I can cook just about anything you ask me to fix. I can even cook it for you on a wood burning stove (got pretty good at that during our last ice storm a few years ago). I can clean anything within an inch of its shine.
I enjoy drawing and crafting which I get from my mama along with her competitiveness.
Sewing is something I know enough about to get by with. I can sew on a button, make curtains, and I’ve even made a few halloween costumes for my friends Faiths kids (simple patterns).
I enjoy working in the garden during the summer months and then canning everything I can think of. If not I give stuff to people I know who need it. I can’t stand to waste.
All of these “life skills” come from my love of our local culture and history and from the love I have for my families own history.
My daddy trapped and sold furs in the winter time and then he dug plant roots and all the wild herbs of the woods when he wasn’t working his day job as a painter.
I’ve seen him take three or four different types of plant roots and make a tonic out of it that would just about make you better thinking about having to choke the stuff down. But, it worked.
My granny and poppy always had a garden and what they didn’t can they would share with the rest of the family. Poppy would also collect hickory nuts and walnuts from the woods and use them.
I just love learning about how people did day to day things in the past. Which brings me to this past weekend.
I was a bit bored so I decided that I would do something that I have never done. Bake my own bread.
Now, I have made zucchini bread before, but I consider that more like a cake that is just baked in a loaf pan.
So, I dug out all of my cook books and laid them out on the counter top. I flipped each one open to the bread section and stood there amazed.
I didn’t realize you could make a loaf of white bread so many different ways. Each recipe was completely unique.
Some recipes called for lard, some called for potato flakes, some called for things I’ve never even heard of. And all of the recipes yielded at least six loaves of bread.
That’s when I decided that my bread making adventure would have to wait a few weeks. Honestly what am I going to do with six loaves of bread that may or may not taste good.
So I decided the best thing for me to do would be to ask you. I would love for our readers, to start sending in your favorite bread recipes.
If you don’t bake but can the items you harvest from your garden, send those recipes in as well because canning season will be upon us before too long.
I’d also love to hear from our quilters and crafters. Send in your ideas so that we can share them with our community.
You can send in photos to share of your quilts and crafts or take a picture of a recipe you made and share that with us! We’d love to hear from you.
You can send your recipes and ideas to CV&T c/o Megan PO Box 660, Irvine, KY 40336 or you can email them to me at cvtads@windstream.net.
I can’t wait to hear from you!
01-20-11
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