Kitchen Wisdom

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Aunt Sadie's
Kitchen Wisdom
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Our ancestors satisfied a hunger for companionship with day long visits with friends and relatives. While children played, the ladies cooked dinner, talked to their heart's content, sewed, quilted, embroidered, or made pickles and preserves.

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A Navajo legend says that a hair must be plucked from the head of a gatherer of prickly pears so the plant will yield fruit without twisting its heart.

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Holding hands in a ring I vow with all beings to ease the pain in the ring of breath around the world. When the table is spread for the meal I vow with all beings to accept each dish as an offering that honors my ancient path.

--Robert Aiken

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No one cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, and the wisdom of cookbook writers.

--Laurie Colwin

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It seems to me that our three basic needs; for food and security and love, are so entwined that we cannot think of one without the other.

--M.F.K. Fisher

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Animal crackers and cocoa to drink--
That is the finest of suppers, I think;
When I'm all grown up and can have what I please
I think I shall always insist upon these!

--Christopher Morley

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Recipe for Honeymoon Cake

Ingredients:
Lettuce alone!!
;-)

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The kitchen's the coziest place that I know,
The kettle is singing,
The stove's all aglow
And there in the twilight
How jolly to see
The cocoa and animal cookies
Waiting for me.

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The table is a meeting place, a gathering around, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety and satisfaction.

--Laurie Colwin

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We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

Matthew 14:17

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Recipe for a Happy Home

4 c. love
2 c. loyalty
3 c. forgiveness
1 c. friendship
5 spoons hope
2 spoons tenderness
4 qts. faith
1 barrel of laughter

Take love and loyalty, mix it with faith. Blend it with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it in sunshine. Serve daily in generous helpings. Note: Guaranteed not to fail, if you follow these instructions.

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Recipe for Preserved Children

Take:
1 large field
1/2 dozen children
2 or 3 small dogs
Pinch of a brook and some pebbles.

Mix children and dogs well together. Put them into the field, stirring occasionally. Pour the brook over the pebbles, sprinkle the field with wild flowers; spread all over a deep blue sky and bake in the sun. When lightly brown, set children away in a bath tub to cool.

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"Here is bread, which strengthens man heart, and therefore called the staff of life."

--Matthew Henry

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"With good bread the coarsest fare is tolerable; without it, the most luxurious table is not comfortable."

--Mrs. Cornelius

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Blow wind, blow!
Go mill, go!
That the miller may grind his corn;
That the baker may take it,
and into rolls make it,
and send us some hot in the morn

--An Old Nursery Rhyme

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Polly Put the Kettle On

Polly put the kettle on.
Polly put the kettle on.
Polly put the kettle on.: We'll all have tea!

Sukey take it off again.
Sukey take it off again.
Sukey take it off again.: They've all gone away!

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A collection of kitchen wisdom, prayers and heartfelt
"recipes" of love, faith and family.
Sources: old fundraising cookbooks, scrapbooks,
magazines and newspapers.: Note: I will be adding to this section as I find things...so check back often.; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Recipe for Spring Tonic For Family Worship

Take 1 portion of God's word
Add one reverent prayer and add one definite time period
Add:
Several actions done in Jesus' name
Blend with a generous commitment to His cause.
Mix well with involvement by the whole family
Take at least once daily and more often as needed.

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My Little Kitchen Prayer

Bless my little kitchen, Lord
I love its every nook
And bless me as I do my work,: Wash pots and pans and cook.

May the meals that I prepare
Be seasoned from above
With Thy Blessings and Thy Grace,
But most of all, Thy Love.
As we partake of earthly food,
The table Thou hast spread,
We'll not forget to thank Thee, Lord
For all our daily bread.
So bless my little kitchen, Lord
And those who enter in,
May they find naught but Joy and Peace
And Happiness therein.

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Recipe For Happiness

Take two heaping cups of patience
1 heartful of love
2 handfuls of generosity
Add a dash of laughter
1 headful of understanding
Sprinkle generously with kindness
Add plenty of faith and mix well.
Spread over a period of a lifetime.
Serve to everyone you meet.

--Dear Abby

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Recipe for Child Raising

1 cup of Proverbs 22:6
2 T. of Proverbs 19:18
A dash of Proverbs 23:13
1 tsp. of Proverbs 3:5
1/2 cup of Titus 2:3-7
Mix all ingredients and add a pound of persistence,
one generous cup of love, and whip gently. This recipe is recommended by the Creator of Mankind. Please add a pinch of Ephesians 6:4

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A Kitchen Prayer

Thank God for dirty dishes
For they have a tale to tell
While other folks go hungry
We're eating very well
With home an d health and happiness
We shouldn't want or fuss
For this is a stack of evidence
God's very good to us.

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Recipe Book

Take some friendliness and mix it
With a little bit of cheer;
Blend a touch of morning sunshine
With a pleasant atmosphere
Sprinkle just a pinch of kindness
In amongst the deeds to do ;
Mellow freely with compassion
And with tenderness endue.
With some sympathy be generous,
Spare its candor not a mite,
Season well with such expression
As befits a dawning bright.
Garnish freely with the beauty
That is deep within the heart
Spread around and up and over
For the purpose t'would impart.
It's the recipe for friendship...
Use it often, use it long,
Careful in its preparation
That results be never wrong.

--Fred Toothaker

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Lettuce be kind to one another.
Egg yourself on to speak to someone about God.
Spice up your life with giving.
Pears that work together make a peachy home.
Rolls of magazines to read? Instead catsup on your Bible reading.
Butter to think about eternal life.
Dressing to go out? Then we'll meat you in the church.

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Recipe for Christmas

Take a quart of joy and gladness
A pack of folk and kin
A dash of Christmas spirit
And toss some laughter in
Take a large amount of giving
And spread it generously
Read directions in the Good Book
And apply them carefully
Garnish well with human kindness
On Crystal leaves of cheer
And you'll have a batch of Christmas
To last the coming year.

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Recipe for a Happy Marriage

3 cups of Love, 4 spoons of Hope, 2 cups of Warmth, 2 spoons of Tenderness, 1 cup of Forgiveness, 1 pint of Faith, 1 cup of Friends, 1 barrel of Laughter.... Combine Love & Warmth, Mix thoroughly with Tenderness. Add Forgiveness and Blend with Friends & Hope. Sprinkle all remaining Tenderness. Stir in a generous amount of Faith and Laughter. Bake with Sunshine, Say God's blessings over it and serve daily in generous helpings.

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Another Recipe for A Happy Marriage

Carefully combine by sifting:
A large amount of love
1 cup of friendship
3 tablespoons of double-acting passion
A generous cup of understanding
A little patience
Add some maturity
Stir in some finely ground trust
Gently fold in a little tenderness

Over hot water, mix in a little tolerance, some respect, and some caring. Blend with the sifted ingredients. With sweeping strokes, blend in a little laughter and sharing. Add a cup of responsibility and a lot of affection. Blend until smooth. If a few lumps appear, add a little more tolerance, patience and understanding. When slightly cool, sprinkle with grace. Serve daily in generous helpings.

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If a messy kitchen is a happy kitchen --- my kitchen is delirious.

No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.

A husband is someone who takes out the trash and gives the impression he just cleaned the whole house.

If we are what we eat, then I'm easy, fast, and cheap.

A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.

Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.

A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.

Help keep the kitchen clean - eat out.

Housework done properly can kill you.

Countless numbers of people have eaten in this kitchen and gone on to lead normal lives.

My next house will have no kitchen --- just vending machines.

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Mix A Pancake

Mix a pancake
Stir a pancake
Pot it in the pan;
Fry the pancake
Toss the pancake
Catch it if you can

--Christina Rosetti

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Bread

Bread To satisfy the men,
As Grandma was aware,
Took a certain, special smell
That floated on the air.
It wasn't Toujours Moi
That entranced Grandpapa.
Nor was it Chantilly
That made him act silly.
The scent that made strong men
As meek as any mouse,
Was the smell of baking bread
Wafting through the house.
Whether raisin, wheat or spoon,
Or a chewy cinnamon bun,
Hot biscuits for a party
Or corn muffins just for one.
It drew men like a magnet
(And just between us two)
What it did for Grandma,
It will surely do for you!
--Author Unknown

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