[alt-photo] Re: pigments for gum

[Diana Bloomfield]

Very funny Trevor.  My mother was a fantastic cook, too, and she would  
actually share her recipes with us-- but, oddly enough, she would  
always "forget" some key ingredient, it seemed.  All I know is,  
whenever I cooked from one of her recipes, it never tasted the same as  
when she cooked it..  She was definitely a "Yellow-Dog Democrat," so  
I'm not sure political affiliation applies in her case. :)

Diana

On Dec 13, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Trevor Cunningham wrote:

> Oh, don't be so hard on Peter, Diana. My great-grandmother from  
> Brit, Iowa apparently had this bread and butter recipe that took the  
> prize year after year at the county fair...hands down. It was so  
> good, in fact, that she was asked not to enter her pickles anymore  
> to give other people a chance to win. My grandmother, the sole  
> bearer of this recipe, has always been quite protective of its  
> contents, but manages to squeak out the random batch here and there,  
> much to the delight of everyone that gets to sample the goods.  
> However, she has "lost" the recipe and is well into her twilight.  
> I've tried for many years to pry this recipe from her tight grip  
> with no success. I've often pondered her reluctance to share, even  
> with her own family, but keep arriving at the same  
> conclusion...she's been a straight-ticket Republican since she could  
> vote.
>