family comes to my house for Christmas eve so the apples will be an extra treat. Thanks Again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROBT W AMES" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > My mother also made cinnamon apples, her's went like this: core apples, > leave skins on, put red hots, simple syrup, (1 cup sugar, 1 cup water > bring to boil and cook 5 minutes) pour on apples and bake till apples are > tender in a 350 degrees. Last 5 minutes put marshmellows on top, bake > about 5 minutes more or until marshmellows are melted. This made 6 large > apples > > In my old age I still call the refridgerator the ice box and my kids do it > sometimes also. What about " washateria" instead of Laundromat? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: CA HACKER > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > > I remember "oleo". I was born during the depression and was a kid during > WWII. > We bought this mixture at the store. It consisted of a pound of lard(?) > and > a button that contained yellow stuff (must have been food coloring). My > job > was to mix the two together to make it look like butter. (no butter during > the war) Then we called it oleo. Anyone else remember this? > We had a refigerator but also had an ice box for "extras". We loved it in > the summer when the ice man came and we could get bits of ice off of his > wagon.. > We got presents twice a year - birthday and Christmas. Nothing in between > Not like today's kids. > Christmas was a religious holiday for us. We had an advent wreath which > marked the weeks until the baby Jesus came. The nativity was put up early > in > December with every one arranged except the baby Jesus. If we were good > all > day we got to put straw in the manger so He would have a soft bed when He > arrived on Christmas eve night. Jesus always left us a book Christmas > morning. I still have a few a these books that I received. > We had one exciting trip during the holidays. The whole family got dressed > up and off we'd go. It seemed like it took forever although it was only 25 > miles. A large, upscale department store in a near by city had wonderful > window displays that moved and were pure magic. Santa was there too to > hold > us on his lap and listen to our wish list. There was a special store > within > the store for "kids only". Parents had to wait out side. For a dollar you > could get four gifts for your family. It took us forever to pick just the > right presents!Then we got to eat out - a rare treat for us. > On Christmas eve we went to mid-night mass and then fell sound asleep even > though we had planned to stay awake to see Santa have our milk and > cookies. > Most of our gifts were clothes but our parents always made sure we got a > few > toys. > My mom always made cinnamon apples for Christmas. > Does anyone know how to make these? She cooked a syrup of water, sugar and > red hots (and maybe something else?) and put peeled whole apples in this > syrup and cooked the apples. They came out a pretty red color and had a > cinnamon taste. She served them cold on a lettuce leaf on a salad plate. > Wish I knew how to make them. Any ideas? You can tell I am not a very good > cook. :-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:04 PM > Subject: [VASHENAN] Catching up on things > > >> my grandfather called margarine, Oleo - he was born in Wisconsin, and >> grew >> up in Iowa, and eventually moved to Chicago. >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! >> Search. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message My sister in law used to make these for our Christmas get togethers. She always used a very firm apple like "Yorks". She served them cold (no marshmallows) She also peeled her apples and I believe she cooked them on the top of the stove not in the oven. Haven't had them for many years now but I still remember having them almost every year, **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)