tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post5425232302827927356..comments2024-01-22T05:08:50.163-07:00Comments on Passionate--formerly Moderate--now Liberal "Mormon": Mormon Plastic Grapes: Inspired by Mary Tyler MooreGranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07133789257179902461noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-80593861222655953002017-05-25T00:47:00.538-06:002017-05-25T00:47:00.538-06:00We had those bunches in Virginia too ... though - ...We had those bunches in Virginia too ... though - like SLK - my Mom was never a fan so we didn't have them that I recall.<br />ReplyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527778805908737805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-66446658020047524532011-08-27T16:10:33.201-06:002011-08-27T16:10:33.201-06:00We had those bunches in Virginia too ... though - ...We had those bunches in Virginia too ... though - like SLK - my Mom was never a fan so we didn't have them that I recall.Phil Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05246513192890016178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-17847396460782677362011-08-27T14:44:28.514-06:002011-08-27T14:44:28.514-06:00I would have loved to see those chandeliers.I would have loved to see those chandeliers.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133789257179902461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-47315159269354819642011-08-27T12:49:13.385-06:002011-08-27T12:49:13.385-06:00(Anon/M) The making of resin grapes wasn't tau...(Anon/M) The making of resin grapes wasn't taught in RS in our Missouri ward. But anything that went viral on the Wasatch Front was immediately spread by Utah relatives by way of copying and mailing instructions. Oddly, it was a bishop's counselor who made a whole bunch of those for his friends, but in the form of chandeliers. I wasn't on his list. Don't know what I would do with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-70377468043499908902011-08-27T09:13:32.982-06:002011-08-27T09:13:32.982-06:00I saw these in countless LDS homes when I was grow...I saw these in countless LDS homes when I was growing up in the 1960s (in Oregon, FWIW). My mother and grandmother were not fans, however.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-83539014665035402292011-08-26T22:56:00.040-06:002011-08-26T22:56:00.040-06:00Thanks, Elaine, and others for the comments. I do ...Thanks, Elaine, and others for the comments. I do appreciate and recognize the odd Mormon folklore and cultural aspect of this. I just thought it interesting, and slightly provocative, to try and link it outside our sometimes insular culture a little. I mean it was really weird that the same grapes turned up in my home in Seattle and my wife's in Albuquerque.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133789257179902461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-30071179159384975972011-08-26T17:48:49.949-06:002011-08-26T17:48:49.949-06:00Some bunches of those grapes were featured in an e...Some bunches of those grapes were featured in an exhibit on Utah folk art back in 1976. In the sense that they were adopted by a community (Mormon women) to the point that women learned to make them in RS, makes them a type of folk art, regardless of if they were seen elsewhere, as in Laura Petrie's kitchen. There were jokes about a non-Mormon asking someone if grapes had some theological Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-38915852283869894792011-08-26T15:35:23.740-06:002011-08-26T15:35:23.740-06:00We had those grapes in our house, as did all of my...We had those grapes in our house, as did all of my friends. Much to the consternation of our mothers, we would pilfer an occasional grape and go to school with a mighty weapon in our arsenal of shooters for our marble tournaments.Middle-aged Mormon Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06250594175961381412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-64452238748944068452011-08-26T14:07:32.245-06:002011-08-26T14:07:32.245-06:00(Anon/M) I do remember those funky grape bunches a...(Anon/M) I do remember those funky grape bunches and, at the time, wanted to make some. It never happened. Too lazy, I guess. Or was it the stuff that accumulated in the ironing basket that weighed heavier on my conscience? Story of my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com