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Cakes, Desserts

Eicher family celebrates a winter birthday with chocolate fudge cake

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Diary of January 15, 2020 3:00 a.m. Alarm rings—time to start a new day. My husband Joe and son Benjamin, 20, get ready for work. They refuel both coal stoves for the day while I pack their lunches and make  grilled cheese sandwiches for their breakfast. 3:35 a.m. Joe and Benjamin leave for work. I go back … Continue Reading ››
Cookies, Desserts

Outrageous Chocolate Chip Cookies on a winter day

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Diary of November 20, 2019
Lovina’s family enjoys the heat from their coal stove on these fall days with cooler temperatures. Photo: provided
3:00 a.m. Alarm rings! I pack my husband Joe and son Benjamin’s lunches for work. Joe goes to the basement to add … Continue Reading ››
Breads and Muffins

To follow Lovina around for the day, you’d have to rise at three

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Diary of October 16, 2018 3:00 a.m. Alarm rings. It’s time to pack my husband Joe’s lunch, make some coffee for his coffee mug and fill his water jug with ice water. The 45-minute ride to work is enough time for him to enjoy the coffee. Joe is leaving 20 minutes earlier due to having a … Continue Reading ››
Soups

Long but not lazy days of summer

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Long but not lazy days of summer Diary of June 27, 2018 3:00 a.m. Time to get up and get my husband Joe’s lunch packed. A nice breeze is coming through the west windows. I heat chicken-and-noodle soup for his stainless steel thermos. Also put a peach, crackers, and cookies in his lunch and a mug of … Continue Reading ››
Meats, Soups

Glide into winter with some Eicher vegetable soup

For this week I am going to write a diary of November 18, Tuesday. 3:25 a.m. The alarm rings and it’s time to start another day. I pack my husband Joe’s lunch. He doesn’t eat breakfast until his first break so I pack a ham and cheese sandwich for that. For lunch I put in some … Continue Reading ››