The
History of 'APRONS' !!
I don't think our kids know , what an apron is.
The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath,because she only had a few,it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, 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, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.
When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.
And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.
Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.
It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.
REMEMBER:
Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool.
Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.
They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.
I don't think anyone ever caught anything from an apron !!!!
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7 comments:
My mom still makes apple pies. I am so lucky that way. She's a very good cook. She wore an apron for much of my childhood. But she worked outside of the home a lot, too.
Aprons are a funny thing. They bring back VERY fond memories. My mom used to wear a long apron when cooking, (I never left the kitchen) and I can still picture her in it. The ladies at Snyder's Dime Store always wore long aprons when working. This all brings me to the point. I think I will start HOARDING old aprons, I think I like them.
A friend of mine from Germany wore a blouse like apron. I made my first one in Jr High and the next year I used it in cooking class. Green and white checked. I still have old aprons but use a dish towel now instead. It used to be the minute you walked into the kitchen you put it on and only took it off if company came.
I'm 30 years old and I've never known anyone who has worn an apron. Even my grandmas are too young to have ever worn one. So glad to be alive in 2009 and be able to wear jeans or yoga pants while a go about my housework and play with my kids. Did women back then actually play with their kids? Oh, and my husband and I both can make pies from scratch.
Those women from Snyder's Dime Store were Natzi's. They would watch over you to the point where you felt totally uncomfortable being in the store.
My grandma and mom always wore an apron. I've made and worn aprons, but not for a long time. I think the wash-ability of clothing and wearing of jeans changed things a lot. Yes, mom's played with their kids back then, at least my mom did.
KK: That's PRICELESS about Snyder's. As a matter of fact, I got caught stealing 3 pcs. of penny gum when I was 5 years old. They called my mom, and I paid for it with my ASS.
Me and my daughter both wear aprons but only when cooking or baking..
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