[Sca-cooks] Re: noodle-making memories

[johnna holloway]

I can remember going to my great grandmother's
and insisting that we make noodles. She'd roll them
thin enough that you could see the oilcloth designs
through them. She would roll them into cylinders and
cut them on the angle so they were little winged shaped
pieces. These were German noodles where
there are extra egg yolks thrown in, so they were
yellow. Usually cooked in chicken broth.
The other weird custom that the family has is that
noodles are always served for holidays and they are
eaten over mashed potatoes, instead of gravy. This seems
to be a central Illinois farm custom.

Johnna Holloway

Dana Huffman wrote:>
> Ah, the memories!  When I was about 7-8 Mom and I used to
> make noodles; she'd roll out the dough, roll them up and
> cut them, and I got to unroll the noodles and lay them out
> on waxed paper on every available surface.  I thought it
> was great fun; she only did it because (according to her)
> when she was newly married and Dad looked at the noodles
> and said "these aren't homemade" she was stupid and trotted
> off to ask Grandma how to make noodles instead of saying
> "that's right, dear; eat your dinner."  Then she got the
> pasta maker and the noodles weren't quite the same after
> that (probably because they weren't covered in a layer of
> flour) but still pretty good, and we had them more often.
> Dana/Ximena
>
> --- Jennifer Thompson <JenniferT at ptb.com> wrote:> ...
> > put up during one nap and snack time.) since at 31 inches
> > he's tall enough
> > now to be a real distraction. Then again, soon I can
> > draft him to help.
> > He'll be my pasta roller. Boost that upper body strength.
> > 8-)