... make good food, as do her sisters. Holidays are a blast; it is like watching Iron Chef in my grandmothers' kitchen. The food that I can categorize as a tradition is my grandmothers' homemade powder doughnuts. These doughnuts are the only things I can think of eating Christmas morning at my house, and the night of Christmas, we go to my grandmothers and feast the ... by making them she put both my friend in a good mood. They always enjoyed them and they seemed as if they had never had homemade doughnuts. There is a huge difference between Krispy Kreme doughnuts and the traditional homema...

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... home. This house consisted of five bedrooms, six bathrooms, and most importantly, a kitchen filled with beautiful antiques and wonderful aromas. Grandma's kitchen was a place I could go to eat her delicious homemade food. She made sure that her kitchen would represent three things: food, family, and fun. This kitchen was an integral part of my family's closeness, our strength and our love ... smell of bacon, eggs, and grits. As I began to eat, memories of the good times my family and I shared in this tiny kitchen played through my mind. Homemade chili, freshly baked bread, pecan pie, ho...

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... , for they know what to expect at the Squires" annual Thanksgiving Day feast. They can't wait for the succulent apple pie that mom never fails to perfect. The candied yams, homemade cranberry sauce, and perfectly creamy mashed potatoes are quite scrumptious as well. Neither will they forget about the plentiful turkey, rotisserie baked to perfection with dad's special recipe for the ... , a chance to come together and give our input to accentuate the work of the eldest son. One of the unique aspects of the Thanksgiving feast for my family is the homemade family recipe for cranberry sauce. ...

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... seemed so unappealing to me through the many nights my mother forced us to eat it. My grandmother would make wonderful Italian dinners, and I loved every one of them. Her homemade stuffed shells were my favorite, but when she made lasagna I declined. I couldn't get over my childhood dinner nightmares of eating hard noodles. She would laugh at me and tell me ... , but the same meal that we ate throughout my childhood. My grandmother taught me how to boil the noodles, and then layer them precisely with the right amount of her homemade sauce. She would add a few special kinds of cheese, and...

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... I would eat before a meal, I still loved everything she put on the table and I don't think it was ever possible to ruin my appetite. She could cook the best fried chicken, homemade cornbread or biscuits, potatoes every way imaginable, and always corn from the garden. Even in the winter, we had vegetables from the garden that had either been frozen or canned ... served in that kitchen and the aroma of fried chicken or pot roast, fresh vegetables and sweet desserts were constantly in the air throughout the house. The smell of Granny's homemade apple or peach cobbler could be smelled from ...

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... like each other. Whenever I was sick she would tell my dad to bring me over to her house so she could take care of me. She would fix me some homemade soup and give me a teaspoon of cod liver oil and tell me to lie down and take a nap. When I woke up from my nap I felt good and my cold was ... own. That is when I notice that something was wrong with grandma. Grandma was sick. I thought maybe she had a cold and needed to take some cod liver oil, with a bowl of homemade soup. That's what she used to do for me. When I took a good look at grandma it looked like she was loosing weight. Her ey...

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... seen anything quite like it. It was called Tent City, and it was exactly that. It seemed like there were thousands of people who filled the streets, who lived inside homemade tents while their belongings were held inside grocery carts. The place seemed very, eerie and quite sad. There were kids running through dirt with no shoes or appropriate clothes, their ... ...

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... me focused. I held the fishing poles rod out in front of me, and flung it with all my might. Once I had let out enough line I set the rod in Dad's homemade holder, and I sat back to wait for an attack on the lure. I spent what seemed like an eternity gazing into the unknown waters, with no luck of catching the creatures ... ...

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... to save up enough money to start up a small business. With the little money she had, she was able to start a small store. She was selling soft drinks, candies, popsicles, homemade desserts and many other things. I remember watching my mother prepare her mini store as early as 4:00 am and I would try helping her by peeling off the skin of the ... ...

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... much through these past three generations. I have never realized how much it had changed until I interviewed my grandfather. In a span of forty years we went from AM Radios that were homemade out of spare parts laying around the house as the main medium in the house to "the world at our fingertips" (internet). That is just amazing; we have technologically advanced ... ...

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... the oven or the delicious smell of sweet potatoe pie or the warm buttery brown biscuits baking in the oven. The huge smile on our faces when the hot crisp homemade apple pie was smothered with creamy egg nog ice cream was enough to make everyone feel glad that it was thanksgiving. The sweet aroma's of all of the food combined ... ...

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... but were better suited being called rags, as "children often had to dress in rags or go barefoot" (Thomason classics). Although Frank didn't have to go completely barefoot, he had homemade and kept shoes; which were following apart. At the time he would have told you it was worse than being barefoot. This was because of the embarrassment that the shoes ... ...

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... remember the good times hearing Grandfather's voice, and know that I will never see him again. This aspect is what made it devastating to me. Remembering birthday parties, his orders on homemade Christmas cakes, and the long walks to the country store are the only thing that now bring me any comfort. My grandfather had a heart condition, and the doctor prescribed nitro ... ...

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... and tribulations of the war and retains her quietness. Her house is cluttered with antique furniture and old memories. The house is indeed old, as she is also old. Every homemade piece of furniture, each pot holder and paper doily is a link in her lifeline. She has preserved in shelves, in cupboards, under beds - a box of marbles, half-filled colouring books ... ...

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... sides had deep impressions. The bed was full size, and it sat up against the west wall under windows since the room was so small. I slept many a cold night under homemade quilts made from scraps of multicolored cloth saved by grandma. Grandma made all of us grandchildren a quilt from different colored and shapes she cut out of clothes that we had ... ...

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... the log. Wood chips and bark fibers fly in the air with the log splitting into two flat pieces of wood. She grabs these logs and tosses them into a little, homemade wooden wagon. Then, Ying takes another log and does the same for the rest of the day. When it's sundown, the family hikes back home with a supple of things to ... ...

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... , by ridiculing the painting Ellen made them for Christmas. Neither Starletta and her family, nor Ellen, had the money to buy Christmas presents, so they sought for something special, something homemade, and in both instances, they were sneered at for being "cheap". There is a distinct difference in the families and their treatment of Ellen. Starletta and her family treat Ellen with ... ...

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... in numbers, as are the amount of people unaccounted for. Families search up and down the streets looking for some comfort that their loved ones are still alive. Children post homemade posters all over town in search of their mothers and fathers. Mothers and fathers call out to their children on television asking if they are alive and well to contact ... ...

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... . I was anxious to go to the plaza, and just hang out with my cousins, so I took a quick shower, got dressed, ate two eggs with beans, and some of my grandmother's homemade flour tortillas. When I finished eating, I went outside to take a look around town. "It still looks the same. It's been five years since the last time I came here, and it still ... ...

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... about his life and the places he had been, were the staple. The aroma of baked apples would draw us, hypnotized, into the house for a taste, with many glasses of homemade lemonade to keep our thirsts quenched. As I got older, these visits became less and less significant, with more outside influences and less of what we all loved so much, the ... ...

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... the day every one as a family would take a break and sit down for Tea. Tea was the best time of the day, and the best part of tea was Grandma's homemade Irish soda bread. I have always loved the sweet taste of soda bread, but my grandmother's soda bread is the most magnificent Irish soda bread. Every Sunday after church my grandmother ... ...

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... . In my fantasy, I am Margaret and she and her five sisters, Eunice, Simpy, Lois, Bernice and Helen, wake to another hot blistery Texas summer morning. The fresh aroma of Mama's homemade biscuits causes us to leap up from our beds and race down the dark hardwood stairs that creak with each step we take. The creak in the stairs reminds me ... ...

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... corrupted by the insane pursuit of gold.''59 In other words, O‟Neill's concept of the American family is based on a deep analysis of American society. He sought his dramatic material in contemporary American society with its materialistic culture, which compensates the traditional moral values, and the family becomes an obvious focus for this concern. Jordan Y. Miller, in his American ... literally imprisoned trapped, in one way or another, on their rocky, impoverished New England farm. Their complex family relationships reveal the Puritan Legacy, which is replaced by the pursuit of ...

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... vanity before good sense. She starts her journey off wearing white gloves, white being a symbol of purity that all sinners have in the beginnings of life. Grandmother idolizes material possessions. She dwells on material things in search of dignity and self-worth. It is her greed that lures her family into their downfall at the hands of the Misfit as she tells ... , "I"ll give you all the money I got!" (Norton). In reply, the Misfit says, "Lady, there never was a body that give the undertaker a tip" (Norton). It is upon her realization that material things will do no good that Grandma is...

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... . Confirming what permaculture really is, my Aunt Roxanne Swentzell says that, "Permaculture is the harmonious integration of the landscape with people providing their food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way." ( Swenztell, 11/14). Roxanne Swentzell is a globally recognized sculptor from Santa Clara Pueblo. Swentzell who may be a world-renowned artist is becoming just as ... . Pueblo people built their homes with low profiles and thick walls, by doing this the house protected the occupants and regulated indoor temperature in the harsh desert sur...

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