You don't know what red hots are!!! Those little red cinnamon flavored candies you used to eat when you went to the movies. Actually I ate something else but some had these. Barbara At 02:52 PM 12/10/07, you wrote: >I've been hoping someone would come up with the recipe for those cinnamon >apples - sounded soooooo delicious - but, what are "red hots"? Please let >me know. Thanks. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of ROBT W AMES >Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:10 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Cinnamon > >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