Immediately — Could 18 — is daughter Lovina’s 18th birthday. Lovina was born quickly after we moved to Michigan. It’s laborious to consider it’s been 18 years. She has grown into a stunning younger girl with an amazing humorousness. Her particular good friend Daniel is a vital a part of her life and she or he has loved his friendship for nearly two years. He’s a sort, loving younger man.
Our household plans to come back house tonight in honor of Lovina’s birthday. Lovina is baking a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting (her favourite). She additionally requested that she would love “uncommon beef” on the menu (additionally her favourite). So now I must make one thing that goes nicely with that.
I plan to make the uncommon beef outdoors on the porch, on the facet burner of my new gasoline grill. My husband Joe purchased me a gasoline grill for Mom’s Day. I like to cook dinner outdoors on the porch on scorching summer season nights. I like it! Final evening we cooked asparagus in butter on the grill.
Sunday church companies have been hosted right here. We set a complete of eight tables for everybody to eat. Our menu was selfmade wheat and white bread, egg salad, cheese, peanut butter unfold, pickles, pink beets, scorching peppers, butter, rhubarb and grape jam, espresso, tea, chocolate crinkles, chocolate chip, and sugar cookies.
Whereas the ladies washed dishes, popcorn was handed out to everybody. All of the bread, cookies, and popcorn are made by the women in our church. We take turns furnishing it for one another’s church companies.
The eggs for the egg salad have been donated to us from daughter Elizabeth and Tim, daughter Susan, and daughter Loretta and Dustin.
On Saturday we cooked 20 dozen eggs, then peeled and chopped them. Additionally, 24 packs of scorching canines have been chopped. Joe sliced 2 horns of Colby cheese with the slicer. The peanut butter combination — peanut butter, marshmallow crème, and corn syrup — was additionally combined.
These helping us with our work on Saturday have been Dustin and Loretta, Sister Verena, Daniel and Grace (Lovina and Joseph’s particular buddies), and daughter Verena. Their assist was enormously appreciated! Hash brown casseroles have been additionally made, in order that they have been achieved and able to warmth for supper Sunday night. Grilled hamburgers, macaroni salad, and a wide range of desserts have been additionally on the menu for Sunday supper. The salad and desserts have been introduced in by household.
The benches have been arrange in our pole barn to carry the service and meals. With a kitchen space and toilet on the market, it makes it simpler.
I nonetheless would not have any backyard planted. I’m hoping we are able to try this this week, nevertheless it seems like rain at the moment. We’re having fun with asparagus and rhubarb.
Dustin and Loretta are reworking their home — taking out a wall and rearranging her kitchen, and in addition placing in different kitchen cupboards and making it extra handicap accessible for her. It’s actually wanting good and might be a lot more room for her. They will nonetheless sleep at their home, however they arrive right here for his or her meals since her kitchen shouldn’t be usable for now.
Dustin mowed sister Verena’s yard one evening this week. Nobody had mowed it but this yr and it was very excessive. With all that was occurring at his home and serving to us, he couldn’t get to it sooner.
I’ll log out wishing everybody God’s richest blessings as we journey into the unknown future.
Hash Brown Casserole
2 kilos frozen hash brown potatoes
1/2 cup melted butter
Seasoning of your alternative
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 pint bitter cream
1 can cream of mushroom soup
2 cups grated cheese
1 pound smoked sausage, chopped
Combine all elements in giant bowl. Potatoes needs to be thawed (until making ready a day forward). Pour into greased casserole dish and bake at 350 levels for 45 minutes.
Lovina’s Amish Kitchen is written by Lovina Eicher, Outdated Order Amish author, cook dinner, spouse, and mom of eight. Her latest cookbook, Amish Household Recipes, is on the market wherever books are offered. Readers can write to Eicher at PO Field 1689, South Holland, IL 60473 (please embrace a self-addressed stamped envelope for a reply); or e mail LovinasAmishKitchen@MennoMedia.org and your message might be handed on to her to learn. She doesn’t personally reply to emails.