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Post by Christy on Sept 12, 2009 16:46:51 GMT -6
AGE.....? MARITIAL STATUS/FAMILY....... WHICH OPPCLP MEMBER WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET OR WHICH ONES HAVE YOU ALREADY MET...?.. HOW HAS OPPCLP ENRICHED YOUR LIFE?...... WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING TO GROW.......... WHAT IS ONE ITEM YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT!?....... ONE THING YOU WOULD OWN IF MONEY WAS NO OBJECT?..... IF YOU COULD GO ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD IT BE?... WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RECIPE... IF YOU WERE A COOKIE, WHAT KIND WOULD YOU BE... WHOS YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM AND ATHLETE...?..... WHAT ARE SOME HOBBIES YOU HAVE?.... WHAT ATTRACTED YOU AND KEPT YOU INTERESTED IN OPPCLP..?.... YOUR TURN ON FOODS......TURN OFF FOODS....? FAVORITE COLOR................ HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH YOUR SCREEN NAME?..... Past Member's....XDX , The Hollyberry Lady, notherdigger, Pharmer Phil, Tster , bscamo, chilefarmer , Rita , Christy , Rivervalleymama , Lucy , caveman , redmamabug, Laura,Jerseycub , Compost Pharmer ,Mogarden,Penny,Botesbabe, crftychk13, Skip, Ghoststomper, Axeman, Shelly,One old Bear,4rum,Gardenfool  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2009 4:00:15 GMT -6
Congrats!
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Post by crftychk13 on Sept 13, 2009 6:39:32 GMT -6
Congrats! Cant wait for answers!!
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Post by Axeman on Sept 13, 2009 8:23:17 GMT -6
Congrats Colorado!
Let's hear a little bit about ya.
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Post by colorado on Sept 13, 2009 12:09:23 GMT -6
Age I am almost 78.
Been a widow good many years and live on five acres here in western Colorad near Utah line. I have 2 sons and a daughter all married and out on there own scattered out in Colorado. I have been retired almost 6 years . Started a market garden. This year no garden as my cataract went and I had to get it out. Been fighting the thing for 10 years. Had the other one out in 99 but that eye is poor and so now I can see again. It was not ready to come out till this year and glad it is over. I was raised on edge of Denver and then move to San Luis Vallley and when husband got sick we moved here to be close to VA hospital. Been here since 64.
I like tomatoes as so many kinds and colors.
THing I can not live with out is food. I do have to have something to read.
If I had the lots of money I would have a big farm.
I am 1/4 Danish as my grandmother was from there. I would like of like to see it. But I am happy to just travel where I can drive too.
Favortite recipe? I like to bake and make fancy cookies and candy. I am fond of mince meat cookies and bake for each hunting season now as son likes too. I do the cooking and he does the driving and the pickup.
I am not a sports fan. I do go elk, deer and antelope hunting.
I like gardening and seeing the stuff grow. Like to eat it too.
I do not like dried black eyed peas. I do not like half cooked veggies.
I guess I like all colors.
I live in Colorado and easy to remember.
I have learned things off of OPPCLP . I have mostly posted in garden and over where we talk quilt making.
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Post by Rita on Sept 13, 2009 14:17:44 GMT -6
Thanks for all the great answers Colorado ... Nice to learn more about you!!
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Post by Laura on Sept 13, 2009 17:27:53 GMT -6
Nice to know more about you Colorado..Congrats on being MOW..
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Post by Compost Pharmer on Sept 13, 2009 17:56:36 GMT -6
 Great answers. Welcome to the 'elite' phamily. Thank you for educating us a little on your life.
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Post by crftychk13 on Sept 13, 2009 19:32:51 GMT -6
Awesome! Great answers. I can only hope I am as active as you when I am at that point in my life! Congrats Colorado!
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Post by colorado on Sept 14, 2009 7:46:05 GMT -6
Thanks.
As you get older just keep going. I still manage to use this old 8 HP Troy. I do get slower all the time. So I try to figure out the easiest , fastest way to get it done. How long I will be able to be here alone? My youngest tells me I need a plan in case I can not. My main worry was being able to see.
I have a collection of cookbooks, things for making cookies and candy. My sister learned to make prizzelles. Sent some and they are good. My sister passed on in 91 but she did give me her cookie recipe. But I did not get the recipe for fruitcake. Before WWII Mom and my sister made a big batch of fruitcakes. They kept good and were really good eating. My niece will not share it. Sent me part of some recipe. Anyway I can remember them doing it and I guess I had to play with my sister's kids and not help. It took two days and the first they greased and linedf the pans and they were the old coffee cans and they shelled nuts and and cut any fruit and got things ready, next day they mixed and steamed and then baked. This was way before Thanksgiving. So we had cake for Thanksgiving, Xmas, New Years and Easter. For the life of me I do not remember any cookbook and mom had only one old one . Niece asked me for the recipe and I had to tell he do not have, I found a cookbook that give instructions for steaming it but cake recipe like they used is not in that book. I figure the recipe was from the package. So I have hunted fruitcake recipes for years and found some close and I think I will combine the best and hope it comes out. Real dark, moist and very good. I have bought citron seed to try and grow some citron to use.
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Post by Shelly on Sept 14, 2009 9:35:43 GMT -6
Congrats, Colorado, on being member of the week! I hope your fruit cake turns out great. I plan to visit Colorado some day. I hear it is beautiful and have seen pictures my husband took while hunting Elk there. I enjoyed reading all your answers!
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Post by ChileFarmer on Sept 14, 2009 18:16:26 GMT -6
Colorado, really happy to meet you. CF
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Post by colorado on Sept 14, 2009 18:55:50 GMT -6
Chilefarmer,
You have any trouble with CTV in your peppers? I heard it hits them in N Mex. I loose a few plants but they prefer the tomatoes.
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Post by lucy on Sept 14, 2009 23:35:52 GMT -6
Congrats Colorado on MOW!!! so good to learn more about you. You sound like a great person and so active!! Again congrats!
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Post by Penny on Sept 15, 2009 5:04:11 GMT -6
Congrats to you and nice to know you more.
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Post by Axeman on Sept 15, 2009 10:02:40 GMT -6
Congrats again Colorado, Nice to get to know a little more about you.
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Post by rivervalleymama on Sept 16, 2009 12:16:48 GMT -6
Great to know more about you! Mincemeat cookies!!!! That's something I've heard of recently from a family member that I wanted to try. My dad loves mincemeat pie and is having a really rough time right now, maybe I'll have to get to bakin!
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Post by jerseycub on Sept 16, 2009 16:24:25 GMT -6
Congratulations Colorado you sound like a real independent hard workin woman, must be the danish blood same as my wife Ruth, she comes from dutch and danish blood. I give you a lot of credit still tillin with a troy built walk behind. Me I do all my tillin on my tractor which is sittin on my butt. Good luck in your future season.
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Post by colorado on Sept 17, 2009 7:30:48 GMT -6
JC, you probably have more garden than I do. My big problem is I have to till out the irrigation ditches and then put them back in to water. Extra work but here has to be. And I have wall to wall bindweed now.
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Post by Christy on Sept 18, 2009 5:43:58 GMT -6
great answers Colorado  phalls commin. we'll be quilt talkin soon ive herd of people making the cakes in coffee cans for WW2. they sent them to the army.
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Post by ghoststomper on Sept 18, 2009 10:29:43 GMT -6
Congrats Colorado on M.O.W. great learning more about you.
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Post by Rita on Sept 18, 2009 11:19:53 GMT -6
great answers Colorado phalls commin. we'll be quilt talkin soon ive herd of people making the cakes in coffee cans for WW2. they sent them to the army. I believe its called Boston brown Bread ... made with molasses .. that they still make like that today ... I have Never heard or seen fruit cake done like that tho |
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Post by colorado on Sept 18, 2009 13:42:39 GMT -6
Rita,
The coffee cans back then were kinds of flat. We used for rabbits to eat out of too. They lined with brown paper and wax paper. Coffee cans now are tall and good for Boston Brown Bread and pumpking breads and such. They would hold a pound fruitcake. It works on the wt of the pans. Bigger the pan longer you steamed it. It had just enough batter to hold the fruit. One lady said steamed pudding. Still different. As I do not have old coffee cans I started buying small loaf pans. Get for like .25 each at thrift shops. Old recipes are big. It would keep setting in the kitchen in a lard can for months and months. No liquior in it.
We made cookies that would ship over seas. We could not get sugar to do it and all that.
Fudge graham cracker cookies was one. With sugar rationed we made candy with corn sugar that as not rationed. Little mashed potato and corn sugar was about like powered sugar.
My cook book says fruitcake done that way. I can remember them trying to put cans in and the boards were floating they were trying to use to keep the cakes up off the bottom, I think this is the cookbook from same company they got fruitcake mix from. Denver company and no longer around. I came acrossed the old 1930 something cookbook and bought it. I have the time for steaming and baking. The recipe I want is not in the book. I can change the fruit to what ever if 10 pounds just use 10 pounds. Yes, this is a way different fruitcake. Needed to be aged.
Potato and carrot steamed pudding is good. Few nuts and raisins and lemon hard sauce on it. It was not baked.
I have came acrossed fruitcake recipes I think you would be pie-eyed after a slice of it. Mom did candy some peels for cake and to bake with.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Sept 19, 2009 4:53:06 GMT -6
great answers Colorado,I thought you were up near Utah...musta read that somewhere along the way, heck you been with the phamily here for near 3 years and we been running into each other on other boards for even longer... your fear is your eyes...mine is my legs/knees and of course the worst thing is my brain... washed it once and now I believe it shrunk  |
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Post by colorado on Sept 19, 2009 7:17:34 GMT -6
Yeah, Phil, if you can not see it really messing up things. Mom would help my sister weed her flower beds and she pulled flowers as she could not see. Eye crap seems to run in the family. I had my left knee go bad year ago Sept. I took a step and it tore up. Yeah, I have arthritis. Knee is pretty good but still feel it is weak or something. I will put on a light knee support when I go hunting. And Phil you are young yet.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Sept 20, 2009 4:50:18 GMT -6
Thanks Colorado, well, yes, I am young at 55 Both in mind and spirit, and in good health.......as fer as my innards at least, as fer as I know  my body however, may not see me through it, and thats a concern, just don't wanna be a prisoner in my own body.. it's been abused, years of hard labor, hard play, multiple falling incidents, car crashes, motorcycle crashes, 3 and 4 wheeler accidents... Arthritis, got that in both hips, busted up feet, (one's like a bag o marbles) bad knees...both bad and no discs in my back.... but I keep goin, even on days that all of the above have me in fairly bad shape...figure ifin I stop, I may not get back at it... In my family ears were the genetic flaw, everyone on my fathers side was partially deaf I have what they say is Profound hearing loss in one ear and also have tinnitus, so, everyday I hear the crickets sing...even in the dead of winter...that in it's self is a booger...but I've learned to put it on the back burner..sorta and as for my Brain comment, I have discussed this with my Brother, and we both are a bit concerned... when we were young, we had an Uncle who the family said "didn't recognize anybody any more" and of course back then, they didn't have no fancy names for that sorta thang... We have a neighbor, dear friend, and actually a member on the board here (she drops in and reads) Who is 90, still tends her garden, mows her huge yard, tends to her home... I Hope, and Believe that She knows that she's my inspiration And if not... Ruth, You truly inspire me  |
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Post by colorado on Sept 20, 2009 9:45:24 GMT -6
Phil, I have lost 60 % of hearng last test. I do wear hearing aids. So do pretty good there. I have out lived in years my brother and sisters and others. One sister did make it to 72 but her last years were is a nursing home. I am last of my family , now it is nieces and nephew that are passing on. Kind of bothers me. I try to keep active, keep wt normal. I have niece I wonder on her brain at times. Her dad (BIL to me) had alzheimers. Yep, all we can do is what we can and try to keep going. Keeping moving. Doctor told my sub to move it or lose it. I would rather get my excerise in doing useful things. I have my kids and few nieces and nephews.
I do not think I will ever be a Ruth. More power to her.
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