tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108130399227095479.post3416666548569941797..comments2023-03-31T04:30:06.958-07:00Comments on Emily: TortillasEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715964412982269418noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108130399227095479.post-32815086025213926822007-07-24T22:11:00.000-07:002007-07-24T22:11:00.000-07:00I would love to have made a video of my Grandma Be...I would love to have made a video of my Grandma Bell making pie. She had a wonderful garden in the backyard inspired by Depression Era DIY practicality that taught me everything I know about organic permaculture principles. Rhubarb. Raspberries. You name it. And she folded a pie dough with such tenderness. There was such amazing strength and gentleness in her hands as she made those pies well into her nineties.<BR/><BR/>I'd also like a video of my Grandpa Bell making wine. He was a creative connoiseur becoming a vintner of jerusalem artichokes, kiwis, blackberries, and other garden finds.<BR/><BR/>My grandparents taught me to savour every bite...and not feel guilty for going back for a second helping if everyone at the table was full!Mother of all Tangentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18160331506908493439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108130399227095479.post-20113731732525619012007-07-23T09:14:00.000-07:002007-07-23T09:14:00.000-07:00I believe The Mrs. read the same piece. I love mak...I believe The Mrs. read the same piece. I love making bread, but the breads I want to make usually take a lot more time than I have. I guess I could get up at 3 and get the dough rising.<BR/><BR/>Tortillas. My mom used to make her own. She, like your grandmother, had a way about making them. She doesn't make them anymore - but I can still hear the rhythm of her hands with the rolling pin on the dough which is on the cutting board. I use my counter top and scrape residue off later...she used a cutting board. There was simple elegance and a sound I will take with me to my grave in her making of homemade tortillas. It is a sound I have tried to mimic when attempting to make my own tortillas...it is a simple sound of wonderful bread that fed me as a child.Joe J. Marquezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10295553194334801391noreply@blogger.com