April?

So yesterday it was cold and snowy, and Mick had already turned off the gas to the pilot in the furnace. To keep the house (and Sarah) warm, we cook. Yesterday was pies...

Ma, we used some more canned squash (thanks for helping!), isn't it beautiful?


Sarah made some Little House lard pie crusts. Very nice. Mick tried to make a sort of shortbread crust


Two quarts of canned cubed squash makes four pies. On the two pies with a shortbread crust we sprinkled some of the shortbread...can I call it dough?...on the top. Great taste, great texture.


We tried a hot buttered rum type drink with the canning liquid again. This time almost no butter, and it was the best yet, and it has such a nice color.


Pretty decent pie.


So that was yesterday, and today is still cold, but at least we haven't seen snow yet. Nonetheless cold is cold, so today we made potato leek soup. We started by boiling some ham bones, then tossing in some diced potatoes. After those were cooked down we made some white sauce and added that to the soup to thicken, along with some parsley, thyme, salt, and garlic chives. Some larger diced potatoes went in then, and the chopped leeks. This is our first potato leek soup, and the first Sarah has ever had. It looks good!


Sarah tries out our new pepper mill


She put maybe a little too much in while I was trying to take the picture


And as usual, Roscoe gets the bones



Keep warm!