Saturday, October 31, 2015

Sweet Potato Cobbler...Cloudy...windy...50's






                                                                                      
 

 

Right now it's everything Sweet Potato Season here: this is a different way to use them up, if you like Sorghum and biscuits there's a good chance you'll like this recipe!
2 cups peeled, sweet potatoes, cut in large (1'' cubes) cooked
2/3 cup sorghum
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. cinnamon

Biscuit dough:
1/4 cup shortening

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup milk

In oven-proof pan combine sorghum, butter, milk and cinnamon, bring to a boil, add cooked sweet potatoes reduce heat to a simmer. using about a third of the dough pinch off small pieces and drop in syrup. Pat or roll out remaining dough cut with a biscuit cutter and cover cobbler, place pan in a preheated 350* oven and bake about 25 minutes or till biscuits are done (this has a tendency to bubble over so it's a good idea to set it on a cookie sheet in the oven!)
Serve warm with sweetened whip cream!




 
 
Our "Everything Season" cookbook that is now  available for sale, is just about recipes like this
In "Spring" we talk about "Everything" eggs, milk, fruit and have recipes and tips for all of these
"Summer" brings fresh veggies, canning, and how to deal with all that Zucchini (and other abundances'!)
"Fall" is dedicated to sweet potatoes, preparing for winter and fall fruits and nuts
"Winter" is a time of simmering soups, warm breads, and comforting desserts
Recipes for all these things along with quips and tips from 'our neck of the woods'
 
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Friday, October 30, 2015

Heirloom Mum's....clear...40*

We've talked quite a bit on this page about the endurance of the jonquil, how it comes back year after year in the old homesteads, long after the people that planted them and oftentimes the farm, home, and all other remnants of the yard are gone............ I talked about how I got my start HERE
We have other such enduring plants here as well, the heirloom roses, such as the Cherokee rose and Seven Sisters rose you can read more about that Here  and HERE .
There are others too, the old- old pear trees, no one seems to know a variety or an age on them, they are just there, and seem to always have been, each tree has a fruit with a unique taste, we have two of these 'wild' pear trees in our yard and neither taste a bit alike even though they grow side by side, on my daughter's farm there are three such trees planted in a row, they look like they've been there forever, gnarled and ancient, they were told when they bought the farm from the folks that had lived there nearly 30 years that THEY were told by an elderly neighbor that the trees were over 100 years old then! They still bloom and make fruit every year, then there are the wild plum trees, that make a delicious syrup if you have 10lbs of sugar to spare in every batch----their a tad  tart!
But I interrupted myself, what I was going to tell you about is the enduring flower that we have blooming right now. An heirloom mum, now this one isn't one I see everywhere I go, like the jonquils of spring........But it sure does brighten our yard every fall. We were given a start about 20 years ago, from a neighbor who had been given it, "After a funeral, many years ago" not knowing what else to do with it they had planted it, and it had come back year after year, and taken over a whole corner of their yard, so they were happy to share a start with us.
Now I don't know if this was a 'typical' mum when they received it that had reverted to it's heritage once planted, or if they had gotten it so long ago that it was before mum's had been bred into tidy compact balls, but this mum, doesn't know when to stop, it spreads like mint sending runners underground to pop up feet away from the parent plant, it looks dense enough in the spring when it comes up a dark rich green, but by this time of year (no matter how much we "pinch" it back, like you are suppose to do, to make mum's behave)  it has managed to shoot itself a good two-three feet tall, falling all over everything around it in the process, and then , come October, it starts to bloom, abundantly and persistently! It always seems to get a frost or two on it, and I've seen it coated in ice, and dusted with an early snow, and never even fazed, it will bloom till we get a hard freeze! The last thing to bloom in our garden every year...something to carry us over till the Jonquil's come up in the spring...................

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Remember When?...Partly cloudy...windy...50*

How many have done their canning in these bail type jars? I'm still
cleaning out years of accumulation and have so many of these saved.
So hard to throw them out!!!
 In the '70's when it was announced the jar
rings would no longer be manufactured I went to the local hardware
store and ordered a whole case, many of which I still have.
 I still remember how hard it was to stretch the rubber onto the glass.
You had to have them super hot to make them a little stretchable,
and if you weren't quick, you had to put the rubber back in the hot water and
start again. I'll admit the "new" way with metal lid is easier, but
aren't the jars less durable? I never remember loosing the bottom out
of one of the bail type jars! 
Anyway now for what to do with them???????
 A button jar? a penny jar? Colorful dried beans? I have a craft idea
that I'll share if I'm successful, but of course we won't be able to
afford to ship them, have to sell locally or give as gifts.
Any of you have an idea? What would you do with a whole collection of these?

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Share day Wednesday!.. sunny...60's

The sun has popped out this morning in our neck of the woods, the fall colors are still with us, thought the rain removed many leaves over the past few day the ones that are left are bright and clean :)

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Weather............Rainy..foggy..cool...50's

The sudden change in weather (even if it IS time for it) from 80's, Sunny and Dry last week, to  the drizzle, damp, foggy, rainy and cool 50's today is making me wonder if we're in for an early long winter..........times like this make my mind turn to baking, is it the same for you too?

Here are a few of my winter soothers....what are some of yours?

Chocolate pudding, hot coffee, a steaming bowl of soup...................

The fragrance of homemade bread and simmering soup
Backing up to the woodstove that's cooking the soup!
Eating homemade bread and homemade soup!
Reading a "can't put down book" while sipping hot cocoa
Enjoying the outside view of a sunny day while
Backing up to the woodstove!
Covering up with your "Biscuit Quilt" when not
Backing up to the woodstove!
Fingering the Biscuit quilt  while reminiscing  on heartfelt memories

these are a few of my winter soothers.........................
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Monday, October 26, 2015

Mystery Stew...Cloudy..windy...50*

On these cold blustery days do your thoughts turn to cooking?
For those who have to go off for the day, do you have a crockpot?
There's nothing nicer for the cook, than to come home to supper already
cooking, and ready to serve!

I grew up with my Mom's philosophy of "Waste Not, Want Not"
so here are some ways I practice that in the cooking arena.

Whenever I cook vegetables, I save the liquid, and when cool put it in the
refrigerator or freezer. Mom always said the best fed person in the
house was the kitchen drain!!! 

So then when I'm ready to make soup or stew I have stock ready.
 Even small amounts of leftover vegetables can be saved this way, and of course as we mention in our cookbook shredded squash or sweet potatoes, fresh or frozen, can be added to most everything.
With a little browned meat or chicken this assortment of flavors makes
a unique taste that one can't quite identify.

If you're thinking your  mornings are too crowded to do this before you leave, just assemble in refrigerator the night before in a pan. Then in morning heat to a simmer on the stove top and pour in crockpot and cook all day on low.
Then you can come home to a warm, delicious bowl of Mystery Stew too !
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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Sunday Quotes....cloudy...drizzle...50's

There is an appointed time for everything.
1 And there is a time for every event under heaven—
A time to give birth and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
A time to weep and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to dance.
A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to be silent and a time to speak.
A time to love and a time to hate;
A time for war and a time for peace.


Saturday, October 24, 2015

Waffles & Fruit syrup....Cloudy....60's

Buttermilk Waffles

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 T. baking powder
3/4 tsp. baking soda
3 large eggs
3 T. sugar
1 3/4 cups buttermilk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup butter, melted

In large bowl beat eggs and sugar, until light and fluffy. In another bowl combine, flour, cornstarch, baking powder & soda, stir to mix with a whisk , alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk into egg mixture stir lightly with the whisk after each addition. Stir just until mixed Don't beat, add vanill and butter,stir to incorporate.
Cook in a HOT greased waffle iron, do desired crispness. Serve with your favorite fruit syrup!

Here's how I make ours:
Works for elderberry, blackberry, peach, strawberry......
I use Sure-Jell and inside pkg. I use the cooked jelly recipe procedure.  Elderberries won't be offered so I use "Currant" directions instead. Prepare the fruit as instructed with 2 cups water instead of 1 1/2 . When measuring juice into pot (after straining) add 1/2 cup lemon juice. Now reduce the sugar to 3 cups and proceed with procedure. This will make a syrup instead of jelly. I also do this with other fruits, when there is an abundance, to have syrup in the winter for pancakes. We especially like wild plum and they don't produce enough very often. 
See the original post about this Elderberry syrup along with a garlic snippet HERE !
 
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Friday, October 23, 2015

It's finally here.........Rainy....60's

Well, after YEARS of cooking, collecting, perfecting, editing, and saying 'someday' our FIRST cookbook is finally ready to publish! We  got the first one in just this week!
So excited to finally have it ready to share with all our followers!

We're finally ready to offer our "Everything Season" cookbook. This is
a soft cover cookbook PACKED with recipes, helpful hints, quips &
reminisces as well as many farm life & recipe pictures. It seems that
everything is moving in 15's for us. Got this project done in 2015,
the printer prints small batches of 15 and we had set our target price
at $15.00. So $15.00 it is, plus $3.00 shipping. Allow 10-14 days to arrive.

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Food for Thought.........Sunny....70's

Continued from yesterday's post  HERE

Do we ever think about those
Living in tents
Who are told to be content
With lots of beans and rice
And not to be thinking
Beef stew would be nice

And do we think of the cook
Who cooks every day
Doesn't ask for a raise
But would love some praise................

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Food for Thought.....Sunny.. 70's

Continued  from yesterday's post HERE

What do we do
Do we use our thoughts
To ponder pans and pots
And think how to rearrange
Lots of food upon our range

What should we do
When rearranging becomes a chore
Especially as we do it more & more
Carry on - bring it to the table
At least as long as we are able......................



 
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Food for Thought...Sunny....50's



What would we do
If nothing were new
If we ate every day
Food cooked the same way

Would we loose our appetite
And only eat a mite
Just because we're knowing

That it keeps us going......




Monday, October 19, 2015

Recipes.....Sunny...windy...50's

Her First Cake....

She measured out the shortening with a solemn air.

 The sugar and milk also...
then she took the greatest care
to count the eggs correctly and to add a little bit
of baking powder which you know, beginners oft omit
She stirred it all together, then she baked it one full hour
But she never quite forgave herself..........
        for leaving out the flour!
                                  Author unknown





Sunday, October 18, 2015

Sunday Quotes...Sunny...Chilly...40's

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
                                                   
Joyce Kilmer 
                               

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Banana Surprise Cake....chillly...40's

Banana Surprise Cake
2 cups sifted all purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 cup very well mashed bananas ( usually 2 large or 3 medium)
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream together 1/2 cup peanut butter and 1/2 cup chocolate syrup. Set aside

Cream oil, sugar and eggs, add mashed bananas and mix well. Add dry
alternately with buttermilk and blend together well. Add vanilla.
Spread 2/3 batter into oiled 8"x8" or 9"x9" square pan.
Carefully spread chocolate & peanut butter mixture over cake batter without going all the
way to edges. Spread rest of cake batter over and bake at 350* for
about 50 minutes. Don't over-bake, test center with knife.
Let cool before serving.
A very filling cake, doesn't need frosting.

Friday, October 16, 2015

Sweet Potato Season....windy.. 50's

Well after nearly a month of no rain and 80 plus degree weather,  the forecast suddenly called for (possible) rain and (possible) frost..... so we decided we'd better get the sweet potatoes dug, after all dusty digging is better than muddy digging, right?
Now sweet potatoes are a fall crop, so typically when you dig them you are wearing long sleeves, maybe a light jacket, thinking of baked sweet potatoes, sweet potato soup and sweet potato pie.

Well, yesterday we broke the  record for heat on this date in October----93* !
So for two hours we're digging sweet potatoes, sweating, swatting flies,
and instead of thinking about sweet potatoes pies,
wondering who's idea it was to plant a 70' row of sweet potatoes
oh yeah mine.

And last night, it didn't rain and since I couldn't sleep for the tired back from digging the sweet potatoes I heard at least three flocks of geese flying over, so perhaps fall really is here this time.
Oh and the possible frost forecast  for tomorrow night? They raised the forecast temp. a  good five degrees--so probably not.

And today would have been a beautiful day to dig potatoes, 50's and breezy....................
some 40 degrees cooler than yesterday!
Oh well, as they say around these parts, if you don't like the weather , just wait a minute.

Anyways, they are dug and curing now, and it was a good year for them too--at least THEY were underground where the squirrels left them alone!
And Sweet Potato Soup and a Sweet Potato Pie sound wonderful today, what a difference a day makes, isn't it so?

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Who remembers...Sunny...hot..80's

 "Whew", our project is finally at the printers!
(more on that very soon)

Now back to cleaning out the cabin............
Here's a bit of Nostalgia for you,  Who remembers and can  identify these two items?

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Share...support handmade...sunny...hot...80*

We invite you to stop by our Facebook page for share day today
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Weather...SUnny...70's

Whether or not there'll be weatheris never, ever the question~~
Whether or not the weatherman

will be accurate, ALWAYS is the question!


Sunny and hot here today, doesn't feel like fall , but it's beginning to look like fall.............



Monday, October 12, 2015

Monday.......Sunny....warm...70's

Even though we've  only had a few chilly nights so far,
the cats  decided it's never to early to pick your box and
choose partners for the coming cold nights!

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Sunday Quotes.....Cloudy..60's

I'd like to live in THEORY.....
everything works there!

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Pearsauce Cake....Sunny .....47*

PearSauce Cake with Browned Butter Frosting


1/3 cup canola oil

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

3 eggs

3 cups pear sauce

3 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. allspice

pinch cloves (optional)

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. baking powder

Beat oil, eggs and sugar together, add pear sauce, stir well.

Add all the dry ingredients and stir just till combined.

Pour into a well greased 10" bunt pan or three greased loaf pans.

Bake at 325* for 50-70 minutes till a knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Watch closely after 50 minutes and don't over bake!

Cool completely then frost.

Frosting:
1/4 cup Butter (no substitutions)
2 T. half and half
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
2 cups powdered sugar

Melt butter in a skillet (cast iron works great, but watch it closely) till it is golden brown 5-10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the half and half and vanilla let cool five minutes then add powdered sugar, beat for 2 minutes till smooth and creamy, add a bit more half and half in needed but you want it thick.

Pour over cake, eat immediately or refrigerate.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Aprons....Sunny...70's

Aprons
 Back in the day
part of every day attire
Made with flour sacks, muslin or calico
they did more than cover your dress
to this  Grandma could attest
 
Aprons
 From daylight till dark
for dusting and gathering
cooking ,cleaning and more
they helped in some small way
with every single chore
 
Aprons
Today we remember them with nostalgia,
-----so sad they've been retired
 We write of them in poems & blogs & magazines
because they bring back memories
of a simpler time
 
Aprons
They still have a practical use,
Gather vegetables, eggs or a misplaced item.....
to return to it's proper place, later on.
or simply hang out the wash, while remembering a slower pace
In that long ago place...................
 © 2015

 What is your favorite style of Apron? Do you have a favorite memory about APRONS ?? If so leave a comment below and share it with us!

 

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Share day....Partly cloudy...60's

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Farm Adventures...foggy.... 58*

The Lonely Silent Cabin has half its'  new roof installed. We will miss our wood shingles covered in moss that were toted here from N.H. almost 40 years ago for the original roof.

The interior cleaning is well under way also.
One has to marvel at the Boldness of Squirrels to set up a bedroom with
bath in a location where 6 cats live!! !!!!

As I Rearrange the accumulated items I find myself wondering Anyone need lots of gallon, glass jars,
you pick up
?





Monday, October 5, 2015

Monday..........cloudy, foggy, 50's

Undertaking a new project here today~ It involves sorting, Snippets & Snatches of paper, editing, cooking, picture taking, LOTS of coffee........................and hopefully will result in a new product from our farm for you!
Any guesses what we are working on????

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Snippets & Snatches....cloudy....50's

 REARRANGING

All of life is rearranging
This I have determined
Please don't take this as a sermon
BUT
From before the cradle
Until you're no longer able
All of life is rearranging

No matter what your goals
No matter what your dreams
You'll spend your days
Rearranging to fit some theme

Stop and think what you did today
And then remember yesterday
You rearranged from dawn to dusk
Did those things that were a must
Then rearranged again

Sometimes there'll be a thrill
But mostly it's mundane
But everyday you rearrange
And then arrange again...........

                             Bonney Bresko © 2015


      

Saturday, October 3, 2015

"Vintage" Chocolate Pudding...Clear...crisp...cool...40's

Here's one of my Mom's recipes, at least 50 years old. You can see how much it's been used. 
Isn't her handwriting lovely? She and her sisters had such pretty flowing script,
 back in the day when handwriting was still emphasized in school!


6 T. cornstarch
1/2 cup cocoa
few grains of salt
1 cup sugar
1 quart milk
1 tsp. vanilla

Here's the procedure ------------
Mix sugar ( I reduce to 2/3 cup) cornstarch and cocoa in a heavy
bottom pan.  Add milk while stirring over medium heat.

Continue to stir until thickened and just starts to bubble.
If you have to answer the phone,  the door, or check Facebook remove from heat, it will catch on bottom and burn!
Add vanilla, pour into bowl, cover with plastic and let cool or chill in refrigerator.
Says feeds 6, but not at my house!



Friday, October 2, 2015

Snippets & Snatches....Clear and cold...low 40's

Snippets & Snatches

  I found this paper while going through my years' worth of stash.
Not recognizing what it was I almost threw it out. ( Believe me, I realize
just REARRANGING my stuff isn't going to reduce it by much!).

Anyway I'm glad I  looked closer because, here was this little story my sister
 had written in this free paper from the area where she lived in Alaska.
These free papers were a pleasant part of small town America in the past.
I wonder if any still exist. The ones in my area are all gone.
Here's the story. ( My brother would have been nine at the time of this
story)



                              My Brother's Tree House

As a kid, I looked up to my brother, my older brother. He did the
chores. He had adventures I wasn't old enough to have, and he had his
own room full of electronic equipment that he hid in his closet from
Mom.
He was the big brother, I, the baby sister. He never bothered with me
too much. Nor, I, him. Our worlds were too different. Yet, once in
awhile our two separate existences would merge for a moment in time.
Like the time he built the tree house.
I remember Mom giving my brother permission to build it in a tree by
the barn. This was a stretch for Mom. She was out on a limb, so to
speak.
During the days that followed, I was filled with suspense, having
never seen a tree house before. I watched as my brother nailed crate
slats to the tree as a ladder. I stopped from my play as he rigged up
a pulley and hauled lumber up with a rope.
"How clever big brothers are", I thought.
One day I woke from a nap to find Mom gone and brother in charge. "Ya
wanna come outside"? he asked. "I've got something to show ya". We
dashed out. Lo and behold, way up in that tree was his tree house,
finished only moments before. It was a lean-to sort of thing, with
double doors like a barn. A creation that whetted ones' appetite for
adventure.
My brother raced up the ladder. As a king considers his kingdom he
stood. I felt far removed, sitting on the porch step.
"Hey," he said, "If we hurry before Mom comes back, you could come up too."
"Me, up there?" I asked in disbelief.
"Yea, sure, I'll help you!" he declared generously.
It sounded like a good idea. Until he had me half way up those rickety
slats, pushing from behind for all he was worth. For one thing, after
looking down, I found my feet glued to the rung with a will of their
own, stubbornly resisting my brother's efforts.
After a trip to the bathroom and another to get teddy, I arrived on
the platform.
Oh wonder of wonders!  There we sat, Indian style. My brother's are
around my shoulder, my teddy in my lap and a view of the world like
never before. I felt older than three. I could just imagine the worlds
we would conquer together. Like the Lone Ranger and Tonto, Tarzan and
Jane, Christopher Robin and Pooh---My Brother and I.
As we sat in our private dreamland, Mom's car turned into the
driveway. One look at my brother's face and I was jolted from my
fantasy.
"Young man, where is your head?" she demanded frantically. During the
torrent of scolding, I was rapidly returned to my earthbound
existence.
Gazing upon the discouraged face of my worthy hero, I silently
repented of the trouble I had caused him. Then he looked down at me
and smiled knowingly, "It's okay kid," he said "We'll do it again
sometime."
We did too, but we never told Mom, or perhaps she just never let on she knew.

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Fall cleaning...sunny..48*

Awhile back I blogged about this CarterCraft Loomette, now it's part of my fall cleaning sale on ETSY
if you've ever wanted to a vintage (circa 1940's) hand loom to use or for dƩcor this is for you!
Complete set with instructions, loom, needle, and paperwork

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Handcrafted wooden toy truck~~~ on ETSY!
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