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Show ( Pioneer Personal Interview, Utah Hib.s1ioric Records Survey Federal Writ ers' Projects wPA. 118.bel Jarvis, St. George, Utah. roots,cooking the bulbs much the same as potatoes. And they soon raised t heir own potatoe s and such small vege t ables as are found commonly in gardens- beans, p eas, c arrots, cabbage, beets and turnips. 'L'hey made same molasses from beets as well as s ome from cane, and t his syrup was the chief swe e t ener for all purposes. But so constantly was Corn cake and mola s ses the subst antial part or their meal s whe n she was a child t hat this never sounds like a trea t to "Grandma Andrus 11 , as it does to her childr en and grandchildren. 'l'hey also ate lo t s of pork weed gr eens, "but t he se," says she , " wer e not so bad after we had a little bacon or butter for sea soning . And. after we go.t to r ai s ing wheat, we ground it in the coffee mill and t hat made most wonderful bread." Flour at as high as $2.5000 a hundred, and sugar a s high as One Dolla r per pound, made these luxuries almost formidable. And a really dele ctable cake, s~ch as is often on the i r table these days, was quite unhe ard of theno "One thing we did have plenty of, after we moved to Cottonwood,tt said "'Aunt Nome"- was good fuel. Plenty of good pine and cedar wood waaa to be had with li.ttle effort, and after the difficulties during the wint er a t Pueble and al.on · the road, where sometimes even buffalo chips were plenty scarce, we did enjoy having a good wood pile. And since I came to Dixie, I have seldom known what it was to be short of good fuel, for which I am thankful.. "' She laughed a litt l e as she described the lighting systems of t hose first years in Ut ah. "'Oftentt, she remnised, ttall we had was the pine log in the fire place. r And before we. got to makine c andles, we used the t allow dip . For t his we would use one of mother's heavy crok saucers, which were deep enough to hold a good cup of the, ra.elted tallow. '!'hen we would select a heavy button, around which we fastened a piece or scrap of coarse cloth, such as was. not needed otherwise. ~his was tied over the button, then t he ends were s.tript and braidedo Such a fi:x:up would give us a fairly good liaht for -4- |
