That is wonderful, Gabz! Your ten year old probably enjoys it now, but her appreciation for that knowledge and those skills will grow through the years, not to mention the loving memories she will have of sharing those things with you. They are certainly some of my best memories of childhood with my grandparents and parents, and aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Hubby and I have talked a lot lately about how thankful we are that we have the knowledge and skills to survive off of the land, and that we enjoy it.
Thank you, LucyJo!
When we’re “playing” in the kitchen or out in the garden we’ve had some interesting conversations about the fact that my mother didn’t do these kinds of things, let alone do them with me. When she felt she “had to” my mother could make great chocolate chip cookies, or chocolate cake. I do it because I like to and want to do it.
My grandmother would bake, but by the time I was deemed “old enough” to get involved in the stuff in the kitchen, my grandparents had moved 1500 miles away. And by the time I was even interested, my grandmother no longer really was and summers in southwestern Florida was really not conducive to baking. So, my daughter and I have pretty much learned how to make pie crust together.
I’m originally a city girl, who now lives in the country and so all this info here on this thread, and ones like it, is really fascinating to me. I’m pretty much a strictly edible gardener, IOW I don’t do flowers, unless they are the blossoms on my veggies and herbs!