I, too, am enjoying these stories of our pioneers' resourceful ways. May I add my two cent's worth? My grandmother put dried corn in a shallow pan and kept it on the floor under her wood-burning stove. She had drawstring bags made of blue and grey striped ticking. At bedtime she filled the bags with the hot corn. In the morning the corn went back in the pan. We still use corn bags, but now I sew the ticking closed and make a flannel case for them. Heated in the microwave for a few minutes they will hold their heat for at least a half hour. Wonderful for rheumatic knees and shoulders. Her method of drying apples was a little different. She put the slices between cheesecloth and spread them on a window screen. Then she climbed out a 2nd story bedroom window onto the tin porch roof. She brought them in before dew got to them. Fortunately they dried in a few days. I loved her dried apples rolled in biscuit dough and fried in lard. But I loved the poem too. Sue McN.