Comments - Clotheslines - Authors.com2024-03-29T00:49:58Zhttp://www.authors.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3798404%3ABlogPost%3A141145&xn_auth=noYou made me recall my grandmo…tag:www.authors.com,2012-07-16:3798404:Comment:1417922012-07-16T18:25:56.998ZVelda Brothertonhttp://www.authors.com/profile/VeldaBrotherton
<p>You made me recall my grandmother's wringer washing machine that was kerosene powered. I was little and was so afraid of the noise it made. A hose ran from the little motor out into the yard. There was a funnel on the end and out of it came puffs of smoke and blatt-blatt. My mother said I would run around in the yard screaming like it was some sort of monster. It too sat on the front porch and had a wringer to run the clothes through. We still used one of those when we moved to Wichita,…</p>
<p>You made me recall my grandmother's wringer washing machine that was kerosene powered. I was little and was so afraid of the noise it made. A hose ran from the little motor out into the yard. There was a funnel on the end and out of it came puffs of smoke and blatt-blatt. My mother said I would run around in the yard screaming like it was some sort of monster. It too sat on the front porch and had a wringer to run the clothes through. We still used one of those when we moved to Wichita, though it was electric, of course. What memories one little post can bring out.</p> Granny had a wringer-washer o…tag:www.authors.com,2012-07-16:3798404:Comment:1418782012-07-16T16:13:40.823ZDean Bryant Johnsonhttp://www.authors.com/profile/DeanBryantJohnson
<p>Granny had a wringer-washer on the porch when I was real little. Showed me how it worked once just for the heck of it and ended by saying, "but those days are gone..." Kinda sad, really.</p>
<p>Granny had a wringer-washer on the porch when I was real little. Showed me how it worked once just for the heck of it and ended by saying, "but those days are gone..." Kinda sad, really.</p> We had a device that squeezed…tag:www.authors.com,2012-07-16:3798404:Comment:1419602012-07-16T15:20:12.081ZLibby Bellehttp://www.authors.com/profile/LibbyBelleBryer
We had a device that squeezed the water out of the clothes before hanging them to dry. My mother let me try it once. It was simply two rolling pins being turned by a crank, sliding the clothes through and squeezing the life out of them. Of course, clothes are made so cheaply now, I doubt they could withstand the pressure. Still, a fond memory and mostly because my mother had this neat smile on her face when showing it to me.
We had a device that squeezed the water out of the clothes before hanging them to dry. My mother let me try it once. It was simply two rolling pins being turned by a crank, sliding the clothes through and squeezing the life out of them. Of course, clothes are made so cheaply now, I doubt they could withstand the pressure. Still, a fond memory and mostly because my mother had this neat smile on her face when showing it to me. What a wonderful memory to sh…tag:www.authors.com,2012-07-10:3798404:Comment:1410352012-07-10T15:52:50.219ZVelda Brothertonhttp://www.authors.com/profile/VeldaBrotherton
<p>What a wonderful memory to share. We too loved making ice cream in the old hand crank machines. Another memory I have of family gatherings is my Aunt made sweet tea in a #2 washtub, pouring the hot, sugared tea over a huge block of ice. It was so good and strong. Thanks for sharing.</p>
<p>What a wonderful memory to share. We too loved making ice cream in the old hand crank machines. Another memory I have of family gatherings is my Aunt made sweet tea in a #2 washtub, pouring the hot, sugared tea over a huge block of ice. It was so good and strong. Thanks for sharing.</p> When I was a kid we had big f…tag:www.authors.com,2012-07-09:3798404:Comment:1410982012-07-09T23:34:02.716ZDean Bryant Johnsonhttp://www.authors.com/profile/DeanBryantJohnson
<p>When I was a kid we had big family gatherings at Thanksgiving and Independence Day. Thanksgiving was dominated by the big dinner, cakes and pies my grandmother had made and stored in the deep freeze over several months, and hunting in the fields and forests around my grandparents' homestead. Independence Day was all about Grandaddy's barbeque (slow smoked pork shoulder) and home made ice cream.</p>
<p><br></br>We would have five or size of the hand-crank freezers and make that many different…</p>
<p>When I was a kid we had big family gatherings at Thanksgiving and Independence Day. Thanksgiving was dominated by the big dinner, cakes and pies my grandmother had made and stored in the deep freeze over several months, and hunting in the fields and forests around my grandparents' homestead. Independence Day was all about Grandaddy's barbeque (slow smoked pork shoulder) and home made ice cream.</p>
<p><br/>We would have five or size of the hand-crank freezers and make that many different kinds of ice cream--usually banana, chocolate, peanut butter, strawberry, peach, or blackberry. All of us grandkids would want to help so the adults put us on the cranks at the beginning when the going was easier. We would laugh and talk about what was going on with everyone in our family. The adults would keep checking the ice and salt and adding to it as needed. The hot Alabama summers made the ice melt pretty fast, so Granny would bring out towels to cover the tops of the freezers to slow how fast it melted. As the ice cream froze and got thicker, it was harder to turn the crank so our dad's took over and turned them until it was ready. The adults would talk about their aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins, people we didn't know but who were integral to the the meaning and personality of our family. We would pack more ice and salt in and let it all freeze for what to us kids felt like an eternity and then it was ready!</p>
<p><br/>You can still find hand-crank ice cream freezers--I looked them up on the internet the other day--but they are quite expensive. Almost any ice cream freezer you find now that is reasonably priced has an electric heart or is one of the soulless "chef" machines. Those old hand-crank freezers were the mechanism through which memories and family bonds were forged.</p>
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