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<blockquote data-quote="Pink Elephant" data-source="post: 732089" data-attributes="member: 21572"><p>Awww... thank you, Lil. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>So true about today's generation moving away from traditional cooking and baking. Modern conveniences have really taken our world over, and we're not better off for those modernity's as far as I'm concerned.</p><p></p><p>Take store-bought soups for instance, they're loaded with sodium. So unhealthy, and everything is loaded with sugar.</p><p></p><p>One thing I've found when it comes to good old-fashioned home-cooking, it always sits well with me after. You digest it easier, and aside from the tremendous health benefits of cooking from scratch (baking, too), it's tastier. There is no substitute for good old-fashioned cooking.</p><p></p><p>Even little things like sewing a button on (by-hand) falls under the lost art category, because I'm convinced very few young women today would even know how to do it.</p><p></p><p>When I was a young child an aunt of mine used to make homemade root-beer, and a great aunt of mince always made homemade ice cream. I don't hear of such a thing anymore.</p><p></p><p>And how about gardening? I mean, to get a garden up and growing, you have to know when and how to plant a variety of seeds, how to feed them, how to water them, and how to harvest. When I was a young child, everyone had a garden in their backyards, today however, I see few homes with vegetable gardens, so I'm adding this as well to the lost art list.</p><p></p><p>Even simple clothesline drying, which was everywhere when I was a kid. Mind you back then everyone used cloth diapers, so having a clothesline (for many) was really essential for the time. It was a must have item, but once again, I don't see laundry on clotheslines as much as I used to.</p><p></p><p>Clothesline drying a lost art? I think so, because in order to hang laundry properly, one needs to know how to pin, whether to use two pins or one, whether to hang certain items inside-out to avoid fading in the sun, and so on.</p><p></p><p>So yet one more addition to the lost arts. Good old-fashioned clothesline drying!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pink Elephant, post: 732089, member: 21572"] Awww... thank you, Lil. :) So true about today's generation moving away from traditional cooking and baking. Modern conveniences have really taken our world over, and we're not better off for those modernity's as far as I'm concerned. Take store-bought soups for instance, they're loaded with sodium. So unhealthy, and everything is loaded with sugar. One thing I've found when it comes to good old-fashioned home-cooking, it always sits well with me after. You digest it easier, and aside from the tremendous health benefits of cooking from scratch (baking, too), it's tastier. There is no substitute for good old-fashioned cooking. Even little things like sewing a button on (by-hand) falls under the lost art category, because I'm convinced very few young women today would even know how to do it. When I was a young child an aunt of mine used to make homemade root-beer, and a great aunt of mince always made homemade ice cream. I don't hear of such a thing anymore. And how about gardening? I mean, to get a garden up and growing, you have to know when and how to plant a variety of seeds, how to feed them, how to water them, and how to harvest. When I was a young child, everyone had a garden in their backyards, today however, I see few homes with vegetable gardens, so I'm adding this as well to the lost art list. Even simple clothesline drying, which was everywhere when I was a kid. Mind you back then everyone used cloth diapers, so having a clothesline (for many) was really essential for the time. It was a must have item, but once again, I don't see laundry on clotheslines as much as I used to. Clothesline drying a lost art? I think so, because in order to hang laundry properly, one needs to know how to pin, whether to use two pins or one, whether to hang certain items inside-out to avoid fading in the sun, and so on. So yet one more addition to the lost arts. Good old-fashioned clothesline drying! [/QUOTE]
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