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2613. Jenerator - 1/31/2005 10:49:10 PM This will give me an excuse to contact some distant cousins I've never met.
Wonkers,
Did you ever see National Lampoon's European Vacation with Chevy Chase? If so, do you remember when the Griswalds stayed a night with their long lost Austrian cousins? 2614. wonkers2 - 2/1/2005 12:32:10 AM No, but I'll watch for it. I can see how it would have possibilities. 2615. thoughtful - 2/2/2005 3:37:47 PM Well, it's happening again. I was a fan of Rachel Ray and her 30 min meals. Faithfully watched every night I could upon coming home from work. Got terribly inspired, improved my own cooking quite a bit, bought her cookbooks, played with her recipes, learned new dishes.
Then all of a sudden, I o.d.'d and find little in her show to interest me. Go figure.
That happens to me quite a bit. I'll go completely overboard on something, then drop it cold turkey. There are a few things, though, that have stuck with me through the years...peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and law & order reruns. Go figure. 2616. Jenerator - 2/2/2005 3:39:32 PM I love Rachel Ray. I have made several of her recipes and they have all turned out tasty. I have her first 30 Minute Meals book.
The worst, IMO, is Giadis Laurentiis from "Everyday Italian." 2617. Macnas - 2/2/2005 4:33:44 PM I like to watch Delia Smiths cookery programs. 2618. judithathome - 2/2/2005 5:05:15 PM The worst, IMO, is Giadis Laurentiis from "Everyday Italian."
My son is in love with Giada De Laurentiis...he has even tried some of her recipes.
2619. Jenerator - 2/2/2005 5:05:41 PM She's hard to find in this area.
I always liked watching Julia Childs and the Two Fat Ladies. Talk about entertaining! 2620. wonkers2 - 2/2/2005 5:08:30 PM Justin Wilson, the Cajun chef was my favorite--"How ya'll are?" 2621. Jenerator - 2/2/2005 5:50:39 PM I have a school girl crush in Tyler Florence. Bobby Flay is pretty impressive, too. 2622. PelleNilsson - 2/2/2005 10:21:08 PM From the Archives - Report No. 2
I got some unexpected free time this afternoon so I dashed off to the microfiche repository.
First a word about geography. When Söderhamn was founded in 1620 it became a separate parish broken out of the much large surrounding parish of Söderala. Ljusne was part of Söderala until it became its own parish in the 1890's.
I found Per Sundgren in Ljusne in 1851. His real name was Lars Petter Sundgren. There can be no doubt that he is our man. He is listed as a sea captain and there is a note "Ship foundered. Dead at sea 22/2 1854". Furthermore, and as I mentioned, the Söderhamn Seamen's society has a captain L P Sundgren who is last recorded as taking charge of the ship Njord on 10/5 1851. There is no Apollo listed in Söderhamn, however. Considering your protestant background, wonkers, you will be glad to know that the parish priest judged Lars Petter to read well and to know his way around Luther's catechism. He received communion for the last time on 27/7 1851.
In 1851 the family consisted of Lars Petter born in Söderhamn 7/9 1822, his wife Johanna Dorothea Smeden born 22/5 1820 probably in Stockholm (there is an ink blot)and their children Christina born 12/10 1845, Lars Petter born 8/12 1847 and Johanna born 2/1 1850. The household also included Lars Petter's mother Brita-Stina Brändström born in 1797, no place recorded. Her deceased husband L[ars] Sundgren, also a sea captain, was born in Stockholm, no date provided.
In October 1852 the family applied for a residence certificate in Söderala (a form of ID) with the stated intention to move to Söderhamn. That did not materialize, however. They cannot be found in Söderhamn's parish records 1852-55. My guess is that they moved (because they disappear from Ljusne) but within Söderala parish. To search for them there without any further clue will be an overwhelming task.
Johanna Sundgren is another challenge. The record of emigrants is digitized and searcheable. There is no emigrant named Johanna Sundgren or Johanna Malm born in 1850.
The quest continues.
2623. ronski - 2/3/2005 12:01:08 AM Pelle,
He looks 80 to me. A good 80, but 80.
Wonkers,
Was he the one who said, "I gar - ran - tee it!"? 2624. judithathome - 2/3/2005 12:10:58 AM Yes, that was the man. Whooooo-EEEEEE. 2625. alistairconnor - 2/3/2005 1:44:58 PM Excellent Pelle!
Real-time history. 2626. Jenerator - 2/3/2005 7:11:37 PM Judith,
I think that Giadis is pretty and easy to watch, it's just that some of her stuff has tasted AWFUL - the salmon dish I made of hers being the worst of all time.
Her food is generally bland. I don't say that because I am American and normally Americanized Italian dishes are more saucy and more salted, I say it because her food has been pretty bad and pretty tasteless. 2627. thoughtful - 2/3/2005 8:11:50 PM she may not be able to cook, but she's gorgeous! 2628. thoughtful - 2/3/2005 8:13:08 PM the barefoot contessa drives me nuts, not only because she's so outsized, but she reminds me of ed macmahon...she has all these people over for dinner and she's the only one laughing...like yuck it up people...let's pretend we're having a good time for the camera! 2629. Jenerator - 2/3/2005 9:56:03 PM I thought it was more of a nervous laugh.
Steven Spielberg is one of her fans. 2630. marjoribanks - 2/4/2005 4:45:09 AM I kind of like Rachel Ray's unstoppably cheery attitude, though the accent always stops me a bit cold.
And then there are the FHM pictures, which could rate for or against her. You be the judge.
 2631. marjoribanks - 2/4/2005 4:51:44 AM Well, I wanted to post the rather startling photo of her wearing a black bikini top and licking a large chocolate ice.
But maybe you can look for it yourselves...
2632. thoughtful - 2/4/2005 3:34:38 PM Accent? What accent?
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