GRANDMA'S CROCK
Grandma had two crocks with lids. They were about three gallon containers. She used them constantly. She made buttermilk, sour pickles, churned butter, made sauerkraut. When a hog was killed and the sausage was made she cooked patties and packed them in the crock with hog grease. They kept all winter. I know there were other things she used them for but you get what I'm saying. The crock was essential to our survival it seemed. I loved those sour pickles, and I mean...
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Well folks..
I took the day off yesterday!
Lazed around.
Took life slow.
Read a book or three and ignored all that needed to be done. So today the push is on!
Time is sliping away and there's so much to do.
We need to get things moving because starting next week....
We'll be making Jelly.
The Raspberries, Blackberries and Red and Black Currants are looking just about ready to pick.
I love fresh berries of any description!
I come by it honestly.......
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Mention “Blackberry” today, and people think of smart phones. To me, the word conjures up yet another happy memory from my distant past. New Zealand today bears little resemblance to the New Zealand of sixty or seventy years ago. Most of the country was farmland, and our export products were butter, meat and wool. They still are, to a more limited extent. Farming is no longer the lucrative industry that it used to be. Although my family were town dwellers, we still had access to numerous...
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