|
|
Post by violet on Jul 26, 2006 15:31:47 GMT 10
I'm so excited, it arrived today! It's about a million pages thick and will teach me how to deliver babies, keep chickens, everything! Not sure whether either of those skills will come in handy, but you never know.
Someone had posted about this book a long time ago in a food storage thread and I've been drooling over it on Amazon ever since. Finally, I heard about a site called fishpond.com.au that appears to buy from Amazon to sell to the Australian and New Zealand markets, so shipping is much less.
I can't wait to start looking through it!!!
|
|
|
|
Post by braided-rug on Jul 26, 2006 17:17:47 GMT 10
You are joking! Can I come over! No, a bit too far lol.
I will have to check out fishpond again.
|
|
|
|
Post by cara on Jul 27, 2006 0:02:24 GMT 10
Awesome Violet...if we don't see you for a while we will know where you are....LOL  |
|
|
|
Post by lucie on Jul 27, 2006 6:59:43 GMT 10
Wow! Let me know how you like it. I have often wondered if I should buy it.  |
|
|
|
Post by violet on Jul 27, 2006 8:34:27 GMT 10
A qucik skim has left me impressed. Br, it might be cheaper to visit than to buy it - all up it was $53, but I do think it will be worth it.
I think it will be a great reference book, I would like to get one for each child as they leave home. However, I'll read a bit more before I make that expensive judgement.
I really am so excited, I've wanted this for so long!! Now I've got too much to read lol!!
|
|
|
|
Post by braided-rug on Jul 27, 2006 11:23:48 GMT 10
I liked the description "catch a pig and cook on a woodstove", I think they are interesting.
I was so disappointed once to realise that all the wood my parents had and my Grandparents, both sets, was only for their stove. It makes my husband look like a giant in the land heating the whole house. No really. It is amazing, parents and grandparents are impressive and it was a surprise.
|
|
|
|
Post by violet on Jul 27, 2006 20:49:43 GMT 10
They were so much more economical in their use of everything in the last generation I think.
As for catching a pig and cooking it, well, not me!
|
|
|
|
Post by braided-rug on Jul 27, 2006 22:39:36 GMT 10
In the country in those days they had oil heaters. They became too expensive to run, although I do know of one family that still uses theirs.
|
|
|
|
Post by braided-rug on Aug 30, 2006 9:34:59 GMT 10
Wow! Let me know how you like it. I have often wondered if I should buy it. How is it going Violet? |
|
|
|
Post by violet on Aug 31, 2006 8:32:09 GMT 10
s l o w l y......
|
|
|
|
Post by violet on Sept 6, 2006 8:50:38 GMT 10
Well I've read a whole chapter, but really it would be a valid purchase as a reference book. There isn't anything this woman can't do, she really has left the most brilliant legacy.
|
|
lynn
Regular Contributor
~Inspired To Be Far Above Rubies~
We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
Posts: 1,572
|
Post by lynn on Sept 6, 2006 12:08:44 GMT 10
Have you delivered any babies yet?  Just think, you could become a midwife, Violet. I'd rather do that than try to catch a pig. Nope. Now cooking it wouldn't be a problem, cleaning it would! Eeeewwww I've read alot about Carla Emery. I admire her very much. |
|
|
|
Post by violet on Sept 6, 2006 14:59:31 GMT 10
Lol, I'll be having nightmares when I get to the pig chapter!!
|
|
Just think, you could become a midwife, Violet. I'd rather do that than try to catch a pig. Nope. Now cooking it wouldn't be a problem, cleaning it would! Eeeewwww