Country girls enjoy participation in what is referred to as the Future Homemakers of America (FHA) throughout their high school career. The organization was officially renamed Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America in 1999 but few country people have adopted the name. There are no membership requirements for FHA; all country females [...]
Archive for May, 2008
#34 FHA
Posted in Culture, Education on May 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
#33 Detasseling
Posted in Culture on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The first paid employment for a country teenager is detasseling. Detasselers meet at the city park each morning of July at 4:30am and ride a school bus to the detasseling site. Upon arriving at the corn field detasseling “crews” walk through rows of corn and tear tassels off the top of cornstalks. When working as [...]
#32 Layered Foods
Posted in Food on May 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Country people prefer dishes served in seven layers. The simplest of the 7-layer country specialties is 7-layer Jello. 7-layer Jello requires patience and persistence as one layer of Jello must set up before the subsequent layer is poured. Each layer is a different color and no canned fruit is included in the dish as [...]
