FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Julia Child ~ 19 October 2020

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Julia Child

Info from this website.

           

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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[MHT]

Sorry, I used to think she was the creme de la creme; but, after reading her autobiography, I realized that she was a complete *itch.

First off, she hated Republicans, especially her father. Lucky for her, her father set up a trust that fed her and her husband, as his salary was paltry. It allowed her the freedom to go the cooking school while Paul was stationed in France. She preferred to step-mother to her own mother, who had, of course, married her father.

The worst was a story about her colleague Simone, whose husband's family owned an estate in France. Simone offered Julia and Paul the opportunity to build a house on the grounds, which naturally would have gone back to the estate after the deaths of Julia and Paul. Julia vacationed there and when Simone was dying, she asked Julia to tend her garden. Julia was furious that she had limited time for her vacation and was being asked to do her dying friend a favor.

She was not a very nice person.

[The Mayor]

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October 19

Stronger than Hate

Bible in a Year:

• Isaiah 56–58
• 2 Thessalonians 2

Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.

Luke 23:34

Within twenty-four hours of his mother Sharonda’s tragic death, Chris found himself uttering these powerful, grace-filled words: “Love is stronger than hate.” His mother, along with eight others, had been killed at a Wednesday night Bible study in Charleston, South Carolina. What was it that had so shaped this teenager’s life that these words could flow from his lips and his heart? Chris is a believer in Jesus whose mother had “loved everybody with all her heart.”  

In Luke 23:26–49 we get a front row seat to an execution scene that included two criminals and the innocent Jesus (v. 32). All three were crucified (v. 33). Amid the gasps and sighs and the likely groans from those hanging on the crosses, the following words of Jesus could be heard: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (v. 34). The hate-filled initiative of the religious leaders had resulted in the crucifixion of the very One who championed love. Though in agony, Jesus’ love continued to triumph.

How have you or someone you love been the target of hate, ill-will, bitterness, or ugliness? May your pain prompt your prayers, and may the example of Jesus and people like Chris encourage you by the power of the Spirit to choose love over hate.

By:  Arthur Jackson Reflect & Pray

When have you found it hard to love someone? Is there someone you find it hard to forgive now? What steps might you take?

Father, forgive me when I find it hard to forgive others. Help me to demonstrate that love is stronger than hate.

[left that other site]

Well, since my favorite thing to make for dinner is RESERVATIONS, I never gleaned much from her show. LOL.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Pigsley...glad you enjoyed reading about Julia Child, and sharing your remembrance.

[wjcsux]

Thank you Kathy! I never knew that aspect of this remarkable lady.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I found this.......

Her father, John McWilliams Jr., was a Princeton graduate and early investor in California real estate. His wife, Julia Carolyn Weston, was a paper-company heiress whose father served as lieutenant governor of Massachusetts.

[left that other site]

Hitting the sack early.

Good Night, Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Amazing lady, for sure. Glad you enjoyed.

[mylife]

Julia was alright, married to a beurocrat and curious.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, leaning...Julia sure loved her cooking. Glad you enjoyed. Enjoy your tacos!

[GnuThere]

Ah, wealth on both sides. Thanks.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

All rested and ready to take on the new week?

We had our first snow late morning and afternoon. It’s not sticking now, as we have heated up to 36, but the rooftops are all white.

[luvie]

Julla...an amazing woman!

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o268dlaMd_4&list=RDo268dlaMd_4&start_radio=1&t=68

[Kathy in Alaska]

VROOOOOOMMM!

A good plug for a good tavern. May you have a sunny week ahead.

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL!! Thanks, dfwgator, for sharing.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...keeping busy with the jump plane?

[dsc]

Re: Julia Child. I had no idea. Thanks for the education.

[The Mayor]

Yuk, that dreaded 4 letter work. Not work : ) snow ; (

Ready willing and almost able for this week

[mountainlion]

Send the snow my way please, to put the fires out. The Red Cross filled up 19 motels Friday from fire evacuates.