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My grandma needed a cell phone holder, and...
Yeah...
my grandmother is talking about anti vaxx shit and I’m about punch her istg
Grandmother's Pound Cake - Pound Cake This traditional pound cake recipe is made with the original formula of 1 pound each of butter, sugar, eggs and flour for a moist, dense dessert.
Cornbread - Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread Grandma's best cornbread recipe that's fluffy and moist and made with cornmeal and buttermilk. It's tender, light, and buttery with a golden crust.
Healthier Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread - Quick Bread By using low-fat dairy products, cutting back on the sugar, and adding whole corn, grandmother's beloved sweet and moist cornbread is made healthier.
Authentic Paella - Cuisine Paella is just about the most elegant one-dish meal anywhere, but surprisingly, it is not hard to make. This recipe has seafood and chicken, and those magical saffron threads that provide its fragrant flavor.
Irish Spring
a raspy laugh, sharp as cheap soap a mind's movie on a honey-smacked whorl
This is a very random post, but I just remembered this story my mother told me about her mother (my grandmother).
Basically, they were somewhere in France and they just had lunch in this cute little cafe and my grandmother went inside to pay. She wanted to pay with card because reasons, but back in the day, long long ago, paying with card wasn't really all that normal at the time, so she had to ask first.
The problem here is that my (Dutch) grandmother asked if she could pay with a
"card postale"
Which translated to Dutch literally means postal card (which is how you used to do credit card payments back in the day, apparently), but translated correctly means postcard.
So anyway, you have this annoyed feisty lady practically yelling that she would like to pay for her food with a postcard and a very confused waiter who tried to explain that you cannot pay with postcards for food and my grandfather who was just laughing real hard.
So long story short, my grandparents are fucking hilarious.
Pies - Deep-Dish Apple Pie with Crumble Topping
Roebuck's Russian Tea - Cuisine - Eastern European
As time goes on things become more sexual or less sexual. Behold:
Grandma, talking about my flip flops: Were you comfortable walking in your thongs all day?
Me, who knows the modern use: GRANDMA NO-
Grandmother's Old Fashioned Butter Roll These straightforward but delicious butter rolls are sure to please butter lovers. In a sweet milk sauce, they are baked. Perfect for a chilly morning.
Abuela's Picadillo - Caribbean Straight from a Cuban abuela comes this recipe for picadillo, a ground beef hash with butternut squash, olives, and flavorful seasonings.
Changing Status of Women
This was a short piece I had to write in class (in about 10 minutes, so be patient please). The topic given was “The changing status of women” I’ve drawn inspiration from the stories of my grandmother’s childhood in a small village in Kerala, as she was one of the few women of her generation who was allowed an education, because of which she values it a lot more than my own generation. I hope this will show everyone how lucky they are to be educated. ________________________________________
Part One: As usual, I woke up unnaturally early, a couple of hours before the sun rose. Tiptoeing around my sleeping relatives, I quickly grabbed some clothes before running towards the pond nearby for a quick bath. Finishing the bath in record time (exactly 8 minutes) I got dressed and rushed back home, quickly finishing the rest of my chores before hurrying back out to begin the 8 kilometre trek to school. All before the rest of the family woke up.
I smiled sadly to myself, wondering, for the umpteenth time, if all this would be necessary if my relatives were not so against the idea of an educated woman. Why do I need to go to school feeling like a criminal? Just because I want to be educated?
Part Two: I watch in wonder, as my granddaughter throws yet another tantrum while my poor daughter tries to coax her out of bed to get ready in time for school. She’s complaining this much…. because of school? Does she not realise how lucky she is? Her parents actually support her education! Her grandparents like hearing about her school and her friends there! She never has to hear snide remarks about how she’s neglecting her duty as a woman by moving out of the kitchen! Does she really not understand how privileged she is?
Soups, Stews and Chili - Beef - Savory Vegetable Beef Stew This warming, hearty beef stew is stuffed with potatoes, carrots, peppers, and onions. On chilly nights, the entire family will be warmed by the thick sauce's delicately spiced flavor.
Apple-Blueberry Buckle - Fruit Desserts Spiced apples are topped with a blueberry batter and a buttery crumb topping creating a lovely buckle dessert.
Burger - Barbequed Hamburgers This is a family recipe that belonged to my grandmother. My mother used to beg us for these. They are best served over rice with a nice green salad because they are not meant to be cooked on a grill.
Grandma Standard's Cornbread Dressing - Side Dish This tasty baked stuffing is made from cornbread that is made from a pre-made packaged mix and is seasoned with sage, a dash of red pepper, chicken stock, and chicken breast meat.
Potato Klubb Norwegian Potato Dumplings Potato dumplings stuffed with a cube of ham are a specialty of the Trondelag region around Trondheim, Norway. Also enjoyed by many Norwegian-American families, the dumplings are boiled and traditionally served whole with melted butter, crispy bacon pieces, and stewed peas, or sliced and fried.
Breakfast Bread - Kolaches From the Bread Machine A favorite among the family made simple. It takes less time to prepare the dough in a bread machine than it does to knead it by hand. When we would visit, my grandmother used to make these. I can now prepare them for her.
Grandmother's Matrimonial Squares - Cookies Matrimonial bars, with an oat crust, a filling of cooked dates, and a crunchy oat top layer, are an easy-to-make traditional dessert.
Grandma's Buttermilk Cornbread - Quick Bread For moist and fluffy results, a grandmother's skillet cornbread recipe combines buttermilk with stone-ground cornmeal, flour, and a little bit of sugar.
Does anyone else have a grandmother who does that thing where she keeps plastic bags in the dishwasher??? Like, the dishwasher never gets used because it’s a storage space packed full with plastic bags?
So, my family is Greek, and my grandmother, who grew up in Athens, was named Urania. And funnily enough, I’m now in university majoring in Astrophysics. I’ve always found that coincidence kind of funny and this is a cool aesthetic!
(Also, Urania is pronounced like Oo-rah-nee-uh, if anyone wonders)
Urania
