Pickles by Brian Crane for August 23, 2014

He’s just generationalising.

Ok, so they are both one degree from canning, but still six degrees from cooking bacon.

Well I can do one out of 3 and as far as I’m concerned it’s the most important one.

Well, I’ m 71, male, recently widowed, and I could do all three of those before I was married …. so there. Oh and bye the bye, I can still do them, but mostly don’t — because i’m a LAZY SOB and can get most of it done with a microwave.

And he could do more than simply find the oil stick under the hood of the car.

Duh, lets see … would that be the Chrome plated one or the one with the little ears on top?

I’m 71, female, and I sewed clothes for the children and canned vegetables from the garden many years ago. Now i live in a condo, shop for clothes online. Even the grandchildren are grown and buy their own clothes. I still cook, mostly from scratch.

In the old days kids were taught ton do things. I even have a sewing machine.

Ah, but it was Earl’s generation that made the first computers, turned Orville Wright’s plane into fighters for two world wars, and invented windshield wipers. (That was a woman, BTW.)

I used to sew and I’ve done some preserving. I still enjoy making freezer jam, I do most of my cooking from scratch.

“What are you looking for?”“A box of SCRATCH my new husband says his mother cooked from.”

What can YOU do, Earl?

Come on. Let’s hear it!

xxx

BTW — “Air Conditioning” in the ’36 Plymouth consisted of a little crank under the wind shield. On a warm day, just turn the crank until you get the desired amount of wind in your face!

Thank You! I’m 34 and I can do all those things, and better than my MOTHER thanks to the internet and wilingness to try new things.

How much from scratch is cooking from scratch? I dont slaughter my meat or grow my veggies (not usually). But I cook from raw meat and potatoes and other things.