Biography by Kenneth KRAUSE —
I don't think I can thank my mom and dad enough for taking me out of an orphanage in Edmonton and giving me a loving home environment to grow up in. Mom was the glue that held our family together. She was a homemaker, cook, farmhand, painter, and nutritionist - always making sure we had healthy meals.
We always had cooked cereal, boiled eggs, toast and fruit for breakfast. The fruit consisted of figs, prunes and raisins which were canned and later served for breakfast.
For lunch two or three times a week we'd have chicken and dumplings or knepfla with potatoes, cooked in a Dutch oven, I always enjoyed wiping the inside of the pot with bread after the contents had been removed - it was real tasty!
For evening meals there was roast beef, fried potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, vegetable marrow and squash, served on different days. Mom always made sure we had some apples and oranges; these were purchased by the case.
At Christmas time there were Jap oranges, candies, nuts and halvah. In summertime there was Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Nabisco Shredded Wheat. Baloney and garlic sausage was kept in the ice house. There wasn't too much free time on the farm, there were cows to milk morning and evening, separate the cream from the milk, some cream was used to make butter and some whole milk set aside for household use. (The skim milk was fed to the hogs.)
Mom, being a Seventh Day Adventist, never served pork - our meats consisted of chicken, duck, goose, pigeon, and beef. I can never remember being hungry, there was always enough food for everyone.
Mom knew the value of good nutrition and always made sure we had well-balanced meals. I remember getting only a certain portion of meat (which I would have liked more of); I was not too fond of some of the vegetables but was expected to eat them anyway!
My mom was particular and the days of the week were very structured: Monday - washday, Tuesday - ironing, Wednesday - sewing and patching, and churning butter, Thursday - baking bread, cakes, pies, etc., Friday - they went to town - trucks came in with fresh produce, picked up the mail, and chit-chatted with other people, Saturday - house cleaning, dusting; salt, pepper and sugar bowls washed and refilled, Sunday - the Lord's Day - went to church and visited with other church friends.
In wintertime Mom knitted wool socks and scarves for the family, as well as doing all the mundane chores around the house and farm. In the springtime she and Dad put in a large garden, one acre of potatoes, parsnips, turnips, celery, beets, carrots, watermelon, cantaloupe, muskmelon, cucumbers, cabbage, tomatoes and dill. Mom had large crocks which were used to pickle cucumbers. Watermelons were pickled in fall after a light frost; all the unripe melons and tomatoes were brought in and preserved.
We had saskatoon bushes, 3 large crab apple trees, two or three plum trees - these were a small yellow plum. These fruits were picked and canned, then stored in the basement for winter use. Potatoes, parsnips and turnips were also stored in the basement in bins along a cool outside wall.
In late fall ducks, geese, turkeys and a beef were slaughtered; ducks and geese were plucked, then skinned - the skins were then cut into cubes, boiled to render the fat which Mom used for frying and baking etc. The rinds were then salted and served for breakfast treats.
Mom had a pedal-pump organ that she played for us lots of times, my sisters and I would stand around her and sing Christian songs - she taught me to sing "Jesus Loves Me" while playing the organ.
Elsie told me about times when there was much sickness in the community and parents couldn't look after their children. Mom and Dad would bring them to our home and look after them until their parents recovered and once again were able to look after their family.
Mom and Dad also helped Uncle Alfred and family when they came to Canada in the fall of 1930. They lived with us until the spring of 1931 when they rented their own farm north-west of our farm.
I was only 11½ years old when Mom passed away and I can only recall about six or seven years of incidents and things that I was involved with. I'm sure there were a lot more good deeds that Mom was involved in. I regret not asking Elsie more about the times I was too young to recall and the years before I was adopted. Mom passed away June 19, 1943 at the age of 48.
As you can see from this story - food was my main interest and I enjoyed lots of it!
I never forgot the Mom who loved me and no one could ever take her place, it is just very sad that she couldn't have lived longer. I know she is in a better place with the Lord, but that doesn't make the parting any easier! Mom passed away June 19, 1943 at the age of 48. Interred June 13, 1943, by Reverend E. Streitz.
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I don't think I can thank my mom and dad enough for taking me out of an orphanage in Edmonton and giving me a loving home environment to grow up in. Mom was the glue that held our family together. She was a homemaker, cook, farmhand, painter, and nutritionist - always making sure we had healthy meals.
We always had cooked cereal, boiled eggs, toast and fruit for breakfast. The fruit consisted of figs, prunes and raisins which were canned and later served for breakfast.
For lunch two or three times a week we'd have chicken and dumplings or knepfla with potatoes, cooked in a Dutch oven, I always enjoyed wiping the inside of the pot with bread after the contents had been removed - it was real tasty!
For evening meals there was roast beef, fried potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, vegetable marrow and squash, served on different days. Mom always made sure we had some apples and oranges; these were purchased by the case.
At Christmas time there were Jap oranges, candies, nuts and halvah. In summertime there was Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Nabisco Shredded Wheat. Baloney and garlic sausage was kept in the ice house. There wasn't too much free time on the farm, there were cows to milk morning and evening, separate the cream from the milk, some cream was used to make butter and some whole milk set aside for household use. (The skim milk was fed to the hogs.)
Mom, being a Seventh Day Adventist, never served pork - our meats consisted of chicken, duck, goose, pigeon, and beef. I can never remember being hungry, there was always enough food for everyone.
Mom knew the value of good nutrition and always made sure we had well-balanced meals. I remember getting only a certain portion of meat (which I would have liked more of); I was not too fond of some of the vegetables but was expected to eat them anyway!
My mom was particular and the days of the week were very structured: Monday - washday, Tuesday - ironing, Wednesday - sewing and patching, and churning butter, Thursday - baking bread, cakes, pies, etc., Friday - they went to town - trucks came in with fresh produce, picked up the mail, and chit-chatted with other people, Saturday - house cleaning, dusting; salt, pepper and sugar bowls washed and refilled, Sunday - the Lord's Day - went to church and visited with other church friends.
In wintertime Mom knitted wool socks and scarves for the family, as well as doing all the mundane chores around the house and farm. In the springtime she and Dad put in a large garden, one acre of potatoes, parsnips, turnips, celery, beets, carrots, watermelon, cantaloupe, muskmelon, cucumbers, cabbage, tomatoes and dill. Mom had large crocks which were used to pickle cucumbers. Watermelons were pickled in fall after a light frost; all the unripe melons and tomatoes were brought in and preserved.
We had saskatoon bushes, 3 large crab apple trees, two or three plum trees - these were a small yellow plum. These fruits were picked and canned, then stored in the basement for winter use. Potatoes, parsnips and turnips were also stored in the basement in bins along a cool outside wall.
In late fall ducks, geese, turkeys and a beef were slaughtered; ducks and geese were plucked, then skinned - the skins were then cut into cubes, boiled to render the fat which Mom used for frying and baking etc. The rinds were then salted and served for breakfast treats.
Mom had a pedal-pump organ that she played for us lots of times, my sisters and I would stand around her and sing Christian songs - she taught me to sing "Jesus Loves Me" while playing the organ.
Elsie told me about times when there was much sickness in the community and parents couldn't look after their children. Mom and Dad would bring them to our home and look after them until their parents recovered and once again were able to look after their family.
Mom and Dad also helped Uncle Alfred and family when they came to Canada in the fall of 1930. They lived with us until the spring of 1931 when they rented their own farm north-west of our farm.
I was only 11½ years old when Mom passed away and I can only recall about six or seven years of incidents and things that I was involved with. I'm sure there were a lot more good deeds that Mom was involved in. I regret not asking Elsie more about the times I was too young to recall and the years before I was adopted. Mom passed away June 19, 1943 at the age of 48.
As you can see from this story - food was my main interest and I enjoyed lots of it!
I never forgot the Mom who loved me and no one could ever take her place, it is just very sad that she couldn't have lived longer. I know she is in a better place with the Lord, but that doesn't make the parting any easier! Mom passed away June 19, 1943 at the age of 48. Interred June 13, 1943, by Reverend E. Streitz.
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Biography by Kenneth KRAUSE —
I don't think I can thank my mom and dad enough for taking me out of an orphanage in Edmonton and giving me a loving home environment to grow up in. Mom was the glue that held our family together. She was a homemaker, cook, farmhand, painter, and nutritionist - always making sure we had healthy meals.
We always had cooked cereal, boiled eggs, toast and fruit for breakfast. The fruit consisted of figs, prunes and raisins which were canned and later served for breakfast.
For lunch two or three times a week we'd have chicken and dumplings or knepfla with potatoes, cooked in a Dutch oven, I always enjoyed wiping the inside of the pot with bread after the contents had been removed - it was real tasty!
For evening meals there was roast beef, fried potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, vegetable marrow and squash, served on different days. Mom always made sure we had some apples and oranges; these were purchased by the case.
At Christmas time there were Jap oranges, candies, nuts and halvah. In summertime there was Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Nabisco Shredded Wheat. Baloney and garlic sausage was kept in the ice house. There wasn't too much free time on the farm, there were cows to milk morning and evening, separate the cream from the milk, some cream was used to make butter and some whole milk set aside for household use. (The skim milk was fed to the hogs.)
Mom, being a Seventh Day Adventist, never served pork - our meats consisted of chicken, duck, goose, pigeon, and beef. I can never remember being hungry, there was always enough food for everyone.
Mom knew the value of good nutrition and always made sure we had well-balanced meals. I remember getting only a certain portion of meat (which I would have liked more of); I was not too fond of some of the vegetables but was expected to eat them anyway!
My mom was particular and the days of the week were very structured: Monday - washday, Tuesday - ironing, Wednesday - sewing and patching, and churning butter, Thursday - baking bread, cakes, pies, etc., Friday - they went to town - trucks came in with fresh produce, picked up the mail, and chit-chatted with other people, Saturday - house cleaning, dusting; salt, pepper and sugar bowls washed and refilled, Sunday - the Lord's Day - went to church and visited with other church friends.
In wintertime Mom knitted wool socks and scarves for the family, as well as doing all the mundane chores around the house and farm. In the springtime she and Dad put in a large garden, one acre of potatoes, parsnips, turnips, celery, beets, carrots, watermelon, cantaloupe, muskmelon, cucumbers, cabbage, tomatoes and dill. Mom had large crocks which were used to pickle cucumbers. Watermelons were pickled in fall after a light frost; all the unripe melons and tomatoes were brought in and preserved.
We had saskatoon bushes, 3 large crab apple trees, two or three plum trees - these were a small yellow plum. These fruits were picked and canned, then stored in the basement for winter use. Potatoes, parsnips and turnips were also stored in the basement in bins along a cool outside wall.
In late fall ducks, geese, turkeys and a beef were slaughtered; ducks and geese were plucked, then skinned - the skins were then cut into cubes, boiled to render the fat which Mom used for frying and baking etc. The rinds were then salted and served for breakfast treats.
Mom had a pedal-pump organ that she played for us lots of times, my sisters and I would stand around her and sing Christian songs - she taught me to sing "Jesus Loves Me" while playing the organ.
Elsie told me about times when there was much sickness in the community and parents couldn't look after their children. Mom and Dad would bring them to our home and look after them until their parents recovered and once again were able to look after their family.
Mom and Dad also helped Uncle Alfred and family when they came to Canada in the fall of 1930. They lived with us until the spring of 1931 when they rented their own farm north-west of our farm.
I was only 11½ years old when Mom passed away and I can only recall about six or seven years of incidents and things that I was involved with. I'm sure there were a lot more good deeds that Mom was involved in. I regret not asking Elsie more about the times I was too young to recall and the years before I was adopted. Mom passed away June 19, 1943 at the age of 48.
As you can see from this story - food was my main interest and I enjoyed lots of it!
I never forgot the Mom who loved me and no one could ever take her place, it is just very sad that she couldn't have lived longer. I know she is in a better place with the Lord, but that doesn't make the parting any easier! Mom passed away June 19, 1943 at the age of 48. Interred June 13, 1943, by Reverend E. Streitz.
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I don't think I can thank my mom and dad enough for taking me out of an orphanage in Edmonton and giving me a loving home environment to grow up in. Mom was the glue that held our family together. She was a homemaker, cook, farmhand, painter, and nutritionist - always making sure we had healthy meals.
We always had cooked cereal, boiled eggs, toast and fruit for breakfast. The fruit consisted of figs, prunes and raisins which were canned and later served for breakfast.
For lunch two or three times a week we'd have chicken and dumplings or knepfla with potatoes, cooked in a Dutch oven, I always enjoyed wiping the inside of the pot with bread after the contents had been removed - it was real tasty!
For evening meals there was roast beef, fried potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, vegetable marrow and squash, served on different days. Mom always made sure we had some apples and oranges; these were purchased by the case.
At Christmas time there were Jap oranges, candies, nuts and halvah. In summertime there was Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Nabisco Shredded Wheat. Baloney and garlic sausage was kept in the ice house. There wasn't too much free time on the farm, there were cows to milk morning and evening, separate the cream from the milk, some cream was used to make butter and some whole milk set aside for household use. (The skim milk was fed to the hogs.)
Mom, being a Seventh Day Adventist, never served pork - our meats consisted of chicken, duck, goose, pigeon, and beef. I can never remember being hungry, there was always enough food for everyone.
Mom knew the value of good nutrition and always made sure we had well-balanced meals. I remember getting only a certain portion of meat (which I would have liked more of); I was not too fond of some of the vegetables but was expected to eat them anyway!
My mom was particular and the days of the week were very structured: Monday - washday, Tuesday - ironing, Wednesday - sewing and patching, and churning butter, Thursday - baking bread, cakes, pies, etc., Friday - they went to town - trucks came in with fresh produce, picked up the mail, and chit-chatted with other people, Saturday - house cleaning, dusting; salt, pepper and sugar bowls washed and refilled, Sunday - the Lord's Day - went to church and visited with other church friends.
In wintertime Mom knitted wool socks and scarves for the family, as well as doing all the mundane chores around the house and farm. In the springtime she and Dad put in a large garden, one acre of potatoes, parsnips, turnips, celery, beets, carrots, watermelon, cantaloupe, muskmelon, cucumbers, cabbage, tomatoes and dill. Mom had large crocks which were used to pickle cucumbers. Watermelons were pickled in fall after a light frost; all the unripe melons and tomatoes were brought in and preserved.
We had saskatoon bushes, 3 large crab apple trees, two or three plum trees - these were a small yellow plum. These fruits were picked and canned, then stored in the basement for winter use. Potatoes, parsnips and turnips were also stored in the basement in bins along a cool outside wall.
In late fall ducks, geese, turkeys and a beef were slaughtered; ducks and geese were plucked, then skinned - the skins were then cut into cubes, boiled to render the fat which Mom used for frying and baking etc. The rinds were then salted and served for breakfast treats.
Mom had a pedal-pump organ that she played for us lots of times, my sisters and I would stand around her and sing Christian songs - she taught me to sing "Jesus Loves Me" while playing the organ.
Elsie told me about times when there was much sickness in the community and parents couldn't look after their children. Mom and Dad would bring them to our home and look after them until their parents recovered and once again were able to look after their family.
Mom and Dad also helped Uncle Alfred and family when they came to Canada in the fall of 1930. They lived with us until the spring of 1931 when they rented their own farm north-west of our farm.
I was only 11½ years old when Mom passed away and I can only recall about six or seven years of incidents and things that I was involved with. I'm sure there were a lot more good deeds that Mom was involved in. I regret not asking Elsie more about the times I was too young to recall and the years before I was adopted. Mom passed away June 19, 1943 at the age of 48.
As you can see from this story - food was my main interest and I enjoyed lots of it!
I never forgot the Mom who loved me and no one could ever take her place, it is just very sad that she couldn't have lived longer. I know she is in a better place with the Lord, but that doesn't make the parting any easier! Mom passed away June 19, 1943 at the age of 48. Interred June 13, 1943, by Reverend E. Streitz.
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