New Grand Girl & 2 Recipes

We have another new baby girl grand baby as of last week Aspen is her name. 7.10 lbs.

Then I try to count up and see how many grands this is lol. It's either 20 or 21 and 1 great grand.  EE GADS where did the time go?

The garden is all tilled and waiting.  We should be able to plant this Sat. we were hoping for last Sat.; but so much was going on that we didn't get to.  

A whole week of no freezing at night; great.

I have to bake 2 cakes today for a get together tomorrow night, so I best get to it. Better to get it done today in case I have to babysit Kaylee tomorrow.

Here is Kay making last weekend, as she said; snow angels lol. Rocks and dirt.

 

Recipes from the book: A 17^th Century Kitchen

Onion Soup

3 large onions

3 celery sticks

2 carrots

4 tablespoons butter

Salt, pepper, nutmeg

3 cups chicken broth

3 cups milk

2 tablespoons four

Chop onion, celery an carrots. Melt butte in a large pan. Add vegetables and cook until onions are soft, but not brown.  Take vegetables from the pan and puree as best you can. In same pan you cooked vegetables in melt the butter. Ad d flour to make a roux. Slowly add chicken broth to flour mix.  Stir until the roux is well blended. Add milk, salt, pepper, nutmeg and vegetable puree. Simmer for 10 minutes.

Pork and Apple Pie

1 &1/2 pounds ground or sliced pork

5 medium apples

½ cup brown sugar

1 cup chicken broth

2 pie crusts unbaked

2 medium onions

½ teaspoon allspice

2 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground cloves

2 tablespoons butter

Finely chop onions. In a large frying pan melt butter, add onions and cook until soft but not brown.  Add pork, salt, pepper to onions in the frying pan.  Add chicken broth simmer until meat is cooked.  Pare core and slice apples.  Combine apples with brown sugar, cinnamon and cloves.  Roll our pastry dough.

Line the bottom of a 9 inch pie pan with the pastry.  Place a layer of pork with apples on top, continue to layer. Bake in 400 degree oven for 30 minutes until crust is browned. Makes enough for 2 pies.