Milestones

 

December 1, 2020: on/about this date, Jesus Romero becomes naturalized citizen of US.

November 7, 2020; Sofia and Jesus -- married in Tucson, AZ. 

March 3, 2020: Laura's twins, Judah and Levi born. Avery born the same year.

Family Birthdays -- Carl And Ruth Family Descendants

Generation 0: Paul and Kristine

• Paul:
• Kristine:

Generation 1: Carl and Ruth

• Carl: Feb 6
• Ruth: Sept 13

Generation 2: Carl and Ruth's children

• Bruce: August 14
• Yvonne: Oct 5
• Karla: May 14
• Craig: Sept 28
• Kathy: Aug
• Jan: June 28

Generation 3: Carl and Ruth's grand-children

• Kiri: March 25
• Laura: Jan 30
• Eric: Dec 24
• Jennifer:
• Robbie:
• Victoria:
• Anna:
• Sofia: Nov 1
  
• Cameron: March 21
• Connor: May 2

Generation 4: Carl and Ruth's great-grand-children

• Arianna: July 6
• Olivia: July 10
• Sophia: June 30
• Levi: March 3
• Judah: March 3
• Jillian: Oct 23
  
• Bennett: Oct 23
  
• Amelia Grace: April 19
• Oliver: April 23
• Caleb: January 9
• Kaitlyn Mae: March 8
  
• Gemma: March 25
• Cora Jayne: Feb 14 (Craig's granddaughter)
  
• Avery: March 9
  
• Sydney Harper: August 28
  
• Leif Atlas: November 18
  

Generation 5: Carl and Ruth’s great-great grandchildren.

All:

END.

Jesus and Sofia Romero

Married in front of their family and friends on November 7, 2020. 

Civil / official / "legal" wedding late November, 2020.

Same day, Jesus Romero -- received official US citizenship. Whoo-hoo!!!

Jamón Serrano Español -- December 3, 2020

The Greenwalds are giving this a practice run before moving the experience to the lake next year. LOL. 

The photos first, then a note from Jorge.

The note from Jorge: 

Jamón Serrano is the name of that style of ham. We used to eat it in different ways.

As a snack, in the mid-afternoon, as a side for breakfast, or in a dish, mostly like soups. We hardly ever ate it in thin slices, probably because it is so hard to cut in that way. We ate it mostly in thick pieces, maybe a 1/4 inch or so. My dad loved jamón serrano thick, about 1/2 inch; in that presentation you pretty much chew your way for the entire day!! 😅

We had a walk-in pantry, with double-height ceilings; the leg of ham hung from a natural rope (not nylon or synthetic) and after some time, the fat would begin to drip. It cast an odor that we just absolutely loved, until the fat began to turn stale. If I remember correctly, the fat will turn stale long before the meat goes bad. I do not remember the meat ever going bad.

A leg like the one you have would probably feed a family of 7 or 8 for about 6 to 9 months.

Once they started carving a leg, they would keep it hanging covered with a cheesecloth; it needs to breath. I don't know how it is kept on that stand it has there. The idea behind the method used at my Dad's was to let the leg air out and not touch anything so mould would not begin to grow.

Nowadays, people will probably freeze it. I don't know. Of course, our governess would have never ever considered such sacrilegious of a thing.