Archive for September, 2015

Even More Wartime Cooking

Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

The next section is Breakfast Ideas. Leftover cooked cereals can be turned into greased molds; heated in the oven; turned out in dishes and served with hot maple syrup or honey. Add raisins, dates, or nuts for a change. Add to meat chopped fine to mush before putting in pan. Basic Recipe for Buttermilk or […]

A Wedding at the Orange Blossom Inn

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

A Wedding at the Orange Blossom Inn By Shelley Shepard Gray Litfuse is partnering once again with Avon Inspire and Shelley Shepard Gray to bring you the third installment, A Wedding at the Orange Blossom Inn, in Shelley’s Amish Brides of Pinecraft series.   In the third book of New York Times-bestselling author Shelley Shepard […]

Defiled

Saturday, September 26th, 2015

To the pure all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Both their mind and conscience are defiled. They claim to know God but their deeds deny Him. They are despicable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed. Titus 1:15-16  

More Wartime Cooking

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

This was an interesting section in Thrifty Cooking for Wartime. Fat. No, not the kind of fat you’re thinking of. We’re talking about leftover fat during cooking. Of course, it could have led to body fat if food wasn’t rationed and the cooks had modern day appliances. Leftover fat or drippings Keep it in three […]

Be Complete

Saturday, September 19th, 2015

  All Scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for restoration and for training in righteousness, so that the person belonging to God may be capable, fully equipped for every good deed. 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Wartime Cooking

Wednesday, September 16th, 2015

  While cleaning out a drawer a couple days ago I found some notes that I as a new bride had copied from a library book. The book was Thrifty Cooking for Wartime by Alice B. Winn-Smith. I thought I would share them with you. Today I’ll share what I wrote down about almond flavoring […]

A Flounder Is a Flounder

Monday, September 14th, 2015

See that picture up there? That man is holding a flounder. There are so many authors, journalists and especially bloggers who don’t have a clue. I would presume that the word floundering means fishing for flounder. Logical, right? That’s what always pops into my head when I see that word. Then why are so many […]

National Sewing Month

Sunday, September 13th, 2015

It seems that I haven’t been making any seams. I moved to a smaller place on the island, and have just flat out been busy unpacking boxes rather than doing any sewing. Oops! Just remembered that I did some mending on a couple of Consumer Man’s scrubs. Almost forgot that since it’s been awhile. In […]

Avoid Them

Saturday, September 12th, 2015

But understand this, that in the last days hard times will come – for people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, hardhearted, unforgiving, backbiting, without self-control, brutal, hating what is good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to an […]

Amish Values for Your Family

Saturday, September 12th, 2015

Amish Values for Your Family By Suzanne Woods Fisher Award-winning author Suzanne Woods Fisher inspires readers to slow down and understand the values that help build a strong family in Amish Values for Your Family. Studies are finding some alarming trends in the daily life of modern families -family time is a vanishing commodity. Compared […]