84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 22, 1988
Chowchow Making
(Contlnuad from Page B 2)
but everything is still homegrown
and home processed except the
kidney and great northern beans.
While some of thd participants
are avowed lovers of chowchow,
others admit they make it to serve
company or give as Christmas
gifts. “It makes a nice, colorful gift
when a bow is tied around the jar,”
LaVeme said.
Eldest daughter, Faye wife of
Jim Myers, has seen many changes
in their get-togethers over the
years. In the beginning, she was
the one with small children. Now
her four children are grown and no
longer accompany their mother on
these canning excursions. Both her
sister Jeanette, wife of Don Weav
er and her sister-in-law Julie, wife
of Fred Heller, have two and three
children respectively who no lon
ger attend die annual event But
LaVeme, wife of Larry Kreider
and mother of four, and Karen,
married to Louis Ruiz and mother
of three, have preschoolers who
enjoy the opportunity of playing
with their cousins and visiting with
Grandpa while Grandma super
vises the kitchen brigade.
With the last jar filled and the
canner kettle bubbling merrily,
Charity heats her homemade veg
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and retreats to the living room with
her offspring to relax until the buz
zer signals another batch to be run.
While munching on cookies and
sipping coffee, the women
exchange names for Christmas by
picking enough slips for each of
their children.
The women, all who live within
a few miles of their mothers, do
more than chowchow making
together on an annual basis.
There’s Christmas shopping in
November, cooking baking in
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Each annual tradition is accom
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The yearly agenda lists vegetable
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and pea soup with rivals goes with
pea picking day
“And Christmas Eve dinner is
traditionally shrimp with each
bringing a covered dish. LaVeme
said. “It’s tradition that no one dare
break.”
Traditions, they find, help bond
family relationships. “It’s nice to
have the girls come home,” Chari
ty said. And the girls respond by
saying, “It’s nice to come home
and do this together. It helps keep
us in touch.”
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