http://jcarrot.org/my-moms-favorite-apple-cake-recipe/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:17:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://jcarrot.org/my-moms-favorite-apple-cake-recipe/#comment-1195 Phyllis Bieri Tue, 08 May 2007 15:51:33 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/my-moms-favorite-apple-cake-recipe/#comment-1195 Hi, Alix. Sometimes it gets easier as the years go by. I lost my Dad when I was 29, and that was 17 years ago this July. But it still sucks, especially because my kids never knew him and never will. So, I try to tell them about his habits and his passions, and of course that includes food. He often licked his plate (had to discourage this in my one daughter who takes after him the most). I made root beer with him from an early age. One year a few bottles exploded out on the porch because it was hotter than usual. That chemistry lesson made a big impression on me. A home-made root beer float with good vanilla ice cream does not get any better, from a kid's perspective. So, thank you for this reminder. I must try and make root beer this summer with the kids, to celebrate his jahrzeit in July. -- Phyllis Hi, Alix. Sometimes it gets easier as the years go by. I lost my Dad when I was 29, and that was 17 years ago this July. But it still sucks, especially because my kids never knew him and never will. So, I try to tell them about his habits and his passions, and of course that includes food. He often licked his plate (had to discourage this in my one daughter who takes after him the most). I made root beer with him from an early age. One year a few bottles exploded out on the porch because it was hotter than usual. That chemistry lesson made a big impression on me. A home-made root beer float with good vanilla ice cream does not get any better, from a kid’s perspective.
So, thank you for this reminder. I must try and make root beer this summer with the kids, to celebrate his jahrzeit in July. — Phyllis

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