Tag Archives: Old Order Amish

Pies

Lemon pie recipe from Lovina’s next cookbook, Amish Family Recipes: A Cookbook across the Generations

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A big thank-you to all you readers who came to my book signing at the Nappanee Public Library last Saturday. Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement. Thank you to my great friend Ruth for furnishing the transportation and always being so helpful in any way she can. Thanks also to my daughters Verena, 21, … Continue Reading ››
Breads and Muffins, Side Dishes, Vegetables

Garage sales and that first batch of dandelion greens

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It is 5:30 a.m. on a Thursday here in Michigan. It sounds windy outside. Temperature shows 38 degrees. It feels good to have heat coming up through the vent from our coal stove in the basement. After having 70-degree weather the house was too warm, so we let the fire in the stove go out. Yesterday … Continue Reading ››
Casseroles

After many years of hard labor, what do you get?

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Spring begins—or that is what the calendar says. Rhubarbs are starting to peep through. Robins are flying around with the smell of skunk nearby, so I think we are very close to a warmer world. It gives one more hope when the sun shines! Last Wednesday the RV factory where my husband Joe worked, and dedicated … Continue Reading ››
Desserts, Pies

With tongue in cheek, young Lovina says: Homework should be illegal

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Dear readers. Today I, Lovina (youngest daughter of Lovina), thought I’d give Mom a little break and write her weekly column. In case any of you are confused, I was named after my Mom so we share the same name. Although I’m not as busy as my Mom, it takes 90 percent of my energy to … Continue Reading ››
Side Dishes, Vegetables

Stuck buttons, Abigail helps Grandma, and tight hugs

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I’m sitting outside here by the grill as daughter Loretta grills hamburgers for our supper. We will also have vegetable soup with the hamburgers. The hamburgers are from our freezer which we packed individually last winter after butchering beef. This pack of hamburgers had cheese added. Today daughter Elizabeth and Abigail plus daughter Susan and Jennifer … Continue Reading ››