>  ML> editorship of one of the big publications, Texas
>  ML> Monthly or Observer or something. And though one of
>  ML> the wealthy ones, he was not the richest or cloutiest.
> Sounds like one of the most spoiled. How did he get a license at age
> 14--plead a farmer's hardship or something similar? Our school hasn't

In Texas until close on the millennium, 14 was the 
normal age for getting a driver's license. The 
(actually rancher's) exception allowed the male 
head of household to drive no matter his age. And
with all the implications you can imagine, 
including telephone books in the driver's seat.

> had many exceptional graduates, can think of one girl in my sister's
> class who was named an ambassidor to one of the small island nations of
> the Pacific. I think most of my classmates settled within a 50 mile or
> so radius of the school; I'm one of the more travelled.

Most nuts don't roll far from the tree, unless
there is a good reason for that happening.

>  ML> > below 0. (The year after I graduated, they let my sisters wear pants
>  ML> any > time they want.)
>  ML> Girls wearing slacks? Impossible in my day.
> T'wasn't until my junior year of high school that it was allowed. We
> were allowed snow pants under our skirts/dresses at recess in the
> elementary grades.

Of course, in that town it has never reached
zero F and has measurable snowfall about once 
every 4 years, so given the invention of tall
socks some thousands of years ago, the skirt or
jumper requirement for girls posed no hardship.

>  ML> > Only recognition we go was our name printed in the listing in the
>  ML> local > newspaper.
>  ML> I'm not sure what kind of recognition we got, as
>  ML> I never looked for it.
> The paper was in our house all the time--by the time I was in junior
> high, my dad was editor of it.

Oh, there was a paper every day, actually two in
the house, the Post in the morning and the 
Chronicle in the afternoon, but I didn't see any 
use for them.

>  ML> were the years when she went off and got a (second,
>  ML> I think) master's but was prevented by my father
>  ML> from doing anything with it.
> What field(s) did she get her degrees in? My mom got her Master's in
> Library Science, started when I was in 8th grade, finished it just after
> I finished high school. That was when I learned how to cook.

First was teaching of some kind I think. Second 
was math.

>  ML> > You could have taken it to some place/person and had more quilting
>  ML> put > into it if needs be. I machine piece my tops and have them long
>  ML> arm
>  ML> > quilted so they are quite sturdy.
>  ML> It just got hung on a wall, wasn't used for
>  ML> actual warmth.
> For pretty, not practical then.

Annie was more into creative than practical. If 
you look for her books you'll find that. Actually,
Applique the Ann Boyce way was the first 
incidence of my less-than-enthusiasm about the 
turn away from traditional quilting that actually 
ended making her quite well known for a while.

>  ML> > Do they know to eat them with hot pepper vinegar? (G)
>  ML> Yes, but they call it Cholula, and it costs many times
>  ML> as much as Trappey's.
> I'll use white vinegar and various peppers from the farmer's market,
> usually cayenne type. Stuff as many as I can into a cleaned out soy or
> wochestershire sauce bottle, heat the vinegar to a boil, pour over the
> peppers. Cap, let sit in the fridge a couple of weeks or so, shaking
> every so often and there's the pepper vinegar. Oh, I do make slits in
> the sides of the peppers before stuffing them into the bottle.

If they're really nice zingy peppers, you don't 
have to do the slit thing, and then you can just
keep pouring hot vinegar (I'd salt) over and
reusing the pods. If they're not hot enough, you 
might want to chop them first (I almost alway did).

>  ML> For a use like yogurt, you wrap a towel around the
>  ML> pot for insulation.
> We used to have a Salton yogurt maker; it's just as easy and economical
> to buy pre made now.

Thing about the stuff that came out of the yellow-
lidded contraption is that to misquote an old 
nursery rhyme, when it was good, it was very very
good, and when it was bad, it was horehead.

>  ML> IBS, had it long before I knew her (so that's
>  ML> close on 20 years), so it's not likely my fault.
> And she eats to baby it.

As one might, though my own philosophy would be
directly opposite to that.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.07

      Title: Horehound Candy - For Colds
 Categories: Candies, Osg
   Servings:  1

      2 c  Best New Orleans sugar
    1/2 c  Horehound tea; strong
    1/2 ts Cream of tartar

  Boil until crisp in cold water. Pour into buttered plates and when almost
  cold cut in squares. If white or light brown sugar is used, recipe makes
a
  very good candy and not so strong.

  Source: Unknown

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