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Post by chefrandy on Apr 20, 2012 11:36:18 GMT 12.75
I thought I would introduce myself. I am a 41 year old career changer who likes just about every section on this forum as either a hobby or just general interest. I am currently in culinary school but working towards a career in butchery/meat processing. I love most anything from The Civil War Era. I also have a heavy interest in cast iron cooking, coal mining history/coal camps, pioneers, Appalachian history and cooking, chuck wagon cooking, bluegrass music, and old tv programs such as Andy Griffith, The Waltons, Gunsmoke, Bonanza and The Big Valley.
I will join in often when time permits from studying and school
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Post by Toby Benoit on Apr 20, 2012 12:03:50 GMT 12.75
Yep, sounds like you 'll fit in just about right around here! Glad you joined us!!!
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Post by chefrandy on Apr 20, 2012 13:10:05 GMT 12.75
Thank you. I forgot to mention, I am also enthralled with the Anabaptist lifestyle as well
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Post by brittonfaith on Apr 20, 2012 15:26:47 GMT 12.75
Hello! Let me apologize for not welcoming you earlier. Yes, as Toby said, I think you'll like it here. Thank you. I forgot to mention, I am also enthralled with the Anabaptist lifestyle as well When you say "enthralled my the Anabaptist lifestyle" do you mean you are simply fascinated with them or are you a practicing member of one of the Anabaptist groups? For the most part, I followed my paternal grandmothers Baptist (missionary and freewill) tradition when I started raising my own children. Her grandparents were Swiss Brethren. I was raised in a Beachy Amish community. My mother has held to many of their beliefs and has tried to instruct us accordingly. I believe for a while my parents attended. I'm currently a member of a Missionary Baptist congregation, but have serious convictions about moving my membership to the Mennonite church as I more closely follow their beliefs in my heart. p.s. (No offense to the rest of you)....There can be quite a bit of 'nationalism' and even racism here sometimes. I just "tune out" for a while when it gets to be too much for my spirit to bear.
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Post by chefrandy on Apr 20, 2012 16:40:49 GMT 12.75
When I said enthralled, I guess I am saying, I wish I could live that life. I love the old ways.My grandparents live in Tuscawarus county,so staying there in the summers as a child I always tried to watch and learn all I could. I envy anyone who can live off the land I live in town so country and self sufficient living is a dream.
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Post by brittonfaith on Apr 20, 2012 20:38:43 GMT 12.75
Ahh! Yes, I (and I'm sure a few other's here) understand where you're coming from. When the kids were still babies, my husband and I moved from dairy farms in Belmont/Monroe counties to a trailer park near Dublin, OH. Lots of stifling rules and regs about how a person can live their everyday life. But I managed to find ways around it. I turned my flower beds into berry patches and from the drip edge of the trailer roof set up a string trellis for scarlet runner beans. The neighbors thought the blossoms were quite pretty. As you may know, Okra has a flower similar to a rose of sharon or hibiscus and most of the folks in town didn't know the difference. So I planted an entire hedge of okra one season. Even turned the kids wading pool into a patio garden and let our daughter use it for a 4-H project. I made birdseye diapers,braided rugs, some of my own clothes, did lots of canning, and just because I missed my cows, I walked to a nearby goat dairy and helped them milk or pitch manure a few times a week in exchange for a couple gallons of milk. Decided to only go to the grocery store to pick up flour, tea and coffee. Learned to cook and bake fairly decent, I think. I certainly don't think any of us starved from lack of fast/takeout food or TV dinners. haha Since alot of town kids have guinea pigs for gerbils for pets, we decided rabbits were just larger rodents and let each of the kids raise one in a pen in their bedrooms. They learned how to clean and care for an animal. BUT, they had to eat it when it came time to butcher. Sure, lots people looked at us funny - like we were some kinda whacked out fruit loops. But then again, I could never picture myself as a soccer mom. Now we're way down in southern Ohio. Sometimes I feel like I'm pretending to be Daniel Boone clearing the wilderness and setting up a little fortress of sorts. If somebody had have told me 20 years ago that we'd be starting over with nothing but a patch of woods in our 40s, I'd have probably thought they were nuts. This has been a real adventure in not only self-sufficiency, but self-reliance, physical/spiritual endurance, and relearning what decent people and honest friends are. Have definately had to call on all the things that parents, grandparents and even great grandparents tried to teach me over the years. We decided not to go off-grid. Even went as far as having the house set up 'total electric'. But this area is prone to extended power failures (our longest was 27 days) and breakdowns in telecommunications. So we are set up to live comfortably when storms (and squirrels) decide to shut off our heat, power and lights. Actually, I quite prefer to have it go black around here. Oh yeah, the patio garden....This was back about '98. Before the current urban green space gardening trend started to take off. There's Picklebush cucumbers, brussel spouts, collards, mesclun and, beets. The bare spot was between planting when this was taken. It may not be a huge garden that would fill every jar in the cellar. But every tiny step towards utilizing space and doing for one's self is a large step towards being more self-sufficient.
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Post by Paws on Apr 21, 2012 4:03:22 GMT 12.75
Sounds like you found the right roos Chefrandy.
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Post by Paws on Apr 21, 2012 4:04:10 GMT 12.75
I thought I would introduce myself. I am a 41 year old career changer who likes just about every section on this forum as either a hobby or just general interest. I am currently in culinary school but working towards a career in butchery/meat processing. I love most anything from The Civil War Era. I also have a heavy interest in cast iron cooking, coal mining history/coal camps, pioneers, Appalachian history and cooking, chuck wagon cooking, bluegrass music, and old tv programs such as Andy Griffith, The Waltons, Gunsmoke, Bonanza and The Big Valley. I will join in often when time permits from studying and school Anything we can help out with just ask.
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Post by chefrandy on Apr 22, 2012 9:48:23 GMT 12.75
Thanks all for the warm welcome.
Simpleton, I would love to discuss the faith with you as time goes on. As for myself I am a independent Baptist. From what I can see, The Amish try to live the life God commands.
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Post by Paws on Apr 28, 2012 10:10:20 GMT 12.75
Well it appears that Chefrandy aka Charles Edwards decided to leave us. I do not know why He never even said goodbye.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Apr 28, 2012 17:45:32 GMT 12.75
I got my own ideas about that...
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Post by Paws on Apr 29, 2012 3:03:35 GMT 12.75
I got my own ideas about that... Where is the freakin' like button? ;D
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