Congratulations on your bountiful fruit crop. When an acquaintance at age 75 bought 50 acres of farmland and planted an apple orchard all the local farmers laughed," he won't live to harvest any fruit". At age 95 he gave his fruit baring orchard to his nephew and had the last laugh. The moral here is if you don't plant, can you expect fruit? Al

Try Glenda's banana bread - it's moist and delicious! Glenda's Sour Cream Banana Bread 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup oil 2 eggs 1 cup mashed bananas (2 medium) 1/2 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon vanilla 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup chopped nuts, optional Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour bottom only of a 9 X 5 loaf pan. In large bowl, beat together sugar and oil. Add eggs, bananas, sour cream and vanilla, blend well. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup, level off. Add flour, baking soda and salt, stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350F for 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely. Wrap tightly and store in refrigerator. Makes 1 loaf.

Ellendi6161, the recipe I use is the way my mother made banana cream pie, and it is simple yet so good. I use a store bought frozen deep dish pie crust just to make it easy on me. Mom had no such short cut available and made her own crust. Bake the shell empty according to directions after pricking it well. Cool. To make the filling, use one large Jello brand Cook and Serve Vanilla Pudding mix or two small boxes and whole milk to cook the pudding.(Be sure it is the Cook and Serve pudding and NOT instant.) Let the pudding cool in the pan 5 minutes after it has come to a boil and is done. Slice a large ripe banana thinly and line the bottom of the pie crust with a layer of the slices. Stir the pudding and spoon a thin layer of pudding over the slices. Add another layer of thinly sliced banana, and then pour the rest of the pudding into the crust, mounding as much into the crust as it will hold. Chill in the refrigerator several hours. At serving time, beat 1 cup of whipping cream with 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 2 or 3 tablespoons of sugar. Cover the entire top of the pie with all of the whipped cream. Cut and serve.

Many times hospitals will be very accommodating as far as feeding family members so check with them and see. They might not know that they might be able to eat there. When some friends' daughters were in the hospital after an accident the hospital gave them vouchers to use in the cafeteria. Presumably they don't want to be searching for coffee shops around the area. Beverages are easy to get in a hospital. Food might not be as big a concern as you might think so check on it to be sure. If it's a problem then some healthy snacks, some fruit (cut fresh fruit is healthy and refreshing), maybe some apples, pears, oranges, etc, trail mix, sandwiches that don't require refrigeration. Normally there's a microwave available but check on it, since it varies and if there is, then that opens a new array of soups, casseroles or the like. Since they're not moving around a lot, other than pacing, lighter foods might be preferable and put seasonings on the side. If they're stressed, heavy seasonings could upset them. Things like muffins and sweet breads are a great idea. The other item is boredom and distraction. What do they like to do? Crossword puzzles, word search, etc. Offer to get some library books for them or if you have books that interest them they could borrow them. Kudos to you for your kindness. Hope they learn about their son. And here's hoping he changes for the better. Maybe this will help change him. Just remember, you can't change him. I'm sure they appreciate all your support.