Amish Cook

By Lovina Eicher, The Delphos Herald
Published:  Thursday, November 29, 2007 (11 months, 4 weeks ago)
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It snowed enough last evening that we have a nice layer of white on the ground. The children were excited to see it snow.
Eight-year-old Benjamin and 5-year-old Joseph were outside after dark rolling a big ball of snow.  They wanted to make a snowman but the snow was mixed with leaves making a dirty-looking snowman. Two-year-old Kevin just stood by the window watching the snowflakes falling. The boys were going through my storage totes digging out their snow-pants, mittens and other winter wear. We still don’t have enough hooks to hang up all these extra coats. With all the children’s coats, we have quite a big collection.
We had a nice Thanksgiving at my sister Susan and Verena’s house. They prepared a big turkey stuffed with dressing, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, salad, cheese, pickles, tomatoes, sourdough bread roll, cheese ball and crackers, pumpkin roll, pumpkin pie, cake and ice cream.
After our meal, we spent the afternoon playing games. Jacob, Emma and family were there also. We had an enjoyable day there together. Let us remember to thank our Heavenly Father for all he does for us, not only on Thanksgiving Day but every day!
Joe has been trying his luck at deer hunting lately. On Saturday morning when Joe was back in the neighbor’s woods hunting, we saw 14 deer running out of the trees and into our hayfield. We were wondering if Joe had seen them. But it wasn’t long before Joe came out and said he shot a deer. We had some pretty excited children. The girls hitched our pony Stormy to the two-wheel cart and Joe and Elizabeth drove to the woods to bring the deer back. Now this afternoon when Joe gets home from work, we want to cut up the meat.
We are guessing that we’ll be able to get around 65–75 pounds of meat from the deer. We need to have about 20 pounds ready for tonight for a man who will make deer sausage out of it for us. Sometime soon, we are going to go over to an Amish friend’s house to see how she cans deer meat and makes deer bologna out of it. It sounds like you can just shake it out of the can and heat it and slice it. If I have enough meat left over, I’d like to have some steaks and then try my luck making deer jerky. I’ll let you know how it all turns out!
Benjamin likes to go back in the woods with Joe to help watch for deer. He told Joe not to shoot the little “Bambis” though.
The men are here working on getting the house ready to move again. It might be able to be moved today yet.  It is interesting to see how they go about moving it. It is sitting on skids in our yard.
For those looking for a good cookie to make for the upcoming holidays, try this one!

GINGER COOKIES
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup blackstrap molasses
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1-1/2 teaspoon baking soda
extra granulated sugar
Preheat oven to 350 F. In a mixing bowl, beat together butter and 1 cup sugar until creamy. Add egg and molasses; beat until combined. Add the remaining ingredients and mix until well combined. Roll dough into one-inch balls and roll in the extra granulated sugar. Place balls on ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 5 - 7 minutes until barely turning brown. Allow to cool for 1 minute on baking sheet and then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Extended book order deadline
The: “Best of The Amish Cook, Vol. 1,” “Best of The Amish Cook, Vol. 2,” “The Amish Cook Treasury” and “The Amish Cook’s Family Favorites” are available. Each book is approximately 200 pages of recipes and stories. Set of four can be purchased for a sale price of $65 (regularly $100). Additional sets for $50. Special offer ends in November. Send order to: Oasis Newsfeatures, P.O. Box 2144, Middletown, Ohio 45042 or call toll-free at (877) 583-2059. All books are packed with facts, stories and tidbits about Amish life, along with plenty of recipes. In appreciation to readers for their support through the years, anyone who orders a full set of cookbooks will receive a free copy of “The Amish Cook At Home,” (book was previously going to be entitled “Amish Cook Family”) a colorful photo-filled coffeetable cookbook, when it is released in early 2008. Anyone with questions can contact Amish Cook editor Kevin Williams directly at kwilliams@oasisnewsfeatures.com

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  1. #1 — Added 11 months, 4 weeks ago

    Wow. This is great! An Amish recipe and slice of daily living. Ack! I could have done without the deer slaying stuff. After having gotten to known some from the Mennonite community, I realize that this is the norm, but ack!

    Otherwise, this is great!

    Posted on November 29, 2007 at 12:57 am by Ginae B. McDonald