Comments on: A Bit of History (Recipe: Grandmother’s Lemon Pound Cake)

By: LMS Learning System

LMS Learning System — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:32:09 +0000

Just Wonderful…

That is absolutely lovely….

By: Lisa :)

Lisa :) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:10:04 +0000

Kristen–this was like reading a page from my own history! We’d try to tape off the Top 40 with Casey Kasem, too, right after coming home from Sunday School, I think. And, we STILL sometimes call the Time & Temp! AND, we still have a Trading Post!
LOVED this post, my almost-twin sister of small-town midwest!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:02:39 +0000

What a riot! You made me laugh out loud! But one thing we had on local tv in Florida was "the clocks" - every morning before school when we wanted to check the weather, we would turn on this channel to find a camera slowly, very slowly panning back and then forth along a wall of clocks : time, temperature, barometer and whatever the other few were. We had to wait until it got back to the temperature "clock". My kids think we lived in the Dark Ages! That cookbook sounds heavenly - I have a couple of old ones like that and it truly is fascinating to read! And this cake looks so fabulous that I'd love to try it! Jamies last blog post..FLORIDA CITRUS

By: syrie

syrie — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:55:05 +0000

Pound cake is a childhood favourite of mine. Kristen, thank you for sharing such a beautiful recipe. I can’t wait to make it.

By: Scoop

Scoop — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:34:09 +0000

Your pictures and food presentations are absolutely stunning. I'm a new reader and really look forward to checking out the rest of the blog. Scoops last blog post..When it's cold out, eat Thai food

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:01:17 +0000

I laughed out loud when I saw this post. I just finished planning a recipe for a lemon bundt cake I want to make tomorrow. Mine won't be a pound cake and I'm planning to add blueberries, but I still say great minds think alike! I have another thing to add to your list, now teenagers text each other all the time, but when I was a teenager it was handwritten notes/letters. My friends and I had notebooks we'd pass back and forth that we wrote letters in, and I had stacks of notebook paper letters folded in all sorts of ways stuffed in my backpack. Dianas last blog post..Apartment Grilling Series: Going Greek with Gyros

By: Cate O'Malley

Cate O'Malley — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:38:30 +0000

A great reminder of how far we've come and how lucky we are. Loved the YouTube clip! Cate O'Malleys last blog post..Malted Milk Ball Cupcakes

By: maris

maris — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:50:18 +0000

I remember making mix tapes! Hated when the announcer would talk through the intro to the song. I remember when my friends told me that you could record onto a tape from the radio and I was SO IMPRESSED you would have thought she'd just shown me how to fly to the moon. (I was, um, 13!) I'm also glad to have this pound cake recipe. It looks like it would be right up my mom's alley! mariss last blog post..Mom’s Banana Muffins (Low-Fat)

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:51:09 +0000

Mix tapes! Ohhhh. I can still see my little boom box with its orange and grey buttons. We would listen to the top 40 and record our favorite songs. The memories! Thanks for the great recipe as well! Jessicas last blog post..Strawberry Jam and Tea Together

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:43:20 +0000

Thanks for sharing the Louis CK video. Made me really think about my own behaviors! The pound cake looks marvelous! I was just craving a something citrus-y. I may try making it this weekend. Dawns last blog post..Tasty Thursday...

By: Sophia

Sophia — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:32:11 +0000

mmm! what a great old-fashioned recipe! but I would really "die" without all the technology tht I have come to depend on! I can't imagine life in the olden days without the emails, google, ebay, etc! Guess I've been spoiled rotten! Sophias last blog post..A small teaser-preview…

By: ingrid

ingrid — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:26:21 +0000

Ha, that’s funny I recorded songs that way…hadn’t thought about it in awhile.

Your pound cake looks good!
~ingrid

ingrids last blog post..S’mores Bread Pudding

By: Trysha

Trysha — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:24:02 +0000

My phone curfew was 10:00 and the phone could not ring after 8:30. I used to call Time & Temp and my friends would call on call waiting so the phone wouldn’t ring. I was smarter than the average bear!

I was reading this post in the Starbucks drive-thru and I didn’t realize how much I wanted some Lemon Pound Cake…and I needed it, like, now! Low and behold, by some Devine intervention, the gal at Starbucks had samples of guess what…Lemon Pound Cake. Talk about immediate gratification!

By: Elissa

Elissa — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:06:04 +0000

Hi Kristen,

Thanks so much for the kind words! Hearing that sort of thing from food bloggers I admire is amazing. I never expected anyone besides me to see my blog, and now, unexpectedly, bloggers that I’ve read for months are reading me! So thank you for brightening my day.

That said, I saw this cake on tastespotting and immediately loved the photography. It’s so light and crystal clear – my favorite touch is the lemon rounds, so pretty! I’ve made a similar lemon pound cake from Ina Garten and it was delicious.

Elissas last blog post..Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria

By: camille

camille — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:59:56 +0000

Hey, I still made mixtapes in high school... which was in the 90s! The SECOND HALF thereof, even! Mostly I was recording off cds, though - taping off the radio was chancy, what with djs talking over things and cutting off before the song was done, and you could never be sure when the song would come on, and it threw your calculations all off because the song was bound to be a different length than it was supposed to be. I remember being really annoyed with cds that didn't give a time for each track. Tapes involved CALCULATION. camilles last blog post..Teriyaki Salmon with Sesame Noodles

By: MsGourmet

MsGourmet — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:50:52 +0000

Whatever happened to Casey Kasem? We used to tune into him religiously as he was ‘so cool’! I still have a couple of ‘mixed tapes’ somewhere – need to go find them

MsGourmets last blog post..She still brings me flowers

By: Shari

Shari — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:28:58 +0000

My weak point is lemon, and this pound cake looks great! I love that clip of Louis CK on the Conan O’Brien show too. Laughed out loud myself. Sharis last blog post..Whisk Wednesdays—Mouclade (Mussels with Wine and Cream Sauce)

By: Bunny

Bunny — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:57:20 +0000

I've seen this video before and it cracked me up!!! I love knowing about how people lived in the past as well! I would love to go back in time one day just to experience it! Bunnys last blog post..Chocolate Covered Cherry Pie

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:25:07 +0000

I'm dating myself, but I can remember when we wanted to make a phone call, we'd have to lift the receiver up carefully and quietly and quickly listen to see if someone else was on our party line. If they were, we quickly hung up the receiver. There was no listening to their conversation... that was a big no-no! Also remember when my younger sister got old enough to learn how to change the channels so I wouldn't have to get up. I'd just say "Susan, change the channel to 3", and she would! LOL I love pound cake and this looks lovely. Going to check out the cookbook! Karens last blog post..How does your garden grow?

By: HoneyB

HoneyB — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:19:46 +0000

What a great post. I too grew up with about 3 channels. Public TV, CBS, and a Canadian channel - that was in French! My parents never had to try to pry me away from the tv....there was nothing to watch. lol. The lemon cake is gorgeous! HoneyBs last blog post..Winners AND Brownies!