Monday, September 28, 2009
ABE/GED Classes to Start at Eagleview
The Eagleview Community Foundation will host ABE/GED classes on Monday evenings from 4:00-7:00PM starting October 5th. Instructor Tracy Chase will take walk-ins, or call Eagleview at 218.659.4254 for more info.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thursday, Sept. 24
Hope everyone's week has went well. It has been pretty hot outside this week but the evenings cool off nice. During the night I search for the quilt as it gets pretty cool before morning.
I've finally started seeing a few deer and grouse on the bus run. Nothing very spectacular the most was 6 deer one morning when it was very cool and foggy. It has been foggy quite a few mornings lately.
I got a call from Diane Stay telling me about the International Space Station sightings that started Monday September 21 to Tuesday October 6.
Tonight Thursday Sept. 24 the sighting should take place around 8:29pm for about 3 minutes. It will approach from 18 degrees WSW and depart 15 Degrees S.
On Saturday, Sept. 26, the sighting will take place at 7:43pm and last for about 3 minutes, it will approach 22 degrees above SW and depart 10 degrees above SSE.
She got this information off the NASA sight.
Maybe tonight I will remember to walk outside and look.
Saturday, October 17th is the annual Squaw Lake Firemen's Dance. Music is by Union Rebel and will start at 8pm and go to midnight. There will be drawings for the raffle, silent auctions, small raffles, cash bar, t-shirts, caps and aprons for sale. Lots of fun. Hope to see you all there.
If any of you have something to put on the blog be sure and either email or call me. I haven't been out and about much lately so am not really sure what is going on.
Have a safe and fun weekend.
Julie
I've finally started seeing a few deer and grouse on the bus run. Nothing very spectacular the most was 6 deer one morning when it was very cool and foggy. It has been foggy quite a few mornings lately.
I got a call from Diane Stay telling me about the International Space Station sightings that started Monday September 21 to Tuesday October 6.
Tonight Thursday Sept. 24 the sighting should take place around 8:29pm for about 3 minutes. It will approach from 18 degrees WSW and depart 15 Degrees S.
On Saturday, Sept. 26, the sighting will take place at 7:43pm and last for about 3 minutes, it will approach 22 degrees above SW and depart 10 degrees above SSE.
She got this information off the NASA sight.
Maybe tonight I will remember to walk outside and look.
Saturday, October 17th is the annual Squaw Lake Firemen's Dance. Music is by Union Rebel and will start at 8pm and go to midnight. There will be drawings for the raffle, silent auctions, small raffles, cash bar, t-shirts, caps and aprons for sale. Lots of fun. Hope to see you all there.
If any of you have something to put on the blog be sure and either email or call me. I haven't been out and about much lately so am not really sure what is going on.
Have a safe and fun weekend.
Julie
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Community Supper & Centennial Lutheran Ladies Fundraiser
Hi, hope you had a nice weekend. It was a very productive weekend for us. We did a canning marathon this weekend. We pickled over 200 pounds of beets, we made bread & butter pickles, and plum jam. Also, tomorrow I will make sweet relish and plum jelly.
Wow, wasn't that some hot weather we've had lately? I was wishing all summer that we would have some hot weather and now I wish it wasn't so hot.
September 22 is Community Supper at the Community Center. This is put on by ST. Catherine Ladies and Centennial Lutheran Ladies. Serving starts at 4:30 and goes to 7p. They will be serving Tacos this month. Hope to see you all there.
Finally started seeing a few deer and grouse on the bus run. It's been so hot that the pigs don't even want to eat during the day. They wait until it cools down at night and then I can hear the feeder doors banging away most of the night.
Coming up: November 15, the Centennial Lutheran Ladies are having Chili with breadsticks. They also will be having Baked Goods, Crafts, Wreaths (Princess Pine), White Elephant items, this will start at 11am and go til 1. So mark your calendars.
Sorry everyone I am beat and I'm going to shower and hit the bed. I hope all of you have a great week and I will try and write more later.
Julie
Wow, wasn't that some hot weather we've had lately? I was wishing all summer that we would have some hot weather and now I wish it wasn't so hot.
September 22 is Community Supper at the Community Center. This is put on by ST. Catherine Ladies and Centennial Lutheran Ladies. Serving starts at 4:30 and goes to 7p. They will be serving Tacos this month. Hope to see you all there.
Finally started seeing a few deer and grouse on the bus run. It's been so hot that the pigs don't even want to eat during the day. They wait until it cools down at night and then I can hear the feeder doors banging away most of the night.
Coming up: November 15, the Centennial Lutheran Ladies are having Chili with breadsticks. They also will be having Baked Goods, Crafts, Wreaths (Princess Pine), White Elephant items, this will start at 11am and go til 1. So mark your calendars.
Sorry everyone I am beat and I'm going to shower and hit the bed. I hope all of you have a great week and I will try and write more later.
Julie
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Squawk
It sure seems strange when the kids don't come up on the weekend. Pretty quiet around here. I cleaned up my summer kitchen today as next weekend Steph is bringing up beets to make pickled beets and I'm not sure what else she is bringing to get done. I was going to take some plum juice out of the freezer and make jelly but I got to lazy. Tomorrow I am going to make zucchini jam and carmelized onion jam.
It sure has been foggy in the mornings of late. Friday morning it was hard driving for a while as the fog was so thick.
I finally saw one deer in the Gratten area on Friday. I saw quite a few grouse on my afternoon bus run on Friday. The critters haven't been very plentiful this year. Maybe when things cool down some they will start showing themselves more.
I cut a couple batches of soap this morning. I need to make more soap but haven't figured out just where I'm going to fit that in right now
One of my pasttimes when I have the time is to look at the recipes in the old cookbooks I have. Tonight I found one that I'm going to have to try again. My mom used to make these when I was a kid. I made them for my kids when they were younger. Great to have on hand. Here's the recipe for:
Sliced Refrigerator Cookies
1 cup. shortening 1 tsp. cinnamon
2/3 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 cup white sugar 3 cups sifted flour
2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 tsp. soda
1/2 to 1 cup chopped nuts 1 tsp. vanilla
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Combine shortening and sugars and cream well. Add beaten eggs and vanilla, blend well. Sift flour, cinnamon, salt and soda into the above mixture. Blend well. Add nuts and work in well. Shape into a roll 2 inch in width. Place in refrigerator overnight. Slice thin. Place on oiled baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.
My m0m would have a batch of these frozen in the freezer and when unexpected company showed up she would take out a roll and in 15 minutes or so she could slice them and then she had fresh baked cookies for the company.
Have a great weekend.
Hope you are in good health and spirits.
Julie
It sure has been foggy in the mornings of late. Friday morning it was hard driving for a while as the fog was so thick.
I finally saw one deer in the Gratten area on Friday. I saw quite a few grouse on my afternoon bus run on Friday. The critters haven't been very plentiful this year. Maybe when things cool down some they will start showing themselves more.
I cut a couple batches of soap this morning. I need to make more soap but haven't figured out just where I'm going to fit that in right now
One of my pasttimes when I have the time is to look at the recipes in the old cookbooks I have. Tonight I found one that I'm going to have to try again. My mom used to make these when I was a kid. I made them for my kids when they were younger. Great to have on hand. Here's the recipe for:
Sliced Refrigerator Cookies
1 cup. shortening 1 tsp. cinnamon
2/3 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 cup white sugar 3 cups sifted flour
2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 tsp. soda
1/2 to 1 cup chopped nuts 1 tsp. vanilla
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Combine shortening and sugars and cream well. Add beaten eggs and vanilla, blend well. Sift flour, cinnamon, salt and soda into the above mixture. Blend well. Add nuts and work in well. Shape into a roll 2 inch in width. Place in refrigerator overnight. Slice thin. Place on oiled baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.
My m0m would have a batch of these frozen in the freezer and when unexpected company showed up she would take out a roll and in 15 minutes or so she could slice them and then she had fresh baked cookies for the company.
Have a great weekend.
Hope you are in good health and spirits.
Julie
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Community Supper
Isn't it funny how sometimes when you sit down to write something that nothing comes to mind.
I haven't seen a deer up in the Gratten area in 3 days of driving. Not sure if with the hot weather they are back in the woods or if there just aren't as many deer up in that area. I did see one scrawny coyote yesterday in the area but that has been it.
The geese have quit coming into the field also. It is a strange fall. Hopefully we will continue to get some nice weather as I still have quite a bit of things to get done for winter.
Today I heard that the Farmers Almanac is predicting a long cold winter with little snow. That will make it feel even colder. I guess I will have to break down and put up some plastic on some of my older windows in the house.
Just a reminder:
Community Supper, September 22 from 4:30 to 7:00p at the Community Center. Menu is Tacos. Proceeds go to Fresh Water for Life. This is sponsored by St. Catherine Ladies and Centennial Lutheran Ladies. These ladies put on a great meal hope to see you there enjoying the meal and the friendship.
Not too much on my calendar for this month.
Last night the Avenue of Pines Civic Association met and began work on the new brochure booklet for the area. We will be including a larger area in this booklet. So if you know of any businesses in the area from Little Ball Club Lake north to Northome, west to the Itasca County line, and east to Highway 6 please let them know about this new booklet. If they would like information on it they can call Julie at 218-659-4239. There are a lot more people working on this but me but I haven't thought to ask them if they wanted to be a contact person. Our brochure that we put out a year ago has been well received and as we are almost out of them we decided to start working on a bigger book.
Any points of interest in the area that you can think of that should be put into the booklet??
As always when working on a project this size it would be nice to have extra hands to help with it. So if you have the time how about helping out.
Not sure why I'm so tired tonight but it is 9:30 pm and I'm ready to hit the hay.
Hope you are in good health and spirits.
Julie
I haven't seen a deer up in the Gratten area in 3 days of driving. Not sure if with the hot weather they are back in the woods or if there just aren't as many deer up in that area. I did see one scrawny coyote yesterday in the area but that has been it.
The geese have quit coming into the field also. It is a strange fall. Hopefully we will continue to get some nice weather as I still have quite a bit of things to get done for winter.
Today I heard that the Farmers Almanac is predicting a long cold winter with little snow. That will make it feel even colder. I guess I will have to break down and put up some plastic on some of my older windows in the house.
Just a reminder:
Community Supper, September 22 from 4:30 to 7:00p at the Community Center. Menu is Tacos. Proceeds go to Fresh Water for Life. This is sponsored by St. Catherine Ladies and Centennial Lutheran Ladies. These ladies put on a great meal hope to see you there enjoying the meal and the friendship.
Not too much on my calendar for this month.
Last night the Avenue of Pines Civic Association met and began work on the new brochure booklet for the area. We will be including a larger area in this booklet. So if you know of any businesses in the area from Little Ball Club Lake north to Northome, west to the Itasca County line, and east to Highway 6 please let them know about this new booklet. If they would like information on it they can call Julie at 218-659-4239. There are a lot more people working on this but me but I haven't thought to ask them if they wanted to be a contact person. Our brochure that we put out a year ago has been well received and as we are almost out of them we decided to start working on a bigger book.
Any points of interest in the area that you can think of that should be put into the booklet??
As always when working on a project this size it would be nice to have extra hands to help with it. So if you have the time how about helping out.
Not sure why I'm so tired tonight but it is 9:30 pm and I'm ready to hit the hay.
Hope you are in good health and spirits.
Julie
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Meatball recipe
Wow, that was some storm that just zipped through our area. First good lightning and thunder I've heard all summer. It rained pretty good also.
Not much of a critter report today. One deer which almost got to up close and personnal with the front of the bus, 7 geese flying over, 2 ducks on Dora Lake, a bunch of crows and one herd of cows, nice looking cows and the calves were very good sized, they looked very fat and sassy.
Well, there was some excitement here on Saturday night. My dog Belle was close to having a batch of puppies. We had prepared a nice place in the basement for her with a board surround and carpet. I had taken her down there many times. Anyway, the guys were hunting and as she was close to pupping I had put her in the house. I came in to go to bed and she didn't meet me at the door so I started looking for her. She wasn't in the basement or any of the main rooms so I walk into my bedroom to find that she had pulled the clean clothes out of the clothes basket and made a bed and had 3 puppies. This was at 10 at night. By 4 in the morning she had 10 puppies, 9 which were living. So on Sunday, we took her to the basement and carried the puppies down there and the kids came to check about a half hour later and she had moved all the puppies back up to the bedroom. Sooo I guess until they get their eyes open I have company in the bedroom. I did move up the surround and carpet and put them in there. She wasn't very happy about it and moved a couple puppies out but I've just kept putting her and the puppies back in. As soon as these puppies are weaned it is a trip to the vet for her. No more puppies. I was going to put up a sign that said:
Free Puppies
Mother: Registered Black Lab/ Good Hunter
Father: Tramp/Good for nothing
But my granddaughter was worried about the puppies so she called a friend of her Dad's that wanted one puppy and said she was afraid Gram was going to get rid of the puppies and he told his wife and she sent out emails to all she knew and all of the puppies are spoken for. There is quite a different lot of puppies. Most are little black lab looking puppies but there is one that is all brown, and one that has brown on the belly and back legs, and a brown one with a black stripe down his back and black ears kind of looks camo will blend in good for hunting. One of the black ones sleeps with his tongue out just like the Mom did when she was a pup.
First day of school went good except I have a different bus this year and lots of new buttons etc to figure out what they do. This bus is alot quieter than the last one.
As the weather gets cooler I start to think about cooking comfort foods but I'm busy so sometimes cooking is a pain so here is my recipe for meatballs. Make them up ahead and take out of freezer and use for any recipe that calls for meatballs. Much better than the boughten variety in my opinion.
Make-ahead meatballs
4 eggs
2 cups dry bread crumbs
1/2 cup finely chopped onion (I use about a cup, but I like onions)
1 Tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder (or to your taste)
1/2 teaspoon pepper
4 pounds lean ground beef
In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add next five ingredients. Add beef, mix well. Shape into 1 inch balls, makes about 12 dozen. Place meatballs on parchment paper in jelly roll pans. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 - 15 minutes or until no longer pink, turning often, drain and cool. Place about 30 meatballs each into freezer containers. Meatballs may be frozen for up to 3 months. Yield: 5 batches (about 30 meatballs to batch). These are good in spaghetti sauce, with gravy over them, in barbecue sauce or however you like meatballs.
Hope you enjoy.
Julie
Not much of a critter report today. One deer which almost got to up close and personnal with the front of the bus, 7 geese flying over, 2 ducks on Dora Lake, a bunch of crows and one herd of cows, nice looking cows and the calves were very good sized, they looked very fat and sassy.
Well, there was some excitement here on Saturday night. My dog Belle was close to having a batch of puppies. We had prepared a nice place in the basement for her with a board surround and carpet. I had taken her down there many times. Anyway, the guys were hunting and as she was close to pupping I had put her in the house. I came in to go to bed and she didn't meet me at the door so I started looking for her. She wasn't in the basement or any of the main rooms so I walk into my bedroom to find that she had pulled the clean clothes out of the clothes basket and made a bed and had 3 puppies. This was at 10 at night. By 4 in the morning she had 10 puppies, 9 which were living. So on Sunday, we took her to the basement and carried the puppies down there and the kids came to check about a half hour later and she had moved all the puppies back up to the bedroom. Sooo I guess until they get their eyes open I have company in the bedroom. I did move up the surround and carpet and put them in there. She wasn't very happy about it and moved a couple puppies out but I've just kept putting her and the puppies back in. As soon as these puppies are weaned it is a trip to the vet for her. No more puppies. I was going to put up a sign that said:
Free Puppies
Mother: Registered Black Lab/ Good Hunter
Father: Tramp/Good for nothing
But my granddaughter was worried about the puppies so she called a friend of her Dad's that wanted one puppy and said she was afraid Gram was going to get rid of the puppies and he told his wife and she sent out emails to all she knew and all of the puppies are spoken for. There is quite a different lot of puppies. Most are little black lab looking puppies but there is one that is all brown, and one that has brown on the belly and back legs, and a brown one with a black stripe down his back and black ears kind of looks camo will blend in good for hunting. One of the black ones sleeps with his tongue out just like the Mom did when she was a pup.
First day of school went good except I have a different bus this year and lots of new buttons etc to figure out what they do. This bus is alot quieter than the last one.
As the weather gets cooler I start to think about cooking comfort foods but I'm busy so sometimes cooking is a pain so here is my recipe for meatballs. Make them up ahead and take out of freezer and use for any recipe that calls for meatballs. Much better than the boughten variety in my opinion.
Make-ahead meatballs
4 eggs
2 cups dry bread crumbs
1/2 cup finely chopped onion (I use about a cup, but I like onions)
1 Tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder (or to your taste)
1/2 teaspoon pepper
4 pounds lean ground beef
In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add next five ingredients. Add beef, mix well. Shape into 1 inch balls, makes about 12 dozen. Place meatballs on parchment paper in jelly roll pans. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 - 15 minutes or until no longer pink, turning often, drain and cool. Place about 30 meatballs each into freezer containers. Meatballs may be frozen for up to 3 months. Yield: 5 batches (about 30 meatballs to batch). These are good in spaghetti sauce, with gravy over them, in barbecue sauce or however you like meatballs.
Hope you enjoy.
Julie
Community Supper
September 22, Community Supper sponsored by the St. Catherine and Centennial Lutheran Ladies. This time the ladies are serving up Taco's. Serving will start at 4:30 - 7:00. All proceeds go to Fresh Water For Life.
I think I had put this on before as September 23 but I was told today that it is on the 22nd.
Hope to see you all there.
I think I had put this on before as September 23 but I was told today that it is on the 22nd.
Hope to see you all there.
Civic Association Meeting
It's time to produce another advertising brochure for the area and the Avenue of Pines Civic Association would like your input, and help. Those great brochures, with area map, that you've seen around town didn't just make themselves you know!
When: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 7:00 PM
Where: Squaw Lake Community Center, Hwy. 46
Who: You
Why: To showcase all our area businesses and expand the brochure into a guide book with some stories about area points of interest.
When: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 7:00 PM
Where: Squaw Lake Community Center, Hwy. 46
Who: You
Why: To showcase all our area businesses and expand the brochure into a guide book with some stories about area points of interest.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Crab Apple Butter
Crab Apple Butter
Place a small glass plate in the freezer.
Pick your ripe crab apples and wash. I then cut the apple off the core and put in a pan. I almost cover the apples with water and bring to a boil and simmer until soft. Then I pour off the juice through a cheesecloth covered colander. I then run the cooked apple through a food mill. When I have all the apples done I measure how many cups of applesauce I have. Then I add the same amount of sugar and cinnamon to taste. I then put it back on the heat and cook until it comes to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and cook til it is becoming thick. Take your frozen plate out of the freezer and add a small amount of the apple butter on it. Move the plate around letting the apple butter run. In about 45 seconds you should see the apple butter becoming hard. If this sets up then the butter is ready to jar. Otherwise cook it some more and test again. When done ladle into clean hot jars and put hot lids and rings on the jars. Process in a boiling water bath 5 minutes for 1/2 pints and 10 minutes for pints. The apple juice you poured off can be made into apple jelly but that's another recipe.
Enjoy!! Really great on homemade bread.
Hope you are all in good health and spirits.
Take care,
Julie
Place a small glass plate in the freezer.
Pick your ripe crab apples and wash. I then cut the apple off the core and put in a pan. I almost cover the apples with water and bring to a boil and simmer until soft. Then I pour off the juice through a cheesecloth covered colander. I then run the cooked apple through a food mill. When I have all the apples done I measure how many cups of applesauce I have. Then I add the same amount of sugar and cinnamon to taste. I then put it back on the heat and cook until it comes to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and cook til it is becoming thick. Take your frozen plate out of the freezer and add a small amount of the apple butter on it. Move the plate around letting the apple butter run. In about 45 seconds you should see the apple butter becoming hard. If this sets up then the butter is ready to jar. Otherwise cook it some more and test again. When done ladle into clean hot jars and put hot lids and rings on the jars. Process in a boiling water bath 5 minutes for 1/2 pints and 10 minutes for pints. The apple juice you poured off can be made into apple jelly but that's another recipe.
Enjoy!! Really great on homemade bread.
Hope you are all in good health and spirits.
Take care,
Julie
It's been a busy weekend doing mostly fun things. Friday I spent the day driving around through the forest. I haven't taken the time to do that this year. Put on about 60 miles and hadn't seen one grouse when close to home saw 5. Saw a few ducks on some beaver ponds. Then in the evening took the four wheeler and went for a ride. It was a very relaxing day.
Saturday, the kids were up and had some friends with them and we went 4 wheeling again. The son in law took us to a beaver pond he wanted to check out and while we were there we had a picnic. The friends from the cities enjoyed it very much.
Sunday Steph cooked for all of us. It was a surprise for the people who had never had it before. We made Pig Slop. This is such a fun meal to put on. You cover your table with 3 or 4 layers of white paper. Then you start with a large pot and put in some chicken broth. You then add some cutup chicken breast, kielbasa or smoked sausage to the kettle, add some cut up rhutabaga, potato, carrots, onions and cook some more. At the very end at some 1/2 cobs of corn and finally 5 minutes before it is done add some shrimp to the pot. Just when the food is about done have everyone you've invited over to go to the sink and wash their hands very well. They will think you've lost it. Have them go to the table and stand back. You've drained the liquid off the kettle you have cooked everything in and then you dump the pot of food down the middle of the table. you then go around and offer them butter, ketsup, bq sauce and sour cream. The first thing everyone notices is that there is no silverware or plates on the table. Everyone eats with their fingers. If someone wants something that isn't in front of them who ever is closest to what they want grabs a handful and hands it to them. Steph has done this quite a few times and everyone has loved it except her father in law who I still think he thinks we are the most barbaric people he has ever met. Oh well you can't win them all.
Today they left for home early as school starts tomorrow. So after they left I made apple butter and pickled crab apples. I still have apple jelly to make this week but everything is coming along good as far as the canning is going.
I got the carrot cake jam made last week and it tastes just like carrot cake. However, my jam didn't look like the picture they showed of it. They must of taken the picture of the jam made with out the cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg in the jam because it was a light orange and we all know if you add these to your jams they turn a brown color. Anyway it is great on toast.
We also made pear butter and jelly this weekend. Lots of jams, jelly and butters have been made around here this fall. Pickled beets will be in a couple of weeks.
Well, school starts tomorrow so maybe I can get into the swing of writing a little oftener.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Wednesday
I think we are getting some summer weather now that it's fall. It was a beautiful day out there today.
The basement is over 1/2 full of wood. That is a good feeling. I need to start splitting some now because I've picked out all the small stuff. Splitting isn't so bad as I've got a wood splitter so it really goes pretty fast.
I made some habanero jelly yesterday. It seems a little hotter than the last batch I made but I didn't have the cream cheese to go with it. That will tone it down some.
I've got some apples cooked up today maybe tomorrow after work I'll get that made into butter. I just love the looks of all the stuff that Steph and I've got canned up so far.
I'm working on some more copies of the cookbook I made the kids and grandkids a couple of years ago. The grandkids have lost theirs in a couple of moves and sometimes who ever they were living with kept their copy when they ceased to live together.
I'm not sure if there is anything new going on around town or not. I haven't been out since I came home from work on Monday. When it is nice weather there are too many things to get done.
Hoping it is nice all weekend. Steph and Randy are having friends up and it always goes better when it is nice and the kids can 4wheel etc than being stuck in the house.
Wishing you all good health and a great weekend.
Recipe for you that I haven't made for a while. This is something I used to make quite often but haven't made in a few years. hope you enjoy.
No Bake Cookies
2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter or margerine
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 cup quick cook oatmeal
Bring first 6 ingredients to a hard rolling boil and boil for a minute. Stir in the peanut butter and stir til dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in oatmeal. Drop by spoonfuls on waxed paper or this may be put into a greased pan and cut into bars.
Have a great weekend
Julie
The basement is over 1/2 full of wood. That is a good feeling. I need to start splitting some now because I've picked out all the small stuff. Splitting isn't so bad as I've got a wood splitter so it really goes pretty fast.
I made some habanero jelly yesterday. It seems a little hotter than the last batch I made but I didn't have the cream cheese to go with it. That will tone it down some.
I've got some apples cooked up today maybe tomorrow after work I'll get that made into butter. I just love the looks of all the stuff that Steph and I've got canned up so far.
I'm working on some more copies of the cookbook I made the kids and grandkids a couple of years ago. The grandkids have lost theirs in a couple of moves and sometimes who ever they were living with kept their copy when they ceased to live together.
I'm not sure if there is anything new going on around town or not. I haven't been out since I came home from work on Monday. When it is nice weather there are too many things to get done.
Hoping it is nice all weekend. Steph and Randy are having friends up and it always goes better when it is nice and the kids can 4wheel etc than being stuck in the house.
Wishing you all good health and a great weekend.
Recipe for you that I haven't made for a while. This is something I used to make quite often but haven't made in a few years. hope you enjoy.
No Bake Cookies
2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter or margerine
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 cup quick cook oatmeal
Bring first 6 ingredients to a hard rolling boil and boil for a minute. Stir in the peanut butter and stir til dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in oatmeal. Drop by spoonfuls on waxed paper or this may be put into a greased pan and cut into bars.
Have a great weekend
Julie
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