812-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, November 12,1988
Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
It is odd that over the years
some things change drastically
while others seem to remain
almost the same. I’m thinking of
household chores that one does in
the fall.
Cleaning is one job that comes
to mind. Nowadays a vacuum
cleaner will do a good job on rugs
but when I lived at my parent’s
home we had to take up the rag
carpets and beat and sweep them
outdoors. The ones in the kitchen
were taken up every week while
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those in the parlor only twice a
year.
In the fall we always filled the
coal and wood stove oven with
ears of com. Over a period of days
the com dried sufficiently that it
could be easily shelled in a big
metal tub. Then, I would hope that
I’d be allowed to go along to the
local mill to have it ground into
commeal. It was a thrill to sit high
up on the seat of a two-horse Col
umbia wagon. Now, I go to the
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Each November I do some of
the same things that my grand
mother did. I bring in some mint
tea and dry it on newspapers for
use in the winter. On a cold night
the smell of it brewing reminds me
of my childhood. But instead of
picking quinces off a tree, now I
must buy some as it was always a
treat that we looked forward to
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Regional Future Farmers of
America (FFA) Competition on
September 17 and 18, 1988, in
Springfield, Mass.
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Dodson a place on the Gold team
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No longer do I chase chickens
in order to catch one, chop its head
off, and dress it for Sunday dinner.
My mother dressed many, many
chickens to feed her seven girls. I
did the same thing the first years
of my marriage but now how easy
it is to simply buy one at the
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One thing that hasn’t changed
much in my life is baking for the
family. We still bake two and
three layef cakes for birthdays
from scratch. There are shoo-fly
pies to eat and apple dumplings.
Food seems to be one constant
need for life on the farm.
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