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Father's Day contest brims with memories, recipes

Bittersweet. That's what Father's Day (June 19) means to this daughter (and firstborn) of a guy who went poof, heart-attack-style, nearly 30 years ago. No regrets — only that we ran out of time — but I do have one remaining wish: to share a recipe with him, like our readers who have done so eloquently over the past several weeks. Here's a taste of some of the delicious tales we received in response to our call for Father's Day submissions:

• Bill Heyman, 73, of Pollock Pines, Calif. , relates the "Jewish penicillin" of his youth — chicken soup lovingly prepared by his father, Louis, a widower, who raised (and cooked for) Heyman and his two younger siblings.

• Loretta Nelson, 66, of Walton, Ky. , remembers the barbecue sauce that has been passed down for four generations in her family. "Originally, a pig was butchered and roasted in a pit in the ground overnight. The men would sit up and 'watch it' all night while telling 'stories' and having a few drinks. In the morning, the hog was dug up; the meat was chopped to make bar-b-q and shredded to make hash."

• Kathy Eaton of Booneville, Miss. , recalls a cast-iron-skillet-style potato dish called "slumgullion," (or so she thinks, after watching an old episode of Gunsmoke ), which she learned from her father, "who would be 103 this year. We would sometimes have this as an alternative to French fries with Southern fried catfish," she writes.

We narrowed down your amazing kitchen stories to just a pair that both honor Dad and keep the spirit of cooking alive. The recipes are knockouts, too! Be sure to give them a whirl. A very Happy Father's Day to all dads, wherever you are.

Over the past few years, I've gotten to know Dave Joachim professionally as a fellow cookbook author (he has worked on more than 30 titles), but the heartfelt story he shares about his father reveals the man behind the printed word. Joachim, 43, lives with his family in Center Valley , Pa.

My dad, Ronald Joachim, loved grilling over wood when we went camping. I always looked forward to gathering sticks and building the twig tepee with him. Every other summer, we camped on the Delaware River at Upper Delaware Campgrounds in Callicoon, N.Y. So many memories were forged there — my brother Jon and I putting pennies on the nearby train tracks, watching canoes full of coolers and food and people dump over the rough rapids at Skinners Falls, and hiding my eyes when Dad put a flashlight under his chin to make scary faces in the dead of night. He loved to spook us, then laugh and give us a big ole bear hug.

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Once again, I read with interests an advice from one of my favorite columnists, Yim Ho 嚴浩 (a film director who also writes articles and books on healing recipes like this and this ), suggesting that we should drink more water during summer to replenish the loses through transpiration. Yes, I did; I was enjoying the fragrance of two healthy foods, apple and hawthorn, in this soothing drink. And …

And … his suggestion did touch my nerves because I felt we were somehow get connected (my imagination – is not that bad). Yim in his article , written in Chinese, while sharing some tips for detecting signs of cerebral infarction 腦梗塞前兆, he also encouraged people to drink more water to reduce the risks of thickened blood due to dehydration. So happed, this tea is about hawthorn, a food as well as a herb regarded as beneficial to blood circulation. So happened!

Hawthorns aka thornapples (in Chinese 山楂, literally means ‘mountain haw’) when used appropriately is said to be able to help open (dilate) blood vessels thus increasing blood flow and lowering blood pressure. Besides, with the ease of circulation problem, this may even help reduce the syndromes of having feet and hands feel cold.

Fantasizing that the film director will also be interested in reading this and sharing with his readers the benefits and the possible side effects of hawthorns, I almost had a moment of pride.

Actually a side effect of eating hawthorn (or possible benefit to some) is that it may also help to facilitate burning of body fat. Although I don’t eat it for curing obesity, I sometimes make this tea by replacing sugar with red dates for added nutritions and flavors.

I like craving drinks recently , healthy drinks in particular. This is not only healthy but also simple to prepare. Believe or not, even during such hot temperature, I store no canned or bottled soft drinks.

Method

Wash dried hawthorns a couple of times. Cover them with 2 cm water and soak for about 15 minutes. Discard water and briefly rinse them again under running water.

Peel apples, core them and cut into large chunks. I simply made slices vertically off the apples cores.

Put both hawthorns and apples in a pot with about 2 liters of water. Bring them to a boil. Over low to medium heat, keep boiling for about 30 to 45 minutes till flavors are infused into the tea. Add rock sugar and simmer a few more minutes until it is dissolved.

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