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YEARS AGO FAMILIES HAD TO
SURVIVE.
AND TRADITIONS LIKE CANNING WERE
NECESSARY TO PRESERVE LOCAL
BOUNTY ALL YEAR LONG.
LOCAL FARMERS, FARMERS MARKE
LIKE THE DUDLEY FARM HELP PEOPLE
STEP BACK IN TIMEAND EMBRACE
WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE LOCAL.
THEY HAVE RELEASED VOICES FROM
NORTH GUILFORD, FILLED WITH ORAL
AREA.
JOINING ME ARE THE TREASURER OF
THE FARM ALONG WITH THE MARKET
MASTER.
QUITE A TITLE THERE.
IT'S QUITE A TITLE.
FIRST TELL ME ABOUT THE FARM
BEFORE WE GET COOKING.
WELL, THE FARM HAS BEEN IN
THE DUDLEY FAMILY FOR 350 YEARS.
AND WHEN DAVID DUDL DIED IN
1991 HE LEFT THE FARM TO THE
DEPARTMENT.
WHO THEN IN 1959 TURNED INTO IT
A MUSEUM.
NOW IT'S BEING MAINTAINED AS AN
AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM.
I THIS TOGETHER AROUND SEVEN
YEARS TO GET ALL TOGTHER?
SEVEN PLUS, I THINK WE LOST
COUNT, BUT OVER SEVEN YEARS TO
PRODUCE, 247 PAGES, LOTS OF
PICTURES, STORIES, LOTS OF
INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE FROM
NORTH GUILFORD GETTING THE
HISTORY.
IT RUNS APPROXIMATELY FROM 1850
TO 1960.
WITH THE PICTURES AND IDEAS.
INTERESTING.
THERE'S A FARM FARMERS MARKET.
EVERY SATURDAY DURING THE
SUMMER, JUNE THROUGH OCTOBER.
THE END OF OCTOBER, WE HAVE A
LAST MARKET THIS COMING
SATURDAY.
WE HAVE A WINTER CHRISTMAS
MARKET DECEMBER 1, AND THAT IS
FARM.
THE BARN WAS BUILT BY THE PEOPLE
OKAY.
AND THERE ARE TWO FLOORS, AND
BOTH FLOORS WILL HAVE VENDORS ON
THEM WITH LOTS OF GOODIES,
COOKED, BAKED GOODS.
LOTS OF CRAFTS.
YES.
CANNING TODAY.
TELL ME SOME DETAILS OF CANNING.
IT PRESERVES?
IT RESERVES FOOD, AND YOU
DON'T NEED ELECTRICITY, AFTER
IT'S COOKED.
SO THAT'S THE GOOD THING,
CAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN EVERYBODY
WAS OUT OF ELECTRICITY FOR SEVEN
AND EIGHT DAYS, CANNING CAME IN
VERY HANDY.
THAT'S TRUE.
MY FAMILY HAS BEEN CANNING
FOR A LONG TIME.
I'VE BEEN TEACHING CANNING FOR A
LONG TIME.
WELL, I'VE NEVER CANNED, GIVE
ME LESSON.
WE'RE DOING CORN RELISH,
USING FROZEN CORN TODAY.
I ADDED WATER EARLIER ON SO IT
WOULDN'T STICK, AND I'M ADDING
CIDER VINEGAR RIGHT NOW.
THE ONE THING ABOUT RELISHES IS
ALL THE WORK IS DONE IN THE
PREPARATION.
THEN YOU JUST MIX EVERYTHING
TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE ADDING RED AND GREEN
PEPPERS FROM THE GARDEN.
THIS HAS TO COOK ABOUT 20
MINUTES BEFORE IT'S ACTUALLY
DONE.
OKAY.
CELERY.
ALL VERY GOOD, ALLVERY FRESH.
AND ONIONS.
NOW, WE DO ADD A LITTLE BI OF
SUGAR.
IS THAT IN THE PRESERVING
PROCESS THAT MUST HELP?
IT HELPS.
BUT IT ADDS FLAVOR TO THE
VINEGAR, WHICH IS GOOD.
THE OTHER THING WE NEED TO DO IS
ADD THE SPICES.
MUSTARD SEED.
NOW, HOW WOULD YOU SERVE THIS
WHEN THE TIME COMES?
YOU CAN SERVE IT HOT AS A
VEGETABLE, BECAUSE IT HAS ALL OF
THE GOOD THINGS IN IT TO
EASEMENT OR YOU CAN SERVE IT
WITH OTTAGE CHEESE OR CRACKERS.
ALWAYS GOOD.
TELL ME ABOUT THE BOOK.
WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND IT?
THE BOOK'S AVAILABLE AT THE
FARM, AND IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
DUDLEY FAM.COM.
AND IS ALSO AN ORDER FORM AT THE
WEBSITE THAT THEY CAN OWNLOAD
AND FILL OUT AND SEND IN IF THEY
WANT TO ORDER IT BY MAIL.
IT'S A BIG FUNDRAISER?
THERE YOU GO.
WE HAVE SOME PICTURES.
LET'S PUT THEM UP WHILE THE
RELISH IS COOKING HERE.
E-MAIL GOING TO COVER THIS
AND JUST LET IT COOK.
THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE FARM.
SCHOOLHOUSE.
AND THERE'S ANOTR BUILDING ON
THE RIGHT, WHICH HAS STORAGE AND
THERE.
IS THIS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
OKAY.
TODAY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOU BEAT ME TO IT.
THIS IS BUILDING ONE OF THE
ROADS IN NORTH GUILFORD, GOING
WAY BACK, S YOU CAN SEE.
AND THIS GOES REALLY WAY BACK.
THIS IS, I'M NOT SUE EXACTLY HA
THAT BUILDING IS.
FARM.
BUT THAT'S JUST SHOWING ONE OF
THE OLD CARS, AND Y CAN TELL
IT'S REALLY OLD, BECAUSE THE
DRIVER IS ON THE RIGHT-HAND
SIDE, NOT THE LEFT.
EARLY 1900s.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE
HOUSES THAT ARE IN NORTH
GUILFORD, AD THE BOOK CONTAINS
MANY, MANY PICTURES, INCLUDING
THE HOUSE THAT I LIVE IN.
GOES BACK TO 1835.
WOW.
AND WITH THE BOOK WE ALSO
HAVE A MAP OF NORTH GUILFORD,
AND THIS IS A PICTURE F THE
FIRE TOWER WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED
IN I THINK THE TWENTIES OR
'30s, AND IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT
IT'S FOR, PEOPLE WOULD MAN THAT
POST, AND REPORT ANY FIRES IN
NORTH GUILFORD.
YEAH.
WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT.
LET ME ASK YOU, HOW LONG DOES
THIS COOK FOR?
IT SHOULD COOK FOR 20
OKAY.
THE NET PROCESS WOULD BE TO
FILL THE CANNING JAR, AND I'M
NOT GOING TO DO IT NOW, BECAUSE
IT'S NOT 20 MINUTES.
SURE.
BUT FILL THE CANNING JAR, AND
THEN YOU WOULD PUT THIS IN A
WATER BATH FOR 15 MNUTES.
OKAY.
AND LET IT COME TO A BOIL.
YOU START TIMING AFTER IT COMES
OKAY.
AND THEN IT'S GOOD TO GO, AND
YOU CAN KEEP IT ON YOUR SHELF
FOR A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF,
WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM AT AL.
WOW, INTERESTING.
YES, WE WOULD.
VERY NICE.
CHECK OUT THE DULEY FARM
FARMERS MARKET, AND CHRISTMAS
FAIR.
GO TO DUDL FARM.COM, ALL THE
INFORMATION IS ON YOUR SCREEN.
THE CHRISTMAS FAIR SOUNDS SO FUN
IN DCEMBER.
WE'LL CHECK BACK AT THE END OF
THE SHOW.
THANK YOU BOTH, AND THE BOOK IS
AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
YES.
COMING UP NEXT WE HEAR THE
TRUE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO
CHALLENGED HER FAMILY AND EEN
HER SOUL IN EARLY AMERICA, BUT
FIRST CHECK OUT OUR PHOTO FROM
WITH STYLE, FROM McENZIEY IN
HALLOWEEN.