Breads and Muffins, The Essential Amish Kitchen

Guest columnist reveals what Lovina’s been cooking in the kitchen

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Editor’s Note: Lovina Eicher took a vacation while her children were on spring break. Guest columnist is Melodie Davis, one of the editors at MennoMedia/Herald Press which syndicates Lovina’s column. P1080484 I walked into Lovina’s kitchen on a beautiful October morning last fall to a hive of … Continue Reading ››
Cakes, Desserts

Guess who’d rather plant garden barefooted?

As I write this, we are almost through March. April 1 is already Friday. Next week our three children will be home from school for spring break. Parent/teacher conferences will be held on Thursday. After spring break there are only nine more weeks of school left. It is hard to believe how fast this term … Continue Reading ››
Cookies, Desserts

When husband Joe surprised two little boys Easter morning

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DaffodilsFriday is Good Friday and we look forward to Easter on Sunday. Good Friday we traditionally keep as a holiday, so no one in our family will go to work or school. The Amish churches in this community have “Fast” (no eating) and prayer … Continue Reading ››
Salads

Time Enough: Signs of spring and a new baby “Lovina”!

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Our time changed to what we call “fast time” on Sunday. I do not like the changing of clocks back and forth. I wish it would stay one way or the other. My husband Joe tilled one of our gardens on Saturday. He is getting spring fever and is eager to get some potatoes planted. I … Continue Reading ››
Soups, Vegetables

Lovina writes down her huge recipe for canned vegetable soup

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We’re having another warm day with the temperature in the mid sixties. Yesterday was even warmer plus it was also sunny. We did laundry and hung it all outside on the lines. By the afternoon hours everything was dry. It sure gives a person spring fever. It was so good to be able to wash, … Continue Reading ››
Meats, Potatoes

Remembering an Amish father’s legacy of faith and work and reading

If my dad were still living, he would turn 85 years old today. But God had other plans, and Dad passed away in May 2000, at the age of 69. Every year on his birthday we still remember what day it is. My dad left me a legacy of wonderful memories and of precious love. My … Continue Reading ››
Breakfast

Winter tastes like homemade soup and jerky at the Eichers

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We have had quite a few inches of snow this week. Along with the snow we have also had colder temperatures. The mercury on the thermometer dipped down to 13 degrees this morning. Yesterday daughters Verena, Loretta and I spent the day at daughter Elizabeth’s house. We helped her process 38 quarts of vegetable soup. She … Continue Reading ››
Soups

More than 1000 friends and family gather to mourn passing of Uncle Benji  

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hamburger pattiesThe month of February is already upon us. This past week went fast and it’s hard to believe its past time to pen this column again. Saturday we ground all the hamburger from the beef we butchered. We made around two hundred fifty hamburger … Continue Reading ››