Tag Archives: Amish cooking

Breads and Muffins

Grateful memories of a stranger who helped out in a time of need

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I decided to write my column while sitting in the waiting room in the doctor’s office. We are two hours from home. I am always glad when we are on our way home from these visits. My thoughts go back to one of our recent trips to see the doctor. On the way there, our driver … Continue Reading ››
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Birthday and upcoming anniversary prompt reflections for Lovina

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June 14. Twenty-four years ago today I became a mother! Daughter Elizabeth is 24 and a mother herself now. In honor of her birthday, the girls and I will go to her house to spend the day with Elizabeth and her 21-month-old daughter, Abigail. We will go past daughter Susan’s house and take her and … Continue Reading ››
Breads and Muffins, Breakfast

Warming up: Dandelion greens, rhubarb, and dirt under bare toes

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Warming up: Dandelion greens, rhubarb, and dirt under bare toes We finally managed to get some garden planted. The ground still felt a little cold under my bare feet. It just doesn’t seem right to walk in that soil with shoes on. I like wearing my crocs … Continue Reading ››
Casseroles, Meats, Potatoes

Find out what’s new at the Eicher household!

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The sun is shining bright but the mercury is only at 16 degrees. We have had our share of cold weather. I am very excited to share the news that Joe and I are grandparents for the second time! Jennifer Susan was born at 7:46 a.m. on January 15, 2018, to daughter Susan and Mose. She … Continue Reading ››
Breakfast, The Essential Amish Kitchen

Painting, packing, plus home-demonstration parties

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A cold morning of 11 degrees. It’s freezing and as Abigail would say, “Brrrr – cold!” Eleven days until Christmas day. I just can’t believe how much faster every year goes by. Life goes on. Changes are made, some good, some bad. The most important part in life is to always let God guide us into … Continue Reading ››
Breads and Muffins

Holidays mean feeding 26 mouths and learning the perils of mail-order shopping

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We had a rainy morning, but now the sun is shining brightly. Tomorrow we enter December and still no snow. Hopefully we won’t get it all at once! The temperature is showing 42 degrees. Daughter Elizabeth and Abigail are here for the day. Elizabeth takes care of a little four-year-old girl named Nikiah every day while … Continue Reading ››
Cakes

When daughters do something their mother never even wanted to do

We have entered the eleventh month of the year already. 2017 is going fast but then every year does. It really seems like the older you get the faster it goes. We will be having a change around here with daughter Susan and Mose being homeowners and moving in the near future. Saturday we will go … Continue Reading ››
Cookies, Desserts

Dropping temps mean heating the house and baking pumpkin whoopie pies

Photo by Lucas Swartzentruber-Landis
The mercury dropped down to 30 degrees this morning! I’m sure that it frosted in most places. It makes it feel good to have heat in the house. It was good timing for us. On Tuesday we traded in our old … Continue Reading ››
Desserts

Mighty the horse that rides to town on a lovely autumn day

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Today is our son-in-law Timothy’s birthday. He is married to our oldest daughter, Elizabeth. We wish him a happy birthday and many more happy, healthy years! Foremost on our minds is the family of one of daughter Susan’s former classmates, Tyler. Tyler was a seaman in the navy. While on his way home from the navy … Continue Reading ››