"George Shirley" > wrote in message
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> Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
>> I just attended a "Ladies' Night Out' at church with a speaker and an
>> optional craft (blessing wreath). I was speaking to the organizer about
>> upcoming events and we got around to discussing the last 'cooking' night.
>> They had a 24 speaker who had a cook book collection of (drum roll
>> please)....20 cookbooks. I snorted and called her a rank amateur (I
>> think I have around 3k but don't quote me). I suggested a night where we
>> trade crafts. I crochet and can do cross stitch and have done other
>> artsy fartsy things, but the one thing I cannot do is knit. I told her I
>> would like to learn how. She looked whistful and said the one thing she
>> would like to do is learn to jar thingies. I asked her 'you mean canning
>> and preserving' and she said yes. I told her I would get back with her,
>> as we could work out how it could be taught to the group.
>>
>> So here is a hypothetical question for you, my illustrious group of
>> canning giants. What would you trade teaching canning skills for? What
>> would you like to learn that you don't know how to do? I think I would
>> can all day for someone if they would just clean my damned house for me.
>> What about you?
> Never thought of using the barter system. I used to teach a small canning
> class for a local charity for a Diet Coke. Suited me and some
> less-than-well-to-do folks learned to put up their own food. Had to teach
> some of them how to garden too. May have lessened my stay in purgatory by
> about three minutes but it was fun to watch their faces when the "Eureka"
> light came on and they saw that they really could do this stuff.
>
> I would say you might get a class to clean your house though.
>
> George

Always knew there was an angel hiding around your house. This would be
ideal, just to teach it for the joy of it. Besides, any class I've ever
taught (taught first aid, cpr for red cross, etc.) I don't have enough
liability insurance for to keep them from running screaming from the scene
of the crime (my kid's bedrooms).
-ginny