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Post by sewnsew on Aug 1, 2015 0:38:54 GMT -5
Hi all this is my first post it's great to be here 
I had one of those nights recently where you can't sleep and something occurred to me about the waltons dinner table. At each meal you always see fresh napkins by each plate so times that by seven kids plus adults for three meals a day that's 33 napkins a day / 210 per week and not counting any guests that might drop by.
How on earth did Olivia manage to provide so many clean napkins on top of all her other jobs? She must have had thousands in the barn or something!!
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Post by maxwalton on Aug 1, 2015 8:12:12 GMT -5
First, sewnsew, welcome to Waltonland! Maybe John got a great deal from the paper mills for his lumber scraps. |
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Post by Kathy Lee on Aug 2, 2015 22:35:55 GMT -5
Hi all this is my first post it's great to be here
I had one of those nights recently where you can't sleep and something occurred to me about the waltons dinner table. At each meal you always see fresh napkins by each plate so times that by seven kids plus adults for three meals a day that's 33 napkins a day / 210 per week and not counting any guests that might drop by.
How on earth did Olivia manage to provide so many clean napkins on top of all her other jobs? She must have had thousands in the barn or something!!
I use cloth napkins (that I sew). It can be a pain washing and folding them but I hate to pay for paper napkins. I do make my napkins a little smaller they store bought and they are a no-iron material. But, we have a small family and it is not many napkins to wash, dry, and fold every day. |
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Post by Kathy Lee on Aug 2, 2015 22:36:40 GMT -5
Hi all this is my first post it's great to be here
I had one of those nights recently where you can't sleep and something occurred to me about the waltons dinner table. At each meal you always see fresh napkins by each plate so times that by seven kids plus adults for three meals a day that's 33 napkins a day / 210 per week and not counting any guests that might drop by.
How on earth did Olivia manage to provide so many clean napkins on top of all her other jobs? She must have had thousands in the barn or something!!
By the way.....welcome! |
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Post by carol on Aug 2, 2015 22:51:10 GMT -5
Not to mention a fresh table cloth at each meal. With that many people especially children at the table there will be spills.Olivia must have had a stack of table cloths to go with the napkins.
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Post by e knight on Aug 3, 2015 0:09:48 GMT -5
Homer Simpson: "Now, kids, while your mother's gone, I don't want to have to wash any dishes, so from now on, drink straight from the faucet or milk carton, and we'll eat while standing over the sink or toilet."
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Post by Gordon on Aug 6, 2015 8:06:17 GMT -5
Did they use paper napkins? I would have thought they were cloth. That's a detail I've missed. I will be paying attention next time they're at the table. |
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Post by mothergoose on Sept 2, 2015 16:33:13 GMT -5
Speaking of the dinner table, I always wondered how one cow could produce so much milk. Eleven people at three meals a day, plus milk for cooking and baking.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 2, 2015 19:40:29 GMT -5
Did they use paper napkins? I would have thought they were cloth. That's a detail I've missed. I will be paying attention next time they're at the table. They were always cloth, I think. Never noticed paper napkins. Maybe in the later episodes? |
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 2, 2015 19:41:35 GMT -5
Speaking of the dinner table, I always wondered how one cow could produce so much milk. Eleven people at three meals a day, plus milk for cooking and baking. That is a lot of milk. Forever Waltons would know how much milk they would need each week. She has a large family to feed every day! |
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Post by patriciaanne on Sept 2, 2015 21:07:03 GMT -5
Speaking of the dinner table, I always wondered how one cow could produce so much milk. Eleven people at three meals a day, plus milk for cooking and baking. That is a lot of milk. Forever Waltons would know how much milk they would need each week. She has a large family to feed every day! I think one cow produces 5 or 6 gallons of milk a day, so it likely would have been enough. |
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Sept 2, 2015 22:21:26 GMT -5
Speaking of the dinner table, I always wondered how one cow could produce so much milk. Eleven people at three meals a day, plus milk for cooking and baking. That is a lot of milk. Forever Waltons would know how much milk they would need each week. She has a large family to feed every day!
We go through eight to eleven gallons of milk a week. Milk for supper Monday through Friday and milk for all three meals on Saturday and Sunday. That's just for my five youngest foreverettes plus what I use for baking. My nineteen year old doesn't drink milk anymore. She only uses it in her cereal. Naturally in the summer we go through more than that because all three meals every day are at home. 
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Sept 2, 2015 22:31:43 GMT -5
That is a lot of milk. Forever Waltons would know how much milk they would need each week. She has a large family to feed every day! I think one cow produces 5 or 6 gallons of milk a day, so it likely would have been enough.
Looks like six to seven gallons a day!
www.google.com/#q=how+many+gallons+of+milk+does+a+cow+produce+in+a+day
I just wonder what made that very first person think they could get something out of the udder and then was brave enough to try it. 
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Post by Tonyray on Sept 2, 2015 23:36:58 GMT -5
With six to seven gal. of milk a day they would have had enough milk and some left over to trade. Same with eggs they would trade the extras for things they didn't have but needed.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 3, 2015 5:12:25 GMT -5
That is a lot of milk in a day! No wonder they only had one cow! I wonder how much milk you get from a goat? My guess would be half what a cow gives. |
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