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FOOD FOR THOUGHT (With Memories) By RUBY WILLIAMS

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Food For Thought by Ruby Williams
Volume Three Copyright 1989 by Ruby Williams

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means. Including information storage and retrieval systems. Without permission in writing from the author except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.

KEDCO STUDIOS P.O. Box 24302 Las Vegas NV 89101
First edition December 1990
Printed in the United States of America
I.S.B.N. 1-878431-01-3
Food For Thought Vol. Three
Ruby Williams
Copyright 1990 by Ruby Williams All rights reserved.
The articles and recipes in this book are exact copies of the newspaper columns written by Ruby Williams entitled "Food For Thought" and published weekly in the;
Lompoc Record, Lompoc, California
Ontario Daily Report, Ontario California
Pomona Progress Bulletin, Pomona, California


The pages of this book are exact copies of the columns as I submitted to the newspapers for printing. Some of the columns as shown in this book might be longer than those printed by the newspapers because of the space allotted for my column. You, my friends, are getting more than the readers did over the years..


Read and enjoy, ......please. Ruby Williams
Preface


What - Why - Where did "Food For Thought" come from. The what is a food column published weekly in the newspapers. It's an old fashion type of column with recipes for all kinds of food to feed the body and the column always closes with an old time saying to give you a thought to think on. The why is mainly because I like to write, the necessity of giving people a food column, the fact that I like people and then being retired, I had a lot of time on my hands and through the years that time and my hands had always been busy.




It all began in September 1985 in a small town on California's central coast, Lompoc. Lompoc is situated in the valley of the flowers. My husband Art had been transferred, by Lockheed, to Vandenberg Air Force base on our return from his tour in Saudi Arabia. Since Vandenberg is just outside of Lompoc we took up residence there. What happened after that was just a matter of being at the right place at the right time and with the right person and with the right product.




To keep myself busy, I started to write about foods and recipes and then it turned into a type of column. I was very proud of my handy work and wanted to share it with others. I looked for a special outlet for my thoughts and the recipes that I had collected for over 50 years. The where was the right place and that was in the office of the Lompoc Record's editor. The right time was their need for a food columnist and the right person was a very special young man, Dan Bolton. I made an appointment, went in and introduced myself, displyed my cookbooks written in 1978 and 1982, gave him my sample columns, let him weigh my talent, my credentials and me. He hired me right then. The title for my column came later and that was the genius of the valley life editor, Penny Starr who would be the person that would see that the columns were put into the paper. Food For Thought was her creation and as she explained it--- The column was food for the body and food for the mind. The relationship, from that day on, became one of business, friendship, respect and love. The people of that small town newspaper grew to be a part of me, just like my own family. After 20 months, Lockheed moved us again and we settled in Montclair California and my husband worked in Ontario, California. Dan, being that special person he is, wrote to the editors of the Ontario Daily Report and the Pomona Progress Bulletin recommending me and the result was positive. Both newspapers hired me to write my column for them weekly and now I have many, many more readers and new friends. These columns have appeared in the newspaper/newspapers weekly since that day in September 1985 and I pray they continue for many years to come, god willing...




To give you some interesting reading and to share a memory or two, from the beautiful hills of West Virginia, I have included, on the next few pages, sayings, beliefs and remedies that I grew up with, lived by and believed in.




And you know what????? I still believe in and live by some of them.
I guess it's true, when they say
"You can take the girl out of the hill country but you can't take the hill country out of the girl."


me and !!!


One of the most beautiful States in the whole United States is West Virginia, my birthplace. I was raised by a prim and proper Welsh mother and a serious but fun loving English father. My bringing up was a happy time. All of us, some time or other, have bad memories in our childhood, however, the good times and memories over shadow any bad ones left to remember in my growing up. Maybe that's why I grew up to be like I am.




With all my proper training I still had the rebellious fun traits of my father. He of course, encouraged me in some of the things I did. For instance, the Ohio River ran by our small town and it was a very inviting but dangerous swimming place. I was forbidden by my mother to go near that area where everyone I knew went swimming but my good old dad would let me go and then he watched out for my mom. If she started to question my where abouts he would send our dog, Guess, down to me at the river. When Guess arrived I would high tail it up the back alley, through the back gate and home. You know what--- I never got caught. Later when I told my mom what I used to do, she didn't believe me. There were so many things and times that I could go on forever and probably bore you all to death, but time moves on. I grew up a happy person.




A couple of marriages, 4 children, 12 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren leaves me with a feeling of fulfillment. To add to my happiness, I have, throughout the world a great number of young people, who have been near and dear to me. They range from New Hampshire, to Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania to Iowa, Illinois, to Utah, Canada, France, Germany, Arabia, Egypt, to California and on back to Arizona. To most of them I am known as gramma Williams or gramma Ruby. I still hear from some of them by letter and by phone calls. To most of them I am remembered for my cookies. Can you imagine living a life and not be forgotten?




God has been good to me and somehow in my way I would like to give something back. I have raised my children to believe in god, truth, honesty and respect.


On pages in this book, I have written on my parents and my grandparents showing thier beliefs and thoughts. When you read their stories laugh at their sayings and sometimes ponder the depth of their thoughts and wisdom, you can understand why I am the person I am and why I bring you this book.




As you read these columns, you will note the old saying and some cliches at every end. Here are a few more that have been a part of my life and what I believe and what I feel. When you have finished reading them let me further say.....




I leave you everything I had in my lifetime: A good family, respect for learning, compassion for my fellowmen, and some four-letter words for all occasions---- words like - help, give, care, feel, and love.


Love and happiness
1. Laughter is the music of life.
2. One cannot love what he cannot respect, whether it be himself or another.
3. A hug is the perfect gift--one size fits all and nobody minds if you exchange it.
4. The only way we're ever going to have any loving memories for our tomorrows is to love a little today.
5. The nice thing about your smile is that everyone thiks it's meant for him.
6. If you can't love a person for what he is, love him for what you can help him become.
7. If we took time to count our blessings, we'd be too busy to complain.
8. If you want to be happy, take things as they come and don't hold on to them as they go.
9. Happiness isn't found in searching for it. It comes quietly while you are helping others.
10. Letting go often develops more strength than holding on.
11. No person can be considered a failure who has been the cause of a child's laughter.
12. A compliment is verbal sunshine.
A friend is a friend is a friend
1. If you're not willing to be a friend to someone who doesn't entirely suit you then you will never have many friends.
2. A real friend will not visit you in prosperity unless he is invited; but when you are in trouble he will come without invitation.
3. The purchase price of a friend is to be one.
4. There is only one thing better than making a new friend and that is keeping an old one
5. A true friend will put a finger on your faults without rubbing them in.
6. Promises may get you friends but it is performance that keeps them.
7. Everyone is a stranger until you make him your friend.
The beginning is the family
1. The easiest thing to overlook in a family is how much we need each other.
2. The family you come from isn't as important as the family you are going to have.
3. You can't make a husband tender by keeping him in hot water.
4. To break a child's trust is to cripple him for life.
5. When speaking of tranquilizers, they had one back in my grandfather's day that practically garanteed you a good nights sleep... It was called "hard work"
. 6. Grandparents are given children to love and grandchildren to love them in return.
Old age is something we all will share
1. When people tell you how young you look, they're also telling you how old you are.
2. Anyone can get old, all you have to do is live long enough.
3. To worry about your age is silly. Every time you're a year older so is everyone else.
4. Look at the bright side. No matter how old you are--you're younger than you will ever be again.
5. Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
6. The one thing that comes without any effort is old age.
Words for you to muse on
1. I like long walks- especially when they are taken by people who annoy me
2. Some troubles come from wanting to have your own way: Others come from being allowed to have it.
3. If you've got troubles, the best eraser in the world is a good night's sleep
4. Life is not a plate to be emptied but a bowl to be filled.
5. Folks who think they must always speak the truth overlook another good choice---silence.
6. The hardest thing of all to give is--- in.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Ruby Williams
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Reviews & Letters
Dear Ruby Williams:


I have never written to an author before, but now I am compelled to do so. I was visiting friends in Phoenix, Arizona and went with them to a Motorola Retiree lunch. I won a set of your cookbooks that were given as one of the door prizes. I can't believe the similarities in our lives. Your recipes, the sayings and your memories could have been mine. Before I left Phoenix I purchased 4 sets of your books for my daughter and three friends. They also repeat my feelings about your work. Would you please let us know when any others are published? We would all like to continue to add to our great collection.

Mary Ciccarella, Forsythe, MO.
Dear editor,


My friend Ruby has done it again. What a great idea to combine her cookbooks into a set. It's a must for any serious colletor. Recipes for cooking and living that come from the heart. The set makes a great gift, too. My daughters can attest to that...

Delma Sled, Santa Clara, California

Dear Mrs. Williams,
Maybe I should say dear Ruby.


After reading and using your books "Food for Thought with Memories" I feel we have been friends always. I have books 1-2 and three. They were given to me as a gift from a dear old friend. I am 70 years old and when trying your recipes and reading your "Thoughts for the day" the memories of my childhood just poured in. I am from Kentucky and you can't imagine how much our lives and past have in common. Keep on writing. I am looking forward to more. I have bought 3 sets for my daughters. They have thanked me many times since they received them.


Your old new Friend,
Carla Barnes Peoria
Dear Ruby,


Thank you so much for writing the cookbooks. I love them and so does my husband. I have read them through once and Keith has checked them out a number of times. On Feb. 28th he made the "Poor man's Pecan Pie." He said he did it for his birthday the next day. It was very good. We liked it a lot. Once again Thank You. P.S. I'm glad you "did it your way."


Betty. Tempe Arizona
I.S.B.N. 1-878431-10-2
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