tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582907091331646185.post4403650423618851963..comments2024-03-03T10:56:23.950-07:00Comments on Beit Emmett: Nutschadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18261286903107575151noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582907091331646185.post-38630216001480303352013-10-27T00:14:06.987-06:002013-10-27T00:14:06.987-06:00From my cousin Judy Nelson: I am so impressed by a...From my cousin Judy Nelson: I am so impressed by all of this. Particularly about the food storage goal, but also about the "nuts" part of it. I remember well back when I was maybe 12 or 13 when one Sunday in Church they announced the whole concept of being prepared, and to kick it off they said they said our Ward would go first and had a list of 1/2 the Church members that would THAT day begin would be the first to be the pilot group to understand how important it was to be prepared for your family. And the Nelsons were on that list. That moment was a turning point and a valuable lesson: we were allowed to buy basics immediately, like milk, eggs, flour -- but for the next two weeks my Mother was so creative because we weren't even allowed to get even the usual school lunches. (And my classmates noticed and still remember to this day, which I think affected them and their respect for the Mormon faith.) Much later, around 1967, my Mother was still thinking about it and had researched and written to companies and had them mail a wheat mill -- a wheat mill -- and had tins/barrels of wheat and got a grinder and figured out how to make bread using all of that. One winter, maybe winter of 1969, we were visiting Aunt Lucy and New York had one of its worst blizzards in history, and I remember Mom, who was so disappointed, saying: Darn, I wish we were there in Pelham and snowed in and without electricity because I am prepared, and it would be so much fun to use all the things I purchased. She was one of a kind, and all of that has always stuck with me. But -- harvesting the nuts is new to me, so keep us updated!chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18261286903107575151noreply@blogger.com