{"id":34,"date":"2005-09-01T13:50:18","date_gmt":"2005-09-01T18:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raeudy.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2005-11-07T11:20:17","modified_gmt":"2005-11-07T16:20:17","slug":"34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raeudy.com\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"Remember Grandparents on September 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\tRECIPES: Grandma Toots\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Applesauce Cake, Grandpa Tom’s Grapefruit Salad, Grandma Phoebe’s Taffy, Grandpa Melvin’s Mushrooms<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Rae Udy<\/p>\n

\tGrandparents Day is celebrated September 11 this year. When I think of my Grandparents food always comes to mind. <\/strong>
\n\tMy Grandma from my mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s side was named Elizabeth but everyone called her Toots. She grew up in the southern Idaho town of Malad City. Her teen years were spent as a cook for a trail drive and she would often say she could easily whip up a meal for two or two hundred. Grandma Toots was a cook who never measured anything. She would scoop up flour with her hands and add ingredients \u00e2\u20ac\u0153by touch and feel\u00e2\u20ac? until the batter was the right consistency. Grandma Toots\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Applesauce Cake appeared at almost every family get together I can remember.
\n\tHer husband, Grandpa Tom, loved to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dclive off the land.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Every spring he would hike up to a certain mountain stream to collect fresh watercress for his favorite salad. The grapefruit and watercress offered a tart and tangy taste the family looked forward to every year. Grandpa Tom was a carpenter in Malad and many homes still contain the cabinets he built.<\/strong>
\n\tMy grandparents on my dad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s side lived their whole life in the Plymouth, Utah area and were happily married for over 65 years. Grandma Phoebe was always busy canning something from the garden but she is best known for her taffy candy. She always said pulling taffy was her exercise. Grandma Udy was organist for her church for many decades and loved playing piano for her family.
\n\tGrandpa Udy was a hay and grain farmer for most of his life and loved to gather fresh mushrooms growing on his land. I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t recommend gathering your own mushrooms but I think you will like Grandpa Melvin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mushrooms as a side dish or to top baked potatoes.<\/strong>
\n\tAlthough my grandparents are no longer living they will always be remembered when I make one of their favorite recipes.
\n
\nRae, right, and her sister JoAnn hug Grandma Udy.<\/p>\n

\tGRANDMA TOOTS\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 APPLESAUCE CAKE<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00bd (one-half) cup soft butter
\n\u00c2\u00bd (one-half) cup honey
\n1\/4 (one-quarter) cup dark molasses
\n2 eggs
\n2 \u00c2\u00bd (two and one-half) cups unbleached white flour
\n1 teaspoon each – baking soda and ground cinnamon
\n\u00c2\u00bd (one-half) teaspoon allspice
\n\u00c2\u00bc (one-quarter) teaspoon each – nutmeg and salt
\n1 \u00c2\u00bd (one and one-half) cups applesauce
\n\u00c2\u00be (three-quarters of a cup) each – raisins and walnuts
\nCream butter, honey and molasses until light and creamy in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs and beat until blended. Mix flour, soda, spices and salt together in another bowl. Alternately add small amounts of flour mixture and applesauce to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat well after each addition. Stir in raisins and nuts. Pour batter into a lightly oiled and floured thirteen by nine inch baking pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for forty minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool on rack. Spread with your favorite Cream Cheese Frosting and arrange additional walnut halves on top or serve warm or cold with low-fat whipped topping. Serves 12.<\/strong><\/p>\n

GRANDPA TOM\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S GRAPEFRUIT SALAD
\n1 large pick grapefruit
\n2 Tablespoons chopped walnuts
\n1 teaspoon honey
\n1 teaspoon lemon juice
\n1 cup fresh watercress or spinach greens
\nWash watercress in cold water until clean. Wrap in paper towels to dry. Divide onto two small salad plates. Cut grapefruit in half and cut sections of grapefruit with a sharp knife. Arrange grapefruit pieces on watercress and top with chopped walnuts. Drizzle salad with honey and lemon. Serve immediately. Yields two servings.<\/p>\n


\nGrandma Toots and Grandpa Tom Kent celebrate their 43rd anniversary.<\/p>\n

GRANDMA PHOEBE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S VINEGAR TAFFY
\n2 cups sugar
\n\u00c2\u00be (three-quarters) cup white vinegar
\n\u00c2\u00bc (one-quarter) cup water
\n1 Tablespoon butter
\nMix together in saucepan. Boil until syrup forms a firm ball when dropped in cold water. This is the secret. If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t cook it long enough it won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t set up when up stretch it. If you cook it too long it will be brittle. Pour into a buttered dripping pan to cool. Start stretching as soon as it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cool enough to handle. Stretch and pull with lightly buttered hands until taffy is white. Lay out on a clean dish towel. Put a little flour on towel, then it won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stick. When taffy is firm, break or cut into bite-size pieces. Yields about three dozen pieces.<\/strong><\/p>\n

GRANDPA MELVIN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S MUSHROOMS
\n2 Tablespoons peanut oil
\n2 cups fresh mushrooms, washed and wiped dry
\n\u00c2\u00bd (one-half) cup chopped onion
\nHeat oil in a skillet. Add mushrooms and onion. Stir fry until mushrooms begin to brown. Serve hot as side dish or topping for baked potatoes. Yields two cups.<\/p>\n


\nGrandpa Melvin and Grandma Phoebe Udy at granddaughter Delpha’s wedding.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RECIPES: Grandma Toots\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Applesauce Cake, Grandpa Tom’s Grapefruit Salad, Grandma Phoebe’s Taffy, Grandpa Melvin’s Mushrooms By Rae Udy Grandparents Day is celebrated September 11 this year. When I think of my Grandparents food always comes to mind. My Grandma from my mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s side was named Elizabeth but everyone called her Toots. She grew up in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,20,3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-16","category-vegan-and-vegetarian-side-dishes","category-vegetarian-desserts","category-vegetarian-holiday-menus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raeudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raeudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raeudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raeudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raeudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/raeudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raeudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raeudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raeudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}