She sounds wonderful. We should all have grandmothers like that. Mine taught me to make preserves including watermelon pickle, how to test eggs, deal with rattlesnakes, make candy (she worked for the very first Sees, in 1920), tell naughty jokes, cook okra, catch fish, roll ravioli, make people feel welcome, embroider, drive with confidence over 70 mph, how to whistle up a wind, how to recognize fossils, learn a couple of centuries worth of Scottish and Irish folk ballads, and partake of the pride and sorrow of our family history. "The Frugal American Housewife" is back in print, and not hard to find. Used copies are five bucks. I used it for a Living History program I was part of. It's a lovely little book.