May 27, 2005
Making Home
A while ago, after leaving full time employment to become a full time mom, I received a this book from Nik. Maybe, when scouring the market for treasures, he saw this and thought how useful this might be for me, who knows. Its scary stuff though this home-making business. I really don't know how women back in those days weren't constantly at the gin or worse (or maybe they were?). So I thought I would try and make coconut ice from a recipe in here. Not only did it burn to the pan but I also stabbed myself trying to dislodge it...some housewife I am!
So I have decided to honour all of those women back in the day and post an extract from each chapter of the book every Friday. So here's the first:
Chapter One - Introduction
"We don't all live in towns or suburbs with electric light and gas laid on to every house as a matter of course; not every modern house is perfectly planned for labour-saving and smooth running; vacuum cleaners and refigerators are not within the reach of everyone. But we housewives of today are all out to save ourselves work where we can. We are not content to be slaves to our houses. If there is a quicker, easier way to do a job, we are eager to learn it and try it.."
"..The weary worried wife cannot make a really happy home; it is more than can be expected of her.."
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