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As it has for goodness knows
how many years, the back base
ment of our old farmhouse is once
again being stockpiled against
impending winter.
Winter?
Wiping perspiration from my
hot face, steam pouring up from
the bubbling kettle at my elbow,
the thought of winter brings a
refreshingly welcome image.
Mental pictures of pine boughs
sagging under a burden of fresh,
white snow, of cold, crisp, moon
lit nights, of little kids sledding
down the hills flip through my
sweaty head.
In the intense, brain-numbing
humidity of late summer, it’s easy
to forget skidded cars, stalled
motors, frozen pipes of the shivery
season.
Is there some rule that decrees
that the day you set out to “put up”
summer produce must be one of
those days that will set records for
temperature and humidity highs?
Or does it just feel that way as one
swishes jars in hot, soapy water,
sterilizes more canning lids and
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wonders where to begin cleaning
up the mess that encompasses all
comers of the kitchen in order to
get done in time for evening milk
ing chores.
“I am NOT canning one more
jar of tomatoes,” I declare to The
Farmer that evening. “That does
And then am hit smack on the
conscience with a heavy-duty lay
er of guilt at my thankless com
plaining over this abundance of
fresh food.
With our local abundance of
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less cost-effective than purchasing
a similar food, especially in bulk
on or sale.
But, later, surveying the days
accomplishment of two-dozen jars
of tomatoes ready for stashing on
the shelves in the basement, I am
reminded of a season a few years
ago when a smaller planting and
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devastating drought wiped out our
usual bumper crop. For the next
year, canned tomatoes and tomato
paste had to be bought for the
many dishes in which I use it
It just wasn’t the same as hav
ing our home canned ones.
That memory renewed my
enthusiasm at least a few days
later—for continuing the quest to
squirrel away just a little more of
the season’s goodness. Summer
apples on a old tree near the
machine shop were falling right
and left, being enjoyed by onlydie
plentiful bees and some noisy,
fruit-loving birds. All that good
potential applesauce falling by the
roadside nags at my thrifty nature.
In our family, preserving foods
is a multi-generation tradition.
Our mothers both still do some
home canning, and have ever
since we can remember. A deli
cious holiday gift last year from
our daughter was homemade jelly
of fruit she’d picked on Idaho
trees, and hand-carried to us
across the country. She lugged
along several jars of my home
made applebutter along back.
Many of our recipes are hand
me-down traditions. Those for
applebutter and sweet seven-day
pickles were favorites of The Far
mer’s grandmother. Applesauce is
canned after the tradition of my
Mom. Using our pink-streaked,
'sweet summer apples, no more
“additives” than a little vanilla and
cinnamon are usually necessary.
So, with renewed gratitude, 1
pick yet a few more of tomatoes
from the tangled vines. Take note
that the tiny juice grapes have
turned blue. Lima beans hang fat
and heavy in their leafy row. And
the butternut squash pronvse a
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Hells Canyon
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notes, pointing out some of the
canyon's unique strain of six-toed
cats. “They’re always a favorite of
the kids that come through.”
A second section of the
museum is restored as part of the
old bunkhouse might have looked,
including woodstove and old
agriculture-related magazines.
The museum’s third display area
focuses on canyon residents of an
earlier time, Indian tribes who
sought out die canyon’s abundant
wildlife and tempered winter
climate.
Archeological digs have traced
canyon habitation to at least 7,200
years ago. Stone tools, remains of
hunting implements, and displays
of native plants used by the
Indians for food trace the life of
these earlier inhabitants. Much of
what little is known of the early
tribes has been carefully gleaned
from excavating the remains of a
few pit houses. A short hike up
into the mountains which sur
round Kirkwood allows visitors to
view remains in the brushy grass
of the shallow, bowl-shaped
depressions in the ground over
which pit house roofs were
constructed.
Forest Service rangers and vol
unteers who help care for the
ranch and museum live in the
small frame house built early in
the century. The Jordans added the
present basement kitchen and
dining area and an open-air sleep
ing porch. Len lordan also devised
for his family the canyon’s first
bathtub, a vessel of poured con
crete still in use today.
The small bathtub, made fam
ous in Grace Jordan’s book and
related daily as favorite tale of jet-
Want to liven up your brown
bag lunches? Consider the
following:
• Stone ground wheat crackers,
cheese, container of fruit and
milk.
freezer bags.
There’s a lot of “putting up” to
do yet before winter.
boat and raft guides, is built
through a wall. Part of the tub is in
the tiny bathroom, the other pan
projects into the adjoining porch,
beneath a hand sink for washing
up. That way, the plumbing pipes
serve both sink and tub.
“A lot of people ask to see the
tub,” AJ. says of the facility in the
ranch’s private quarters, adding
that visitors are amazed that it’s
still in regular use.
Among the guests the couple
welcomed through the past several
weeks were one of the Jordan
sons, who shared fascinating sto
ries with them of the childhood
years he spent growing up in the
canyon’s isolation. They also
hosted Idaho Governor Cecil
Andrus and a party of Forest Ser
vice personnel to a casual lunch
eon on the ranch lawn in mid-July
as a wrap-up of his tour of the
recreation area.
The Bachas’ summer stay at
Kirkwood ended recently when
they returned to Portland, Oregon;
Pally is a teacher at Portland Com
munity College and A.J. will
pursue graduate studies at Multno
mah Bible College. Forest Service
caretakers and volunteers keep
Kirkwood open year-round for
visitors. Changing seasons bring
hunters, anglers seeking the
Snake’s popular steelhead and
sturgeon fishing, while snow in
the higher elevations beckons
cold-weather campers and cross
country skiers.
Further information on Hell’s
Canyon, its history and recreation
al offerings is available by con
tacting the Hells Canyon National
Recreation Area Headquarters, Rt
1, Box 270 A, Enterprise, Oregon.
97828.
• Leftover pizza, apple and
milk.
• Yogurt, individual container
of cut-up fruit, granola. (Add fruit
and granola to yogurt).
• Thermos of soup, string
cheese, bagel and pear.