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i remember going to my grandmother's house in the country and helping make jellies and churning butter. we got water from a well and fresh milk from the cow not to mention the eggs that were just laid!
posted by
Annicita
on January 28, 2012 at 11:22 PM
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When we are young the world seems too big to grasp the things parents went through! And then we do them and it's a whole new perspective! I learned the same with canning! sam 
posted by
sam444
on January 27, 2012 at 10:54 AM
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densely not vastly
posted by
Justi
on January 27, 2012 at 10:02 AM
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lustorlove
Well it was a long time ago and this is written about the country scene. At the time it was considered the most vastly populated rural area in the country as the radio declard daily. We had a country store where almost nobody traded during the daytime. Most people came in the very early evening when they were through with their day time work and on Saturdays.
posted by
Justi
on January 27, 2012 at 10:01 AM
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you were certainly grown up in a very old fashion home, the jam and bisquits makes me more hungry then I am already
posted by
Lanetay
on January 27, 2012 at 9:33 AM
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How do we forget so easily Justi my mother used to have pails of eggs in water-glass it was called. I think it was a national hobby to preserve fruits and such as there were no imports of fruits only the occasional orange and banana. Of course not on the scale your Ma'ma did she was starting a factory nearly. Would it not have been nice to have had plastic sacks to store your jars,it would saved a lot of scouring.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 26, 2012 at 11:46 PM
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How I miss having a garden
and a kitchen that is allllllllllllllllll mine.
I miss making my jams from the fresh picked berries and I miss canning.
posted by
Bel_Marshall
on January 26, 2012 at 5:47 PM
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I forgot to mention that dad made wine from the grape juice.
posted by
UtahJay
on January 26, 2012 at 1:50 PM
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What a great post, it is almost a perfect picture of my childhood as mother canned, fruit, vegetables, fish and of course jams and jellies, she even made grape juice from the grapes out in the grape arbor. Now, like you I have taken up both the gardening and the canning just as you have. Thank you so much Justi for this post card from the past.
posted by
UtahJay
on January 26, 2012 at 1:49 PM
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You enjoy it now - and you do an excellent and delicious assortment to boot!! I know from experience! I washed those darned jars too, more than I want to remember. I don't think there was 1000 of them, but it felt like it at the time. Love these posts, Justi - bring back many memories.
posted by
adnohr
on January 26, 2012 at 1:19 PM
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Justi
Delightful as always! But when I saw the headline, I thought at first your Mama was playing thye drums as well...
posted by
Nautikos
on January 26, 2012 at 1:15 PM
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