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>> MORE ABOUT THEIR DEDICATION
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IT'S GOING TOIMMUNIZE TEST TEST.
TEST TEST.
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>> HI.
I'M STEPHANIE ELKINS, AN AVID
FAN OF THE "NEWSHOUR."
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
EVENING.
IT'S THE PLEDGE DRIVE FOR THE
YEAR AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF THIS IMPORTANT
JOURNALISM.
YOU RELY ON THE INTEGRITY AND
OBJECTIVE NEWS REPORTING THAT
YOU HEAR AND SEE ON PBS
"NEWSHOUR" AND WE PROVIDE THAT.
YOU RELY ON IT.
AND WE RELY ON YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF THIS KIND OF
IMPORTANT JOURNALISM.
WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU AND
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE A PHONE
CALL OR GO GO ONLINE 1-800-236-3636
OR YOU CAN ALSO GO TO WISCONSIN
pbs.org.
>> I'M CLINT WALZ, ON STAFF HERE
AT PBS WISCONSIN.
RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR
PLEDGE OF SUPPORT, WE HAVE SOME
WAYS WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU.
ONE OF THOSE IS WITH THE PBS
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REMINDER OF THE PROGRAMMING
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RIGHT HERE ON PBS WISCONSIN.
THE OTHER OPTION WE HAVE HERE
TONIGHT IS A VERY SPECIAL
PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT
PBS WISCONSIN THAT YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A REAL
DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, HERE'S MY COLLEAGUE ALYSSA
AND SHE'S GOING TO TELL US A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> HELLO.
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PBS WISCONSIN SERVES ALL KIDS
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SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2022, WE'VE
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ITEMS TO HELP EASE THEIR
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>> WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL
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AND IT IS CERTAINLY WORTH IT.
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DOING SO MANY TERRIFIC THINGS
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BETWEEN, AND THIS IS AN OUT
GROWTH AND A REALLY MEANINGFUL
WAY TO MAKE YOUR GIFT HELP PBS
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COMING TO OUR STATE FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
>> WELL, WE HAVE A GUEST.
MR. JERRY APPS IS HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING FOOD
AND MEMORIES RIGHT AFTER THE
"NEWSHOUR."
THIS IS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY.
>> IT IS.
>> OF FARM STORIES.
>> A FARM STORY.
>> SO TELL US ABOUT FOOD AND
MEMORIES.
HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT?
>> WELL, IT WAS MY EDITOR AT THE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS SAID,
JERRY, HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED
WRITING A COOKBOOK?
AND MY QUICK ANSWER WAS NO, I
DON'T KNOW A RECIPE.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, YOU SHOULD
THINK ABOUT THAT.
IN THE MEANTIME, MY MOTHER HAD
PASSED AND LEFT BEHIND RECIPE
BOOKS AND THERE WAS THE MOTHER
LODE FOR THIS PROJECT AND THE
BOOK, ALL OF THE RECIPES SHE HAD
USED FOR COOKING ON A
WOODBURNING WOODSTOVE, NO
ELECTRICITY, NO INDOOR PLUMBING,
NO ANYTHING, AND YET SHE'S
COOKING AND BAKING ALL OF THESE
WONDERFUL THINGS.
>> AND THESE STORIES ARE
MAGNIFICENT AND WE'RE GOING TO
SEE SOME PHOTOS AND HEAR ALL
ABOUT THAT AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU
TO STAY WITH US THIS EVENING FOR
THAT PROGRAM.
>> BUT RIGHT NOW SHOW YOUR
SUPPORT FOR PBS "NEWSHOUR."
THESE ARE THE KIND OF PROGRAMS
YOU DEPEND ON AND THEY DEPEND ON
YOU.
WHEN YOU DO, WE HAVE SOME WAYS
OF SAYING THANK YOU.
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THE PBS "NEWSHOUR" MUG, TERRIFIC
MUG AND A GREAT REMINDER OF THE
SUPPORT THAT YOU GAVE TO MAKE
THE "NEWSHOUR" POSSIBLE.
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AND, AGAIN, THIS SUPPORTS OUR
PBS WISCONSIN EDUCATION TEAM AND
PROVIDES FOR A CARE PACKAGE THAT
INCLUDES PBS KIDS' BOOKS,
LEARNING SUPPLIES AND A COMFORT
ITEM THAT WILL HELP EASE THESE
YOUNG REFUGEES IN THEIR
TRANSITION TO THEIR NEW HOME
HERE IN WISCONSIN AND REALLY SET
THEM UP FOR SUCCESS IN THEIR
SCHOOL.
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>> WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING BACK
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MINUTE.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.
not only preparing it but preserving it.
Besides all the things I've just mentioned,
she was also in charge of our health.
I never heard her once complain
about having to do all of these things
because that's what farm women did at that time.
[gentle music]
In my mother's generation,
the farm women learned from their mothers,
who had learned from their mothers.
Just as farming skills were passed on
from generation to generation,
the cooking skills in the family were passed on
from generation to generation.
My mother, as I mentioned, is 100% German.
And so, all these German recipes
that went back to her grandmother, and to her mother,
she had these skills as well,
but I'm sure that she was a stickler,
in making sure that my mother knew
just how to prepare sauerkraut,
knew just how to prepare ham,
knew just how to prepare pork chops with sauerkraut,
and so on.
My mother was an excellent cook.
Aprons came with the job.
My mother had several aprons.
She made them from feed sacks.
In those days, well, during the Depression and World War II,
the feed sacks often had patterns on them.
So, she didn't have to buy the cloth.
She would put on the apron in the morning,
and the last thing she took off at night was the apron.
And they were the kind that covered the whole front of you,
you put the thing around the back of your neck.
It had a couple of pockets.
In one pocket, her everyday apron with one pocket,
she would have some sewing, a needle maybe, and some thread.
Never can tell when something needs to be repaired.
And the apron had multiple functions.
Not only did it keep the splashes from her dress,
from the cooking, but it provided
a place to wipe your hands.
If somebody was coming to the door,
you wiped their hands on the apron.
It was a place, if one of the kids fell down,
scraped a knee, you could,
you could brush away the tears with the apron.
The apron just had all kinds of, all kinds of uses.
One of the interesting things that my mother was able to do,
that I so much appreciate today and took for granted then,
was that in cooking on a wood stove,
you not only had to deal with the recipes,
you had to deal with the stove.
My mother would know the difference between
the heating potential of oak wood and pine wood,
because that was all stacked in the wood box.
And so, she had to know so much more
than just the recipes themselves.
She and this wood stove became partners.
- Susie: So, she really had to know
which type of wood to use
for whatever she was planning to make.
- Jerry: That's right, and which was long-lasting,
and when do you add some more wood?
I mean, it's very complicated when you think about it.
- It is. - And it's not,
in no place have I seen all that written down,
because I suspect there was an art
to cooking with a wood stove.
[fire crackles gently]
- Susie: I think she just knew how to cook.
And she knew how to use her wood stove
and the things in her kitchen.
And like you said, I think she just assumed
people knew how to do things in the kitchen.
And maybe they had learned
from their sisters or their mother.
I don't remember ever hearing her complain
about being in the kitchen.
- No, she never complained about.
- She just seemed to really enjoy it.
So, I feel like her kitchen
was a very important place for her.
- Well, that was her domain,
and she,
well, she ruled the roost in the kitchen.
[fire crackling softly, gentle upbeat music]
Because we were up early,
breakfast was a very important meal
because it helped satisfy the fact
that we'd already worked a couple, three hours,
and it set us up for the rest of the day.
One of the items that she thought, and it's true,
was most useful, was a cast iron frying pan
about this big around.
And she prepared almost everything
in that cast iron pan,
whether it was bacon or eggs or whatever, or pancakes,
whatever it was she was preparing.
Now, if you were in winter,
that would be eggs and bacon, and so on.
then you were really with it,
and I was able to eat 10 pancakes.
[warm gentle music]
>> HI.
I'M JON MISKOWSKI, DIRECTOR OF
PBS WISCONSIN.
WE'RE ENJOYING JERRY APPS, FOOD
& MEMORIES.
JERRY IS WITH US HERE TONIGHT SO
WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO
HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FOOD
& MEMORIES.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO
SUPPORT PBS WISCONSIN.
WE HAVE THE COMPANION BOOK THAT
YOU SAW.
IT'S A WONDERFUL BOOK WITH
RECIPES.
ALSO FOR A GIFT OF $10 A MONTH,
WE HAVE THE PROGRAM DVD.
ACTUALLY FOR BOTH TOGETHER WITH
A GIFT OF $20 A MONTH, WE HAVE
THE COOKBOOK AND THE DVD.
SO WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
SUPPORTING PUBLIC TELEVISION,
ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR STORIES IN
WISCONSIN.
JERRY HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL
TRADITION TO THAT.
THIS IS A LOT ABOUT FOOD AND A
LOT ABOUT YOUR MOTHER, OF
COURSE.
>> YES.
>> BUT I THINK ONE THING THAT
WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU OVER THE
YEARS IS THAT ROLE OF WOMEN ON
THE FARM WASN'T SIMPLY IN THE
KITCHEN.
>> IT WAS A VERY COMPLICATED
ROLE, AS A MATTER OF FACT,
BECAUSE MY MOTHER WOULD BE
TYPICAL OF MANY OF THE FARM
WOMEN IN THE30s AND '40s AND
EARLY '50s.
SHE NOT ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
FOOD, BUT FOR THE HEALTH OF THE
FAMILY.
THE IDEA OF GOING TO A DOCTOR,
YOU HAD TO BE NEAR DEAD BEFORE
YOU'D GO TO A DOCTOR.
SO MY MOTHER TOOK CARE OF ALL
THAT.
SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE CHICKEN
FLOCK, 150 LEG-HORN HENS.
IT WAS HER EGG MONEY.
SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE
VEGETABLE GARDEN.
>> AND WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU, A
LOT OF WOMEN ON THE PHONE WERE
THE CFOs, ACCOUNTANT,
BOOKKEEPER.
>> SHE DID.
IN FACT, WHEN SHE PASSED, I
FOUND TWO THINGS THAT WERE
INVALUABLE FOR MY WRITING, THE
RECIPE BOX AND THE ACCOUNT BOOKS
THAT SHE KEPT.
SHE WROTE DOWN EVERY NICKEL THAT
WAS ERNED AND EARNED AND THAT'S ABOUT HOW
IT WAS DURING THE DEPRESSION AND
HOW EVERY NICKEL WAS SPENT.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE ENTRIES, I
COULD REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED.
SO I'M WRITING A STORY ABOUT
THAT.
>> THANKS, JERRY.
WE'LL TALK MORE TO JERRY.
THANKS.
AND YOU CAN CALL WITH YOUR
PLEDGE TO 1-800-236-3636.
>> HI.
I'M STEPHANIE ELKINS, HOST OF
MORNING CLASSICS ON WISCONSIN
PUBLIC RADIO, AND A GREAT FAN OF
EVERYTHING THAT JERRY APPS DOES
AND NOW HIS DAUGHTER, SUSAN APPS
BODILY, AND THEY'VE CREATED THIS
WONDERFUL PROGRAM FOR YOU AND A
COOKBOOK.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT THANK YOU
GIFTS WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR PLEDGE
OF SUPPORT TO PBS WISCONSIN.
FOR A PLEDGE OF $10 A MONTH, YOU
WILL RECEIVE THE PROGRAM DVD,
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY.
FOR A PLEDGE OF $15 A MONTH,
THAT COOKBOOK WITH ALL OF THE
RECIPES THAT SUSIE WORKED SO
HARD ON.
AND FOR A PLEDGE OF $20 A MONTH,
THIS IS THE ONE.
IT'S THE COOKBOOK PLUS THE DVD
AND AN APRON, A PBS WISCONSIN
APRON.
AND FOR A PLEDGE OF $25 A MONTH
OR MORE, YOU'LL GET THE WHOLE
PACKAGE OF ALL OF THE DVDs
THAT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED ABOUT
JERRY APPS STORIES, STARTING
WITH THE FARM STORY AND THE LAND
AND A FARM WINTER AND SO FORTH.
SO MAKE YOUR PLEDGE OF SUPPORT.
- PICK THE LEVEL THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE AND GIVE US A CALL AT
1-800-236-3636.
>> HI.
I'M CLINT WALZ.
I'M ON STAFF HERE AT PBS
WISCONSIN.
FOR A DECADE NOW WE'VE PARTNERED
WITH JERRY TO MAKE THESE
PROGRAMS POSSIBLE.
OVER THAT TIME, WE'VE RECEIVED
HUNDREDS OF VIEWER COMMENTS
ABOUT THESE SHOWS.
I WANTED TO SHARE ONE FROM DIANE
IN RIPON.
EVERY WORD, EVERY PICTURE, EVERY
MEMORY IT BROUGHT BACK TO ME,
EVERY EMOTION IT TOUCHED IN MY
HEART WAS SO MOVING TO ME.
AND IT'S THAT KIND OF IMPACT
THAT THESE SORT OF SHOWS HAVE ON
OUR VIEWERS.
AND IT'S MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE
OF VIEWERS JUST LIKE YOU WHO
MADE A PHONE CALL AND MADE A
PLEDGE OF SUPPORT, INCLUDING OUR
SUSTAINING MEMBERS.
THEY TEND TO GIVE THE WAY THAT
THEY WATCH.
THEY GIVE MONTH AFTER MONTH.
YOU CAN DO THAT, TOO.
IT'S VERY EASY.
IT COMES RIGHT OUT OF YOUR
CHECKING ACCOUNT OR BANK ACCOUNT
OR CREDIT CARD.
WE CAN DEPEND ON YOU AND THAT
SUPPORT AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO
US TO MAKE THESE GREAT PROGRAMS
POSSIBLE.
YOU CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW BY
CALLING 1-800-236-3636.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THE NUMBER TO PLEDGE IS
1-800-236-3636.
WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOUR MOM, ABOUT HER A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE WORK THAT SHE DID
AT THE FARM.
>> WELL, JUST A WORD OR TWO
ABOUT THE COOKING AND THE
BAKING, BECAUSE NONE OF US IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD ANYTHING
THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TODAY.
SHE DID ALL HER COOKING ON A
WOODSTOVE WITHOUT A THERMOMETER.
PEOPLE WOULD SAY TO HER,
ELEANOR, HOW DO YOU KNOW THE
RIGHT TEMPERATURE FOR BAKING
BREAD?
AND SHE WOULD SAY, WELL,
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
GOOD GERMAN WOMAN THAT SHE WAS.
HOW DO YOU DO IT?
ALL YOU DO IS YOU MAKE SURE YOU
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
OAKWOOD AND PINE WOOD BECAUSE
ONE IS HOTTER THAN THE OTHER.
YOU OPEN THE OVEN DOOR, PUT YOUR
HAND IN, YOU CAN TELL WHEN IT'S
JUST RIGHT FOR BAKING.
PEOPLE LOOK AT HER AND SAY THAT
WOMAN'S CRAZY.
SHE COULD BAKE BREAD LIKE YOU
COULDN'T IMAGINE, SWEET ROLLS,
ALL BECAUSE SHE KNEW HOW TO
REGULATE THE STOVE BASED ON YOUR
KNOWLEDGE OF WOOD.
WHAT?
A WOMAN HAULING WOOD IN THE
KITCHEN?
WOMEN WHO WERE GOOD COOKS KNEW
ABOUT THE POWER OF DIFFERENT
KINDS OF WOOD.
>> THOSE ARE THE STORIES OF OUR
MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF TAKING THE
PROGRAM AND WATCHING PEOPLE
WATCH JERRY APPS PROGRAMS.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS PEOPLE
NODDING THEIR HEADS AND TALKING
AND SHARING THEIR STORIES.
I KNOW THAT THESE STORIES ARE
RESONATING WITH YOU AND A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
A DVD TO SUPPORT PUBLIC
TELEVISION, BUT ALSO TO SHARE IT
WITH FOLKS IN YOUR FAMILY.
THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL IS
1-800-236-3636.
>> AND I LOVED HEARING ABOUT
ELEANOR TRADING HER EGG MONEY
FOR BANANAS AND THEN WATCHING
SUSIE MAKE THAT WONDERFUL
BIRTHDAY CAKE.
THAT RECIPE IS RIGHT IN THE
COOKBOOK.
IT HAS ALL KINDS OF TERRIFIC
STORIES, WHEN ELECTRICITY
ARRIVED, THE ONE THAT I JUST
RANDOMLY OPENED TO, AND THE
COOKBOOK IS YOURS FOR A PLEDGE
OF $15 A MONTH OR MORE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE PROGRAM DVD AND
THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR $10 A MONTH
OR MORE.
AND FOR $20 A MONTH, YOU'LL GET
THE PROGRAM DVD THAT YOU'RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW AND THIS
MARVELOUS COOKBOOK.
IT'S TIME TO DO SOME COOKING.
AND THE APRON, THE PBS WISCONSIN
APRON THAT YOU'LL WANT TO WEAR
IN THE KITCHEN TO SHOW OFF YOUR
PBS SUPPORT.
SO GIVE US A CALL AT
1-800-236-3636 AND I FORGOT
THERE'S ONE MORE LEVEL.
FOR $25 OR MORE A MONTH, YOU CAN
GET THE ENTIRE BUNDLE OF ALL OF
JERRY'S DVDs.
AND THOSE ARE MAGNIFICENT AND
THEY'RE WONDERFUL TO SHARE AND
WONDERFUL TO ENJOY WITH OTHERS.
1-800-236-3636.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT WAYS OF
SAYING THANK YOU TONIGHT.
IF YOU'VE MADE THAT CALL, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, GO TO
YOUR PHONE.
CALL 1-800-236-3636.
AND WITH ALL OF THOSE LEVELS, IF
YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE A GIFT OF $5
A MONTH OR MORE, WE'LL SEND YOU
"AIRWAVES," OUR MONTHLY PROGRAM
GUIDE, INCLUDES THE LISTINGS OF
ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN
FIND, NOT ONLY ON PBS WISCONSIN
BUT ALSO ON THE WISCONSIN
CHANNEL, CREATE, AND PBS KIDS,
ALL FOUR OF OUR DIGITAL
CHANNELS.
YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT GREAT
PROGRAMS YOUR GIFT IS MAKING
POSSIBLE TODAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY SPECIAL
COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO COME
TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS GREAT
STATION POSSIBLE.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, AS A
MATTER OF FACT, WE GET OUR
INCOME FROM A VARIETY OF
SOURCES, BUT THE PRIMARY SOURCE
IS COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
THAT'S YOU.
THAT'S THE SORT OF DIFFERENCE
YOU CAN MAKE TONIGHT WHEN YOU
GIVE US A CALL AND PLEDGE YOUR
SUPPORT TO PBS WISCONSIN AT
1-800-236-3636.
>> THANKS FOR YOUR CALL.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW, JERRY, ONE THING I
THINK IS REALLY WONDERFUL ABOUT
THE BOOK IS NOT ONLY ARE THERE
RECIPES, BUT THERE ARE STORIES
ABOUT THE TIMES.
SO THERE'S HISTORY, LIKE
HARVESTING ICE, WHEN ELECTRICITY
ARRIVED, SO THIS STORY OF YOUR
MOTHER IS IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT,
TOO.
>> YES.
THAT MAKES IT A DIFFERENT
COOKBOOK THAN MANY BECAUSE IT'S
A STORY BOOK AS WELL AS A BOOK
OF RECIPES.
>> I THINK AS WE'VE TRAVELED AND
SEEN PEOPLE AND WATCHED PEOPLE
WATCH THE SHOWS AND HEAR PEOPLE
HEAR YOU SPEAK TO OUR AUDIENCES,
THEY REALLY WANT TO SHARE THOSE
STORIES, THEIR OWN STORIES.
A BOOK LIKE THIS GIVES YOU A
CONTEXT FOR THE GRANDKIDS TO SAY
THIS IS WHAT THAT TIME WAS LIKE,
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED.
AND SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR
THIS WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> TEN YEARS AGO WE HAD A FARM
STORY.
IT'S GREAT.
WE'VE BEEN SHOWING THE
COLLECTION OF DVDs.
IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL
CONTRIBUTION OF PRESERVING AND
SHARING THIS REALLY IMPORTANT
PART OF WISCONSIN'S STORY.
THANK YOU.
at that time.
And I was a little guy, of course,
and didn't have an appreciation
for how valuable that patch of ground was,
whatever you think about in a garden, we pretty much had.
We were planting sweet corn, and we were planting tomatoes,
watermelons, and pumpkins, and rutabagas,
and all that stuff.
The soil had to be a certain temperature
before seeds would germinate.
And we never checked it.
My dad simply knew it.
He had a fifth-grade education,
how he knew all this I don't know,
probably learned it from his dad.
But he could put his hand on the ground and say,
"It's ready for potatoes."
He could put his hand on the ground and say,
"I think it's ready for green beans."
[gentle upbeat music]
My dad was the one who would try something different.
He would always order something that was unusual.
One year he ordered squash.
He'd seen a picture in a catalog
of a huge squash, weighed 75 pounds.
Huge!
My dad said, "I'm gonna try that."
And all the kids came by to see this giant squash,
because he did have a giant squash.
The thing, I don't know, weighed 75, 85 pounds.
A huge squash!
Nobody could even lift it.
All the little kids looked and said, "Whoa, what is that?
Oh, my gosh!"
And my dad was smiling all the way.
Gardening kept him going.
And he, he loved that mystique of it.
I would say, "Pa, what's gonna be good this year?"
"I don't know.
"We're gonna see.
We're gonna have to watch and see."
[gentle upbeat music]
Other thing my dad would insist on in my mother's garden,
there had to be something that was pretty,
and that would be a flower,
zinnias maybe, or something like that.
He would always have something that was pretty,
a sunflower, maybe.
I have flowers in my little garden here.
I'm following his advice, something pretty
is important in a garden, as well.
[gentle upbeat music]
We never once watered anything in the garden.
[music brightens]
And so, we depended on the rain,
totally depended on the rains.
And for some reason, I don't remember ever a failed garden
because of dry weather.
I don't.
There were very limited insecticides.
We controlled bugs mostly by--
potato bugs, for example, you would pick them off by hand,
go down the row and pick them off by hand.
Can you imagine doing that?
My brothers and I were in charge of hoeing,
help with the planting, with the hoeing,
getting rid of the weeds, with the harvesting.
It was very much a family operation.
Even though my mother was in charge, we all were involved.
[gentle acoustic music]
- Let's talk about the first spring things.
Like, did you have asparagus?
- And rhubarb was one of the very first ones
to sneak out of the ground,
and asparagus wasn't long after that.
- Yeah, rhubarb is pretty hardy.
And it can-- lasts through the summer, so it keeps producing.
You can keep cutting it. - Yeah, it's, it's very pretty,
and you can make some interesting dishes from it.
The first thing that they would prepare with the rhubarb
was rhubarb sauce.
My dad insisted that every one of us--
my two brothers, my mother, and I-- ate rhubarb sauce.
[gentle music]
And I'd say, "Pa, why do we eat this stuff
that's so sour, and it's bitter, and it's awful?"
He said, "You need to be cleansed from winter."
[gentle music]
- Susie: So, it was for medicinal purposes.
[Susie laughs] - Well, it was terrible.
It was just God awful.
But so, the earliest,
the earliest things were rhubarb and, and asparagus.
- And some, and lettuce, if it comes up.
- Yeah, and then soon after that, lettuce,
and then the-- - Radishes.
- And the radishes would be coming, sure.
When we ate lettuce, I, I knew that spring had arrived.
I wasn't too sure when I ate rhubarb.
But when, when the lettuce arrived,
I knew that spring was here.
She had a special, a special recipe that made lettuce
literally jump right out of the bowl.
- Susie: It's good.
I remember this.
- It is so good, it's so good. [Susie laughs]
- There's nothing better than the taste
of fresh vegetables from-- - Well, the fact that you,
you, you pick the green beans in the morning,
and you eat 'em at noon.
How much fresher could it, could it be?
- Can't get any fresher.
- And you could tell the difference.
- And there's something to be said
for knowing that you put in the work.
- Whatever we were to grow, that's what we had.
- That is the true farm-to-table experience.
- Exactly, 100%.
[warm gentle music]
We had a small orchard, half a dozen trees, or so,
we grew what was called Whitney crabapples.
And they are an apple about this large.
And my mother canned them.
And they were really good.
We also went into the wild for fruit.
And by that I meant, we picked wild blackberries,
wild raspberries-- they were called blackcaps,
that's what we call them.
And she would send us into the woods
with a little pail, a lard pail,
put a belt around your waist
so that you could pick with both hands.
You don't want be holding a pail with one hand
and only picking with one hand,
you gotta pick with both hands.
And so, that resulted in raspberry jam, raspberry pie,
raspberry jelly.
Raspberries, raspberries were a big deal.
Now, the premier fruit crop of course, was strawberries.
My mother had as much
as a quarter of an acre of strawberries
at one time or another.
And she would trade those strawberries
for groceries at the mercantile.
Very little money was exchanged during the Depression.
We traded crops, vegetables, fruits,
for groceries at the grocery store.
[leaves rustling, gentle music]
But the strawberry patch was hers, along with the garden,
and it was large enough so that she would invite
neighbors, relatives, whomever, to come and pick.
[fruit thudding softly]
And in between times, when we were picking strawberries,
and my mother had fresh homemade bread,
[knife clicks]
and we would smear some butter, thick,
on this nice big hunk of homemade bread.
And then we would put one, two, three, four,
five strawberries on it!
And we would mush 'em down with the knife
[warm gentle music]
and then put the second slice of bread on top,
and we would have a strawberry sandwich.
And so the juice would be running down our chins
and people'd say, "What are you doing?"
"Uh, we're eating a strawberry sandwich."
And they'd, "What in the world is that?"
"Let me show you."
And that became very popular in our strawberry patch,
the strawberry sandwich.
Nothing, nothing, nothing comes close
to eating a strawberry that's just fresh-picked.
Oh, my gosh, they're good.
[warm gentle music]
Gardening goes way beyond the utilitarian,
the economic,
the fresh vegetables, which is essential.
Each year's garden is a new lesson.
I must also say that it's fun.
It's therapeutic.
It's something for this old guy
to go out and dig in the dirt, and smell what it's like,
>> HI.
I'M JON MISKOWSKI, DIRECTOR OF
PBS WISCONSIN.
WE'RE ENJOYING JERRY APPS, FOOD
& MEMORIES.
THE PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE, BUT
WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD REASON FOR
YOU TO CALL, NOT ONLY BECAUSE
IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
WE HAVE GREAT THANK YOU GIFTS
INCLUDING THE DVD AND THIS
WONDERFUL COOKBOOK PUBLISHED BY
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
BUT RIGHT NOW YOU CAN HAVE YOUR
GIFT DOUBLED BY OUR CHALLENGE
FUND AND THAT IS POSSIBLE
BECAUSE CURRENT MEMBERS OF PBS
WISCONSIN HAVE MADE A GIFT ABOVE
AND BEYOND THEIR ANNUAL SUPPORT
TO ENCOURAGE NEW MEMBERS TO
SUPPORT PBS WISCONSIN.
UP TO THE FIRST $2,000 PLEDGED
WILL BE MATCHED BY THE CHALLENGE
FUND.
SO WE HOPE YOU'LL GET TO THE
PHONE AND CALL 1-800-236-3636.
THE DVD AND THE BOOKS ARE
AVAILABLE WHEN YOU CALL.
JERRY, WANT TO THANK YOU AND
RUTH FOR BEING SUCH GREAT
SUPPORTERS FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
>> YEAH.
SO YOU WILL JOIN ME, MY FAMILY,
JERRY AND HIS FAMILY IN
SUPPORTING PBS WISCONSIN WHEN
YOU CALL 1-800-236-3636.
>> I'M STEPHANIE ELKINS, HOST OF
MORNING CLASSICS ON WPR.
NOT ONLY WILL YOU JOIN JERRY AND
HIS FAMILY AND JON AND HIS
FAMILY, YOU'LL JOIN ME AND MY
FAMILY.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY THING.
WE DO THIS TOGETHER.
WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE'VE GOT THIS MEMBER CHALLENGE.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER CONTRIBUTED TO
PBS WISCONSIN BEFORE, THIS IS A
GREAT TIME TO DO IT.
WE'VE GOT A FUND THAT WILL MATCH
YOUR CONTRIBUTION.
AND WHEN YOU DO, FOR A PLEDGE OF
$10 A MONTH OR MORE, WE HAVE THE
PROGRAM DVD, FOOD & MEMORIES.
YOU CAN WATCH IT.
YOU CAN SHARE IT.
FOR A GIFT OF $15 A MONTH OR
MORE, WE'VE GOT THIS FABULOUS
COOKBOOK AND WE'RE GOING TO
ACTUALLY BE TALKING TO SUSIE A
LITTLE BIT LATER.
IT'S CHOCK FULL OF EVERYTHING
FROM ALL THE CANNING SHE DID TO
WONDERFUL DESSERTS AND COOKIES.
FOR $20 A MONTH, WE WILL SEND
YOU THE DVD OF THE PROGRAM, THE
COOKBOOK AND THE PBS WISCONSIN
APRON.
I LOVE THIS.
IT'S A FULL BODY ONE, GOES OVER
YOUR NECK AND IT WILL KEEP YOU
NICE AND CLEAN WHILE YOU'RE
DOING YOUR COOKING FROM THE
COOKBOOK.
FOR A PLEDGE OF $25 A MONTH OR
MORE, WE WILL SEND YOU ALL OF
THE JERRY APPS DVDs.
THERE ARE SIX OF THEM.
1-800-236-3636.
>> HI, FOLKS.
I'M CLINT WALZ.
I'M ON STAFF HERE AT PBS
WISCONSIN.
WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT VIEWER
FEEDBACK AND JUST HOW IMPORTANT
THAT IS WITH US.
THIS IS FROM CHRISTINE IN
FOUNTAIN CITY.
JERRY APPS HAS INSPIRED MYSELF
AND MY FAMILY TO CONTINUE
STORYTELLING.
IT HELPED US REALIZE HOW
IMPORTANT STORYTELLING IS.
THAT'S WHY YOUR GIFT MAKES SUCH
A DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE LIKE
CHRISTINE, TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS
GENERATIONAL AND IT NEEDS TO BE
PASSED DOWN.
STORYTELLING IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THESE PROGRAMS WERE BROUGHT TO
YOU BY PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO MADE
THAT GIFT OF SUPPORT, INCLUDING
OUR SUSTAINING MEMBERS.
WHAT'S A SUSTAINING MEMBER?
IT'S SOMEONE WHO MAKES A GIFT
THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY GIVE EVERY
SINGLE MONTH FROM THEIR CHECKING
ACCOUNT OR THEIR BANK ACCOUNT
AND REALLY IT'S A FORM OF
SUPPORT THAT WE DEPEND ON AND WE
RELY UPON TO MAKE THESE GREAT
PROGRAMS POSSIBLE.
YOU CAN INVEST IN THE NEXT GREAT
JERRY APPS PROGRAM WITH YOUR
GIFT RIGHT NOW AT 1-800-236-3636
1-800-236-3636.
>> I THINK THAT ONE THING THAT'S
REALLY WONDERFUL ABOUT THESE
STORIES, BOTH THE DVD AND THE
COOKBOOK, IS HOW IT INSPIRES
PEOPLE TO TELL STORIES.
>> IT CERTAINLY DOES.
AND IN FACT THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT KEEPS ME DOING THIS
WORK, IS PEOPLE COME TO ME AND
SAY I JUST READ THIS STORY.
LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY.
OH, MY GOSH.
THAT MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD WHEN
I HEAR THAT.
>> TEN YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER,
SINCE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW
WE'VE BEEN PRODUCING THESE
PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS
WITH JERRY, I REMEMBER A HOLIDAY
WEEKEND SITTING DOWN WITH MY
PARENTS AND MY TWO BOYS AND
WATCHING A FARM STORY AND HAVING
MY PARENTS TALKING ABOUT WHAT
LIFE WAS LIKE ON THE FARM.
THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE
FARM, THEIR UNCLES AND AUNTS.
IT WAS THIS POWERFUL MOMENT OF
GENERATIONS SHARING THIS STORY.
THAT IS WONDERFUL.
IT'S A REAL INSPIRATION FOR
PEOPLE TO SHARE STORIES AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU MAKE TO
OUR LIVES AND TO REMEMBERING
THESE IMPORTANT STORIES OF
WISCONSIN.
THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL TO
PLEDGE IS 1-800-236-3636.
>> I REALLY ENJOYED HEARING
SUSIE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PROGRAM TALK ABOUT SHE HAD HEARD
ALL OF THE STORIES FROM HER DAD,
SHE THOUGHT, UNTIL SHE THEY STARTED
GOING THROUGH THE RECIPES AND
THEN STORY AFTER STORY STARTED
COMING OUT.
MANY OF THEM ARE IN THE
COOKBOOK.
WE INVITE YOU DURING THIS MEMBER
CHALLENGE BREAK, REMEMBER, IF
YOU'RE BRAND NEW, IF YOU'D LIKE
TO MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTION FOR
THE FIRST TIME, WE HAVE A FUND
THAT WILL MATCH YOUR GIFT.
FOR A PLEDGE OF $10 A MORE OR
MORE.
WE'LL SEND YOU THE PROGRAM DVD,
THE ONE THAT YOU'RE WATCHING
RIGHT NOW AND YOU CAN SHARE IT
AND REWATCH IT OVER AND OVER.
AND THAT COOKBOOK.
IT'S NOT JUST A COOKBOOK.
RECIPES, MENUS AND MEMORIES.
AND IT IS JUST RICH WITH ALL OF
THAT AND THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR
YOUR PLEDGE OF $15 A MONTH OR
MORE.
AND FOR $20 WE'LL SEND YOU THE
PROGRAM DVD AND THE COOKBOOK AND
THE APRON, THE PBS WISCONSIN
APRON.
AND THEN FOR A PLEDGE OF $25 A
MONTH, WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE DVD
OF JERRY APPS STARTING WITH FARM
STORY, FARM WINTER AND THE NEVER
CURSE THE RAIN.
THAT'S A BRILLIANT ONE.
ALL AVAILABLE FOR YOUR PLEDGE.
THE NUMBER TO CALL IS
1-800-236-3636.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER
TIME TO CALL THAN RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE THIS IS A CHALLENGE
BREAK.
I'M LOOKING OVER AND SEE THAT
WE'VE HAD ALMOST 30 NEW MEMBERS
MAKE THEIR GIFT OF SUPPORT RIGHT
NOW.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES
OR SO LEFT, SO THERE'S STILL
TIME FOR YOU TO GO TO YOUR PHONE
AND CALL 1-800-236-3636.
WE'VE GOT WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS
STANDING BY WAITING TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
SO GO AHEAD.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS CHALLENGE
BREAK.
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SOME
GREAT THANK YOU GIFTS TONIGHT,
BUT WHEN YOU BECOME A MEMBER, WE
ALSO HAVE OTHER BENEFITS THAT
WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU,
INCLUDING OUR "AIRWAVES,"
PROGRAM GUIDE, ARRIVES IN YOUR
MAILBOX EVERY MONTH, SHOWS YOU
ALL OF THE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT
YOUR DOLLARS ARE GOING TO MAKE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE PASSPORT.
WITH ANY OF THE THANK YOU GIFTS
THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE
TONIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO
AN ONLINE LIBRARY, DEEP, DEEP
LIBRARY OF GREAT PBS PROGRAMS
THAT YOU'VE COME TO KNOW AND
LOVE AND PBS WISCONSIN PROGRAMS
AS WELL.
BUT IT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF YOUR
PHONE CALL RIGHT NOW,
1-800-236-3636.
>> JERRY, AS I WAS WATCHING THE
SHOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW
THERE ARE VERY PRECIOUS THINGS
THAT WE PASS ALONG THROUGH
GENERATIONS.
SO AT MY HOUSE THE VERY PRECIOUS
THING IS MY FATHER'S DOG TAGS,
RIGHT.
A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THING
THAT MANY FAMILIES HOLD AND
SHARE FROM GENERATION TO
GENERATION.
BUT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING HOW
MANY OF US HAVE SHARED RECIPES
THAT WE --
>> EXACTLY.
>> SO WHAT IS IT ABOUT FOOD AND
THOSE RECIPES THAT INSPIRES
THAT?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT RURAL
PEOPLE REALLY DIDN'T TALK MUCH
ABOUT WAS HOW RECIPES WOULD
CONNECT PEOPLE.
AND WE HAD A COMMUNITY OF
NORWEGIANS, GERMANS, HOE BOHEMIANS
AND RECIPES WAS A WAY TO CREATE
COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORS SHARING
WITH EACH OTHER.
SO IT WAS MORE THAN FUN FOR
THESE RECIPES TO BE PASSED
AROUND AND I HAVE MANY STORIES
TO TALK ABOUT, THE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE DID.
BUT WE ATE WHAT THE RECIPES WERE
SUGGESTING.
>> IT'S SO WONDERFUL THAT YOU
FOUND THIS RECIPE BOX AND THAT
YOU SAVED IT AND YOU'RE
TRANSLATING IT FOR US.
THERE ARE MANY STORIES IN HERE
THAT ARE NOT JUST THE APPS
STORY.
THEY'RE WISCONSIN STORIES.
I KNOW FOR MANY OF YOU AT HOME,
THESE ARE YOUR STORIES.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE JERRY
TRANSLATE AND SHARE THEM WITH US
AND WITH YOU.
THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL TO
PLEDGE, REMEMBER, THIS IS A
CHALLENGE BREAK, YOUR DOLLARS
ARE DOUBLED AS NEW MEMBERS WHEN
YOU CALL 1-800-236-3636.
>> AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE
ALREADY OVER 40.
WE'VE GOT 42 INSOFAR.
IT'S A WONDERFUL TIME <!24576>
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS MATCH IF
YOU'VE NEVER BEEN A MEMBER OF
PBS WISCONSIN.
IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO MAKE
THAT CONTRIBUTION.
EVERY TIME YOU TURN ON THE TV,
USE THE APP, YOU KNOW YOU ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO SOMETHING REALLY
IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT SOME
WONDERFUL THANK YOU GIFTS FOR
THIS FOOD & MEMORIES PROGRAM.
FOR A GIFT OF $10 WE'LL SEND YOU
THE PROGRAM DVD.
YOU CAN WATCH IT ANYTIME, ENJOY
OVER AND OVER.
FOR A GIFT OF $15 A MONTH WE'LL
SEND YOU THE COOKBOOK, WHICH IS
CHOCK FULL OF NOT JUST THE
RECIPES AND THE MENUS, BUT SO
MANY MEMORIES AND STORIES.
AND FOR A GIFT OF $20 A MONTH,
WE'LL SEND YOU THE DVD AND THE
COOKBOOK AND THE PBS WISCONSIN
APRON.
AND THEN FOR A GIFT OF $25 A
MONTH, WE'LL SEND YOU ALL OF THE
JERRY APPS DVDs.
THERE ARE SIX OF THEM.
AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE AND
MAKE THAT CALL, TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE ONE-TO-ONE MATCH AT
1-800-236-3636.
>> THIS IS FANTASTIC.
WE'VE HAD ALMOST 50 PEOPLE TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THAT CHALLENGE
BREAK AND THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR
YOU, SO I HOPE YOU'LL CALL US
NOW, 1-800-236-3636 IS THAT
NUMBER.
YOU KNOW, PBS WISCONSIN TELLS
STORIES LIKE NOBODY ELSE.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE'VE GOT
JERRY APPS, WE HAVE "AROUND THE
FARM TABLE," WISCONSIN HOMETOWN
STORIES, WISCONSIN LIFE.
YOU KNOW, LIFE IS BETTER BECAUSE
OF PBS WISCONSIN AND PBS
WISCONSIN IS BETTER BECAUSE OF
YOU.
YOUR SUPPORT RIGHT NOW IS WHAT
MAKES THESE GREAT PROGRAMS
POSSIBLE.
YOUR SUPPORT IS WHAT ALLOWS US
TO TAKE VIEWERS AND EXPLORE THE
WORLD, EXPLORE HISTORY AND THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN IT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT YOU MAKE THAT PLEDGE OF
SUPPORT.
YOU CAN DO THAT BY GOING TO
1-800-236-3636 OR INVITE YOU TO
GO ONLINE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO
pbswisconsin.org AND CHOOSE
FROM ANY OF THE THANK YOU GIFTS
STEPHANIE HAS TALKED ABOUT OR
THAT WE'RE OFFERING THIS DRIVE.
BUT DO IT NOW.
THIS IS A CHALLENGE BREAK.
>> YOUR DOLLARS ARE DOUBLED WHEN
YOU CALL NOW.
I WANT TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT
OF THE BOOK.
WE HAVE A RECIPE HERE FOR CHERRY
DELIGHT, AND I HEARD IT'S
DELIGHTFUL.
I HEARD THE GROAN.
CANNED CHERRY CAUSE, CHERRY
CAKE.
BUT BEFORE THAT WHAT A WONDERFUL
WISCONSIN THING.
YOU HAVE A PAGE AND A HALF HERE
ABOUT CHERRIES IN WISCONSIN AND
HOW CHERRIES CAME TO WILD ROSE.
>> ONCE A YEAR, ROSS CAVES, THE
TRUCKER WHO WOULD HAUL CATTLE TO
THE STOCKYARDS IN MILWAUKEE,
WOULD CLEAN OUT THE BACK OF HIS
TRUCK AND HE WOULD INVITE THE
WOMEN FROM THE WILD ROSE
COMMUNITY TO RIDE IN THE BACK OF
HIS TRUCK TO DOOR COUNTY AND
PICK CHERRIES.
AND THEY WOULD HAVE CHAIRS IN
THE BACK OF THIS BIG OLD CATTLE
TRUCK AND RUMBLING THEIR WAY
THROUGH GREEN BAY AND ON UP TO
DOOR COUNTY, SPEND ALL DAY
PICKING CHERRIES, COME BACK
BEYOND TIRED.
MY MOTHER SAID THAT WAS THE MOST
FUN THING SHE HAD EVER DONE.
WE WOULD SPEND THE NEXT COUPLE
OF HOURS TAKING THE PITS OUT OF
THE CHERRIES.
SO CHERRY DELIGHT AND ALL THAT
OTHER STUFF COULD BE MADE.
<!32768> I
>> WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY ABOUT
WISCONSIN AND DOOR COUNTY AND
WONDERFUL WISCONSIN STORY HERE,
INCLUDING THOSE RECIPES THAT
WE'VE MENTIONED.
THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL TO
PLEDGE, REMEMBER IT'S A
CHALLENGE BREAK, IS
1-800-236-3636.
CALL NOW.
>> WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM SO
MANY OF YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GIFTS
OF SUPPORT OF PBS WISCONSIN.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME WONDERFUL
THANK YOU GIFTS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK AT THE
PROGRAM IN JUST A MOMENT.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS
PROGRAM FOR A GIFT OF $10 A
MONTH OR MORE WE WILL SEND YOU
THE DVD, FOOD & MEMORIES.
AND FOR A GIFT OF $15 A MONTH
WE'LL SEND YOU THIS FABULOUS
COUNTRY COOKBOOK, THE OLD FARM
COUNTRY COOKBOOK.
FOR A GIFT OF $20 A MONTH WE'LL
SEND YOU THE DVD AND THE
COOKBOOK PLUS THE PBS WISCONSIN
APRON.
AND THEN AT THE $25 A MONTH
LEVEL, EVERY SINGLE DVD THAT
JERRY APPS HAS DONE WITH PBS
WISCONSIN.
AND THEY ARE FABULOUS.
ONE ROOM SCHOOL IS ANOTHER
TERRIFIC ONE.
SO GIVE US A CALL,
1-800-236-3636.
>> WELL, ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE
BOOK, POTATO COUNTRY.
WE GREW UP IN THAT SAME AREA OF
WISCONSIN, SO POTATOES ARE
PRETTY IMPORTANT, ALONG WITH
POTATO SOUP.
I LOVE POTATO SOUP.
BUT POTATOES ARE AN IMPORTANT
STORY IN WISCONSIN, TOO.
>> WHEN I WAS A KID, WE GREW 20
ACRES OF POTATOES, PLANTED, HOED
AND PICKED BY HAND.
THE SCHOOL HAD POE POTATO VACATION
SO ALL THE KIDS COULD PICK
POTATOES.
>> THE NEXT LINE WAS POTATO
VACATION WAS NO VACATION.
>> EXACTLY.
>> IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, RIGHT?
>> EXACTLY.
>> YEAH.
POTATOES WERE A BIG DEAL.
>> LOTS OF WONDERFUL STORIES,
LOTS OF GREAT WISCONSIN
TRADITIONS IN THIS BOOK ALONG
WITH THESE WONDERFUL RECIPES AND
WONDERFUL STORIES.
THANK YOU, JERRY.
THANK YOU ALL OF YOU FOR
CALLING.
>> HI.
I'M JON MISKOWSKI, DIRECTOR OF
PBS WISCONSIN.
WE'VE JUST ENJOYED JERRY APPS
FOOD & MEMORIES AND NOW YOU'VE
SEEN THE WHOLE SHOW AND I WANT
TO THANK JERRY, SUSIE, THE
PRODUCERS OF THE PROGRAM WHO PUT
THIS BEAUTIFUL SHOW TOGETHER,
TOUCHING ON SO MANY OF THESE
IMPORTANT AND WONDERFUL
MEMORIES.
THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR YOU
TO CALL DURING THE PROGRAM, SO I
WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE DVD
IS AVAILABLE FOR A GIFT OF $10 A
MONTH OR THE COOKBOOK IS
AVAILABLE WITH A GIFT OF $15 A
MONTH OR A GIFT OF $20 A MONTH
YOU CAN RECEIVE THE JERRY APPS
BUNDLE THAT INCLUDES BOTH OF
THOSE THAT WE HAVE MENTIONED.
IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL SHARING
OF TRADITIONS, TALKED A LITTLE
BIT HERE ABOUT THE HOLIDAYS.
YOU TALK ABOUT THRESHING.
FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT
THRESHING IS, YOU WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THAT?
>> THRESHING TODAY WOULD BE
CALLED COMBINING AND IT'S A VERY
DIFFERENT PROCESS, BUT IT'S A
WAY OF SEPARATING THE KERNELS
FROM THE STRAWS OF GRAIN.
WE WENT FROM NEIGHBOR TO
NEIGHBOR.
THE CREWS WERE ALL OF THE
NEIGHBOR MEN WHO WENT FROM FARM
TO FARM.
AND THE WOMEN HELPED EACH OTHER
PREPARE THE THRESHING MEALS.
AND THEY WERE OUTSTANDING MEALS
BECAUSE THE WOMEN TRIED -- NOT
TRIED, THEY DID.
THEY COMPETED WITH EACH OTHER TO
MAKE SURE THEIR THRESHING DINNER
WAS THE BEST.
AND THEY WERE JUST WONDERFUL.
AND IT WAS A WAY, AGAIN, FOR US
TO SHARE THE VARIOUS ETHNIC
FOODS AND AS WE GOT BETTER
ACQUAINTED WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
>> AND IN THE BOOK, OLD FARM
COUNTRY COOKBOOK, NOT ONLY
INCLUDES RECIPES, BUT SOME OF
THOSE STORIES OF THAT HISTORY,
OF THAT TRADITION.
IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY FOR MANY
FOLKS TO REMEMBER, BUT THEN ALSO
SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILY THESE
WONDERFUL TRADITIONS.
THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL IS
1-800-236-3636.
>> I WAS ALMOST SALIVATING WHEN
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT BAKING
THE BREAD AND THE SMELL OF THE
YEAST.
JUST MAGNIFICENT, WONDERFUL
PROGRAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT THANK YOU
GIFTS FOR YOU.
AT THE $10 LEVEL AS JON
MENTIONED, THE PROGRAM DVD,
WHICH YOU'VE BEEN SEEING, IS
AVAILABLE.
FOR $15 WE'LL SEND YOU THE OLD
FARM COUNTRY COOKBOOK AND, BY
THE WAY, SUSIE APPS-BODILLY IS
SITTING RIGHT HERE AND IS GOING
TO BE TALKING TO US IN JUST A
MINUTE.
FOR A GIFT OF $20 WE'LL SEND YOU
BOTH THE PROGRAM DVD AND THE
COOKBOOK AND THE PBS WISCONSIN
APRON, WHICH IS ADJUSTABLE, GOES
OVER YOUR HEAD AND PROTECTS WHAT
YOU'RE WEARING.
FOR A GIFT OF $25 A MONTH, WE'LL
SEND YOU ALL OF THE JERRY APPS
DVDs, ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE AND
FARM STORY AND ALL OF THEM
INCLUDING TODAY'S.
SO GIVE US A CALL AT
1-800-236-3636.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT
SHARING TODAY, SHARING STORIES,
SHARING HISTORY AMONGST FAMILY.
YOU CAN ALSO SHARE SOME OF THESE
THANK YOU GIFTS AS WELL.
FOR A GIFT OF $20 WE'LL SEND YOU
BOTH THE COOKBOOK AND THE DVD
PLUS THAT APRON, ALL WAYS FOR US
TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING
THESE GREAT PROGRAMS POSSIBLE.
ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU'RE
ABLE TO DO THAT IS BY BECOMING A
SUSTAINING MEMBER.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU MAY HAVE A
SUBSCRIPTION FOR YOUR CELL PHONE
OR A NEWSPAPER.
IT'S A LOT LIKE THAT.
EVERY MONTH YOU MAKE A GIFT TO
PBS WISCONSIN.
YOU DECIDE HOW MUCH THAT IS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVE $10 OR $20
A MONTH.
SOME PEOPLE EVEN GIVE $100 A
MONTH.
IT GOES AS LONG AS YOU LIKE AND
EVERY MONTH YOU CAN BE SURE THAT
YOU ARE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF PBS
WISCONSIN MAKING THESE GREAT
PROGRAMS POSSIBLE.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE
MAKING THESE PROGRAMS POSSIBLE
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN
THEM.
YOU CAN DO THAT BY CALLING
1-800-236-3636 OR YOU CAN GO
ONLINE AT pbswisconsin.org.
>> HAVING HEARD JERRY SPEAK AND
WATCHING PEOPLE WATCH THE SHOWS
THAT WE'VE DONE TOGETHER, WHAT I
REMEMBER AND WHAT I WILL SHARE
WITH YOU IS A LOT OF NODDING OF
HEADS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE RECOGNIZING
THEIR STORY IN THE COOKBOOK, IN
THE DVDs THAT WE PRODUCED OVER
THE YEARS, REALLY TOUCHING
PEOPLE ABOUT THESE WONDERFUL
MEMORIES AND TRADITIONS.
ONE THING YOU TOUCHED UPON AND
MAYBE EXPLAIN FOR FOLKS WHO
DIDN'T LIVE IN THAT WORLD, THE
SHIVERY.
>> IT WAS A CULTURAL EVENT IN
OUR HOME COMMUNITY.
IT WAS TRUE IN A LOT OF RURAL
COMMUNITIES.
WHEN A NEWLY-MARRIED COUPLE CAME
HOME FROM THE WEDDING, TRIP OR
ANYTHING THEY'D TAKEN AND THEY
WERE AT THE PLACE WHERE THEY
WERE GOING TO LIVE, THE
NEIGHBORS WOULD ALL GATHER VERY
QUIETLY AT NIGHT AND WHEN THE
LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT IN THE
BEDROOM IN THE HOUSE AND
EVERYTHING WAS DARK, THEN WE
WOULD SHOOT OFF OUR DEER RIFLES
AND BANG TOGETHER METAL, MAKE A
BIG NOISE.
AND OF COURSE THE LIGHTS WOULD
ALL COME ON AND THE YOUNG COUPLE
WOULD KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING
BECAUSE THEY HAD PURCHASED AHEAD
OF TIME A COUPLE OF CASES OF
BEER BECAUSE THEY KNEW WE WERE
ALL COMING AND WE ALL BROUGHT
FOOD AND WE HAD A BIG FEAST AND
WE WELCOMED THE NEW COUPLE TO
THE COMMUNITY.
>> FOOD IS AT THE HEART OF THAT
AND WE SHOULD BLESS AND THANK
THOSE FOLKS WHO REALLY BRING US
TOGETHER AROUND FOOD.
FOOD MAY BE SORT OF AT THE
CENTER, BUT IT IS THOSE
CONNECTIONS IN THE FAMILY ACROSS
THE TABLE, THE CHAIR NEXT TO US,
THAT REALLY ENLIVENS OUR LIVES.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THESE
TRADITIONS.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING AND
SUPPORTING PBS WIGS.
PBS WISCONSIN.
YOU CAN JOIN AT 1-800-236-3636.
>> AND SPEAKING OF FAMILY
CONNECTIONS, WE'RE JOINED RIGHT
NOW BY THE DAUGHTER OF JERRY
APPS AND THAT WOULD BE SUSIE
APPS-BODILLY.
HI, SUSIE.
>> HI, STEPHANIE.
GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> SUSIE IS A 2nd GRADE
TEACHER AND COAUTHOR OF THIS
WONDERFUL COOKBOOK.
YOU BROUGHT A HEIRLOOM WITH ME.
>> I BROUGHT MY GRANDMA'S RECIPE
CARD BOX.
IT WAS JUST A REALLY FUN PROJECT
TO WORK ON.
IT'S JUST SUCH A JOY TO HEAR THE
STORIES THAT GO WITH THE
RECIPES.
>> IT'S OVER 100 YEARS OLD THESE
CARDS AND THE RECIPES, SO YOU
HAD TO DO SOME TRANSLATING.
>> I DID.
WE ORIGINALLY DECIDED TO
TRANSLATE THE RECIPES INSTEAD OF
INCLUDING THEM IN THE BOOK AS
PRIMARY SOURCE ARTIFACTS BECAUSE
WE WANTED PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY BE
ABLE TO COOK THE RECIPES.
BUT SOME OF THE RECIPES SAID A
PINCH OF THIS OR A DASH OF THAT
OR A HANDFUL OF SOMETHING OR A
GOOD SIZE APPLE OR USE WHAT YOU
HAVE ON HAND AND WE HAD TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANT.
>> DID YOU DO ALL OF THE
RECIPES?
>> SO TALKING WITH MY DAD ABOUT
ALL THE FOOD THAT THEY MADE, WE
DID COOK AND TRY OUT ALL OF THE
RECIPES IN THE BOOK EXCEPT FOR
THE FRIED SQUIRREL.
THAT WAS ONE I WAS NOT
INTERESTED IN MAKING OR TRYING.
>> THE SO NOSO NO FRIED SQUIRREL.
>> NOT FOR ME.
>> BUT YOU WORKED HARD.
>> IT WAS A LOT OF WORK.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME MAKING
SURE THEY WERE RIGHT AND
FIGURING OUT THE PAN SIZES AND
OVEN TEMPERATURE AND LOTS OF
ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS BECAUSE SOME
OF THE RECIPES DIDN'T HAVE THE
ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS OR TEASPOON
OR TABLESPOON, THE RECIPE CARDS.
>> AND THE RESULT IS THE OLD
FARM COUNTRY COOKBOOK, FULL OF
STORIES AND RECIPES THAT YOU CAN
USE.
GIVE US A CALL AT 1-800-236-3636
AND THANK YOU, SUSIE.
>> OH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE ONE
MORE PIECE OF VIEWER FEEDBACK
BECAUSE THIS ONE IS REALLY
LOVELY.
JERRY HAS A GIFT AND I'M GLAD
HE'S USING HIS TALENT THIS WAY
TO SHARE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
ABOUT WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE IN THE
RURAL AREAS.
IT'S THAT GENERATIONS TO COME
THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
BRIEFLY AND I'D LIKE TO THANK
THE MEMBERS OF OUR HERITAGE
SOCIETY AND THOSE ARE FOLKS WHO
HAVE INCLUDED PBS WISCONSIN IN
THEIR WILL OR ESTATE PLANS.
AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE
GUARDING THIS INSTITUTION FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS, MUCH IN THE
SAME WAY WE ARE CAPTURING THE
HISTORY OF OUR FAMILIES AND THE
STORIES OF THE PEOPLE WE LOVE.
IN THE SAME WAY.
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU MIGHT
CONSIDER INCLUDING PBS WISCONSIN
AS A PART OF YOUR LEGACY.
WE'D BE HONORED AND PROUD IF YOU
WERE TO DO SO.
IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING
YOU'D BE INTERESTING IN DOING,
TALK TO OUR VOLUNTEERS ON THE
PHONE AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO BE
IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
RIGHT NOW WE INVITE YOU ALSO TO
MAKE A GIFT OF SUPPORT TO PBS
WISCONSIN AND YOU CAN DO THAT BY
CALLING 1-800-236-3636 OR YOU
CAN ALWAYS GO ONLINE AT
pbswisconsin.org AND CHOOSE
FROM ANY OF THE THANK YOU GIFTS
THAT WE'RE OFFERING HERE
TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY
CALLING.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
QUESTION FOR YOU, JERRY.
BUT JUST HANG ON FIRST.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE
FUNDERS OF THIS PROGRAM.
YOU PROBABLY SAW AT THE
BEGINNING.
YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE CREDITS.
BUT FOLKS WHO SUPPORTED THIS
PROJECT WHEN IT WAS A PRODUCT IN
OUR IMAGINATIONS.
THE WOODEN NICKEL FUND,
WONDERFUL TRADITION OF SUPPORT
FOR PBS WISCONSIN.
CAROL AND GREG GRIFFITH.
ELIZABETH ELLEFSON.
THANK YOU FOR HER SUPPORT AND
GREAT PERSONALITY AND LIVELY
FRIENDSHIP FOR US.
THANKS ALSO TO ELEANOR AND
THOMAS WILLEDRICH FAMILY AND
ALONG WITH WISCONSIN FOCUS
FRIENDS AND ALONG WITH FRIENDS
OF PBS WISCONSIN.
EVERYBODY WHO CALLED TONIGHT
WITH THEIR PLEDGE IS PART OF
FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN.
THANK YOU.
HEARING ALL THESE PHONE CALLS, I
DO HAVE TO ASK YOU, WOULD YOU
CONSIDER DOING ANOTHER SHOW WITH
US?
>> YOU KNOW, JON, I WOULD,
BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO DO THESE SHOWS, AND I
FIGURE IF I EVER GET IT FIGURED
OUT, I'LL PROBABLY QUIT, BUT I
HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET.
>> WE'VE DONE SIX, SEVEN IN TEN
YEARS.
WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT.
SO YOU HEARD THAT.
I WANT WITNESSES FOR THAT.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A COMMITMENT
TO CONTINUE TO TALK.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT NEXT
SHOW IS, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF
GOOD IDEAS.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE TREMENDOUS
SUPPORT FROM A FARM STORY WHEN
WE FIRST WENT OUT AND WE TALKED
TO PEOPLE ABOUT THAT.
HUGE, ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE FROM
OUR VIEWERS BECAUSE IT REALLY
TOUCHED ON THOSE IMPORTANT
MEMORIES AND IMPORTANT HISTORY
OF OUR STATE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL AND
YOUR PLEDGE TO 1-800-236-3636.
>> AND WHILE WE'RE OFFERING OUR
THANK YOUS, I'D LIKE TO SAY
THANK YOU TO OUR FOOD DONORS AS
WELL AS OUR VOLUNTEERS.
THE FOOD DONORS ARE WILLY STREET
CO-OP AS WELL AS THE WISCONSIN
UNION CATERING.
SO THANKS TO YOU FOR FEEDING OUR
WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF
HERE TONIGHT.
IT REALLY DOES TAKE US ALL TO
MAKE THIS GREAT INSTITUTION
POSSIBLE.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR
CONTRIBUTIONS.
REMEMBER, WE HAVE A LOT OF WAYS
OF SAYING THANK YOU TONIGHT.
YOU CAN GO ONLINE.
YOU CAN FIND OUT ALL ABOUT THEM
AT pbswisconsin.org AND THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PLEDGE.