I am "only" 52 and I remember it well. It was a real social event. My uncles would all play fiddles and guitars and sip on their homemade "medicine". I remember the frsh pork loins the women would cook up. It was "good". ----- Original Message ----- From: "lynda kahn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 8:42 AM Subject: [TNWASHIN] Molasses Making Time > It has been really interesting as many of you recount how our ancestors > lived not that long ago. Do any of you remember the community coming > together to make molasses on a fall evening?Maybe it is still done the > same today?Remember them being stirred with something that looked lke a > shovel.It has been about 40 yrs. since I saw it. > > Also remember my grandmother making apple butter in a large pot over a > fire in the backyard.I am also glad I had the opportunity to see butter > churned.real homemade mincemeat(esp.pie),and vegetables being > canned.Things my children can only hear about. > > >