Hi Dave,

 DD> Pretty much. It was like she didn't care any more. She asked me to
 DD> move in with her - I suspect mostly to help ride herd on my younger
 DD> brother. When she passed I became his guardian.

 RH> How old was your brother at the time? My parents both passed away when
 RH> all of their children were grown/gone so there was no need for any
 RH> guardianship issues.

 DD> He was 14. So I raised/supervised/advised him for four years before he

An age where the right kind of supervision will turn the kid into a good
young man.


 DD> joined the Navy where he learned two widely divergent trades. Cooking
 DD> and underwater welding. He was running the kitchen at the Pensacola
 DD> Naval Air Station's officer's club when he fund that underwater
 DD> welding paid astounding amounts of $$$ per hour so he gave up cheffing
 DD> and went to working on the offshore oil rigs on a contract basis. It
 DD> paid well
 DD> enough that he only had to work a few days a month to provide for his
 DD> wife and children with lots left over for "projects".

Sounds like he turned out well. Interesting that the Navy let him pursue
2 such widely divergent career paths.


 RH> Sounds like it so all of those folks that came over from that part of
 RH> England would have been happy. Probably passed along to their neighbors
 RH> how to make cider and let it age into vinegar.

 DD> When I make cider vinegar I *always* add some "mother" to the raw
 DD> juice and - Presto - ChangeO ... cider vinegar.  Bv)=

Modern way, old way was to set a barrel of cider outside and let it
overwinter, drawing off what you need (but topping it off with more
cider as you did). By spring you would have a right nice barrel of
vinegar, just in time for the summer preserving and such like.


 DD> Scrumpy is a type of cider originating in the West of England,

 DD> You likely wouldn't drink it because of the alcohol. I've tried it and
 DD> don't care to repeat the experience. But, I might cook with it if
 DD> there were some on hand,

 RH> Thanks for the head's up. I've not done a lot of cooking with
 RH> cider/apple juice in any form tho I did get a recipe for apple cake
 RH> from a friend that starts by reducing a quart of cider down to about a
 RH> cup.

 DD> Sounds like an apple syrup. Now, that's a syrup I'd eat on my waffles.

Most anything fruity works well for waffles. (G)


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