NANCY PIZZOLATO PART 27 [ a sewing lesson for nancy] by rose miletello THE NIGHT WAS PASSING BUT NANCY WAS AWAKENED BY THE SOUND OF A TRAIN COMING ACROSS THE TRUSTLE, THE ENGINEERV BLOWING HIS AIR HORN.. CHOOO CHOO SHE COULD HEAR THE SOUNDS OF THE HEAVY METAL, GRINDING AGAINST THE RAILS.. SOMETIMES THE TRAINS WERE VERY LONG, AND IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO PASS UP THE FARM HOUSE. NANCY LIE STILL IN THE BED, BECAUSE, SHE DID NOT WANT TO WAKE UP HER HUSBAND. IT WAS ONLY 3 AM AND HE NEEDED A GOOD NIGHTS REST, SHE WAS SILENTLY THINKING, ABOUT HER FRIDAY SHOPPING TRIP. SHE WAS SO SURPRISED, WHEN TONY, GAVE HER THAT SPECIAL GIFT[the crystal chandelier] A TOKEN OF HIS LOVE FOR HER[ she had got goose bumps on her arms just thinking about it.. [ HE WAS A PASSIONATE MAN, VERY AFFECTIONATE BUT WITH A GENTLENESS ABOUT HIM. NANCY COULD TELL THAT HE LOVED CHILDREN, BECAUSE HE WOULD ALWAYS PICK UP BULL AND MAGGIE AND KISS THEM, AND PLAY WITH THEM, TICKLING, AND POKING THEM TO GET THEM TO GIGGLE. IN HER SILENCE, LYING NEXT TO HIM, SHE THOUGHT OF HIM AS A GENTLE GIANT. HE WAS GOING TO BE AN EXCELLENT FATHER TO THE BABY SHE WAS CARRYING INSIDE HER WOMB. SHE HAD PRAYED FOR A HEALTHY BABY, AND THINKING THAT SHE HOPED IT WOULD INHERIT, TONY,S PERSONALITY AND FEATURES. HE WAS A DARK SKINNED, ITALIAN MAN VERY MUSCULAR, BUT SHORTER THAN HIS TWO BROTHERS, PHILLIP, AND JOE. HIS JOE WAS MAINLY ON THE TALL SLENDER SIDE IN APPEARANCE, BUT PHILLIP, AND JOE BOTH RESEMBLED THEIR FATHER LEONARDO PIZZOLATO. BUT TONY HAD THE FEATURES OF HIS MOTHER[mama maggie] her face was round, and she was dark complected but with a short stocky built. she was a beautiful lady. SHE HAD AN OUTSTANDING LOVE FOR PEOPLE, THE SAME AS TONY.. NANCY LIE IN THE DARKNESS OF HER BEDROOM, NEXT TO HER HUSBAND, AND THANKED GOD, FOR ALL OF THINGS, THAT HE HAD GIVEN TO HER, HE SENT HER THE PERFECT SPOUSE, AND SHE WAS GREATFUL. SHE ALSO THANKED HIM FOR HER CHILD, AND ASKED GOD TO BE WITH HER AS SHE RAISES IT, AND TO TEACH HER TO BE MORE PATIENT, AND TRUSTWORTHY. SHE HAD DOUBTED HER HUSBAND, BUT FRIDAY, HE HAS PROVEN HIS LOVE FOR HER, SAPINA WAS UP AT 4 AM, JOE . WAS GOING TO TALK TO PEOPLE TO FIND A USED TRACTOR THEY WERE GOING TO PAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A GOOD USED ONE. NANCY WENT TO HELP SAPINA COOK BREAKFAST, JOE WENT TO THE BARN, TO FEED THE ANIMALS, TONY WAS DRINKING COFFEE AND SITTING AT THE TABLE, AND SAID : WILL YOU PLEASE PUT MY BREAKFAST IN A SANDWICH, I WANT TO LEAVE NOW TO WORK ON THE HOUSE. I WILL EAT THE SANDWICH LATER AT THE HOUSE. HIS FATHER LEONARDO WAS GOING TO BE THERE TO WIRE THE CHANDELIER, AND FUSE BOX. NANCY PACKED TWO BACON AND EGG SANDWICHES, [ONE FOR HER FATHER IN LAW.] TONY SAID l darling, dont worry about papa, because He knew his mother was going to make sure he eats, before he left the house.SHE WAS VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT HER FAMILY EATING HOT MEALS.. NANCY SAID OK... THEN YOU MAY EAT TWO....SHE WRAPPED THEM, AND PUT THEM IN A BROWN BAG. BREAKFAST MENU] EGGS, BACON, BREAD BUTTER AND BLACKBERRY JELLY. LITTLE BULL WAS UP AND WAS FED BREAKFAST, THEN HE WENT TO THE BARN TO MILK THE GOATS. TONY TOOK MARIO THE MULE AND WAGON TO THEIR NEW PROPERTY, HE LOADED UP PAINT . BRUSHES, TURPENTINE, OLD RAGS, AND A FEW HAND TOOLS. AFTER BREAKFAST] THE KITCHEN WAS CLEANED, AND SAPINA WENT TO SEW SOME BABY CLOTHES FOR HER NEW CHILD, SHE HAD SAVED HER CLOTHES FROM MAGGIE AND BULL, BUT WANTED TO MAKE A FEW NEWER ONES, SHE HAD PLANNED THAT WHEN SHE WAS DONE IN A few days, to show nancy how to use her singer machine] THIS WAY SHE COULD MAKE HER BABYS CLOTHES A LOT FASTER, THAN BY HAND, NANCYS BREAD] NANCY WAS GOING TO MAKE PUPPA CULOVA BREAD FOR EASTER SUNDAY. THIS IS A BREAD, THAT HAS COLORED EGGS, AND ITS SOMETIMES DECORATED WITH A WHITE CONFECTIONATE ICINGS. IT VERY BEAUTIFUL.... AND DELICIOUS... SHE WANTED TO MAKE 5 LOAVES.. BECAUSE THERE WILL BE LOTS OF FAMILY THERE AT MAMA MAGGIE,S FOR SUNDAY DINNER. SHE GATHERED EVERYTHING SHE NEEDED AND PUT IT ON THE KITCHEN TABLE, THIS WAY IF SHE FELT TIRED SHE COULD SIT AND WORK ON THE DOUGH.[ LARGE BOWLS, SACK OF FLOUR, SALT, OIL, SPOON, CLEAN TOWELS. YEAST. CONFECTIONATE SUGAR BOTTLE OF WATER ETC. SHE USED 5 CUPS OF WARM WATER TO DISSOLVE THE DRY YEAST IN A SEPARATE CONTAINER. NANCY ADD 10 CUPS OF FLOUR, 1/2 CUP OF OIL, 1 TABLESPOONS SALT 5 TABLESPOONS OF BUTTER [ SALTED[ POUR IN THE YEAST MIXTURE TO THE LARGE BOWL OF INGREDIENTS. STIR THE MIXTURE AND ADD MORE WATER AS NEEDED. WORK THE DOUGH UNTIL SHE FORMED A BALL , THEN DIVIDED IT INTO TWO. GREASED THE BOWLS LIGHTLY. AND COVER THEM SHE HAD TO WAIT FOR IT TO RAISE, MEANWHILE SHE BOILED SOME EGGS AND DYED THEM IN DIFFERENT COLORS. CONFECTIONATE ICING ].. SHE MADE A SUGARED ICING AND DRIZZLED ON THE BREADS.. SUGAR MILK VANILLA EXTRACT... WHEN THE DOUGH HAD RISEN, SHE KNEEDED THE DOUGH TWICE, AND ON THE THIRD TIME SHE SPLIT THE DOUGH INTO FIVE LOAVES, THEN SLIT EACH IN THREE PIECES. NANCY WORKED AND BRAIDED THE DOUGH, LIKE ONE WOULD BRAID HAIR, SHE FOLDED THE COLORED EGGS INTO THE PLATTED DOUGH. THEY WERE PUT ON GREASED COOKIE SHEET PANS. PLACED IN A PREHEATED OVEN AT 350 DEGREES UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN, EGG WASH] SHE USED EGG WHITES, AND WATER, AND BRUSHED THE SURFACE OF THE BREAD WHEN DONE, IT GAVE IT A GLOSSY LOOK. THEN SHE DRIZZLED THE ICINIG ON TOP AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL . THE ICING HARDENED WHEN COOLED. SHE WOULD HAVE TO HIDE THE BREADS TO KEEP THE CHILDREN, FROM WANTING TO EAT THEM. SHE TOOK THEM INTO HER BEDROOM AND COVERED THEM UNTIL SUNDAY. [THEY DID COME OUT BEAUTIFUL , AND SHE WAS PROUD OF HER WORK,.. SHE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT BEING A YOUNG GIRL IN SICILY, AND BAKING BREAD IN AN OUTSIDE BRICK OVEN AND SELLING OR TRADING IT TO HELP SUPPORT HER FAMILY.. THEN NANCY WAS THANKFUL FOR LEARNING THESE THINGS, BECAUSE NOW SHE WAS APPLYING THEM INTO HER OWN LIFE. SAPINA YELLED[ NANCY CAN YOU PLEASE COME HERE? NANCY WAS LOOKING IN ON THE CHILDREN PLAYING IN THEIR ROOM. NANCY WENT TO THE SEWING ROOM. AND SAPINA WANTED TO SHOW HER THE BABY CLOTHES SHE MADE, NANCY I MADE THESE, THEY ARE BABY GOWNS, WITH LITTLE DRAW STRINGS TO CLOSE IN THE FEET WHEN ITS COLD. THIS IS WHAT MOST MOTHERS USE AT HOME, YOU CAN EASILY, LIFT UP THE GOWN TO DO A DIAPER CHANGE, I PUT A DRAW STRING HERE ON THE BOTTOM HEM..[. i made them for bull and nancy] I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU HOW TO USE THE SINGER SO YOU CAN SEW FOR YOUR FAMILY. I MADE 4 GOWNS IN JUST AN HOUR. THESE ARE VERY SIMPLE. I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO THREAD THE MACHINE, AND HELP YOU CUT THE FIRST PATTERN. NANCY CRIED[ AND THANKED HER. SHE KNEW HOW TO SEW BY HAND, BUT IT TAKES SO LONG, SHE WAS GOING TO GET HER MOM,S HELP. BUT IF SHE HAD ACCESS TO THE MACHINE, SHE COULD MAKE IT HERSELF. SAPINA SAID:[ NANCY YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH WORK HERE AND HELPED ME SO I COULD SEW FOR THE CHURCH LADIES, I HAVE NOT FORGOT, THOSE THINGS. IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY. NOW ITS YOUR TURN GIRL!! HA HA SAPINA GIGGLED... AND LET ME TELL YOU NANCY, THAT MAN OF YOURS LOVE YOU, SO MUCH, U CAN SEE HOW YOU HAVE CHANGED HIS LIFE.. I JUST BET, AS SOON AS HE GETS THE MONEY, YOU WILL BE THE NEXT ONE GETTING A WASHING MACHINE AND A SINGER SEWING MACHINE TOO... YOU JUST WAIT AND SEE, LADY HEE HEE.... NANCY,S SEWING LESSON] SIT DOWN HERE AND LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO WORK THE MACHINE, PULL THIS THREAD THROUGH THE EYE OF THIS NEEDLE, SAME AS HAND SEWING, THEN BACK THROUGH HERE. LOOK AT THE FLOOR, SEE THIS PEDAL, THAT CONTROLS AND OPERATES THE MACHINE. MOVE THE PEDAL back and forth with both feet] AS YOU MOVE YOUR FEET THE NEEDLE SEWS.. NACNCY CAUGHT ON QUICKLY. SHE WAS SMILING, OH SAPINA THIS IS SO NICE.. NOW YOU MUST LEARN TO GUIDE THE MATERIAL AS YOU SEW, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?[ YES I DO REPLIED NANCY] SAPINA SHOWED HER HOW TO WIND THE BOBBIN, AND NANCY WAS ACTUALLY SEWING, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE ON A REAL SINGER....[ WOW WAS SHE DREAMING? ON NO IT WAS FOR REAL..... SAPINA TOLD HER THAT [after supper she was going to show her how to cut a pattern with the material she bought at the mercantile] NANCY HUGGED SAPINA, AND THANKED HER.. THE TWO WOMEN TOOK THE CHILDREN OUT DOORS TO PLAY, AND THEY RESTED IN THE ROCKERS ON THE PORCH. ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER, SAPINA AND THE CHILDREN WENT TO PICK THE EGGS AND FED THEM.. BULL HAD ALREADY FED THE GOATS. NANCY WENT TO TAKE A BATH, AND THEN THE LADIES WERE GOING TO HAVE A GLASS OF COLD ROOTBEER. WHILE THEY DISCUSSED WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO COOK FOR SUPPER. NANCY ASKED SAPINA IN A WHISPERING VOICE TO GO SEE HER BREADS IN THE BEDROOM, SAPINA CAME BACK AND SAID THAT THEY LOOKED DELICIOUS... SAPINA DECIDED TO COOK A FRESH PORK ROAST, SHE STUFFED IT WITH GARLIC, AND SEASONED IT WELL SHE PUT IT IN A LARGE OVAL SHAPED POT WITH MATCHING LID.. NANCY DICED ONIONS ,GREEN BELL PEPPERS, CARROTS AND DICED POTATOES CELERY, ADDED I/2 POT OF WATER. SALT BLACK PEPPER . THE COVERED POT WAS PUT ON A MEDIUM FLAME.,, SAPINA SAID THAT IT WOULD BE TENDER IN 3 HOURS.. THAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT TIMING FOR WHEN THE MEN WOULD RETURN HOME. SAPINA HAD SOME PURPLE HULL PEAS IN THE FREEZER, SO THEY COOKED THEM WITH DICED SMOKED HAM THEY COOKED WHITE RICE, AND MADE A TOMATO AND CUCUMBER SALAD SATURDAY NIGHTS MENU] FRESH COOKED PORK ROAST, WITH A SELF MADE GRAVY, CARROTS AND POTATOES, OVER WHITE RICE PURPLE HULL PEAS WITH HAM, BREAD BUTTER AND HOME MADE PICKLES WHILE THE PORK ROAST COOKED AND PEAS, THE LADIES SAT ON THE FLOOR IN THE . LIVING ROOM.. SAPINA SHOWED NANCY, HOW TO PIN MATERAL TO A PATTERN AND TO CUT IT OUT.. NANCY CHOSE A SOFT FABRIC, LIGHT BLUE IN COLOR. SAPINA SAID: THAT IT WAS PERFECT FOR BABY GOWNS.. NANCY WAS READY TO SEW HER FIRST OUTFIT, BUT THE NEXT DAY WAS EASTER SUNDAY, IT WILL HAVE TO BE MONDAY BEFORE SHE CAN SEW.. SHE JUST HAVE BE PATIENT... SHE FELT LIKE A CHILD WITH A PIECE OF CANDY.. SHE SMILED, AND FELT LIKE THE PUZZLE IN HER LIFE [ THE PIECES WAS FITTING TOGETHER] SUPPER WAS SERVED THAT AFTERNOON, AND LIFE WAS AT ITS BEST AT THE PIZZOLATO FAMILY IN THE RURAL VILLAGE OF FORDOCHE LOUISIANA... to be continued ... episode 28 soon. . \
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 02:50:07 +0000
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