A glossy white cloth covered the table. On it was a beautiful sugar white cake and tall glasses… “Is your lemonade sweet enough?” Mrs. Olsen asked. So Laura knew that it was lemonade in the glasses. She had never tasted anything like it. (On the Banks of Plum Creek) Welcome to my fourth post of…
Soaked Pancakes {Cooking Through Little House}
Mary and Laura…could smell bacon and coffee and hear pancakes sizzling, and they scrambled out of bed. They washed their hands and faces in the tin washbasin on the wagon-step. Ma combed every snarl out of their hair, while Pa brought fresh water from the creek. Then they sat on the clean grass and ate…
Fried Apples and Onions {Cooking Through Little House}
It’s been quite a couple of weeks. I flew up to Sacramento to be in a my wonderful friend Becca ‘s wedding. After a few short days flew back down here and got back into the normal craziness of raising 15 deaf girls. Caught a horrible cold and the flu. I’m finally starting to feel…
Figs!!!
Until a few weeks ago I can’t remember if I had ever eaten a fig before. Now they are one of my favorite fruits. Recently I have been making it a practice to eat as many local fruits and vegetables as possible and not waiting until I or some one else can get up…
Corn Meal Mush {Cooking Through Little House}
One of my all time favorite series growing up was the “Little House” books by Laura Ingals Wilder. My mom read them to my brother and I multiple times, we even used them as part of our history lessons. They were also my first “thick” books to read on my own when I finally…