Freedom to Play: We Made Our Own Fun

TRY CRAB-APPLE PIE

mother preserve these fruits and nuts for winter enjoyment. Occasionally, my cousins and I would meet and play ball and other outdoor games. Every church parish would have a picnic and that meant hot dogs, ball games, and races. In a dry summer my father and I would go by horse-drawn wagon to the deep willow-ringed pond to fetch water for garden use. This was one of my favorite activities. Autumn brought harvest time. My father allowed me to play in the grain as the granaries were being filled, and I helped my mother take food and drinks out to the threshers in the fields for their coffee breaks. For my parents, life on the farm was very hard and I later realized they had many worries and concerns, but for me, then, it was a magical time. TRY CRAB-APPLE PIE Young Co-operators, The Western Producer October 16, 1941 Ever a Co-op, HOLLYHOCK (14) Bowden, Alta Dear Young Housekeepers— I’ve picked so many chokecherries for jelly and eaten so many I feel like a chokecherry myself, but that wouldn’t interest you. I know something that will, though. Have you ever tried making crab-apple pie? It takes a little more sugar, but boy! it’s good. You just wash and core the crabs, don’t peel ‘em. Sprinkle with spices and mix a little more sugar in with them than you use with ordinary apples. I hope you like it. Creating Their Own Equipment 159 ...