According to this...and notice it is NOT wikipedia....it takes 4 pecks to make a bushel. A peck and bushel are volume measurements and not weight. So a bushel of wheat is a different weight than say a bushel of corn. A bushel is 8 dry gallons...making a peck 2 gallons....then there is the barrel measurement...3 bushels.
Now why am I discussing this....well because I thought it would be brilliant to put up not 1, no, not 2 but 3 bushels of corn this weekend. According to the article above...if you were going by weight, a bushel of corn is 70 pounds....yes, so I shucked, blanched, cut, froze, canned, or dehydrated 210 pounds of sweet corn. Yes, I did a whole "barrel" of corn. Man & Boy helped with the first bushel....all processing pictures are of ONE bushel only.
Yes, brilliant!
The bag is 1/2 of a bushel....there were SIX bags!!!
And more importantly.....
"I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck and a hug around the neck
A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap
A barrel and a heap and I'm talking in my sleep
About you, about you
Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your pretty neck, I do
Doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle oo
I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck though you make my heart a wreck
Make my heart a wreck and you make my life a mess
Make my life a mess, yes
A mess of happiness
About you, about you
Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your pretty neck, I do
Doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle oo
I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck and it beats me all to heck
Beats me all to heck and I'll never tend the farm
Never tend the farm when I wanna keep my arm
About you, about you
Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your pretty neck, I do
Doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle oo"
1 comment:
I love, love corn, but DANG 3 bushels -that would be a dozen pecks- is a wee bit of corn!
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