June 4 Valley Life column

June 4 Valley Life column

A few years ago, I attended Jerome County Historical Society's Live History Days at the Idaho Farm and Ranch Museum. After inspecting the antique tractors, I watched a farmer shell corn and a woman make soap. I even took a ride in a horse-drawn wagon. But the thing I enjoyed most was sampling homemade butter.

It reminded me of my days on my uncle's farm, where every morning my aunt fixed a great big breakfast, not cold cereal but pancakes, waffles, homemade bread with big pitchers of milk and slabs of real butter.

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