Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Snail Tracks??


"December 15, 2001:  Made cereal snacks and stirred up four kinds of cookies.  Mitch and Anna came about 5:30 -- had supper and stayed all night.
December 16, 2001:  Talked to Greta in the morning.  Mary came about 9:30.  She made almond bark cookies.  Then dinner and then she baked the cookies for me.
December 17, 2001:  Still nice weather -- no measurable rain or snow since I've been here.  I took a walk outside around the building.  When weather permits I'm going to try it every day.  I talked to Dorothy Jo and Marie Parker.  Received a pink angel from Henrietta Jensen."

Does Grandma mean snail tracks when she says cereal snacks?  Who would have thought that a fairly easy and straightforward recipe would be such a big hit with the family?  Quite frankly, I've forgotten how they came to be called snail tracks.  Also, didn't Aunt Helen have a funny name for a food -- the box was upside down and actually made a word or two and she went with the upside-down words?  Maybe "doo dads" became "spap oops"?  I think I'm close on that.

No connection between the photo and Grandma's journal entry -- I am just using a photo I don't have a chance to use very often.  Not even sure if I've posted it before since I have been very poor about listing which ones I have and haven't used.  But no harm either way, so on I go.
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2013 at 7:08 PM

    Marie Parker, that rings a bell, Cliff and Marie from Potter, NE, out west. ?? My parents and I went out there once, Courthouse Rock, Chimney Rock, nice family, wheat farmers.
    Greta???
    Jim

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    1. GretaFebruary 19, 2013 at 7:27 PM

      You got it right. Had no idea your folks knew them. Neat people.

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    2. GretaFebruary 19, 2013 at 7:29 PM

      Maybe I should elaborate a bit. Marie Parker was Mom's cousin. She was a Brogren.

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    3. Mary S.February 20, 2013 at 11:10 AM

      Small world...

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    4. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2013 at 4:27 PM

      So the connection may have been Cliff, with my parents??

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    5. GretaFebruary 21, 2013 at 11:34 AM

      You may be right. Somewhere in the back of my mind I think I remember there was a connection with Cliff. Maybe they had been neighbors? According to the Brogren family history they farmed in Wayne County for a number of years before moving out west.

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    6. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2013 at 3:18 PM

      Thanks.

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  2. GretaFebruary 20, 2013 at 4:19 PM

    I think "snail tracks" came about when Mom or maybe Nancy was trying to say "trail snacks."

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