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http://www.en.kolobok.us/smiles/he_a.../girl_cray.gif For those of you who longed for the cream puffs my girls and I made or downloaded her cookbook, my dear Nana died early this morning. She was 106 and one day short of 5 months. I'll have to find some more of her recipes and try them out with the girls and post the results!
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Oh, dear... I'm sorry for your loss. Wish I could give you a hug.
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Have my deepest sympathies on the death of your Nana.
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Rockzmom, I'm so sorry for your Nana. Even so we never met her, she become an example for us which way of life we should get for being well.
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I'm sorry for your loss, Rockzmom. My condolences.
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Thank you all for your kind words! You all are fantastic and amazing people and I am honored to have "met" you! :bravo:
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Sorry for your loss. But at least you had many more years than we usually do to enjoy her! If long life is in your family, you planning on being around that long too?
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Sorry for your loss. But at least you had many more years than we usually do to enjoy her! If long life is in your family, you planning on being around that long too?
hehehe... My dad (her son) is going to be 79 this year. Not long after Nana turned 99, she finally stopped living on her own and moved in with my dad. My daughter used to joke that my dad still lived with his mom! Imagine.. he was almost 80 and had his mom still bickering at him!! It was fun to watch the two of them. A couple of years ago we were all out at an ice cream store and he was picking on her and she was just ignoring him and then he was complaining about the whipped cream and that he didn't want any and he got some anyway and where should he put it? Nana muttered "I'll tell you where to put it!" :ROFL: My girl's mouth's just dropped to the floor when they heard that and my dad was like "what? what did she say?!" Nana just went on calmly eating her ice cream....hehehehe
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The translation of «на умеренном огне» bugs me a bit. Does it mean “at a moderate temperature”?
Maybe, "bake with a moderate fire"? It's a common translation of "выпекать на умеренном огне"? I don't know, what does "a moderate temperature" mean and is it the same as "a moderate fire"?
«A moderate fire» doesn't make any sense to me in terms of oven cooking, although I think I recall reading it in older recipes. In most recipes we state a specific temperature, so the phrase gives me no idea how hot the oven should be. Hm. I wonder if any of my cookbooks would tell me? I'll have to look.
For me, moderate fire is very descriptive! it means you have a chance to pull cookies out that are not burnt, even if cooked longer time.
Actually , moderate is very useful, because you have more latitude for your cooking time. e.g. Extra time when cooking bread means thicker crust, not burnt crust. Usual bread cooking temps can blacken bread instead of giving thicker tasty crust. A hot oven means you have to be very precise with your time. No chance for mistakes. Slow (cooler) or moderate oven, very forgiving. Get an oven thermometer. Typical oven is not calibrated well. You may need to do the recipe a few times at different temps to get the right feel/taste.
Actually there's more to it. Slow/mod oven to cook, so not dry out, then hot oven, or broiler to get the crispy. This is not for bread/cookies etc. It's for some of those main dishes.
And deepest sympathies to rockzmom for the loss of your Nana. I've never seen that grieving comes to an end. It just changes into deeper appreciation.
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Rockzmom: A bit late (been away) but I'm very sorry for you loss. From what you wrote about her, she seemed like a fantastic woman who enjoyed life to the fullest. My deepest sympathies.