The History Of The Apron Recipe

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• The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven. shopping list
• It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. shopping list
• From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. shopping list
• When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids. shopping list
• And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms. shopping list
• Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove. shopping list
• chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. shopping list
• From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls. shopping list
• In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees. shopping list
• When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. shopping list
• When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner. shopping list