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(Mrs. Zahay, cont.)
When it was dark, we lighted at least one candle on the table. It was a custom to wait "until the stars are out" to light them & to start supper.*
Recipes
Mushroom soup:
Wash mushrooms, cut them up, put in pan & boil with salt & onions, pepper
Cover with water.
Some add celery.
Make zaprashka:
Take flour (couple spoons), margarine & brown it. Add some water & thicken. Add more water & thicken. Pour in soup & mix up.
Eat with kolachis (ko [macron over the "o"] -- la [caron over the "a"] -- chez [macron over the "e"]
Some put vinegar (2-3 tablespoons) in soups to taste.
Also, some added sauerkraut to taste.
Also, rice or cubed potatoes cooked in with mushrooms
She herself just made it as described above.
* Mrs. Zahay says this was done to keep the children from continuously asking when supper would be ready
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Mrs. Zahay 2:30-5:00 pm.
Clothing: Bonnets, traveling store
We used to have black bonnets with straw-- a lady used to come around selling them. Sometimes $1 or 1.25.
Traveling store: Was another lady from Hazleton that come around with ladies & mens underwear. She came in a car & sold factory goods. This was years ago.
A lady (Mrs. Malobetshi) used to make bonnets similar to Mrs. Zoshak's bonnet, but with 2 slits unsewn on the neck area.
Mrs. Zahay got Mrs. Malobetshi's pattern & made bonnets to use while huckleberry picking. These were made of printed cloth.
[There is a drawing of a bonnet similar to those seen in "Little House on the Prairie", with the opening for the face facing to the right. There is a flap at the bottom of the bonnet that would cover the neck. There is a slit from the top to bottom of the flap toward the left side, with the description "unsewn slit in Mrs. Malobetshi's bonnet style."]
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Folk remedy
We used to put on cuts-- babkoveliski[?] ("grandmother's leaves") also known as pig ears. (cf. Ted Shano, 7/26/72)
Parents used to put it on cuts when kids got them as they say it stops the bleeding.
("rabbit's ear") was the term suggested by Mrs. Mike Gera.
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Clothes:
Women's clothes: Women used to wear long skirts & blouses.
Skirt was made by:
gathered a straight piece of cloth & put on it a waistband.
Some had buttons to close the opening, most didn't, because the skirt was so full.
They used to make blouses that buttoned down the front; they had [drawing of a round collar] collar, plain sleeves with cuffs, & round collar.
Both shirts & blouses were of a dark color , with small flowers print.
Some blouses had a piece of overlapping material over the buttons in front of the blouse.
Men's clothes: Dark suits, derbies ("Pincho"[?] derbies), & high button shoes, for dress wear.
For work, overalls, smock, & boots.
Smock: A jacket made of overall material.
Boots: Had boot rags inside; men wrapped legs with old flour sacks, over the socks, as a protection against cold.
They started from bottom, his feet & wrapped the cloth up the leg.
All clothes were patched when broken, because you couldn't afford to throw them away.
