Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Feliz Navidad! The winter tradition of getting the family together, giving gifts, and celebrating religious ties is deeply rooted in almost every culture in the world. As we all come together this winter and celebrate, we have traditional foods unique to our family and heritage. Here are some of the celebratory foods I’d like to know more about. In the years to come, I’m going to …
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Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
Love your magazine and website!
I am a “real” farm girl, having been raised on a 2,000 acre wheat and barley ranch in Eastern WA. We also had a large scale operation raising market cattle and hogs, owned several horses, maintained a large flock of chickens, milking cows, and always had an endless supply of barn cats, along with the typical farm dog.
We kids stayed very busy with 4-H, Campfire Girls, the Grange, and raised a huge garden with fruit trees and berries. I attended a 3-room country school and feel I was fortunate growing up like I did.
My comment is this: having both 100% maternal Norwegian Grandparents and 100% paternal Finnish Grandparents in my bloodline, I wish to correct your description of Lutefisk and Lefse. Both are Norwegian delicacies not Finnish. For the record, keep the Lutefisk but I absolutely love the lefse!