The Old Folks Home

[Beer can]

My mother used to make a recipe with purple cabbage that she said was a Pennsylvania Duetch recipe. She called it sweet and sour cabbage. She would cook the cabbage then add sugar, vinegar and flour. The end result was cabbage in this thick sauce. I can look up German Sweet and Sour cabbage and find that they add bacon and onion to it which she never did. I loved the stuff. It was great with pork chops..

I wish she had written down her recipes and not trusted them to her memory. 90% of them went when she got dementia. I managed to save her sour cream chocolate cake recipe and some of her canning recipes but the majority of them are gone.

Ladies, write down your recipes for your daughters. My mom was an excellent cook. When her mind went, so did her recipes because so many of them were lock in her head.

We make pork chops cooked in sauerkraut, not a huge fan but OK once in awhile.

 

[Beer can]

Hubby usually makes corned beef in March. This year he said it was too expensive. Heck, once a year... go for it! I am going to buy some if i can find it.

We got ours from Aldi's, they had a decent sale.
Pretty easy to make your own out of any cut of beef, I've made it with venison and cooked it in a crock pot. Pretty neat, ugly grey color till it gets hot then turns turns the color of regular corned beef. I've covered them in cracked black pepper and smoked them also, pastrami.

 

[Beer can]

Corned beef goes on sale for St. paddy's day. It will be a bit more expensive now but beef is expensive in general now. I do not eat much beef any more

We haven't bought ground beef in a couple yrs, $4-6lb usually. We get on sale roasts or London broils $2lb and grind our own.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Up again I felt wobbly today. Energy level peaked too quick this morning.... This week will be a full week of Radiation.... We will see how it goes.

deb

Hugs. Wishing you abundant strength and energy.

 

[CapricornFarm]

[QUOTE="chickadoodles, post: 19875222, member: 190087"]My DD#1 is in the hospital. Since last Thursday they found a mass on her kidney. They are going to do a biopsy today and a bone scan with dye.
They may take her kidney out.
Her liver has been having trouble since last year. He said she has a fatty liver.
She still has the neck and upper back fractures. They are not healing.[/QUOTE]
Hoping for the best possible outhome for her. Sending healing vibes for her! And hugs for u!

 

[CapricornFarm]

I woke up with severe muscle cramps in my legs! Must be dehydrated and over tired from shoveling for 2 days. Muscle relaxer, here i come!

 

[Beer can]

Do it, you can always let the chickens help eat them!

Usually grow enough kale to give the chickens some most of the winter, stuff is super hardy. I get seeds from a 'farm market' from a local seed company, $3oz, the collards were $2oz, tons of seeds. Think I'll put off another row till I can get back there, forgot to buy swiss chard seeds, really love swiss chard. I don't think chard is frost hardy though so I'll have to put it off till end of May.

 

[CapricornFarm]

You must have a beautiful garden!

 

[chickadoodles]

Thanks Cap.
I hope you feel better soon Cap.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Thanks, i should. Drinking Gator Ade right now.