The History Of Aprons

[desertlites]

This brings back wonderful memories. I don't think our kids know what an
apron is. Enjoy!

The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dressunderneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing
hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears .

>From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks,[font=Courier New, Courier]
[/font]and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.[font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.[font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.[font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot[font=Courier New, Courier]
[/font]wood stove.[font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.[font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]>From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. [font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.[font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from[font=Courier New, Courier]
[/font]the trees.[font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much[font=Courier New, Courier]
[/font]furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.[font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her[font=Courier New, Courier]
[/font]apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to[font=Courier New, Courier]
[/font]dinner.[font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]It will be a long time before someone invents something that will[font=Courier New, Courier]
[/font]replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.[font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]Send this to those who would know, and love the story about grandma's[font=Courier New, Courier]
[/font]aprons.[font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]REMEMBER:[font=Courier New, Courier]
[/font]Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool[font=Courier New, Courier]
[/font]- her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw. [font=Courier New, Courier]

[/font]They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron. I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron.

 

[smokin out the neighbors]

good story desert. I was just debating the germ thing with my germ-o-phobe wife and kids. I came in from gardening and grabbed a handful of fresh strawberries and started eating them. They erupted into a chorus of "your hands are dirty, do you know how many germs are on them? You should go wash your hands before eating." I replied, "I was in the garden where these strawberries grew. They're the same germ in the berries. By the way, do you know how many dirty germy hands have been on that faucet knob?"

 

[earache_my_eye]

Great story Bob.....

I'm a firm believer that people don't eat enough dirt/germs as kids....alot of people running around with weak immune systems because of the "germ-o-phobia" craze of the last 30 years or so.......

L8r,
Eric

 

[travcoman45]

A great post bob! Oh how the times have changed, an not always fer the better. Grandma was great, they don't make em like that anymore!

 

[erain]

great post bob!!! this brought back many forgotten memories of my grandmas. thinking back i cannotrecall anytime that i was at there homes that they were not wearing the apron. i called my mom and was talking to her and read post to her which she enjoyed greatly. she is 80 this year, and i asked her if my memory was correct and she confirmed. thanks again bob, this truly did bring back some memories i may have lost in the jumble of life.

 

[mulepackin]

Great post! Brings back very good memories of my granma. She practically raised me. Was an amazing cook, she could make a can of soup feed 20 people. Always had fresh baked bread in the house. Taught me to drink coffee with cream and sugar with toast when I was a little guy. I could go on and on, guess I better stop. Thanks for the memories.

 

[bb53chevpro]

Well said Des.