FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Julia Child ~ 13 August 2018

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Julia Child

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Julia Child: 1912-2004

Julia McWilliams Child was born Aug. 19, 1912, and was, she has said, "an adolescent until I was 30." One of her grandfathers left Illinois in 1849 when he was 16 to pan for gold in California. Her mother, tall and lively like Julia, had roots in New England. Julia grew up in Pasadena in a large house with drivers, gardeners, cooks and a kitchen that both she and her mother rarely saw or cared about. She played center for her private-school basketball team and enrolled in Smith College where she lived what she describes as a "butterfly life," driving her friends around in a Ford and graduating in 1934.

To many, Julia Child is the darling grandmother who taught Americans how to appreciate great cooking. Few know, however, that this part of her life came after a high-level stint in the OSS (a CIA precursor) during WWII. Julia Child became interested in military service when she joined the Red Cross after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Before then, Julia was becoming the Paris Hilton of her day -- she would stay out late drinking and socializing and, being from a privileged background, could afford to do so. Joining the Red Cross helped her focus her life on constructive goals. The new lifestyle appealed to her and the Red Cross became her first step toward serving her country.

Julia was eager to do more, but at 6' 2" she was too tall for other military service organizations. Refusing to give up, she a traveled to Washington in 1942 to explore her options. Soon she began working for the Office of Strategic Services. Although she has modestly claimed her duties were only clerical, her performance record suggests otherwise. By 1943 she had been promoted and was working with very sensitive intelligence material. That same year, she was recruited to travel overseas and help manage intelligence activity in WWII’s Pacific theater. Stationed in Kandy, Sri Lanka, she helped the OSS track data on a range of topics including troop movement and espionage. Julia helped coordinate the information necessary to plan the attacks on the Japanese-held islands in the area.

To some degree, Julia was to the service what “Q” was to James Bond -- although her duties didn’t involve undercover work, she helped develop supplies and techniques for spies and clandestine operatives. One of Julia’s first OSS teams was assigned the task of finding ways a spy stranded on a life raft could get water. One particularly unappealing strategy they experimented with was drinking water squeezed from a fish’s body. Unfortunately, the technique turned out to be useless.

Julia’s other surprising contribution to the OSS was a shark repellant. The United States had underwater mines that were being inadvertently detonated by sharks. The shark-induced explosions had two main downsides: There was one less mine and German U-Boats could chart the minefield’s location and know where to avoid. The OSS needed a way to keep sharks away from the explosives, so they turned to Julia. She and some coworkers cooked up a shark repellant that was used to coat the explosives. Unlike her fish squeezing technique, Julia's shark repellant seemed to be successful.

After her service in the OSS, Julia married Paul Child, an OSS operative she had worked with while in Sri Lanka. The two moved to Paris in 1948 where Paul Child worked for the U.S. Intelligence Service. Soon, she began attending the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris and developed skill in preparing French cuisine. Julia's cooking interests and abilities grew steadily, and in 1961 she published her first cookbook: 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking.' It was this book and her subsequent television appearances that made Julia Child a household name, but the events were set in motion by her employment in a clandestine intelligence agency.
 

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The Gift of Time

August 13, 2018

A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. Proverbs 11:25

I headed into the post office in a big hurry. I had a number of things on my to-do list, but as I entered I was frustrated to find a long line backing up all the way to the door. “Hurry up and wait,” I muttered, glancing at my watch.

My hand was still on the door when an elderly stranger approached me. “I can’t get this copier to work,” he said, pointing to the machine behind us. “It took my money and I don’t know what to do.” Immediately I knew what God wanted me to do. I stepped out of line and was able to fix the problem in ten minutes.

The man thanked me and then left. As I turned to get back in line, it was gone. I walked straight to the service counter.

My experience that day reminds me of Jesus’s words: “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you” (Luke 6:38).

My wait seemed shorter because God interrupted my hurry. By turning my eyes to others’ needs and helping me give of my time, He gave me a gift. It’s a lesson I hope to remember, next time I look at my watch.

Heavenly Father, all of the time I have is in Your hands, a gift from You. Please show me how to use it to bring glory and honor to You.

Sometimes our to-do list needs to wait.

INSIGHT

Time is a precious commodity that we can waste, spend, or invest. Moses prayed, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12). In a sense, nothing more clearly requires—or displays—a heart of wisdom than the way we use our time. This may be why Jesus—pressed by the crowds, confronted by the needs around Him, and threatened by the religious establishment—is never described in the Gospels as being in a hurry. Instead, He saw time as having a part in the Father’s purposes. At the wedding feast in Galilee, He said to His mother, “My hour has not yet come” (John 2:4). As He drew ever closer to the cross, however, He saw that time coming to culmination. In John 12:27 He affirmed, “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.” Living wisely is rooted in understanding that our loving Father has a purpose behind our seconds, minutes, hours, and days.

[PROCON]

Thanks Kathy for honoring tonight's Hero!

Wow, Mrs. Childs was incredible!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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How’s the mixer?

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Hall of Heroes: Julia Child ~

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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

[luvie]

All that secret stuff....
....and soufflés too!
Who knew!
What a hero you were, Julia!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Did you get more rain today?

We got a brief sprinkle late last night but today was dry. Now hoping the sky will stay clear so we can enjoy the “show” tonight.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

All rested up from your crazy week?

[mylife]

Julia is a personal hero of mine, clumsy, not gifted with feminine charm, she changed the world and flew the hump into china.

I am watching this series tonight and it reminds me of a girl from Liverpool “liddypool”

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=cilla&&view=detail&mid=BDB2C3C7A369D5AA54A1BDB2C3C7A369D5AA54A1&&FORM=VRDGAR

[radu]

Howdy, LUV.

LOL! That poor pooch looks so embarrassed.

Hope you had a good day.
It was a quiet one here.

[mylife]

What a lovely spirit. RIP Julia

[PROCON]

Hey radu, nice restful weekend and much cooler thankfully.

I did mow this morning and visited with Robin and the pups for awhile.

A bit of misc. shopping tomorrow and then who knows what else.

Wassup your way?

[mylife]

My buddys wife still talks about my Goose LOL

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=cilla&&view=detail&mid=BDB2C3C7A369D5AA54A1BDB2C3C7A369D5AA54A1&&FORM=VRDGAR

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...a rest and relaxation day for you?

We had some early rain, but the wind is blowing like crazy!

[luvie]

Hi, there, radu!

It was a good day. Got some more rain overnight and it was really cool all day. Perfect in every way. This morning 3 kittens showed up...no mom. She showed up later and then tonight she and the same three...Grey, Lemon and Lime. Stubs and Junior are MIA for the time being. I expect they had to find a dry spot when it rained and just stayed there.

How was your day? Did you finally get caught up on sleep? Hope you got some more rain AND cooler weather too! Did the rain you all got the other day help plump up those beans?

Been watching the Sea Eagles. #22 sure looks brighter eyed since he decided not to be a punching bag for #21. LOL! Makes all the difference to stand up to a bully.

[radu]

Sounds like it’s been a nice weekend for you .... well, other than the mowing part. LOL! Who got worn out from playing first? You or the lil wild man? :-)

Been a pretty quiet day here. I did have to make a quick run to the store for a few things but that was about it.
Now hoping to get to watch the “show” in the skies later tonight.

[mylife]

My heros

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDHiS5ivkN8

[radu]

Glad you had a good day and YAY for that rain last night! The cooler temps are a big plus too.

We had a little sprinkle here around 4 a.m. and that was it. Mostly cloudy all day, then it cleared off late this afternoon. It was a tad cooler than yesterday.

It sounds like Grey, Lemon and Lime were the three sets of eyes your hubby saw in the carrier last night. No telling where the others are but they’ll probably show up tomorrow, if not later tonight.

It was a low-key day here. The ol’ back’s a little cranky from wrestling with that unwieldy gun cover yesterday but it’s still been a good day overall. I did check on the beans this afternoon and they have indeed plumped up noticeably since we had that great rainfall Friday.

I have the sea eagles up, too, and am loving the turnaround with SE22. He’s a happier lil bird now.