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On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other hazards
Joyce Bupp
A puzzled look crossed the face
of our favorite two-year-old.
“Grandma, what’s ’dat?”
Sara’s dainty finger pointed to
ward the deep-grape-purple fab
ric, sporting a giant white flower,
tied over my jeans and tee shirt.
“That’s called an ‘apron,’
sweetie, I explained. “It keeps
you from getting your clothes all
messy while you’re cooking, if
you wear one.”
Use of an apron in our kitcheh
is not an everyday occurrence. To
see grandma wearing this strange
item of clothing (and in a color I
rarely wear) was understandably
puzzling to the kids.
A variety of aprons reside here,
most of them gifts like the Mardi-
Gras-purple model received from
Louisiana friends. And, while I
once only ever reached for an
apron while baking pies, or dur
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ing a holiday cooking marathon,
aprons are winning new popular
ity with me.
That’s primarily because I’m a
“klutz.” A cook inevitably finger
painted with traces of the menu.
A bam chores cleaner-upper who
exits the milk house damp from
neck to knees. A gardener who
slathers ground on her jeans
while repotting plants or sowing
seeds.
Aprons aren’t just for cooking,
I’ve discovered over the years.
But then, our grandmothers
had figured that out eons ago.
In grandma’s era, little kids
weren’t puzzled by aprons. They
grew up seeing these cotton
household garments worn and
used on a daily basis. Folks
didn’t own closets full of clothes
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kept one’s everyday dress clean
for several days of wearing. And
a clean, probably newer, apron
protected the good Sunday dress
from spills and stains while en
tertaining dinner company.
The übiquitous feedbag fabrics
of yesterday, packaging material
for chicken and cow rations be
fore being recycled into wearing
apparel, surely must have been
used for countless homemade
aprons. Its soft, worn absorbency
would lend itself perfectly to a
myriad of apron uses, from pol
ishing a prized piece of family
china to wiping off the sticky face
of a toddler.
Aprons were also for gathering
things: eggs as you swept through
the chicken house, a couple of
potatoes to be sliced up and fried
for supper, apples carted in from
the backyard tree. Their large
pockets were convenient for
stashing a paring knife, a couple
of clothespins from the washline,
perhaps a dainty, lace-edged
cloth handkerchief.
Today’s aprons are often sym
bolic of a skilled craftsman or
artist, finding favor with folks
whose talents range from black
smiths to basketmakers. They’re
made of more sturdy, durable
fabrics than the aprons of grand
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This 4-H School Enrichment pro
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get elementary and middle
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plines.
So, now I find myself grabbing
an apron for times other than
cooking. A bright-green one
sporting a 4-H logo has proven to
be a useful cover-up for washing
milkers, keeping me from shiv
ering in damp clothes on chilly
mornings. A red calico one I
fashioned years ago from a scrap
piece of material, or a country
themed one sewn by a friend, are
my choices for heavy-duty baking
and canning. For gardening use,
a durable beige canvas model
with pockets for tools works
great.
The bright, grape-purple de
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grandkids.
And it adds a sporty touch
over worn jeans.
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