Colonial House

Karen O'Mara said:

Did anyone watch Colonial House last night on PBS? I know
the recruitment stages were discussed on this newsgroup
last year.

Didn't watch it.

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I thought it was very interesting. So, dried peas and
salted fish and meat and flour is what they have to work
with. And, the beer is rationed.

It looks like a lot of hard work. I don't think I could've
survived.

Karen

A lot of people didn't back then. Many didn't even survive
the trip across the Pond.

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Quoted message said:

Did anyone watch Colonial House last night on PBS? I know
the recruitment stages were discussed on this newsgroup
last year.

I thought it was very interesting. So, dried peas and
salted fish and meat and flour is what they have to work
with. And, the beer is rationed.

It looks like a lot of hard work. I don't think I could've
survived.

Karen

I watched it. I couldn't do it. But then I'd never be
considered because I have too many medical problems. Even
so, I wonder just how I would have survived back then!

Karen O'Mara said:

Did anyone watch Colonial House last night on PBS? I know
the recruitment stages were discussed on this newsgroup
last year.

I thought it was very interesting. So, dried peas and
salted fish and meat and flour is what they have to work
with. And, the beer is rationed.

It looks like a lot of hard work. I don't think I could've
survived.

Karen

I only caught part of the first episode. I actually
*applied* to participate in this. My father's family
arrived in this country about 50 years later and I was
always amazed at what they had to endure. I plan to watch
the rest of the series.

Jill

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Quoted message said:

Did anyone watch Colonial House last night on PBS? I know
the recruitment stages were discussed on this newsgroup
last year.

I thought it was very interesting. So, dried peas and
salted fish and meat and flour is what they have to work
with. And, the beer is rationed.

It looks like a lot of hard work. I don't think I could've
survived.

Karen

I have watched all of them so far. The 1904 House, the
Prairie House, the BC house (early, early history). This is
the whiniest bunch. All want to be the leader and have
servants but none want to turn a hand working.......like the
new one trying to figure out the dangly things under the
goat. Sheesh..

I am a boy scout leader. We [censored] in the woods and think
little of it.

-Ginny

On 18 May 2004 15:47:02 -0700, [email hidden] (Karen O'Mara)
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Quoted message said:

Did anyone watch Colonial House last night on PBS? I know
the recruitment stages were discussed on this newsgroup
last year.

I thought it was very interesting. So, dried peas and
salted fish and meat and flour is what they have to work
with. And, the beer is rationed.

It looks like a lot of hard work. I don't think I could've
survived.

Watched some of it. Very interesting. I was educated by it
and have even more respect for my forebears than I did
before. I believe they said that the women on the Mayflower
stayed on board for *two months* while their men made the
place habitable. I don't know who suffered worse!

When I think of what our colonial forebears went through, it
just makes me want to smack a kid who whines about having to
take out the garbage or mow the lawn :-)

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Anonymous.

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Karen O'Mara said:

Did anyone watch Colonial House last night on PBS? I know
the recruitment stages were discussed on this newsgroup
last year.

I thought it was very interesting. So, dried peas and
salted fish and meat and flour is what they have to work
with. And, the beer is rationed.

Saw part of it. Had to chase the rugrat up to bed, and then
deal with the phone.

I've hung out with the interpreters from plimouth plantation
years back, and yes, the food and work involved in life of
the 17th century was not easy, and the doctors could kill
you faster than the diseases.

Quoted message said:

It looks like a lot of hard work. I don't think I could've
survived.

Karen

I'll go dig out the recipes I have from that time. They had
one for stuffed hubbard squash that was tasty even by
today's standards.

maxine in ri

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

When I think of what our colonial forebears went through,
it just makes me want to smack a kid who whines about
having to take out the garbage or mow the lawn :-)

Ummm ... I have guys who mow the lawn, but could you take my
garbage out for me? Like, without whining?

nancy

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Quoted message said:

I'll go dig out the recipes I have from that time. They
had one for stuffed hubbard squash that was tasty even by
today's standards.

maxine in ri

I would love to see that! Hubbard is my absolute favorite
squash. Of course, once you've gone through the effort to
crack the damn thing open, it better be good! Hammer and
chisel time!

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