Vinegar Pie

Hi! We are alive and well. We had a wonderful trip south and have been back 2 weeks and I still feel like I haven't caught up! Along with all the things I am trying to sew for the holidays! I have a TON of pictures and haven't looked at them since we got home...I know... bad mama! So maybe I'll get to it on my Sunday evening computer time....maybe!
But for now, I just remembered that Dad wanted this recipe. His mom always made it when she came to visit or when we went to their house. I imagine you could call it something else to be more appealing, but the name has shocked folks into trying it. Some swear that there are apples in it. It is fabulous over ice cream. My husband has tried to get me to find a way to make the runny stuff thicker.. I haven't succeeded, but I like it the way my Texas Grannie always made it...so I guess I haven't tried too hard! =-)

So here it is:

Vinegar Pie

Combine in 9x13 metal an on stove ( I use a soup pot)

4 cups water

2 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup apple cider vinegar or more to taste

1/2 cup butter

cinnamon and nutmeg to taste

Boil while making crust

Crust:

Combine

1 1/2- 2 cups flour

2/3 cup shortening

1/2 tsp salt

6 Tbsp water

Roll thin and cut into strips. Lay strips on top of vinegar mixture in a lattice. try to keep them floating! sprinkle with sugar.

Bake at 375 till crust is brown.

It is good hot or cold, but I would advise against taking it to a Potluck that you have to travel a ways because it is runny enough to leak!

Now that I think about it, I ought to make it and take a picture...but I REALLY don't need the calories! And Danny's birthday is today, and he wants a lemon cake with raspberry frosting/filling. And if I can't get the kids pictures up, I probably won't get this picture up either!

So take the risk, be daring and try it! It is really good!

UFP????

How many unfinished projects do you have??

Here are 2 that I have started and haven't finished. The one Carson is holding is my first quilt... to start anyway... and the one on my studio backdrop/ design wall is one I started about a month ago.. just something I thought up, trying to use the charms and fat quarters I have.. not sure I like it yet.. any ideas?!?

I have a bazillion more projects I want to do, and several I have fabric and patterns for... and then there are all the other projects, like a jumper for Aubrey, a shirt for Carson...baby blankets, doll quilts...xmas gifts... and more...that is when I get overwhelmed and just sew on whatever I can get my hands on!

bear tracks on the porch a week or so ago...

Sometimes I have a hard time doing dishes....when this is my view, I just want to get out in it!

looking out the window over the sink....

what do you look at as you do your dishes?

family photo

We got a quick family photo done yesterday before meeting. It was hard to get Aubrey to smile since there wasn't ayone behind the camera.. OH well!

We are really looking forward to our special meeting company coming on Wed. Then on Thurs we have a gospel meeting. Friday night is a potluck.. and Sunday is special meeting! Then Monday we leave on the ferry to head south for about 3 weeks. we'll be at my folks for 2 wks then to Danny's folks for a week.

Winter Squash Chowder

I wait all year for the pumpkins to come out so I can make this recipe!!! The hardest part is peeling and chopping the raw squashes....but it is so worth it! And best of all If you are counting calories or points... it is 187 Cal for 1/6th of the recipe... about 5pts. I have omitted the sage and parsley and added cinnamon and nutmeg to taste... I also add canned or rotisserie chicken...which would add points. I also usually end up with more than a cup of each squash.. so also add about a can of water after the chicken broth. It makes plenty and is great left over!!!

Winter Squash Chowder

2 slices bacon
1 cup leek, sliced
1 cup red potatoes cubed
1 cup acorn squash, cubed
1 cup butternut squash, cubed
1 cup pumpkin cubed
2 cans fat free chicken broth
1 cup cream
1 T sage
1T parsley
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 T brown sugar

in a stock pot, cook bacon till crisp then remove from pot. add leeks to bacon drippings and cook till softened. add potatoes, squash, and pumpkin and cook 5 more min. add chicken broth and bring to a boil. reduce heat, simmer 30-40 min or until veggies are tender. add cream and seasonings. add brown sugar if desired. garnish with crumbled bacon.



enjoy!!

Now I want to try 2 Potato and Apricot stew baked in a Pumpkin shell... I kinda go crazy with pumpkin this time of year.. I have a favorite pumpkin spice cake with cinnamon butter cream frosting I have to make yet.. .usually for the special mtg potluck!


Anyone else have some great pumpkin recipes....or any you want to share?!?!

Fall is here!!!

We went up to the eagle preserve yesterday... a bit overcast...but not pouring like it is today.. so not a bad day! =-)

I have been visualizing this shot for several years...waiting till the kids are big enough... and then Aubrey the pill wouldn't hold Carson's hand... Oh well. The colors are just starting so we'll have to go back up and maybe she'll cooperate next time. She was inseparable from her blankee yesterday too... the color doesn't go with everything else.

Oh yeah and this is about 18 miles up the highway. we got to about 15 mile when I remembered I had left my camera disk in this computer to move all the photos off, so I could have a clean disk. And since I had dressed them for this purpose and driven out for the purpose of photos...I did drive all the way back home to get it! Carson told me to get my brain and put it back in my head too! =-) Smarty pants...

AHHHHCHOOO... cold season is here... and Aubrey has one and Carson is getting one...FUN!

I guess this is why she didn't want to kiss him back...or let him give her another one!

Goofy kids..

Love the little curl in the back..

AHH, Highbush Cranberries...LOVE LOVE LOVE the smell.. Am I the only one?!? Everyone else thinks they smell like stinky feet...

A Carson shot... almost got me in the right spot..

rainy day

It's a cold rainy day today... Yesterday was nicer. We went up to the eagle preserve and took some fall photos... the colors are just starting to turn, so we'll have to go back when they are in full glory. I love fall..the colors, the smells, the picking and preserving. And I enjoy the first bit of winter... just wish it wouldn't last so long...guess I ought to quit complaining or move south! And I do like it here...most of the time!

I have made a ton of these panel skirts for me and others and finally got up the nerve to make one for Aubrey...without a pattern....just the idea.. It was super easy and I think I'll do more. It is hard to see in the photo...but there is a teal panel and a purple panel on either side of the butterflies.... they are all batiks...I love the batiks.

I have some holiday flannel for a skirt for me and I think there will be enough left to make a matching one for Aubrey.

Poor Carson...he asked " Can I have a skirt?!?" So I need to get a little boys shirt pattern and make him a shirt. I have some soft green plaid flannel just for that purpose. He does love green!

Carson has been asking to take my picture when I take his and I am getting brave enough to let him use my camera.. He is getting better about getting the subject in the frame!! =-)

Birthday Boy

These are all out of order...oh well...at least they are posted!!

Carson blowing out is #4 candle on top of his lemon cheesecake...

snuggling with 3 Huckles and Lowly worm and his doll quilt..

He wasn't impressed when he opened this...it is a dress for Aubrey...

Flannel Doll quilt...

Lowly Worm..

He requested Carrot cake...so I got one in Juneau.. This is at George's house... wearing his #4 t-shirt....

Tiger Carson and Jocelyn George...

Time goes by so fast.. and life certainly isn't boring any more! Carson is such a smart kiddo.... but what do I know since he is my first! I could be a bit biased! =-)

Aubrey isn't far behind...gotta keep up.. She is really starting to talk and express herself..

a few of her words...

"ceecee" Horsey

"shish" fish

"darsey" Carson

Can't think of anything else and Carson is bugging me to get off the computer so he can play his games! Where did my baby boy go?!?