Originally Posted by pgthom
I laughed at your post. I do know how to iron shirts, tho' don't do it too often anymore. I remember many mornings before school, pressing something I wanted to wear that day.
And cutting up chickens?? When I went to summer camp many moons ago, the counselor wanted us to cook chicken but didn't know what to do with a whole one, so I got to cut it up! Used to make the whole chicken dance on the cutting board and make my kids laugh.
We are losing a lot of our cultural history as the generations die off. I learned so much from my g'mothers and great g'mother. I try to pass on some of these gems to my grands so they will remember "what grandma taught me" when I'm gone.
Well my stepson's other stepdad (man, we need new words for these relationships that are shorter!) owned a live poultry store in Jersey City and the boys learned how to kill and pluck chickens and turkeys. Something *I* never learned growing up, that's for sure.