Its fall ya’ll, and at the Brown household that means we are
deep into harvest. But harvest can be
frustrating and long, especially for Mom who is taking care of the home place
and Brown boys while Farmer Brown is out in the field.
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| Football, and combine in the yard-so it is definitely fall! |
Today started out as one of those long, frustrating days. I was tired from a long week, and goodness it
he been a long week with the boys. Maybe
the week was an after affect from the full moon, goodness not sure. So after kiddo naps, the Brown boys went to
ride in the combine & tractor for awhile.
And apparently I got my second wind for the day, and set my attitude
appropriately.
First goal: Pumpkin
cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. The
pumpkin cupcakes were made with pumpkin I have previously canned, so it’s
always fun to make recipes with an ingredient I have made. Secondly, first attempt ever to make
frosting. Both cupcakes and frosting
turned out to be delish.
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| An end of day treat for me, hot chocolate and pumpkin cupcake. You have to try it out right? |
Second goal: Make supper, seems like a pretty straight
forward goal. But as I said before my
attitude was not the greatest. But I
ended up making a pretty decent batch of scalloped potatoes and ham. A favorite
meal of the Brown boys (young and older), and everyone had seconds, everyone!
Third goal: Can beef
stew meat that I had in the refrigerator, which had been thawed out by an
untimely freezer malfunction. I hadn’t
had time to can this meat earlier in the week; meat takes a while to can. It’s a pressure canned item, so it just takes
time and thought to do correctly.
The plan: Make cupcakes and frosting then set aside, make
supper and bake in oven. With supper in
the oven, start the canning process and clean up. I had a plan & it was solid. Until…Farmer Brown calls and asks, “What are
you doing, are you busy?” Yes obviously
I’m busy; I’m normally busy doing something.
But what he was really saying is that he needed my help doing something,
and was I in a stopping point. And
fortunately I was…so I went and helped and postponed my canning until later in
the night. (It’s easier to can things
later at night, right?)
So, its fall and there is a lot to do before winter
comes. And fall brings good food,
football, family, and many other good things.
Enjoy the season, and soak up the flavor while you can. Peppermint season and snow are closing in, I
hear Christmas is 60+ days away.
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| Dad coming home for the day, an early day for him. |
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