BIG BUNS!

No, I am not talking about myself. I made some hamburger buns yesterday and those babies got really big. Its a good recipe, very tasty. I froze all but enough for dinner tonight. I tried to make the turkey burgers big enough for the buns but due to slight shrinkage they were just a tiny bit too small. The bread tasted so good I could have thrown the burger away and just ate the bun. Next time I will get 8 instead of 6 out of it. I got the Sarge's crud. Da##it all anyway. He is still coughing despite the antibiotics and cough syrup and now I am too! Suppose I will head for the doctor in a couple days. Actually I don't feel too bad yet. We want to go to NY the end of the week. His Mom is having surgery but we won't go if we are still coughing because we don't want her to get this. Will wait and see.

These are those big buns

 

Grandpa went skunk hunting

I can't think of anything exciting in my life to blog about. Grandpa is always an interesting subject. He was a very good marksman as I recall. He liked to hunt skunks and other things. I remember a time I was sent down to the cellar to get some potatoes for dinner and I seen a skunk down there. Savy farm girl that I was I high-tailed back up those stairs and told my Mom. Dad was out in the field working so Mom got all us kids into the car and drove out there to get him. Guess she didn't want us home alone with that skunk. Anyway he came back with us..got his gun and shot the skunk before it could let loose his smell. He also used to hunt rabbits (until he fell and broke his ankle). Mom cooked it. Grandpa told my kids it was "old Mama cat" that they were being served. They just nodded and continued eating. Didn't bother them a bit. They were always adventursome eaters. They ate saurkraut when they were toddlers. Must be the German in them. Speaking of food we are having crab cakes for dinner and I don't know what else. Maybe some cole slaw. #2 Son makes good cole slaw with a pineapple dressing. Its really good. Its called Jimmies Pineapple dressing but I cannot find it in our stores in this town. I sure miss Cub Foods.

Grandpa and the skunks

 

Wheat Pecan Bread

 

Busy Day in Southern Michigan

Marsha Brady(Maureen something) is on the Paula Deen show on Food network. She has put on a few pounds, like a lot of other people. She is trying to sound like Paula with her screechy voice and cackly laugh. Not real becoming. Anyway we got an early call that someone wanted to look at our house at 1 p.m. So the Sarge and I went into super cleaning mode. We have it all worked out as to who does what. He is a good cleaner. He works even better when we crank up some tunes. We cleaned in time to Alan Jackson and Dwight Yoakum. We got it done. Then we went up to Beaners coffee shop to get out of the house during the showing. We came home and I started a loaf of Wheat Pecan Bread. It is a thing of great beauty. It rose very high and is a huge loaf. I just sliced off a bit and tried it and it is wonderful. I will for sure be making this one again. I made a real easy dinner. A smoked pork chop, baked potato and 3 bean salad for the Sarge and a Lean Cusine with broccoli for me. We never did eat lunch as we were so caught up in our cleaning. Luckily I had taken down the curtains in the living room and family room yesterday and washed them..as well as cleaning the windows and vacuuming cob webs in those rooms. Crocus are blooming today. Suppose we won't hear from our realtor until Monday about how the house showing went. He always calls the other realtor to ask how the people liked it. Everyone always likes it but not enough to buy it.

Erin making a Fashion statment..how to play outside and keep dry.