Angel Food Cake

I'd made banana pudding which used 4 egg yolks and had 4 whites left. Thought I'd make Angel Food cake, checked my recipe and it called for 2 1/2 cups egg whites. Do you have any idea how many egg whites it takes to make 2 1/2 cups? I'll answer that - 14 large eggs, that's how many. I had no idea!  I went ahead and made it; turned out well. Won't be making that cake again soon. I now have 10 yolks to do something with (I already had 4 whites, had to break two more eggs to get enough whites, hence the 10 yolks)

Laid Back Farm's Super Bowl Party

Goats and more Goats

The newest babies on Laid Back Farm

On The Farm

We have a registered Kikko buck goat borrowed to breed our female goats.  They all delivered one or two babies  each 6 or 8 months ago.  And now - we've kept Larry (the male goat) too long and they were bred again. We had no idea we were expecting babies. They don't look pregnant. Went to the barn this morning, there were two. This afternoon another female had two. At this rate of multiplication we could be covered up with baby goats. They sure are cute though. And you always want females; can't build a goat herd with males. The four babies so far are 3 males, one female. I'm just glad the mamas are okay and can feed them. Feeding goat babies a bottle several times a day is a real drag. I've done it and getting up in the middle of the night is no fun.   And you can't have goats contained in a pasture without an electric fence and sometimes the fence will have an electrical short and you have to walk the perimeter of the fence to find it. I walked about half of the pasture today and wouldn't you know it? I walked the total area and found the short in my last few steps. Will make that repair in the morning. Should have started walking at that point and could have saved a lot of steps.

Cornbread Dressing

 

To view my video of the "how-to" of making delicious dressing, a/k/a cornbread dressing or chicken dressing, visit this link 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o4COphg5sM

Here are the step-by-step directions with a few photos to follow: 

 CHICKEN DRESSING

1 cup onions, finely chopped

1 cup celery, finely chopped

3 Tbsp. butter

4 eggs

6 cups crumbled cornbread

2 cups crumbled biscuits

1 Tbsp. fresh dried sage, crumbled

2 tsp. poultry seasoning

2 tsp. black pepper

2 tsp. salt

1 can cream of chicken soup

chicken broth, amount needed to make a thin dressing mixtuture

chopped cooked chicken, amount as desired, up to 1 1/2 cups

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pressure cook chicken (don't use all breasts, not enough flavor). Remove chicken from broth. Melt butter is Corning Ware dish. Cook onions and celery in Corning Ware dish on stovetop till tender. Whisk soup in broth or eggs to mix well before adding to large bowl of all other ingredients. Add broth and  chicken and mix well. Pour into dish (will already be buttered from cooking celery and onions). Cook for 20 minutes and slide under broiler for final browning of top.  Delicious!

Boss Bros.

Boss' Store was having another special day to benefit Toys for Tots this time.  I'm sitting, Grandaddy's standing as we watch the police dogs show us how they catch the bad guys. I do know I wouldn't want to be the bad guy with that dog all over me. They were great. You can see some of the antique tractors in the background. They had locals selling fresh collards, homemade barbecue with all the fixin's. The rocking chairs were for sale also. Each year at this time they put out boxes and boxes of Christmas candy for sale - coconut bon-bons, chocolate peanut morsels, divinity, orange slice candy (love it!), and just about any old-time candy you can think of. We always buy enough to fill a platter during the Christmas holidays. We love the Boss family and we're so glad they're there as friends .

Pear Relish Recipe

Pear Relish is so yummy over dried beans. Another idea is to spread it over softened cream cheese and it's so good you can't stop eating till it's gone. The pear variety is Keiffer, sometimes known as the preserving pear because you make pear preserves with this pear. We have several trees that were loaded down this year. We fed most of them to our goats and donkeys; they absolutely love them. I also grow my own red peppers, which cost $2 each at the grocery.


PEAR RELISH

10 pounds prepared pears (peeled, cut into pieces)
6 red sweet peppers
fresh hot pepper to taste (I used Jalapeno, which is very hot and I only used about 1/2 of a pepper)
1 TBSP. each salt, celery seed and mustard seed
4 cups sugar
3 cups vinegar
2-3 medium onions, not Vidalias

Coarsely grind pears, peppers and onions. Mix other ingredients and cook 2-3 hours. Ladle into pint or half-pint jars, seal jars. Can process in a water bath canner for 15 minutes if desired.

Handy Recipe Holder

Here's a good idea I'd not used before to keep my recipe I'm using at eye level and nearer my stove and counters when I'm cooking. (Also keeps the recipe clean, without splatters). Use a clothes hanger that has clips that slide across (used in stores to hang skirts) to clip the recipe. Then hang it on the cabinet knob or cabinet handle. 

Money-Saving Tips - Seminar Part I

On March 15, 2012, I presented a seminar at Yellow River Baptist Church.  I shared money saving tips for the grocery store, how to find a bargain at thrift stores and household tips.  Hope you enjoy both Part I and Part II.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ibxDqWZEfM  - Part I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5D_IeLW5ZY&feature=relmfu – Part II

Blueberry Jelly - It's Easy!

Making homemade jams & jellies is easy!  By following the easy instructions on the Sure-Jell box or other pectin brands, you can make delicious old-fashioned jams and jellies.   Serve the jelly on homemade, fluffy biscuits, using my biscuit recipe.  Check out my youtube video "Making Blueberry Jelly with Granny.  You can also find the link to my biscuit recipe in another section of my blog.  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nbq6NBdLog

Grandaddy's Birthday Cards

Fruit Salad