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Abel James Show

Marion “Nan” Bascom: Love & Wisdom Straight from My Grandmother

Abel James Show

Abel James Bascom

Alternative Health, Business, Entrepreneurship, Health & Fitness

4.72.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

How do you make ends meet when you're as poor as church mice?

Today, we have a very special show for you.

When I first started this show about 10 years ago now, I bought a cheap video camera and I decided to go to my grandmother Nan's house and interview her… she's just about my favorite person in the universe.

And as many of you know, Nan's wisdom runs throughout my work—this podcast, of course, my blog with all recipes that we have, and especially The Wild Diet—you'll find lots of Nan in The Wild Diet.

But who is Nan, anyway?

Well, Marion Bascom, affectionately known as Nan, was a nurse, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and a city girl who married my grandfather, Horace, a dairy farmer, and then took on the challenges of tending to an organic veggie garden, dairy farm and homestead while raising 7 children.

After living for almost a century, Nan passed away this year at 97 years old. I'm very happy, though, to be able to share her wisdom with you here today, especially now.

I didn't know exactly what I'd be doing with the interview with Nan all those years ago. She's technically going to be my first video interview on this show. It’s very cool, and I'm really happy to share it with you.

We could all benefit from listening to some wisdom from a grandmother right now, don't you think?

Get ready to smile, you're going to love this one.

So in this conversation with my grandmother, Marion Bascom, we're chatting about:

  • Incredible stories from raising 7 children on a farm with almost no money
  • The low cost of food when you grow it yourself
  • Family meals, gardening, canning and foraging for wild edibles behind the house
  • What Nan did when she thought one of the kids was on drugs
  • How to make homemade bread, ice cream, yogurt, jellies and pickles… she even made her own root beer
  • Nan’s secret to a good long life
  • And tons more…

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey folks, this is Abel James and thanks so much for joining us on this very special episode

0:05.8

of the Fat Burning Man Show where we talk about real food and real results.

0:11.5

How do you make Anne's meat when you're as poor as church mice?

0:15.2

Today we have a very special show with my grandmother, Nan.

0:20.4

When I first started this show about 10 years ago now I can't believe it.

0:23.9

I bought this cheap video camera and I decided to go to Nan's house and interview her because

0:29.1

she's just about my favorite person in the universe.

0:32.3

And as many of you know, Nan's wisdom runs throughout my work.

0:36.4

This podcast of course, my blog, all of the different books and family recipes that

0:42.2

we have, especially the wild diet, you'll find lots of Nan in the wild diet.

0:46.1

But who is Nan anyway?

0:47.9

Well, Marion Basquam, affectionately known as Nan, was a nurse, a second lieutenant in

0:53.4

the US Army and a city girl who married my grandfather, Horus, a dairy farmer, then took

0:59.2

on the challenges of tending to an organic veggie garden dairy farm in a homestead while

1:04.4

raising seven children.

1:07.1

After living for almost a century, Nan passed away this year at 97 years old.

1:12.6

I'm very happy though to be able to share her wisdom with you here today, especially

1:17.2

now I didn't know exactly what I'd be doing with the interview with Nan all those years

1:21.0

ago at pre-dates this show.

1:23.3

She's technically going to be my first video interview on this show.

1:26.6

So very cool and I'm really happy to share it with you.

1:29.5

And I feel like we could all benefit from listening to some wisdom from a grandmother right

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