Borrowing a phrase from one of my favorite movies - - however today was cookie day at the Carsten household. I was invited to a cookie exchange at a friend's house and well not wanting to bring Oreos, I decided to make some cookies I have been wanting to try for a while. They are White Chocolate thumbprint cookies. I found the recipe a while back and was itching to try it. So today was the day for cookies. What I didn't count on was the flood of memories that it would cause.
~First I pull out my stand mixer. Chris had given this to me our first Christmas on Willow Street. So it will be 30 years old this Christmas. I remembered all the times I used it to make Thanksgiving and Christmas goodies and all the friends and family that ate at my table.
~Also the fact that I could find all the pieces was in thanks to my youngest daughter for cleaning and organizing all of my appliances in my Island this past thanksgiving. It was wonderful to reach in and get just what I needed when I needed it.
~Another memory was the small spoon I used to measure just the right amount of Jam into each cookie. It was given to me by my mother and has a Ginseng root on it.
~Last but not least was the wooden spoon that I had used for making the indentions into the cookie. I wasn't happy with my thumb or spoon but this square handled spoon was perfect. It was given to me by Priscilla after Grammy died and it was her Jam spoon that she used to make her Jams with.
Good Memories kept me company today it was if I was cooking with family members.
SJ
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing a glimpse into your lIfe & memories, Stella. That was sweet :)
That's wonderful. I can understand what you were experiencing! Kitchen utensils are some of my favorite inherited items. I have three old rolling pins. One, made of glass, was my great-grandmother's. Two are from both my grandmothers, one of which was turned on a lathe by my Granddad. I really enjoy using them.
P.S. Those cookies sound good! Love you.
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