How to Make It in Tough Times
By Irene Bakker
()
About this ebook
Irene Bakker
MY PARENTS LIVED THROUGH THE DEPRESSION OF THE 30'S WHEN I WAS A CHILD. THEY FOUND MANY WAYS TO SURVIVE DURING HARD TIMES WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD. I GREW UP WHEN MONEY WAS SCARCE AND YET I REMEMBER THESE YEARS AS FILLED WITH MANY GOOD TIMES AND FAMILY CLOSENESS. I DID NOT SEEM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE THAT THERE WERE OTHERS WHO HAD MUCH MORE MATERIALLY THAN WE DID. AS MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND NOW GREAT GRANDMOTHER I HOPE TO SHARE WITH THEM AND OTHERS SOME OF WHAT MY CHILDHOOD TAUGHT ME ABOUT LIVING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES. TODAY I LIVE IN THE MIDWEST. LISTENING TO THE NEWS I WONDER OFTEN IF TIMES WILL AGAIN GET AS TOUGH AS IN THOSE DAYS IN THE 30'S.
Related to How to Make It in Tough Times
Related ebooks
Feast: Grow, Cook, Eat Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCooking with Anne of Green Gables Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTaste of Home Home Style Cooking: 420 Favorites from Real Home Cooks! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSugar Sandwich: My Food Affair: a Delectable and Dialect-Able Tale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Home for Pokie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Prairie Kitchen Cookbook: 75 Wholesome Heartland Recipes for Every Season Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsD'Lish Deviled Eggs: A Collection of Recipes from Creative to Classic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rebecca Stubbs: The Vicar's Daughter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBarossa Nanna and the Rainbow Roosters - a Colour Collage: Explore Discover Imagine Count the Rainbow Roosters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Joy of Keeping a Root Cellar: Canning, Freezing, Drying, Smoking and Preserving the Harvest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Year on the Farm Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Recipes from My Mother Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Awful Cook Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dining at Downton: Traditions of the Table and Delicious Recipes From The Unofficial Guide to Downton Abbey: Downton Abbey Books Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrowing a Happy Home: Starts Within Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Official Narnia Cookbook: Food from The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cherries on the Cake Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCedar and Salt: Vancouver Island Recipes from Forest, Farm, Field, and Sea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEnough Is Plenty Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSweet Hands: Island Cooking from Trinidad & Tobago, 3rd edition: Island Cooking from Trinidad & Tobago Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGoing with the Grain: A Wandering Bread Lover Takes a Bite Out of Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fairy Food: Treats for Fanciful Meals & Parties Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLiving Within the Wild: Personal Stories & Beloved Recipes from Alaska Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAcorns & Cattails: A Modern Foraging Cookbook of Forest, Farm & Field Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Halloween Jack-o'-Lanterns Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mom's Kitchen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom an Immigrant’S Oven: A Casserole of Our Family’S Potted History from the Vantage Point of My Stomach Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCooking, Baking, and Making: 100 Recipes & DIY Ideas for All Seasons and Reasons Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMatty Matheson: A Cookbook Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Self-Improvement For You
The Big Book of 30-Day Challenges: 60 Habit-Forming Programs to Live an Infinitely Better Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Stolen Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How May I Serve Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Four Loves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall In Love With the Process of Becoming Great Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Think and Grow Rich (Illustrated Edition): With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Witty Banter: Be Clever, Quick, & Magnetic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wild at Heart Expanded Edition: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for How to Make It in Tough Times
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
How to Make It in Tough Times - Irene Bakker
© 2010 Irene Bakker. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.
First published by AuthorHouse 12/1/2010
ISBN: 978-1-4567-1364-5 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4567-1363-8 (e)
Printed in the United States of America
Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,
and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.
Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any Web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.
MY PARENTS FARMED DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN THE 1930’S. ANIMALS WERE ALMOST WORTHLESS THEN AND THE UNINSURED BANKS WENT BROKE. MANY PEOPLE LOST ALL OF THEIR SAVINGS IN THE STOCK MARKET. BUSINESS PLACES OFTEN WENT BANKRUPT AS WELL. I REMEMBER MY PARENTS TALKING ABOUT LEAN YEARS - TOUGH TIMES
, AND HOW SKUNKS WERE WORTH FIFTY CENTS APIECE FOR THEIR FURS. MOM PICKED WILD PLUMS DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE FARM FOR SAUCE AND WILD GRAPES TO EXCHANGE FOR SUGAR. SHE BOUGHT FIFTY POUNDS OF FLOUR FOR ALL THE BAKING AND RENDERED LARD FROM THE HOGS FOR SHORTENING AND FRYING. ON A FARM THERE WAS USUALLY A COW TO MILK, HENS FOR EGGS, AND A STEER OR HOG TO BUTCHER FOR MEAT.
GARDEN SEEDS WERE SAVED FROM YEAR TO YEAR TO PLANT A GARDEN FOR VEGETABLES FOR EATING. BEANS GROWN IN THE GARDEN WERE SHUCKED, DRIED AND USED FOR BEAN SOUP. JOHNNY CAKE WAS MADE WITH CORN MEAL AND OFTEN SERVED WITH HOME CHURNED BUTTER AND SYRUP.
AFTER THE LONG HOT SUMMER CAME THE CANNING SEASON. IT HAD BEEN HARD WORK PULLING WEEDS AND HOEING PLANTS ALL SUMMER. THE YIELD DEPENDED ON THE WEATHER AS PEOPLE WATCHED FOR THE RAINS; HOPING THERE WOULD NOT BE HAIL. EVERYTHING