WASTE NOT WANT NOT A variety of food can be grown on a farm. I only realized this when I moved to the country and became a farmer's wife. We did not grow wheat to provide us with flour, but that was a small item in comparison as to what the farm did provide. Each spring we bought day old chicks, and after feeding them all summer we would have eight to ten pound roosters, which Joe killed, cleaned and stored in the deep freeze. He would also have a young steer which was well fed, and one of the best from the herd. This would be taken to the slaughter house where it was prepared for our freezer. Pork was also included in our menu. Joe raised his own litter of pigs, and would select one that was not too fat, or one that was not forced fed. We kept half of a carcass, and sold the rest. From the dairy, we had all the milk that we wanted or could drink. When the children were small, we separated the milk, and had our own cream for berries and other commodities. Homemade butter was provided from the cream, and buttermilk, which was another by-product, was used to make mouth watering biscuits. If one wanted to serve something different with fish, they might want to try curds. This can be done by separating the whey from the curds when milk is curdled. It is better than putting the whey down the sink. Our garden was a jewel in itself, for we grew all the vegetables that we could eat and make pickles from. There was also an extra row of carrots so that the children could eat them in their raw state. Berry season kept us busy as well. We picked strawberries, raspberries, cranberries and blueberries for jam, as well as apples from our transparent apple tree for apple sauce and apple pies. We did not have fish, but at that time, there were fishermen who peddled fish from door to door, so we were able to buy fresh fish for dinner, and even salt fish, which we used to make fish cakes. Occasionally, we would have bacon and eggs for breakfast. It would be all our own food. The bacon, eggs and milk from the farm, and the bread from the kitchen. The pork fat was rendered, and used to make cookies or as gravy when poured over potatoes. Cakes were made from scratch, for there were no mixes at the time to 105