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I don’t have big plans but I do want to bake another Strawberry Cake after the fiasco I created in the kitchen earlier this week. It was horrible. I mean down right ugly. The cake I baked was heavy as a ton of bricks, flat as a pancake and gummy as git!
I was sick about trashing all those ingredients but the hubs was so excited that I was baking a cake. When he tasted the final disaster, headed for the dumpster, he pleaded with me not to throw it in the garbage. He must have really had his mind set on having Strawberry Cake for dessert. While I’m in the kitchen this weekend, I’ll be wearing one of my favorite aprons. #nomakeupday
I love to wear pretty aprons. I think a cook should look super duper cute even when hanging out in the kitchen, that’s why I keep a stash of aprons for me and my kitchen buddies when they drop by.
Some say aprons are an era gone by but I say pull out your aprons and wear them with pride. There are so many stylish aprons on the market, like this one from Anthropologie that my dear friend Laura gave me for my birthday.
They have so many adorable ones to choose from. Anthropologie Aprons
I won this one at the BLU16 blogger conference, from Dixie Crystals, the “sugar” folks.
Don’t think I would travel all the way to Paris, France and not get me an apron with French writing splattered all over it, like this one.
With all the cooking I do during Thanksgiving, my Sissy knew I needed this apron to add to my collection. 
My goal is to bring the apron wearing fashion statement back so here’s a little inspiration to remind you of the many uses of Grandma’s Apron. Great Read!
Enjoy!
Source below:
The principal use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath. Because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children’s tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.
When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.
And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot woodstove.
Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to eat.
It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that ‘old-time apron’ that served so many purposes.
REMEMBER: Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the windowsill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the windowsill to thaw. They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron. I don’t think I ever caught anything from an apron.
ARLEN D. EVENSEN
TURTLE MOUNTAIN ARTWORKS
http://www.turtlemountainartworks.com
Source// http://www.newbremenhistory.org/Grandma%27s_Apron.htm
