Years ago an Alabama grandmother gave the new bride the following recipe. This is an exact copy as written and found in an old scrapbook -with spelling errors and all.
WARSHING CLOTHES
Build fire in backyard to heat kettle of rain water. Set tubs so smoke wont blow in eyes if wind is pert. Shave one hole cake of lie soap in boilin water.
Sort things, make 3 piles
1 pile white,
1 pile colored,
1 pile work britches and rags.
To make starch, stir flour in cool water to smooth, then thin down with boiling water.
Take white things, rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and boil, then rub colored don't boil just wrench and starch.
Take things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then wrench, and starch.
Hang old rags on fence.
Spread tea towels on grass.
Pore wrench water in flower bed. Scrub porch with hot soapy water.
Turn tubs upside down.
Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair combs.. Brew cup of tea, sit and rock a spell and count your blessings.
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Paste this over your washer and dryer Next time when you think things are bleak, read it again, kiss that washing machine and dryer, and give thanks.. First thing each morning you should run and hug your washer and dryer.
For you non-southerners - wrench means, rinse ;)
AND WE THOUGHT WE HAVE IT ROUGH
Haha, that's great! What a great reminder that would be when we're surround by the mountains dirty laundry that we thought were to much to handle in one day *grin*.
ReplyDeleteI just left a comment on my blog for you about the pumpkins but I thought I'd pop over here to :) Our pumpkins are gladiators this year and you I have actually never worried about what kind we have. Some swear by sugar or those small pie pumpkins I think because they are firmer but I have never had any trouble freezing whichever ones we have on hand. If you do grate them up or cube them for the freezer the best tip that I have for using them is when you unthaw them make sure you give them a really good squeeze to push out any extra liquid they might have from the freezing. Other than that it's like having fresh pumpkin all year round! So yummy. Hugs :)
Great story. :)
ReplyDeleteJoAnn