Tag Archives: Amish cooking

Breakfast, Cakes

Welcoming a late spring with baby ducks and rhubarb coffee cake

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If we thought spring weather was here to stay, we were wrong. Today the temperature is in the mid-30s, and we are having snow flurries all morning. The wind is so cold. All is quiet here at the Eichers. Everyone is gone for the day. I did the morning work, mopped the floors and am folding … Continue Reading ››
Noodles

DIY on the farm: Make fresh noodles and avoid naming your next dinner

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April! Signs of spring are everywhere! The early spring flowers are coming through. Also, rhubarb and horseradish are pushing through the soil. My husband, Joe, planted some radishes, peas and sweet corn this week. Time will tell if they will grow. We had rain yesterday and this forenoon. We have been getting some of the yard … Continue Reading ››
Jams and Jellies

Maple syrup spring gives way to Amish wedding season

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March 31—the last day of March! Hopefully April will bring us nicer, warmer weather. On Saturday Mose cooked up the rest of the sap into maple syrup. Our trees are done now for this year. I think we have more than a year’s supply of maple syrup now. It sure takes a lot of work and … Continue Reading ››
Breads and Muffins, Desserts

Smells like spring: boiling fresh maple syrup and laundry drying outside

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Spring will officially be here this week as I write this! Monday was a very beautiful day with the temperature going up in the 60s. We hung all the laundry outside to dry. It was so nice to be able to fold all the clothes and put them away the same day. Susan’s friend Mose tapped … Continue Reading ››
Cakes, Desserts

Happy preparations for Thursday wedding include homemade angel food cake

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We had a lot of fog this morning. The schools had a two-hour delay because of the fog. This made for some happy children! It has been a lot warmer this week with the temperature almost reaching 50 degrees on Monday. Sure gives a person spring fever. I am hoping it will be nice and warm … Continue Reading ››
Soups, Vegetables

Eichers anticipate spring training for the pony, and homemade butter and cheese

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This column will wrap up my columns for February 2015. This year is going way too fast for me to keep up. I remember Mother telling me that the older your children get, the faster time goes. I see that is very true! I often would be glad to have one more conversation with Mother. God … Continue Reading ››
Soups

Ham and bean soup warms on frosty midwinter days

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The temperature has dropped down to the teens this morning. It sounds windy outside. Today is Thursday so it’s laundry day again. We usually wash laundry on Mondays and Thursdays. Usually by the next morning the clothes are dry on the lines in the basement. Oh, how nice when spring weather comes and we can wash … Continue Reading ››
Snacks

February brings snow drifts, baptism services, and butchering

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Greetings from snowy Michigan! We received more than a foot of snow over the weekend. Some had reports of 16-18 inches. It’s a pretty sight to look at. The evergreen trees have enough snow on their branches to make such nice scenery. What a wonderful creator our God is! The temperature also dipped down to … Continue Reading ››
Meats, Soups

Hog butchering, Amish style, plus recipe for hamburger-veggie soup

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Another week has gone by already. These last weeks have been extra busy with working on our beef and pork. On Saturday we butchered the four pigs we raised. They were pretty big already. After all the hams, pork chops, bacon, and ribs were cut out, the bones were trimmed of the meat and the meat … Continue Reading ››
Breakfast, Meats

Whole family gets in on butchering this week

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It’s another cold January day. The temperature is finally one degree above the zero mark. The sun is shining though, which gives everything a brighter look! We are glad for all the sun we get in the winter months. The solar freezer we have depends on the sun to keep running. We are still glad we … Continue Reading ››