When I have days like today, cloudy/rainy outside, still exhausted from sparring all day yesterday, no homework, just sitting in comfy jammies with his royal highness king Charlie the doggo, I spend it converting all the thousands of recipes my grandmothers and their friends have given me to electronic files. Many of them I am altering, if possible, to be vegan. Those I cannot, I still am saving because some of these are well over 100 years old and should at least be preserved as history.
One of the things I have found is in the corners, slipped between pages on index cards, etc. are little quotes and small sayings. Some of them I will probably never keep as holy crap are they misogynistic “housewife” crap.
One titled “A House” was awwwww that’s cute but the underlying premise was stay home woman, make cookies and raise the kids. Soooooo no, I will not be sharing that one for posterity.
The following one though, I found wonderful. Titled “How to Preserve Children.” Which made me laugh out loud because I’m sure if I just posted that title online, I would be accosted by conspiracy theorists thinking I ate children.
It has nothing to do with that though.
HOW TO PRESERVE CHILDREN
To preserve children, take:
1 large grassy field
½ dozen children
2 or 3 small dogs
A pinch of brook and some small pebbles
Mix the children and dogs well together and put them in the field, stirring constantly. Pour the brook over the pebbles, sprinkle the field with flowers, and spread over all a deep blue sky and bake in a hot sun. When thoroughly browned, remove and set to cool in a bathtub.
I think this is an adorable way to describe children playing during the summer days. I remember doing something like this visiting relatives when I was little.
So I hope you enjoyed this recipe like all my previous ones.
