It’s the time of year for canning and preserving. My husband and I canned tomatoes last week. This week it was grape juice. But as I rinsed off the jars of dark purple juice this morning, my thoughts were not of food preservation. They were of preserving my marriage.
I once ran across directives on how to preserve a husband, and published them in YLCF long before I had a husband of my own. But while garage-saling this spring with my husband and baby girl, I saw a simple platter with a similar recipe for husband pres
ervation.The owner laughed when I asked how much he wanted for it. “I knew someone would like that,” he said.
I quickly agreed to the couple dollars he wanted. I knew that platter belonged in my kitchen. As a reminder to work at preserving my marriage every day of the year, not just during canning season…
How to Preserve a Husband
Be careful in your selection. Do not choose too young.When selected, give your entire thoughts to preparation for domestic use.Some wives insist upon keeping them in a pickle, others are constantly getting them into hot water. This may make them sour, hard, and sometimes bitter; even poor varieties may be made sweet, tender and good, by garnishing them with patience, well sweetened with love and seasoned with kisses.Wrap them in a mantle of charity. Keep warm with a steady fire of domestic devotion and serve with peaches and cream.Thus prepared, they will keep for years.-from a platter advertising “Ball–the only modern line of canning supplies”
4 Comments
Aw! So sweet! What a great addition for your kitchen.
How dear and sweet that is! It’s cute, but there’s so much truth in it, as well.
Too cute. I’ll have to keep my eye open for something similiar…
I saw something very similar in a cookbook. =) It’s really neat that you found it on a platter!