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Post by JeriJet on Aug 4, 2012 7:06:18 GMT -5
Aaahhh..... THANKS!
(senior moments are taking hold faster now)
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Post by Brenda on Aug 23, 2012 20:34:33 GMT -5
I'm watching the episode, The Competition, the one where Chad comes to the mountain and Mary Ellen and Erin are fighting over him.
In one scene, Erin is up on the roof of the barn or the mill orsome structure outside, pouring water on Chad's head. Mary Ellen comes and takes the ladder away, leaving Erin to run to the other side of the roof. She falls off into a pigpen with at least 2 pigs in it, maybe more. So, the Walton family did indeed have pigs on their farm.
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 23, 2012 20:53:06 GMT -5
They probably didn't have pigs all the time..... I remember my grandparents and farming neighbors of theirs buying a young pig or two, fattening them up ..... then butchering and smoking the meat, which would last a very long time ..... so it would be months, probably a year, before another live pig showed up .....
I don't remember the Waltons ever having beef, just chicken, turkey, ham/pork, and fish ..... however, as mentioned earlier, with the sawmill business, there was probably a lot of bartering that went on, so maybe they did get their hands on a nice beef roast occasionally .....
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Post by wmfan/waltonsportwriter on Aug 23, 2012 21:11:13 GMT -5
I'm watching the episode, The Competition, the one where Chad comes to the mountain and Mary Ellen and Erin are fighting over him. In one scene, Erin is up on the roof of the barn or the mill orsome structure outside, pouring water on Chad's head. Mary Ellen comes and takes the ladder away, leaving Erin to run to the other side of the roof. She falls off into a pigpen with at least 2 pigs in it, maybe more. So, the Walton family did indeed have pigs on their farm.[/quote That's a funny scene Brenda  |
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Post by flyaway on Aug 24, 2012 8:03:29 GMT -5
I've seen a few shows where there we're at least 2 pigs in a pen behind the barn.
There are also episodes where Grandpa is talking about smoking a pig.
There was just a show on where Erin is teasing a new boy whose helping at the mill and she's pouring water on his head from the roof of the barn, they spot her and she tries to run off down the other side of the barn and falls in the pig pen. There were 2 pigs in there at the time.
As far as meat is concerned, they always reference deer, turkey and occasionally bear.
I'm sure also that they would have had to breed Chance more than once, so they may have butchered the calf.
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 24, 2012 8:51:24 GMT -5
I've seen a few shows where there we're at least 2 pigs in a pen behind the barn. There are also episodes where Grandpa is talking about smoking a pig. There was just a show on where Erin is teasing a new boy whose helping at the mill and she's pouring water on his head from the roof of the barn, they spot her and she tries to run off down the other side of the barn and falls in the pig pen. There were 2 pigs in there at the time. As far as meat is concerned, they always reference deer, turkey and occasionally bear. I'm sure also that they would have had to breed Chance more than once, so they may have butchered the calf. 1) I think the two pigs were in only one episode..... 2) never heard them reference eating venison..... 3) the Waltons NEVER would have butchered a calf !!! .... Just my thoughts..... ******** They probably didn't have pigs all the time..... I remember my grandparents and farming neighbors of theirs buying a young pig or two, fattening them up ..... then butchering and smoking the meat, which would last a very long time ..... so it would be months, probably a year, before another live pig showed up ..... I don't remember the Waltons ever having beef, just chicken, turkey, ham/pork, and fish ..... however, as mentioned earlier, with the sawmill business, there was probably a lot of bartering that went on, so maybe they did get their hands on a nice beef roast occasionally ..... |
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Post by travis on Aug 24, 2012 17:23:35 GMT -5
My grandfather who passed away this year ay 85 grew up in Rural Virginia and said people grew corn on the side of the mountains, also to hide moonshine operations..lol.
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Post by Honeybee on Aug 25, 2012 18:13:18 GMT -5
I thought the male cow was for your food. the female cow gives you milk.
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Post by Tonyray on Aug 25, 2012 19:37:16 GMT -5
They probably didn't say much about killing a deer or butchering a cow so as not to offend anyone but with that many mouth to feed John would have had to go hunting about once a week maybe more also trading fire wood for food would have been common.
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 25, 2012 20:18:55 GMT -5
They probably didn't say much about killing a deer or butchering a cow so as not to offend anyone but with that many mouth to feed John would have had to go hunting about once a week maybe more also trading fire wood for food would have been common. I didn't expect the script to refer to butchering, but little hunting seemed to go on..... only for a Thanksgiving turkey. Wouldn't have to go hunting much -- with all the chickens, ham/pork, and fish..... maybe 3 deer a year if they were of good size.... That's what the folks up the road from my grandfolks farm needed (nine kids)..... we always gave them one, as did another neighbor, and they usually brought down one or two themselves ..... Back then, the meat was kept in freezer lockers at the grain depot in town, for a nominal fee if you bought your feed and grain there..... |
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Post by dahill on Aug 28, 2012 7:32:39 GMT -5
I alway imagined that there was a lager garden in area not seen, where they would have produced most of the vegetables.
As for the beef & pork, I assumed that they had bartered for the beef (one heifer gives a lot of meat), and let a pig or two roam wild until it was time for slaughter (late autumn). Same with deer, you wait until autumn to kill and smoke/cure the meat.
But then, it was just a tv show. lol
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 28, 2012 7:39:28 GMT -5
Can you imagine a committee of us members putting a script together ?! It would never get done !! Man, oh, man, we'd spend time deciding on the color of potted flowers on the front porch !!
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Post by dahill on Aug 28, 2012 11:42:05 GMT -5
Can you imagine a committee of us members putting a script together ?! It would never get done !! Man, oh, man, we'd spend time deciding on the color of potted flowers on the front porch !! Did you know that Will Geer planted most of the flowers seen at the Walton house? He also cared for them too. He truly was Zebulon Walton |
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 28, 2012 12:11:12 GMT -5
Can you imagine a committee of us members putting a script together ?! It would never get done !! Man, oh, man, we'd spend time deciding on the color of potted flowers on the front porch !! Did you know that Will Geer planted most of the flowers seen at the Walton house? He also cared for them too. He truly was Zebulon Walton Yes, he was a life-long horticulturist.... I bet they "adapted" the scripts to include his knowledge. And, I love the fact that they had Elizabeth study horticultural in college !! |
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