On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other
hazards) ,
Joyce Bupp
“I sure didn’t like that turkey.”
This from a fellow meeting
attendee in a distant state, who had
shared with several dozen of us a
hot buffet luncheon featuring turk
ey and ham as the meats. Both
were of the boneless, “pressed”
type, heated and saved in typical
institution, large stainless pan
ova heated water on a decorated
buffet table. Potatoes and a winter
vegetable medley - broccoli, cau
liflower, zucchini, carrots, etc. -
rounded out the entree. And the
desserts featured a personal favo
rite - chocolate.
My mom raised no “finicky”
eaters. If you didn’t like what was
on the table, you had a couple of
options. Butter bread was one.
Going hungry was the other.
Frankly, if I don’t have to cook
it ... serve it ... and clean it up
afterward, I like just about
anything.
So, alright already, what’s
wrong with the turkey?
“Well, it was that pressed stuff.
I like real turkey.”
Real turkey? This was fiber
board or something? I changed the
subject. It was safer. Because peo
ple who are so “picky” about their
food inflate me. They’re spoiled.
Here’s another one that ini tales
me.
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“I hate to grocery shop.”
Well, grocery shopping certain
ly doesn’t always fit into my sche
dule, and there are lots more “fun”
things to do, like putter around the
yard or the garden, read a book,
watch birds. (But, we save blue
jeans mending for the “hate to do”
list around here.)
We are picky. We hate to shop
for food.
We have had so much ... for so
10ng... that we are soooo spoiled.
As it does on a far-too regular
basis, the prospect of starvation
once again raises its ugly head in
troubled spots around the world
and assaults our sense in daily
doses of news media.
This ethnic group in this spot in
the world killing off that ethnic
group trying to share its space.
This political group trying to
wrench control from that political
group over some area’s govern
mental affairs. This dictator wag
ing war against that dictator in an
endless struggle of power and
egos.
And those' who suffer are the
young, the old, the sick, the poor.
The hungry.
, Meanwhile, we lament the
problems caused by the full bellies
of our prosperity. We complain
about waiting in the checkout
LANDISVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) Preparations for the
Christmas holiday on a Pennsyl
vania German farm in the late
1800 s were vastly different from
the Victorian customs of the era
which have been immortalized in
lines and the dueling carts of shop
pars headed the other direction in
our aisles. ,-
We fret over which of dozens of
sorts of meats and poultry pro
ducts to choose from, hassle over
which of chilled and mist
freshened fruits and vegetables to
select, what lands of the six or
eight varieties of milk and array of
juices to plunk in our carts. We
load up with nutritionless junk
foods for ourselves and pet food
for the critters that probably
has mote teal food value.
We bellyache about how
“expensive” food is and then turn
around and brag about how much
our new motorcycle or four-by
four vehicle or satellite dish or
big-screen TV blew our budget to
bits.
Once again, this week, we
Americans celebrate Thanksgiv
ing. We will remember and return
thanks for the bounty under which
this nation’s table groans. And,
hopefully, we’ll recognize and be
grateful for how little effort it
takes most of us to partake in it.
And, if we’re served “pressed”
turkey, or “pressed” ham, or even
just a hot dog, for Thanksgiving,
we need to remember to be
appreciative.
For, had Fate placed us else
where in the world, we could
instead be battling over a bite of
stale bread.
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art, literature, and song. Visitors to
the sixth annual Christmas Tour at
the Amos Heir Homestead, Lan
disville, on November 30 from 10
a.m. to S p.m. and on December 1
from noon to 5 p.m. will experi
ence this difference first hand.
Whereas, in past years, the
10-room farmhouse, was decked
in a portrayal of the most elaborate
Victorian decorating customs of
the day, this year’s offering maria
a return to the toots and lifestyle
of the family that occupied this
land for 133 years.
Founded in 1990, the Amos
Hot House Foundation, spent its
first five years renovating the
1852 farmhouse. In the summer of
1996, the entire homestead, house
and bams, were deemed eligible
for the National Register of His
toric Places under the designation
of a Pennsylvania Goman farm.
This designation, along with the
plans to prepare the C. 1830 bam
for tours in 1997, was the deter
mining factor for the theme of this
year’s Christmas portrayal. The
first stop for visitors will be the
bam yard, stable, and carriage
shed where they will begin their
visit much as they would have
over 100 years ago. Here they will
meet and talk with farm hands,
view displays of farm tools and
machinery from times past, and
taste and see the harvest of the
fields.
The farmhouse will literally be
bursting at the seams with activity,
as children, visiting relatives, and
the women of the house prepare
for Christmas Day. Since the
Christmas Day meal was the high
light and often the only form of
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Lane—ter Farming, Saturday, November 23, 1096-69
holiday entertaining on the Penn
sylvania German farm, the kitchen
will present an authentic portrayal
of the hustle and bustle of the day
before Christmas. Tour goers will
be able to sample the old fash
ioned molasses cookies and pep
pemuts being baked by costumed
reenactors.
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the decorations throughout the
farmhouse as close as possible to
what a non-Plain family would
have used in the late 1800 s. A spe
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fras tree which they wrapped with
cotton and then hung simple orna
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used to be prevalent in the mea
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County Christmas as the sights
and smells of the traditional foods
being prepared over a wood burn
ing cook stove. Walnut taffy, snitz
pies, clear toy candies, black wal
nut cakes, dried com, and many
more delicacies are all a visual
part of this authentic portrayal of
early farm life.
The Keeping Room gift shop
will be open in the cellar area for
shopping while visitors enjoy
complimentary cider and pretzels.
Admission is $5 for adults, chil
dren under 12 free, students $l.
Visitors are reminded to wear
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