I used to have no imagination when it came to turkey. Leftover turkey meant sandwiches. And more sandwiches. Then everyone would get tired of turkey and never want to see turkey again. Which explains why I only used to make turkey once a year, at Thanksgiving. It would take a whole year to get over… Read More
If you like crepes, you’ll love this old family recipe for German Pancakes. Unlike most of the German Pancakes I’ve stumbled across, these contain no potatoes. They don’t have any leavening either, which makes them quite different from your run-of-the-mill breakfast pancake. I first learned to make these as a young bride, taught by my… Read More
Planning anything with my friend Linda is like an overload on the idea of having “eyes too big for our stomach”. Only it’s not about eating too much…well, sometimes it is, but I’m not getting into that right now. It’s about thinking we can fit 68 hours of activity into an afternoon–with time to spare!… Read More
When was the first time you cut up a whole chicken? In 1977, my 31-year-old mother passed away. I was thirteen, and the oldest girl in my family. My mom, being sick for awhile, hadn’t taught me how to cook very many things. After she died, summer rolled around and I was out of school…. Read More
Just about every family around here has had a touch of the flu. Speaking of germs, when we were kids visiting at Grandma’s farm, there was a big tin bucket with a dipper in the kitchen. She did not have running water so she would go out to the outside pump and get every bit… Read More
Pickle Pie is a dish that has become one of my family’s favorites. It even gets a thumbs up and requests from the lone non-pickle loving odd ball. It derived from Quick Cheeseburger Pie, but I have since changed it to suit our tastes. It satisfies those cheeseburger cravings during the cold times of the… Read More
any MSG free recipes and substitutes for bouillon used to make my own, as the homemade recipes all contain flavored granules or bouillon which contain MSG
My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this... Read More
When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I... Read More