Cooks Illustrated Shows Cooking's Adventurous Side

It's fun to have older folk start with the words, "when I was a kid & walked 4 miles to school through snow up to my knees," etc. My family raised most of our food during the Depression, & my generation is dying off. The cookbooks mentioned in this article sound good. We lived near San Diego in Spring Valley. There were many bearing olive trees; We lived on Olive Drive. Dad processed olives & they were superb. We had finest broilers & roasters in the chicken pen, fine rabbits in hutches. People who haven't tasted a young goat have missed a lot. Goat milk was delicious but as a kid I didn't like the way the billy goat rammed the fence when it came for scraps. We grew wonderful sweet corn, baby sweet peas, fine string beans, wonderful strawberries with juicy, tender hearts. All varieties seemed better then. Our tomatoes were big, thick Beefsteak. With fresh white bread & mayonnaise, they were superb. Cabbage worms matched the silvery green leaves. We learned which moths & butterflies came from which caterpillars. I wish everyone could have a nice vegetable garden and fruit orchards. Overpopulation has changed that way of life. So my major project is to encourage all nations to regulate population. Thanks for nice cookbook topic.

ajura dawnveirs of CA 4:05AM June 13, 2010