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HI I WAS RAISED IN WISCONSIN THE DAIRY STATE AND YES THO I DIDNT LIVE ON A FARM -WAS RAISED ON FARM FOOD , SINCE I HAVE MANY AUNTS N UNCLES WHO OWN FARMS. I LIVED IN A TINY TOWN WHERE PEOPLE DID MOST OF THERE OWN GARDENING AND PRESERVING FOODS AS MUCH AS THEY COULD. IN THAT AREA MOST PEOPLE COOKED LIKE THE PENNSLVANIA DUTCH RECIPES -WHICH ARE CLOSE TO AMISH STYLE. VERY WHOLESOME AND HEARTY FOOD. I DONT CARE FOR PROCESSED FOODS TOO MUCH THO IT IS NICE NOW AND THEN FOR THERE CONENVIENCE. WE PRESERVED MANY FOODS LIKE MOST HOMEGROWN VEGETABLES AND SO IN THE WINTER IT WAS MANY HEARTY SOUPS AND APPLE PIES ANYTIME. WITH HOMEGROWN VEGGIES, FARMED RAISED MEATS AND THE WHOLESOME CHEESES -WOW CANT GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. LOTS OF BEEF STEW AND BISCUITS AND HOME-MADE BREADS WHERE A REGULAR ALONG WITH DIFFERENT SAUSAGES AND CHICKEN IN THOSE DAYS WERE ALOT BIGGER AND TASTIER THAN TODAY PUNY BIRDS. MY MOM TAUGHT MANY THINGS WHICH I STILL KEEP UP THE TRADITION AND NOW HAVE PASSED ON DOWN TO MY CHILDREN, EVEN MAKING HOME-MADE SOAP.
YES IM A BIT OLDER THAN MOST HERE IN GAIA BUT I DO SO ENJOY THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE GUILD AND THE RECIPES . THERE ARE MANY TALENTED PEOPLE HERE AND I WOULD SURELY LIKE TO SEE THIS GUILD BLOSSOM A WHOLE LOT MORE. I ALSO AM A CATHOLIC BUT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AREA FOODS THAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TOO.