I have this old family recipe.
Hazelnut Icing
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sour cream
3 Tablespoons cold butter
1 cup chopped hazelnuts
Heat sugar and cream together over low heat for a few minutes until thickened. Add butter. Simmer until mixture forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water...
Pam, I recently borrowed a book from our local library, Small Quilts: The Vanessa-Ann Collection by Oxmoor House. In this book, there is a small wall-hanging quilt that came to my mind when you said you had some of baby girl's outfits you just could not cut up for quilt pieces.
The quilt is...
A couple years ago we had 12 dozen ears of sweet corn from one harvest. Some we ate after harvest. Some we blanched and froze as half cobs. We removed the kernels from a couple dozen ears and oven-dried some and filled the dehydrator with the rest. The dried corn went into jars in the pantry...
I know how you feel! :lol: Here in NE Ohio we are getting rain from Ontario :)
Our forecast calls for sunshine and drier weather, but not until Monday or Tuesday.
Beeswax absorbs odors from the hive and from the environment it is stored it. Beeswax fresh from the hive smells like honey and propolis and, imo, there is nothing finer.
A great deal of beeswax sold for "crafting" is actually from China...big surprise.
If you want good quality beeswax...
Glad to hear you are getting some healing rest, ya old woman!
Those meals are surely a blessing for you all. Although I found youngest son does like to help in the kitchen, it should probably wait until you are a little stronger. I made a H--U--G--E pot of veggie and rice soup...
Practical Homeschooling Magazine had a terrific article recently (not sure - may have been within the last 2 months) covering transcripts for homeschooling. The article was very detailed with examples.... you may want to check it out. I always borrow it from our local public library.