William George (Bill) 11/26/1900 - 7/31/1953
Joseph John (Joe) 10/13/1902 - 3/18/1945
George Alloisious 8/29/1904 - 9/20/1982
Vincent Lawrence 9/10/1906 - 4/29/1991
John Edward 12/19/1908 - 4/21/1975
Mary Elizabeth Francis 1/18/1911 - 4/4/2009
Anna Catherine 3/3/1912 - 4/16/2010
James 9/16/1913 - 3/18/1914
Frances Xavier 11/19/1914 - 8/23/1929
Angela Antoinette 3/18/1917 - 5/2/2008
Rita Agnes Flora 1/22/1920 - 3/10/2001
Thomas Leo 1/23/1922 - 6/11/2008
Serena Rose 7/22/1928 - 9/17/2020
George Joseph Beisler 10/28/1863 - 7/3/1945
Emma Elizabeth Zimmerman Beisler 12/12/1882 - 10/10/1977
married 11/29/1899
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Monday, April 09, 2007
Misc Info from Mary, Anna and Angie
Angie and Anna: Mary wouldn't go out with a guy who didn't have a car. (Mary says she was too shy to ride the street car.)
Anna and Mary loved to dance. They used to cut a rug, they say.
The guys loved Mary.
If a guy wanted to date the aunts, he'd have to come over and meet Grandma and Grandpa. He'd have to sit outside and talk to them. G'pa would serve them some of his (elderberry) wine.
Mary: Daddy always did the cooking on Washday--he always made potato soup.
M: Mother always said, "It wouldn't do for any of us to be alike."
G'ma made molasses taffy and would pick it up and start pulling it immediately, even though it was hot, hot. Sometimes she'd go outside to get it to cool down faster.
M: Many a time Daddy would make us girls a hot water bottle when we had stomach aches at night. (I think she means cramps. She also said he'd heat a cake pan for them. G'pa was a car inspector. He worked from 3PM to 11PM. It sounds like they often waited up for him.)
M: Angie was always crying and so people told her she was a cry baby. She'd even say, "I a kie baby," (in a whiny, cryish voice).
Mary says John would watch out for what kind of boys the girls (Mary and Anna) hung out with. Sometimes boys would come over once and then they'd never see them again--implying the Johnny had had a word with them. She says they loved to dance and always had a crowd over on Saturday and Sunday nights. They played records on the Victrola and danced waltzes and the foxtrot.
Mary tells about G'pa putting up a bar along the top of the fence where there was a gap, so the girls could hang from it and play. Bill was home once from the Marines and had a fit because the girls were showing their bloomers when they hung upside down. He made them take the bar down.
M: I remember one time when Bill come home and he shaved our underarms.
When Mary and Bill Vincent were going out (ca. 1932), Bill bought Mary a pair of heels to match a spiffy dress she had. G'ma and G'pa were scandalized.
Mary worked at the soda fountain at Woolworth's. Bill Vincent would come in and wouldn't let anyone but Mary wait on him. That's how they met. I think he was a cab driver at that time.
Ethel Silverman says she and Uncle Vince were madly in love but couldn't do anything about it cause she was Jewish.
They called Uncle John the "Little Jew" because of the way he looked and how he could sell anything to anyone. They say they put a deck of cards under his hat in his hands in his casket.
Whenever I smell Coke and Bourbon I think of Uncle Preacher. I think he had a Highball every evening.
Mary says G'ma thought the world of Bill and often said he could have been President if he'd wanted to. The aunts all get a good laugh out of that.
M: Uncle Frank was 104 when he died.
M: Daddy danced on the stage of the Buckingham Theater. I don't know where that was.
M: Mother was witty. So was Daddy. I guess she got it from him.
M: We was so embarrassed when we found out that Mother was going to have another baby. The day she was gonna have your mother [Serena], she begged us to stay home with her. She knew the baby was comin', you know. But we went off to the park. We were gone all day and when we came back, Mother had had the baby. We didn't want her, but onct she come, we just loved your mother. She was the cutest baby! We just spoiled her rotten.
Angie said Uncle George died coughing. I'm not sure what he died of. He had a glass eye and looked like Col. Sanders.
Mary told me this about when Xavier died: A bird flew into the window and they knew (G'pa had said) it was an omen. Xavier died that day. They say he was very smart and ran around a lot. He had lots of energy. When Xavier was about 2 or 3 years old, Vince was getting him dressed and put him on the ironing board. Vince turned around to get something for him, and Xavier fell off and was sick after that. He rolled around in the bed all night. (That was the first of his spells.) Vince took him down to the railroad where G'pa was working. Xavier vomited on G'pa, so G'pa said to take him home because he was sick. Apparently, Xavier had epileptic fits after that. (At first he'd stand and stare and in a short while it'd be gone. He got so we could hardly handle him.) Vince suffered a lot thinking it was his fault. They called it Saint Vitus Dance. They would chloroform him to get him to come out of the spells. The last time he didn't come out. Daddy was in the back bedrooms upstairs. Two or three birds worked to get into the window. Xavier loved the boxcars. He wanted to draw. Anyway, he would go over there. I don't know if someone took him over.
James died when he was six months old. He couldn't nurse and he died of malnutrition. His belly got bigger and bigger.
Jessie Stiles gave them the itch. Bill was so mad--he was home from service. She come in and sit on the bed, you know. That's not her, though. It was Quiggons (sp?) in the back. They had a house full. They were all smaller than we were. They got bed bugs. Mother nearly died. We knew cause one of em told us, if I'm not mistaken, that they had bed bugs. Mother cam in and turned on the light and the bugs went running. I was real restless and that's what made her come in to turn the light on. They ran everywhere. During the day they stay hidden under the mattress. They put lids full of coal oil under the legs of the bed. (Coal oil was used in lamps.) The Quiggons lived caticorner behind us, not straight back. The little girl or boy came over and I took em upstairs. Mother was so mad. It wasn't anytime before we had them. When you got the itch you would scratch till you broke the skin. We used to get into the bath tub and we would take our hands and rub the salt on us. Boy, we worked at it! We had to.
I don't' remember when they built the bathroom, but I remember when we first used it. It was wonderful!
Mother made awfully good cakes and pies. Yes, indeed! Mother was a very good cook. She used to make just an ordinary cake. It was lard and butter, I think, she mixed. A cup of sugar. Beat that. A couple of eggs, flour, milk... We always had good eats.
Sunday's dinner was always delicious. We had a roast, mashed potatoes, always, gravy, slaw, and a vegetable. Mostly, the sweet and sour slaw. You chop your cabbage up. Salt, pepper, a little vinegar. Fry the bacon and pour it with the hot grease on the slaw. And a little sugar. Not too sweet. Mother never made anything too sweet.
[To be continued...]
Anna and Mary loved to dance. They used to cut a rug, they say.
The guys loved Mary.
If a guy wanted to date the aunts, he'd have to come over and meet Grandma and Grandpa. He'd have to sit outside and talk to them. G'pa would serve them some of his (elderberry) wine.
Mary: Daddy always did the cooking on Washday--he always made potato soup.
M: Mother always said, "It wouldn't do for any of us to be alike."
G'ma made molasses taffy and would pick it up and start pulling it immediately, even though it was hot, hot. Sometimes she'd go outside to get it to cool down faster.
M: Many a time Daddy would make us girls a hot water bottle when we had stomach aches at night. (I think she means cramps. She also said he'd heat a cake pan for them. G'pa was a car inspector. He worked from 3PM to 11PM. It sounds like they often waited up for him.)
M: Angie was always crying and so people told her she was a cry baby. She'd even say, "I a kie baby," (in a whiny, cryish voice).
Mary says John would watch out for what kind of boys the girls (Mary and Anna) hung out with. Sometimes boys would come over once and then they'd never see them again--implying the Johnny had had a word with them. She says they loved to dance and always had a crowd over on Saturday and Sunday nights. They played records on the Victrola and danced waltzes and the foxtrot.
Mary tells about G'pa putting up a bar along the top of the fence where there was a gap, so the girls could hang from it and play. Bill was home once from the Marines and had a fit because the girls were showing their bloomers when they hung upside down. He made them take the bar down.
M: I remember one time when Bill come home and he shaved our underarms.
When Mary and Bill Vincent were going out (ca. 1932), Bill bought Mary a pair of heels to match a spiffy dress she had. G'ma and G'pa were scandalized.
Mary worked at the soda fountain at Woolworth's. Bill Vincent would come in and wouldn't let anyone but Mary wait on him. That's how they met. I think he was a cab driver at that time.
Ethel Silverman says she and Uncle Vince were madly in love but couldn't do anything about it cause she was Jewish.
They called Uncle John the "Little Jew" because of the way he looked and how he could sell anything to anyone. They say they put a deck of cards under his hat in his hands in his casket.
Whenever I smell Coke and Bourbon I think of Uncle Preacher. I think he had a Highball every evening.
Mary says G'ma thought the world of Bill and often said he could have been President if he'd wanted to. The aunts all get a good laugh out of that.
M: Uncle Frank was 104 when he died.
M: Daddy danced on the stage of the Buckingham Theater. I don't know where that was.
M: Mother was witty. So was Daddy. I guess she got it from him.
M: We was so embarrassed when we found out that Mother was going to have another baby. The day she was gonna have your mother [Serena], she begged us to stay home with her. She knew the baby was comin', you know. But we went off to the park. We were gone all day and when we came back, Mother had had the baby. We didn't want her, but onct she come, we just loved your mother. She was the cutest baby! We just spoiled her rotten.
Angie said Uncle George died coughing. I'm not sure what he died of. He had a glass eye and looked like Col. Sanders.
Mary told me this about when Xavier died: A bird flew into the window and they knew (G'pa had said) it was an omen. Xavier died that day. They say he was very smart and ran around a lot. He had lots of energy. When Xavier was about 2 or 3 years old, Vince was getting him dressed and put him on the ironing board. Vince turned around to get something for him, and Xavier fell off and was sick after that. He rolled around in the bed all night. (That was the first of his spells.) Vince took him down to the railroad where G'pa was working. Xavier vomited on G'pa, so G'pa said to take him home because he was sick. Apparently, Xavier had epileptic fits after that. (At first he'd stand and stare and in a short while it'd be gone. He got so we could hardly handle him.) Vince suffered a lot thinking it was his fault. They called it Saint Vitus Dance. They would chloroform him to get him to come out of the spells. The last time he didn't come out. Daddy was in the back bedrooms upstairs. Two or three birds worked to get into the window. Xavier loved the boxcars. He wanted to draw. Anyway, he would go over there. I don't know if someone took him over.
James died when he was six months old. He couldn't nurse and he died of malnutrition. His belly got bigger and bigger.
Jessie Stiles gave them the itch. Bill was so mad--he was home from service. She come in and sit on the bed, you know. That's not her, though. It was Quiggons (sp?) in the back. They had a house full. They were all smaller than we were. They got bed bugs. Mother nearly died. We knew cause one of em told us, if I'm not mistaken, that they had bed bugs. Mother cam in and turned on the light and the bugs went running. I was real restless and that's what made her come in to turn the light on. They ran everywhere. During the day they stay hidden under the mattress. They put lids full of coal oil under the legs of the bed. (Coal oil was used in lamps.) The Quiggons lived caticorner behind us, not straight back. The little girl or boy came over and I took em upstairs. Mother was so mad. It wasn't anytime before we had them. When you got the itch you would scratch till you broke the skin. We used to get into the bath tub and we would take our hands and rub the salt on us. Boy, we worked at it! We had to.
I don't' remember when they built the bathroom, but I remember when we first used it. It was wonderful!
Mother made awfully good cakes and pies. Yes, indeed! Mother was a very good cook. She used to make just an ordinary cake. It was lard and butter, I think, she mixed. A cup of sugar. Beat that. A couple of eggs, flour, milk... We always had good eats.
Sunday's dinner was always delicious. We had a roast, mashed potatoes, always, gravy, slaw, and a vegetable. Mostly, the sweet and sour slaw. You chop your cabbage up. Salt, pepper, a little vinegar. Fry the bacon and pour it with the hot grease on the slaw. And a little sugar. Not too sweet. Mother never made anything too sweet.
[To be continued...]
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Childhood Favorites/Mom's Recipes
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
3 T cocoa
2 cp sugar
1/2 cp milk
1/2 stick butter (1/4 cp)
3/4 cp peanut butter
2 tsp vanilla
3 cp oats, old-fashioned
Mix cocoa and sugar. Add milk and butter. Stir till mixture boils. Boil 1 min without stirring. Remove from heat and quickly stir in peanut butter. Add vanilla. Stir in oats. May need a bit more oats. Shouldn't be too runny.
Drop by spoonfuls onto brown paper bag that's been cut open to lay flat.
3 T cocoa
2 cp sugar
1/2 cp milk
1/2 stick butter (1/4 cp)
3/4 cp peanut butter
2 tsp vanilla
3 cp oats, old-fashioned
Mix cocoa and sugar. Add milk and butter. Stir till mixture boils. Boil 1 min without stirring. Remove from heat and quickly stir in peanut butter. Add vanilla. Stir in oats. May need a bit more oats. Shouldn't be too runny.
Drop by spoonfuls onto brown paper bag that's been cut open to lay flat.
Marble Cake Supreme (Grandma Beisler’s recipe)
2 ¾ cp sifted cake flour
1 ¾ cp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp salt
1 cp vegetable shortening
¾ cp milk
2 tsp vanilla
3 unbeaten eggs
1 unbeaten egg yolk
¾ tsp cinnamon
1/16 tsp cloves
⅜ tsp allspice
⅜ tsp nutmeg
¾ T cocoa
Heat oven to 370 F. Grease and flour a 10-in tube pan.
2 T shortening
1 T butter or margarine
⅛ tsp salt
¼ tsp grated lemon rind
1 T lemon juice
3 cp confectioner’s sugar
5 T scalded light cream
Yellow food coloring, optional
Monday, January 01, 2007
More Photos and Info from Suzanne
Here's some interesting information that Suzanne emailed to me:
How funny that the family rumor said Mom was adopted. Grandma Maude
and Grandpa Joe were married in 1924 I think... have to recheck...
and Mom was born in Hawaii in 1930. Grandma and Mom travelled with
Joe while he was touring in the Navy- Tsingtao, Singapore, Manila and
Hawaii. Mom and Grandma came back to San Diego around 1935, and I
think Joe's letter says that they separated around 1937. Didn't get
divorced, and that's how Grandma got his pension after he died in the
prison camp at Fukuoka Japan March 18, 1945.
Suzanne also sent me some more pictures to post, so I've put those below.
Jackie as a dental assistant in 1953; holding Ken. Maude is holding Suzanne
July 27, 1957
Ken and Suzanne Christmas 1959
How funny that the family rumor said Mom was adopted. Grandma Maude
and Grandpa Joe were married in 1924 I think... have to recheck...
and Mom was born in Hawaii in 1930. Grandma and Mom travelled with
Joe while he was touring in the Navy- Tsingtao, Singapore, Manila and
Hawaii. Mom and Grandma came back to San Diego around 1935, and I
think Joe's letter says that they separated around 1937. Didn't get
divorced, and that's how Grandma got his pension after he died in the
prison camp at Fukuoka Japan March 18, 1945.
Suzanne also sent me some more pictures to post, so I've put those below.
Jackie as a dental assistant in 1953; holding Ken. Maude is holding Suzanne
July 27, 1957
Ken and Suzanne Christmas 1959
Due to my lack of expertise in using the computer, I'll put the rest of the photos in the next entry.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Angie's Pie Crust
This is the recipe Angie uses to make three pie crusts. When I asked if they were for 9" pies, she got really disgusted with me for asking, as if there were any other size, so I think that's what they're for. Actually, I think she got disgusted that I would ask such a silly thing because from her perspective, you use as much as you need and either freeze the rest or make something else (like cinnamon roll-up-thingies) with the left-overs.
3 cups flour
1 cup shortening
1 1/2 tsp salt
7-8 T ice water
I just wanted to note that I'm putting this here for anyone who wants it, but I personally prefer a shorter dough made from a combination of butter and shortening :-)
3 cups flour
1 cup shortening
1 1/2 tsp salt
7-8 T ice water
I just wanted to note that I'm putting this here for anyone who wants it, but I personally prefer a shorter dough made from a combination of butter and shortening :-)
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Joe's Family
I don't know if I have this right, but Suzanne or someone can correct me. Joe married and had a child (Jacqueline), but for some reason they said she was adopted. Jackie eventually found out that she wasn't adopted and got in contact with the Beislers. Her daughter's name is Suzanne. Here are some photos of their family that Suzanne has sent me.
Jackie's dental school graduation, 1974
Suzanne and Ken with Santa, 1955
Suzanne 4, Ken 2; 1955
Suzanne aged 15, 1966
Christmas Photo Card, 2006:
Suzanne and Adam
Suzanne and Jackie
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Jackie's dental school graduation, 1974
Suzanne and Ken with Santa, 1955
Suzanne 4, Ken 2; 1955
Suzanne aged 15, 1966
Christmas Photo Card, 2006:Suzanne and Adam
Suzanne and Jackie
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Sunday, November 19, 2006
Christmas Cookies and Candy
Grandma Beisler's Caramel Fudge with Bitter Choc
1 box light brown sugar
1 T butter
1 cp whole milk
Put on stove and cook till it comes to a boil. Simmer to soft ball stage. Remove from stove and cool for a little bit. Add vanilla and beat. Pour into buttered pan.
2 squares bitter chocolate
Melt in double boiler and pour over caramel.
Mom says this is always a bit grainy, and I remember that, too.
1 ½ cp powdered sugar
1 cp butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp almond flavoring
2 ½ cp flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
Bourbon Balls
I have found that Old Forrester makes stronger Bourbon Balls than Early Times, which Angie always recommended.
1 box light brown sugar
1 T butter
1 cp whole milk
Put on stove and cook till it comes to a boil. Simmer to soft ball stage. Remove from stove and cool for a little bit. Add vanilla and beat. Pour into buttered pan.
2 squares bitter chocolate
Melt in double boiler and pour over caramel.
Mom says this is always a bit grainy, and I remember that, too.
Grandma’s Sugar Cookies (also called Aunt Dot’s Sugar Cookies b/c she made them for Gma--I remember them as always being round, about 2 1/2 inches, not various shapes--these are crisp cookies, apparently Grandma liked them rather brown)
2 cp sugar
4 eggs (room temp)
1 T vanilla
5 - 5¼ cp flour
2 heaping tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
¼ cp milk
Cream sugar and crisco.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add vanilla.
Sift flour, bp and salt together. Add alternately with milk.
Bake at 350ºF for 10 - 15 minutes.
1 ½ cp powdered sugar
1 cp butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp almond flavoring
2 ½ cp flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
Bake at 350ºF for 8 - 10 minutes.
Divinity
2 cp sugar
½ cp corn syrup
½ cp water
2 egg whites (¼ cp)
Dash of salt
¾ tsp vanilla
1 cp black walnuts and candied cherries, chopped
Combine sugar with corn syrup and water. Stir over low heat until all the sugar is dissolved and mixture starts to bubble. Boil over medium heat to 260ºF.
Remove from the heat and let stand while egg whites are beaten to stiff peaks. Salt is added to the egg whites while beating them.
Slowly add the syrup to the egg whites, beating on low. (Add slower at first, then pour more quickly.) After all the syrup is added continue beating on med to high until candy holds a definite shape and no long streams form a spoon. This will require at least 15 minutes of beating. A test can be made before the beating is stopped and unless the dropped portion holds its shape immediately, beating should be continued.
When it is ready, vanilla is quicky stirred in, along with nuts and cherries, and then the candy is dropped on waxed paper in teaspoon-sized pieces. It may also be poured into a pan (8 x 11 inches) and cut into squares.
Grandma’s Molasses Taffy
1 (1 lb) box brown sugar
1 bottle dark karo (2 cups)
2 T butter
Stir continuously.
Boil to hard crack (stringy): 300ºF
Pour onto marble. Pick up (when cool enough) and pull till pale brown.
Mom and the aunts talk about remembering how Grandma would take her rings off to do this and that she could pick it up even when it was still incredibly hot.
Modjeskas
2 cp sugar
2 cp heavy cream
2 T butter
1 ¼ cp white corn syrup
Pinch salt
1 tsp vanilla
¾ pound marshmallows, cut in half with scissors (or see recipe below)
Combine sugar, 1 cup of the cream, butter, syrup and salt in a heavy 3- or 4-quart sauce pan. Put remaining cup of cream in a small pan and heat it separately. Bring sugar-cream-butter mixture to boil, stirring constantly. Wipe down sides of pan with wet cloth or cover with lid briefly to dissolve remaining sugar crystals.
When it begins a rolling boil, dribble the hot cup of cream into the boiling mixture, stirring. Don’t let the boiling stop. Cook over medium heat, stirring as necessary to prevent scorching, until thermometer registers 238 degrees. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Allow cooked caramel to stand 10 minutes before starting to dip. Drop marshmallow half into caramel, then, with a fork, turn it over to coat completely and lift out, pulling the fork over edge of pan so surplus runs back into pan.
Place each piece on buttered or oiled surface, such as cookie sheets or clean counter top. When set, wrap each piece separately in square of waxed paper.
Marshmallows
2 T gelatin (2 envelopes)
½ cp cold water
2 cp sugar
¾ cp light corn syrup
½ cp hot water
2 tsp vanilla
Confectioners’ sugar
Put gelatin in an electric mixer bowl. Pour in cold water and mix well. Let stand.
Put sugar, corn syrup and hot water into a saucepan and blend well with a wooden spoon. Place over low heat until sugar is all dissolved and then increase the heat. When mixture boils, put in candy thermometer and continue cooking without stirring.
When thermometer registers 244º to 246º, remove from heat and pour into gelatin, beating all the while. Continue beating until candy thickens and is slightly warm. At least 15 minutes is required.
Blend in vanilla and pour into two pans (7 x 7) that have been lightly buttered and dusted with cornstarch. Set in a cool place or refrigerator until firm. Remove from pan and cut into pieces, dusting each piece well with confectioners’ sugar. Scissors can be used if dipped in confectioners’ sugar between cuttings, but a large knife will also work well.
Russian Tea Cakes
1 cp soft butter (2 sticks)
½ cp sifted confectioners sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 ¼ cp sifted flour
¼ tsp salt
¾ cp finely chopped pecans
Mix butter, sugar and vanilla thoroughly.
Sift flour and salt together and stir in.
Mix in pecans.
Chill dough.
Roll into 1" balls. Place on ungreased baking sheet.
Bake at 400ºF until set, not brown, 10 - 12 minutes.
While warm, roll in confectioners sugar.
Cool.
Roll in confectioners sugar again.
Makes 4 dozen cookies.
Sea Foam (one of Mom's favorites)
3 cp light brown sugar
¾ cp water
1 T lt corn syrup
2 egg whites (¼ cp)
Dash of salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
Measure brown sugar, water and 1 T corn syrup into a 2-quart saucepan. Blend with a wooden spoon and place over low heat, stirring continuously until the mixture begins to dissolve.
Continue stirring until the mixture boils, then put in your candy thermometer and boil without stirring over medium-high heat until thermometer registers 256º.
Remove from heat and let stand while egg whites are beaten to stiff peaks. Salt is added to the eggs while beating them.
Slowly add the syrup to te egg whites, beating continuously.
After all the syrup is added continue beating until candy holds a definite shape and no longer streams from a spoon and loses its gloss. This will require at least 15 minutes of beating. A test can be made before the beating is stopped and unless the dropped portion holds its shape immediately, beating should be continued.
Vanilla is stirred in just before candy is dropped in teaspoon-sized pieces on waxed aper. Walnuts or pecans may be added–they combine well with brown-sugar candies.
Springerle
1 lb powdered sugar (3 ½ - 4 cp)
4 eggs (room temp)
1 T + 1 tsp butter
1 T corn syrup
1 lb flour (3 ½ cp)
1 ½ tsp anise oil
Beat eggs till light yellow and thick. Add sugar, beating well after each addition. Add remaining ingredients. Bake at 300º - 325º for about 15 minutes. They should be white, not yellow or brown.
*Dust dough with cornstarch to keep it from sticking to the rolling pin.
*These are soft. If you would like them hard, leave out the butter and corn syrup.Bourbon Balls
1 (1 lb) box (3 ½ - 4 cp) powdered sugar
½ stick butter (¼ cp)
1/3 cp bourbon
Mix powdered sugar and butter with fork. Add bourbon. Mix. Roll into balls. Chill in fridge. Dip in dark chocolate.
These were Angie's specialty. I think she got the recipe from her sister-in-law Lucille.I have found that Old Forrester makes stronger Bourbon Balls than Early Times, which Angie always recommended.
Gus-isms
I hope I'm not repeating myself on any of these! Sorry if I am.
Gus used to say the funniest things.
Gus used to say the funniest things.
- diarita instead of diarrhea
- Shirley Pimple instead of Shirley Temple
- corrigulated cardboard instead of corrugated cardboard (Why was he saying that?)
- window ceiling instead of window sill
Klein Siblings
Klein Siblings, 1975
Klein Siblings, 1969 (and, yes, I remember being totallyenvious of Gina's outfit and also thinking I was just too cute)
Kevin's Birth Announcement
Back Row: Fritz, Gus, KevinFront Row: Chris, Eddie, Mitchel, Nikki, Freddie
Nikki
Back Row: Gus, Nikki, KevinMiddle Row: Fritz, Chris, Mitch
Front Row: Eddie
Nikki, Fred, Chris and MitchBeisler Siblings
Clockwise from left: Vince, John, George, Mary
Joe, 1922; Expert Rifleman's Badge, Marines
Joe, 1937; Navy
Joe's military history
Serena
Angela (ca. 1960)
Vincent
Anna, Angie, and Rita at Bill's grave, Zachary Taylor Cemetary(Bill died of a heart attack. He was married to a German woman, Frieda. Grandma always said Bill could have been president, which always made the others laugh.)
Bridget-isms, etc.
- When I was little I thought Graham Crackers were called that because you always got them (with milk) from Grandma (ie, Gramma=Grammcrackers).
- I always thought the world "suitcase" was "soupcase" and always wondered why since you didn't carry around soup with it. Sometimes it still slips out!
- It took me forever to pronounce "spaghetti" correctly. I always said "basketti."
- Since I was the youngest, I had to sit next to Dad at the dinner table. He salted my plate before I even had any food on it. He also rapped my knuckles with his butter knife if I used my fingers.
- Being the youngest also meant I had the "privilege" of saying Grace. I think they actually just liked to hear me say it because I had my own version: "...and knees I give..." I never could figure that out about the knees! Fred says I also said "from my bounty," but I don't remember that.
- When I couldn't sleep I'd try to count my brothers and sisters--in the right order--instead of counting sheep. Worked every time!
Grandma and Grandpa Beisler
Johanna and Mark Zimmerman (Grandma's Parents)
Max Zimmerman (Grandma's brother, died when he was 81, was "ornery": he liked women)
Grandma Beisler ca. 1970
Grandma Beisler ca. 1960
Grandpa Beisler (ca. 1930-1940)
An Article about Grandma in The CJ
Aunt Bridget's Dangerous Cooking
Mom didn't go with us the last time Mary and I went to visit Gina, so I had to do more cooking than I usually do there. My achilles' heel, as I told the boys, is over-salting things. As I was cooking, Alec started asking me questions about high blood pressure and salt. When we sat down to eat, Erik said he liked the spinach because I had over-salted it. Alec cried out, "Oh, no! Your're going to give him diabetes!" Obviously, he was getting sugar and salt mixed up :-)
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