Posted by shawnspeed3 on October 16, 2008 at 18:29:09 from (70.217.53.23):
In Reply to: How lucky I am posted by northener on October 16, 2008 at 07:32:06:
I always look to bend the ear of a elder states person...I am the oldest of 26 grand=children and not one of the others had any intrest in any of the familys heritige or recipies...exept me...my great grand mother (bushi, I am of polish decent on my moms' side)and grand mother passed on numorus recipies for Kielbasa , pirogies, pickeled beets, and many others. I am the sole repository for that part of my familys heritige.sadly only one of my uncles has asked for a recipie...Before my great grandmother passed , I was asking her questions about how they did things during the war and fed them selves living in town ( Hamtramic MI) where their lots were 50'x75',and they ate pretty good, but the best part of the whole deal was seeing the gleam in their eyes and the joy in their smile, of someone being interested in the sacrifices and lessons learned, and passed on.those things to me are the family jewels, the really important things that most people overlook in todays society. Every time I make somthing with one of their recipies I can see them smiling with approval. That has sort of carried over to my tinkerin with the farming as well..I like to talk to other farmers at Auctions ,and other gathering places in the community, as well as a few that have accepted me in the community as I am not from a true farming background.... but they field my sometimes dumb questions...with a chuckle at times with some of my escapades, with sage old advice, which I now heed more carefully and often before I go off and do something foolish.Even though I have been at farming for 10 years now , I still have lots of questions, and I simply cant read enough books , and their is no replacement for OJT....some of the people I consult with have been farming for 60 plus years...their is a lot of knowlege to be gleaned...you just have to listen, I plan on listneing for quite some time...Shawn
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