As a kid I was the youngest of all the cousins. While they were all in high school and college I was just starting first grade lol. So all the big kids grew up together and played together and went to school together. This is on both sides of the family (mom’s and dad’s). My … Continue reading Cousins and collective memories.
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A summer tradition: pickled eggs and egg salad sandwiches the easy way!
We started using this idea while camping. Easy to prepare ahead of time and delicious. Pickled eggs! To make egg salad sandwiches you just slice and dice the pickled eggs, add a bit of mayo, slap it on some bread and you are ready to eat! Super easy and incredibly delicious! Now we like eating … Continue reading A summer tradition: pickled eggs and egg salad sandwiches the easy way!
Chocolate bread? Sooooo good!
So I did a bit of experimenting! I decided to use my bread recipe and make bread with cocoa powder mixed into the flour. See previous post for the bread recipe. I added 1 heaping spoon full of cocoa to the flour as I sifted it. Then added the yeast water as normal and followed … Continue reading Chocolate bread? Sooooo good!
Bread! Yummy!
During Black Friday sales on Amazon I scored this fabulous cast iron bread cloche! This thing is awesome! It looks small (only 7” diameter) but makes a perfect loaf of bread! Bread is getting expensive so off on an adventure and I e found the perfect recipe for easy bread! I seasoned the bread cloche … Continue reading Bread! Yummy!
Cabled mittens knitting pattern
Let me start by saying I am not a professional knitting pattern writer! I’m doing some stash busting (probably better described as “scrap” busting) with my home spun wool (mostly DK to fingerling weight 11-14 wpi) after making socks and hats this winter. These are notes for myself but you are welcome to use them! … Continue reading Cabled mittens knitting pattern
Acorn-top hat knitting pattern
As a child I would collect acorn tops! They made great whistles! But I also imagined that fairies and gnomes and small critters like chipmunks and squirrels (yeah my size dimensions were a bit off as a child lol) would obviously wear acorn tops as hats! Heck if I could find an acorn top big … Continue reading Acorn-top hat knitting pattern
How to use an electric turkey cooker for other things… and some other helpful tips and kitchen tools.
We love our electric turkey cooker. It makes a fabulous turkey! With the holidays it gets a lot of use! but it has so much potential for other uses as well! Well worth the purchase! 2023 Christmas dinner … it even makes a nice brown roasted skin and the dripping are used for broth and … Continue reading How to use an electric turkey cooker for other things… and some other helpful tips and kitchen tools.
Fall is Black Walnut Time!
We always collected black walnuts as a kid and they are my favorite nut for cooking and snacking. Please don’t get them confused with English walnuts… totally different! Black walnuts are HARD to crack! But there is a method to the madness if you’ve been around hill folk in the Appalachians and learned how to … Continue reading Fall is Black Walnut Time!
Homemade grape jelly
My husband hates grape jelly. Store bought grape jelly is taboo in our house. But I wanted to play and make some homemade grape jelly just for fun! So I bought 4 LBs of dark purple grapes (they are in season and cheap!) and brought them home. He reluctantly agreed to experiment with it “just … Continue reading Homemade grape jelly
Salad dressing recipe
When you get older you find you have to write things down in order to remember them! So a lot of my blogs are for me to remember things like recipes lol but also to share cool stuff I’ve found or learned! One of the things I’ve learned is that store bought salad dressing does … Continue reading Salad dressing recipe
Conestoga Chuck 