tended gardens. It was unusual for a 
     
     property not to have several varieties of 
     
     apple trees, as well as a couple of plum, 
     
     pear or cherry trees. 
     
    

    
     The smaller properties of fishing 
     
     families, as well as those of other 
     
     workers, usually had a few hens to 
     
     supply the family with eggs or provide 
     
     the meat for Sunday dinner. As well, a 
     
     hog or a steer was nurtured during the 
     
     spring and summer and slaughtered in 
     
     the fall to provide pork or beef for the 
     
     winter. Since there was no refrigeration, 
     
     the dressed carcass was hung in an out 
     
     building, where it remained frozen. 
     
    

    
     Breakfast was a hearty meal. Working 
     
     men and women required a good, 
     
     invigorating meal to prepare them for the 
     
     long and arduous daily tasks. Oatmeal 
     
     porridge, prepared the previous night,