So, I’m A Bread Digger

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It's true.  I'm a bread digger!  I only married James because he was tall dark and handsome, (and I'd never dated that before), for his Polo rugby shirt, and because I'm a bread digger.  Mind you I wasn't a gold digger.  He had no gold to dig for, but boy did he have bread!  J started at GH shortly after we started dating and that was the clincher for me.  I remember the first time I ate Great Harvest Honey Whole Wheat bread.  It was this time of ... ...continue reading

My Mother’s Homemade Peach Ice Cream

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I had a little get together the other night for the running gals.  Everyone brought all sort of yummy vittles, and we ate like kings.  I was trying to top the night off with a huge batch of homemade ice cream, but it didn't quite work as I would have liked.  I didn't get the machine hooked up just right so after about an hour of it churning, I checked and all I had was a giant frozen glob of cream.  Not edible, but save-able:)  So into the fridge ... ...continue reading

Makita’s Perfect Peach Pie

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Last night Emma was not a happy little girl.  Well sometimes 12 year old girls can get a bit moody, and I was not making peach pie the way Emma wanted.  She looked at me as I was slicing fresh peaches into the pie shell, and was mortified the pie wasn't going to be hot.  "Can I microwave my piece?"  she asked.  Heck no!  This is a fresh peach pie that you slurp up cold with lots of fresh whipped cream.  25 minutes later Emma had eaten her piece, ... ...continue reading

Pickled Beets and Maybe A Tear Or Two

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I have spent the last two days bottling pickled beets.  Now this may seem like a lot of time to do 21 quarts of pickled beets, but there was a lot of other things in between.  How about the picking of the beets in the stickiest mud ever.  I sliced my finger off almost and was covered in mud head to toe.  Then there was the washing of said beets.  All the while there were 2 gallons of raspberries I picked, 2 piano lessons, and one very nasty ... ...continue reading

I Beat The Peach Raper

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Beauties!She's pretty dang cute too!Tis the season for the best dang peaches this side of Brigham.  My ma and pa moved a few years back from our ancestral home to a lovely home on the hill.  I have to admit I hated their moving, and I still can't find anything at my mom's new home, but dang it, I love the peach trees that came along with the purchase.  Wasn't it the Reverend Mother who said to dear Maria, "When the lord closes a door, he always ... ...continue reading

Lord Of The Onion Ring

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Labor Day fun with the Clawson's is always a treat.  I think it takes a while for my toilets to get back to normal. After all, there are 40 extra people at my home for a few days.  The weather was beautiful, the company was lovely, and the food was delish!  Especially the onion rings!  I have to admit this post and pictures are compliments of J's brother Doug.  Thanks Doug!  I love your stinking guts!  How about those lunker onions though.  I can ... ...continue reading

One More Great Way To Use Tomatoes

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Two out of the four quarts the recipe makes.Salsa man. Salsa!  Does anyone not love this stuff.  I remember when salsa first came into my world.  I realize that most kids now a days don't know anything but salsa, but that was not always the case. I was about 15 years old and I was attending EFY with a ton of friends when my first memory of salsa happened.  I was rooming with my best friend since kindergarten and we had some free time before ... ...continue reading

A New Way With Tomatoes Take 2

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Here is another favorite way with your fresh tomatoes and other goodies.  Hollie made this recipe for us a few years ago, and I have become addicted.  It is great as a side salad, served over steamy white rice or just by itself.  It is so pretty, and yummy..........I'm going to have it for dinner!Hollie's Tomato, Cucumber and Avocado Saladlots of chopped fresh tomatoes (every color)seeded and chopped cucumbers (you can cut them long ways and then ... ...continue reading

A New Way With Tomatoes

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Look what I have.  There are a ton of tomatoes this year.  I'm canning them today, and tomorrow, and the next day........Did you know that you spell tomato without an E?  I didn't until a customer told me I spelled Tomatoe Herb bread wrong on the chalk board that took me hours.  How rude.  I think we should change the way you spell tomatoe, potatoe, and fourty.  Those are the three words I just can't seem to get right.  On to the new way with ... ...continue reading

Super Fast Sunday

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This morning at 7:25 am I am laying in bed thinking I really needed to get going for church. Soon I hear little flip flop feet walking into my room and there is Seth peering over the top of my really tall bed completely ready for church.  He looked as handsome as can be.  Now this is not typical since Seth's favorite choice of clothing is PJ bottoms and no shirt every minute of the day if he could.  I just looked at him astonished, told him he ... ...continue reading