Intresting Observation

Hello there,
     It's been a while.
We were shopping today, we shop Kroger and picked up some of the .99 cent deals, who wouldn't?
While filling the sugar jar, looked at the bag and thought to myself, the bag reminded me of times Great Grandma would pick up commodities, those unfamiliar with commodities, they were food staples the government gave to less fortunate.
Here is a link to the history of this program. http://www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/fdd-history-and-background

Anyway, the bag took me back to this time, when we would all load up and take Grandma to get her commodities. Didn't think much about it then.

Made comment to the hubby it reminds me of A&P grocery stores, back in the day.
Really like the, what I would call a RETRO look. Clean, simple, no this, no that, it's just sugar.
Oh, the back has recipes, about 5, some look very tasty.

No, not an endorsement for Kroger, only that I can reminisce about Grandma and the time we would spend together over 50 years ago.

til next time,

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Oatmeal sour dough cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 whole eggs - (add one at a time)
3 tablespoon honey
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sour dough starter - (link toward the bottom of the page)
2 - 2 1/4 cups flour - (all-purpose)
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups oatmeal - (I use quick)
1 teaspoon nutmeg
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup cranberries, dried
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

1 cup flake coconut

 

*note: you can omit any of the last 4 ingredients and still have a very tasty cookie.

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375° F.

I use a counter-top mixer, like kitchen aid.

In a large mixing bowl, use a hand-held mixer to cream the butter and sugar until the mixture becomes light and fluffy.

Add in the ingredients, one at a time, in the medium mixing bowl and mix well, adding sour dough starter last.

Combine the flour, salt, oatmeal, nutmeg and cinnamon and add to the cookie batter. Mix thoroughly.

Add the remaining ingredients, one at a time to the batter and mix until just combined.

Drop generous tablespoons of the cookie dough onto a lined cookie sheet. Press the tops of the dough to flatten slightly.

Bake 10-13 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

Here is a link, it will help with the starter you need to make these cookies
~Sour dough starter~

I use any milk I have on hand at the time and haven't had a bad batch,
I've used coconut milk or heavy cream, to make starter. Both very tasty.

til next time

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Honey Wine (Mead)

I wanted to try something I never thought I would. Every now and then I enjoy an adult beverage. Thinking to myself, I cannot have processed foods or drink, I would make some.
I used fruit juice, I froze making a fruit salad at Christmas.
Thought I would make a fruit cake, (the old fashion way, fermented) but there is still time to get the starter for that. At least a month. lol

I don't want to use purchased yeast, if it sits from now until Valentine Day, it should catch it's own wild yeast and can go from there.

Just a small batch, about 1/2 gallon.

 

 

I hope to balloon it on Valentine Day and it be ready in November for our anniversary.

 

That's all for now, hope you've had a tolerable winter.

 

 

til next time,

 

connie

 

 

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