Beth's Ponderings
There is a story
that one day a young girl was watching her mother prepare a roast for their
supper. The mother cut both ends off the
roast before putting in pan, and then placed it in the oven. The young girl asked her mother why she cut
the ends off the roast, and her mother replied because that was what her mother
did.
Curious, the mother
called her mother and asked her why she always cut the ends off the roast, only
to be told that’s what her mother had done.
So, the mother
called her grandmother and her grandmother told her she cut the ends off
because as a newlywed she didn’t have a big enough roast pan to fit the size of
roasts she cooked!
Too often we
continue traditions that, quite honestly, should never have reached tradition
status, but did, because, while there was originally a good reason for doing
something a certain way, the reason was lost when the next generation took over
the task.
I was taught peas
HAD to be blanched before freezing. As
this summer was so cool and wet overall, my peas produced abundantly and I gave
away most as I believed I wouldn’t be freezing any, because I wasn’t able to
blanch them for reasons beyond my control. I did experiment with pickling some. Imagine my delight when I discovered peas - or any vegetable really - don’t need blanched
as our food preservation methods and technology have improved since the days of
old!
Beth
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