Letter from Mom: May 24th 1981
(From Shoal Lake, 17 cent stamp)
I am so happy its
all over the baby did come I was so worried before.
I forgot to ask Bryan whethere you were long in labur. I don’t know whats wrong with me I only look after the chicks and don’t do much but I am allways tired I am resting up now but I didn’t do the ironing was going to do that every day since Wednesday but it still sitting.
It rained Friday Sat and today there was a bit of rain in
those day but today only spiting but a lot of mud so will have to wash the
floor when it clears up. I have two
goslings in the box in house these rainy days
I will come to your place June 9th and stay till
after Bryan comes home I hope you don’t mind me not staying longer I may when I
get there I am sure the little bundle
will have me attached they all do but I don’t want to take over.
If it be all right with you I would like my hair done I will
take the stuff if you can only curl it the rest I will do. If not I will get done a hairdressers but it
much to much. I am getting it cut June 2nd
as we don’t go to town much now.
Like we did before I would have it done then but I got to go
to the Doctor that day at 2 oclock.
We have planted a little garden just before the rain so it
must come up nice now.
I phoned George and Donald to tell them the knews but Karen
was not home so Donald said he will tell her but she didn’t phone me yet
Diana was very happy on spending the long weekend with
you. I phoned her
The men still
seeding Matt is selling his cattle as he
has no pasture for them it’s just as well
he sells only leaving six head that’s all pasture he hase for them.
I will Close for
now hoping this will reach you in very best of health and happiness
May
god bless you all
Love
Mother
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DINNER, 2017
Georgian
Beef Stew (Please to the Table, p. 153)
Homemade Sauerkraut Salad
Baked
Carrots and Parsnips
Couscous
with dates and Almonds
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Double-Layer Carrot
Cake (Rebar Cookbook, p. 210 )
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BONUS . . . a recipe from Bryan
ORANGE BISCUITS
Grated rind from one large orange
½ cup fresh orange juice
1 cup sugar
2
cups flour
2
½ tsp baking powder
¼
tsp salt
½
cup soft butter
1
cup milk
1
tablespoon sugar
¼
teaspoon cinnamon
1.
Grate orange rind and stir together with orange juice and sugar. Spread this on the bottom of a 9x9 pan.
2.
Preheat oven to 450
degrees.
3. Mix
flour, baking powder, and salt in food processor.
4. Add
butter and process to fine crumbs.
5. Turn
flour mixture into a mixing bowl.
6. Stir
milk into flour, stirring only long enough to combine.
(The
secret to tender biscuits is minimum handling.)
7. Turn
onto a floured counter and pat into a 9x12 rectangle.
8. Stir together 1 tbsp sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle the dough.
9. Roll up like a jelly roll. Cut into 12 slices and lay these down on the
orange syrup, cut side down.
10. Bake 20 to 25 minutes until almost all the
juice has been absorbed.
Serve hot. I like them with butter. Yum!
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