Good Morning
We've had a few snowy days, one which was a storm because of wind. Very happy to be able to stay safe and warm at home. I still haven't done one bit of decorating. I spoke to my longtime young friend yesterday who said she hasn't either and she's a decorating ninja. So.....it's not all about me.
I did manage to bake bread and sandwich rolls yesterday. We are now covered for a few days. I told Mark with the high cost of seemingly everything I may need to start cooking like his mother did. He gave me a look of horror. This is not criticizing her abilities. Mark grew up on a dairy farm in SW Minnesota in a family of ten children. His mother grew up on a farm in the same area in a family of fourteen children. She knew how to stretch the food supply. He was never hungry but let's just say one can of tuna was stretched to feed them all. We had completely different lives.
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I wonder if he's worried about portion size!
That is a lot of kids. Can you imagine the laundry produced by that many kids? And no automatic washer or dryer. My lord, I think I would just lay down and die.
That first photo is gorgeous! I could just kick myself for not being in that bread making mode. Everything you show us looks so good. Usually, when I make dinner there is enough left for one more meal and we are very happy with that. Can you imagine what your grocery bill would be today with all those kids?
Grocery prices are horrible I agree. Lucky for me I am the only one now. I can make a regular sized supper and stretch it into at least 4 meals.
I can't imagine trying to feed a large family.
When my son was little, I used meat more as a flavoring in casseroles and soups. You do what you have to do when you are poor. Trust me--people do not live high on the hog on food stamps. I can't imagine feeding a large family these days!
I would say it definitely is, Boud!
I agree, Pixie. It's beyond my imagination. Laundry would be an everyday thing.
I can tell you the food menu would be very limited. Being in a room with that many people can overwhelm me, trying to feed and care for them, yikes! I am doing a lot with leftovers, Lori.
Me, either, Val. Not then and for sure not now.
The way things are going there will be even less for those who need, Rita. Grace is in short supply.
I usually shop the specials and buy them if I need them or not because I will sometime! Aldi has great fruit and cheese is good there too. I notice that meat is more expensive than in the Meat Market back home...and they have better meat too than the local grocery store.
I love that picture! ❤️
What a gorgeous photo of the snow and of your bread. I'm going to start making some soon. Yours always inspires me :) Hubby wanted to make tuna fish a couple of days ago. He likes to make sandwiches out of them. I went for a baked potato :) Probably not as healthy but tuna wasn't happening for me that day.
It is a beautiful photo, it does look cold very cold.
Take Care,
Kaye
Two very lovely photos, both serene and exuding coziness--even hmthe snowy one!
I understand the tuna fish! Mom was the same, stretching food to go as far as possible.
Okay, we just had about three inches of rain in a 24 hour period. The damp wasn't particularly helpful for me physically, I ache everywhere when it's like that. But snow? NOOOOOO!!!! Stay warm.
The baked goods look delicious I wish I could bake.
After seeing that first photo, Sandra, I would want to make homemade bread as well, but have never tried rolls. Do you freeze the breads and, if not, shat is the best way to keep them? Yikes, on the size of Mark’s family and there was a lot of “make do” for them and most likely no leftovers.
I shop mainly at Aldi, Far Side. It is better priced but hasn't been immune to the rising costs. We have a local meat market which was also a meat locker. I don't know if it still is.
The sunrise caught my eye as I was making coffee, Cheerful.
The sky was lovely, Denise. I still make the soda bread from the recipe you shared. It's so good. I also need to be in the mood for tuna.
It's 13F/-11C currently and will drop this afternoon to double digit subzero for a couple of days, Kaye. As Mark said yesterday, it's better than the two weeks at a time we would be below zero.
As I recall, you came from a large family, Sue. I did not. Perhaps this is why you are so good at food preserving. I'be be lost without a freezer!
The Pacific NW is getting hammered with rain. I like winter. By March it starts to wear thin but this early winter month is my favorite. I really like the darkness, one of the few who do, Ami.
You could make this, Tommy. It's so simple.
It is great baking weather, Dorothy. I slice and freeze the bread. I put the rolls in the freezer as they are. These rolls are from the bread recipe. I double it and make half bread and half rolls. I grew up in a totally different life than Mark did.
One can for 14 tickles my funny bone this morning.
Scarred Mark for life, AC.
A family of ten children must take some exhausting looking-after. My mum had two children and thought that was more than enough!
The older children help with the younger. One was all I could handle, nick, and he was easy.
Bread looks good. Love baking. Started dough this morning, it's fermenting in the pressure cooker now.
How about soups? I love taking a bunch of mish-mash leftovers and turning them into soups/stews. Did that yesterday and went great with my homemade bread.
Easy way to stretch too.
Soup is a wonderful and delicious way of using leftovers, Ivy. I will bring some stock up from the freezer today and do just that! Fermenting in the pressure cooker is something I don't know but will look into it.
Yum on the stock. I never read about fermenting dough in the pressure cooker. It's something I do here when it's very, very cold in the house and I don't want to ferment in the fridge overnight.
I use the pressure cooker to ferment yoghurt and also do ferment veggies. Kraut. Things like that. And I find it works great with dough. I don't ferment in the stainless though. It's a bowl that goes into the instant pot on a rack and the hit the yoghurt setting.
Gives the dough a lovely taste. Sits in there until I'm ready to shape and prove though you might call it proof. Same idea.
I also cover the liner with a clear lid.
Works for me. I did this on my own because I love the pressure cooker and fermenting veggies and yoghurt so it was cold one day and bam. This is what I do. Play.
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