FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Julia Child ~ 13 August 2018

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

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Julia Child

Info from this website.

           

Julia Child: 1912-2004

Julia McWilliams Child was born Aug. 19, 1912, and was, she has said, "an adolescent until I was 30." One of her grandfathers left Illinois in 1849 when he was 16 to pan for gold in California. Her mother, tall and lively like Julia, had roots in New England. Julia grew up in Pasadena in a large house with drivers, gardeners, cooks and a kitchen that both she and her mother rarely saw or cared about. She played center for her private-school basketball team and enrolled in Smith College where she lived what she describes as a "butterfly life," driving her friends around in a Ford and graduating in 1934.

To many, Julia Child is the darling grandmother who taught Americans how to appreciate great cooking. Few know, however, that this part of her life came after a high-level stint in the OSS (a CIA precursor) during WWII. Julia Child became interested in military service when she joined the Red Cross after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Before then, Julia was becoming the Paris Hilton of her day -- she would stay out late drinking and socializing and, being from a privileged background, could afford to do so. Joining the Red Cross helped her focus her life on constructive goals. The new lifestyle appealed to her and the Red Cross became her first step toward serving her country.

Julia was eager to do more, but at 6' 2" she was too tall for other military service organizations. Refusing to give up, she a traveled to Washington in 1942 to explore her options. Soon she began working for the Office of Strategic Services. Although she has modestly claimed her duties were only clerical, her performance record suggests otherwise. By 1943 she had been promoted and was working with very sensitive intelligence material. That same year, she was recruited to travel overseas and help manage intelligence activity in WWII’s Pacific theater. Stationed in Kandy, Sri Lanka, she helped the OSS track data on a range of topics including troop movement and espionage. Julia helped coordinate the information necessary to plan the attacks on the Japanese-held islands in the area.

To some degree, Julia was to the service what “Q” was to James Bond -- although her duties didn’t involve undercover work, she helped develop supplies and techniques for spies and clandestine operatives. One of Julia’s first OSS teams was assigned the task of finding ways a spy stranded on a life raft could get water. One particularly unappealing strategy they experimented with was drinking water squeezed from a fish’s body. Unfortunately, the technique turned out to be useless.

Julia’s other surprising contribution to the OSS was a shark repellant. The United States had underwater mines that were being inadvertently detonated by sharks. The shark-induced explosions had two main downsides: There was one less mine and German U-Boats could chart the minefield’s location and know where to avoid. The OSS needed a way to keep sharks away from the explosives, so they turned to Julia. She and some coworkers cooked up a shark repellant that was used to coat the explosives. Unlike her fish squeezing technique, Julia's shark repellant seemed to be successful.

After her service in the OSS, Julia married Paul Child, an OSS operative she had worked with while in Sri Lanka. The two moved to Paris in 1948 where Paul Child worked for the U.S. Intelligence Service. Soon, she began attending the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris and developed skill in preparing French cuisine. Julia's cooking interests and abilities grew steadily, and in 1961 she published her first cookbook: 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking.' It was this book and her subsequent television appearances that made Julia Child a household name, but the events were set in motion by her employment in a clandestine intelligence agency.
 

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[radu]

Man, that stinks! If it isn’t going to rain those clouds need to clear out!

We have enough humidity to make the sky a little hazy tonight. We’ll be able to see the bright shooter but we’ll miss out on all the little zippies more than likely.

I have a blanket and pillow ready to haul out the driveway to watch the show shortly. No trees to block the view out there. Nothing but soybeans on either side of the driveway.

[Kathy in Alaska]

She is, indeed, quite the hero...so many different “parts” to her life.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[luvie]

I’m sure someone has it, but not sure where they would post it. I really would have loved to see that. I got there too late to run the video back. I’m just tickled that he’s wised up.

I’d have loved to see the look on Meenie’s face when he got his ears boxed. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

FReeper “The Mayor”..... “Grand baby #7 is in ICU need prayers”.

[radu]

I’ve checked around and only found a video of a breakfast feeding yesterday. The funny one was suppertime. I don’t know if there’s something on FB or if they even have a FB page.

Meenie really didn’t react at all when he popped her those two good ones that I saw. I have a feeling there was more of that after I went to bed and that’s where the change in behavior comes from.

[radu]

Oh my! Prayers going now for your grandchild!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sending prayers for grand baby #7, the doctors, as well as you and the family.

Fight On!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...any break in the weather?

Any Penny walks?

[boatbums]

I’m praying for the grandbaby and your family.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[luvie]

Prayers for The Mayor’s new grandbaby, Rowan, to have a quick and complete recovery from his setback so he can go home to be with his family!

Pinging the Mighty Prayer Warriors....

[Kathy in Alaska]

[luvie]

Well, I looked on FB...they do have a group page...and never saw just that one, but did see the one where 22 crawled out of the nest bowl. Strong little thing! LOL!

[Jim Robinson]

Prayers on the way. God bless.

[luvie]

Oh, my! Is the “friend” who’s running someone we all know and respect? I sure hope so....as I also pray for little Rowan to be better soon.

[Silentgypsy]

Prayers up for baby and family.

[Silentgypsy]

Ping

[Kathy in Alaska]

Nothing like being prepared...pillow and blanket at the ready.

I’m starting to see some clouds, so maybe a little clearing might be happening.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Monday morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country and thanks Kathy for honoring such a great person. Julia not only was an outstanding chef but she served her country well.

How's everyone doing this morning?