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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Monday, August 14,. 1989
Nancy Hefner Hawks
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Why is it Grandma Pearl never used measuring cup?
Steep Hollow is a very special
place. At least it still is in my
memories of the summers my
sister Helen and I spent up there
with our grandparents, Clarence
and Pearl Bullock, formerly of
Baytown.
li. When a summer shower would
eome up on a bright sunny day, it
^vas always a good time for
Grandma or Granny to cook
something delicious. Granny
and Grandma Pearl’s recipes
Were never hard to follow, that
'is, if you knew how much “just a
little,” or “just a pinch,” or
-‘‘however many it takes to fill up
•the bowl,” might turn out to be in
a, measuring cup.
/Grandma Pearl had several of
her own recipes that we never
tired of. Since Helen and I kept
her in fresh berries, we had a
berry pie almost everyday. This
would be called a cobbler today.
We would pour milk over it and
scrape the bowl ’til it looked like
it didn’t even need to be washed.
(My kids will really kid me
about this one because it drives
me crazy when they scraaaape
on a plate or dish.)
Grandma made the most
wonderful cinnamon roll. She
made it from scratch with lots of
butter and cinnamon. I have
tried for years to come up with a
recipe as good as hers and have
been unsuccessful. I was always
amazed by the fact that she
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NEW OFFICERS of the St. Joseph’s Altar Society for the 1989-90
season are from left Monsignor Robert Barzyk, who installed the of-
ficers; Dolores Hill, president; Corinne Whitted, vice president;
Barbara McClintock, secretary; Irene Golla, treasurer; and Ann
Marie Wewer, historian. The first meeting of die new season will be
Sept. 5.
MR. AND MRS. George Edwin
Hoskins of Baytown celebrated
their 40th wedding anniversary
August 12 with a 1930s — 1940s
gala in Tyler. The gala was
hosted by their children Marilyn
and Jim Harbaugh of Tyler,
Mike Hoskins of Dallas and Mar-
sha and Lance Pabst of Bryan.
The garden celebration featured
a 1931 Model A Ford and music
from the big band era. The
Hoskins were married Dec. 8,
1949. Hoskins retired from Soltex
Chemicals in Deer Park. Mrs.
Hoskins retired from the
Baytown School District where
she taught. They enjoy traveling
and restoring furniture. They
are members of Second Baptist
Church in Baytown and have
four grandchildren, Adam
Hoskins of Baytown, Laura and
Steven Harbaugh of Tyler and
Michael Lance Pabst of Bryan.
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never measured any of her
recipes. She always told me that
when you’ve been cooking as
long as she has, measuring isn’t
necessary.
Anyway, these were Helen’s
favorite. She loved to cut herself
a piece right after Grandma took
It out of the oven. I can
remember that she burned
herself more than once because
the cinnamon and butter were
still so hot!
Another recipe that I have
never been able to duplicate is
her cream-style com. Granny
would bring in fresh ears of com
from the garden and Grandma
would cut the kernels from the
stalk and cook them. If you have
ever tasted this concoction, it is
truly a dish that can not be
duplicated.
Once in a while Helen and I
would have some instant coffee
along with our breakfast, but
most people probably wouldn’t
call it cpffee. It was more like
coffee in our cream, if you know
what I mean. To this day, Helen
drinks her coffee like this.
Granny would never touch cof-
fee. He thought it was the most
vile tasting stuff ever. He always
had a large, (and I do mean
LARGE) glass of tea by his side
and he never seemed to get
enough. For this reason, it is
believed that he and my hus-
band, Michael, must have been
related in some way because it
would never enter his mind to
touch a cup of coffee and he
never seems to get enough iced
tea either.
We had either peas or beans
and cornbread every day along
with okra and fresh tomatoes.
Usually Grandma put theokra in
with the peas or beans and let it
cook in the “well” on top of the
stove. Helen was always afraid
Of the way it looked, so needless
to say, she never did get adven-
turous enough to even try it. She
wouldn’t even try fried okra!
Can she possibly know what
she’s missing?
Now fresh tomatoes were
another story. I have never seen
anyone who could put ■away
fresh tomatoes like Helen could
and still can, I might add. She
could eat them right off the vine,
off the counter, out of the
refrigerator or wherever else
they might happen to be, with
sugar or salt or even plain, it
simply didn’t and doesn’t matter
to Helen.
Why don’t people still eat like
this? Just plain and simple food
that just tasted so good you
couldn’t possibly want for
anything more. What more could
ypu ask for?
These truly were the “good ol’
days.”
SUN
DIMENSION
Gifts to Sterling Municipal
Library honored the memory of
the following persons during re-
cent weeks:
Clarinda Mae Cherry:
“Sacred Sites: A Traveler’s
Guide to North America’s Most
Powerful Poetry” from
Marcella Donnelly; ‘‘The
Machine^ Knitter’s Handbook”
from Mr and Mrs. E.T. Poutra;
“The Ladies’ Work Table:
Domestic Needlework in Nine-
teenth Century America” from
Barbara and Carroll Russell;
Donation to the Literacy Project
from Audrey and John Riissell.
George W. Edwards, grand-
father of Tara Edwards:
“Easter” from Flora R. Wilhite.
W.B. Franklin: “New World
Visions of Household Gods and
Sacred Places: American Art
1650-1914” from David A. Pro-
vost.
M.C. Harris: ‘‘More
Boatkeeper: An All New Guide
to Boat Maintenance, Repair,
and Improvement” from Mr.
and Mrs. Duane H. Lowe, Kirk
and Brent; Donation to the
Literacy Program from Audrey
and John Russell.
Linnie Hinton: Donation to the
Literacy Project from Audrey
and John Russell.
Robert Kenneth “Smokey”
Moak: “Star of India-1863”
(Framed print) from Mr. and
Mrs. Harley L. Ashley and Mr.
and Mrs. Bob McMaster.
Estelle Munson: “The Oxford
Illustrated History of the British
Monarchy” from Ken and Carol
Bartz. ■'
Delbert Oliver: “Roofing and
Siding” from Mr. and Mrs.
Walter M. Ferrell and family.
Arthur Querelo: “Ice Cream
ahd Frozen Desserts,” “Into the
Unknown: The Story of Explora-
tion,” “Ships-in-Bottles,” and
“Mozart’s Operas” from Ken-
neth Bartz and family? “An
Aquinas Treasury: Religious
Imagery: Selections Taken from
the Writings of St. Thomas
Aquinas” from Martha Currie.
Betty Sjolander: “1900 Texas
Soundex Microfilm” from
Wilmer and Peggy Anderson.
Mrs. Theo Smyre: “A Poet’s
Bazaar: A Journey to Greece,
Turkey, and Up the Danube”
from Mary Sappington.
Carroll Preston Walker:
“Field Collecting Gemstones
and Minerals” from Mr. and
Mrs. Gary M. Brown.
RAY AND Sandy Watson of Baytown will celebrate their 25th wed-
ding anniversary with a party at 2 p.m. August 20 at Cedar Bayou
Baptist Church in Baytown. Friends are invited to attend. Their
children are Brandon Watson of Baytown and Melody and Ricky
Steel of Houston. Watson has been employed by Occidental Chemical
for 22 years. Mrs. Watson has been employed by Dr. Gary Boehme
for nine years. Lifelong residents of Baytown, they are members of
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church.
0 HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Madison Claire
Navarre
Andres Tomas
Arizmendi
Son of Chico k Carmen Arizmendi of
Baytown, celebrates his 1st birthday on
August 14th. He has one brother, Julio.
Grandparents are Mr. k Mrs. Ubakto C.
Arizmendi of Brownsville, TX, and Mrs.
Maria M. Morales of San Benito, TX.
Braden Sinclair
Navarre
Son of Chris It Mary Navarre of
Baytown, celebrated bis 1st birthday on
August 3rd. He has two sisters, Cailie 4
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 246, Ed. 1 Monday, August 14, 1989, newspaper, August 14, 1989; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1052291/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.