The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

All looks pretty good there good grief sugar high in store

I know!

I only make candy at Christmas although I have been known to make English Toffee at other times of the year.

English Toffee is so good!

 

[bruceha2000]

When is the next round of sourdough bread Ron? Or do you make it every week?

 

[ronott1]

When is the next round of sourdough bread Ron? Or do you make it every week?

Tomorrow the Asiago bread is commercial yeast based. I will bake more sourdough on Saturday.

I try to make something using sourdough each week to keep it at full power

This was from a couple of weeks ago

 

[bruceha2000]

Yum! How hard is it to get the "starter" stuff and make? I'm missing the bread we were getting at the farmer's market in the summer.

 

[ronott1]

Yum! How hard is it to get the "starter" stuff and make? I'm missing the bread we were getting at the farmer's market in the summer.

I can mail a start to you and instructions.

Send a pm with a shipping address.

 

[trumpeting_angel]

Wow, these Christmas goodies are making me drool - but not on my daughter's keyboard!

I made: "Christmas crack" - toffee-like candy on/surrounding saltines (easy and quite addictive)
- Bourbon bars (with bourbon-soaked dried cherries, walnuts, and chocolate chips, bourbon icing) (yes, you can taste it and almost get a little tipsy) (also addictive)
- Shortbread with rosemary and mini chocolate chips. If you make shortbread, try this. (definitely addictive)
- Mexican chocolate cookies cut into my Christmas cookie cutter shapes (I've made these for years. Chocolate with hints of coffee and chili - super good)

Cookie presents for everyone. A hug for the postmistress, who complained that she was losing her mind and Christmas simply couldn't come soon enough!

My granddaughter really has no idea what Christmas is about, but she has already taken the ribbons off of a gift for my daughter and shredded the to/from tag. She cried inconsolably every time they put an ornament on the tree (she felt they were for her to play with and mom and dad kept taking them away), so the tree has lights and one ornament. They gave up!

Such fun. Truly. I brought food for dinner as my daughter was working today, and made fish tacos. A good time!

 

[trumpeting_angel]

Um, if you are going through Shelburne to get to Poughkeepsie you are taking the LONG road! Sure you don't mean Sherburne which was renamed to Killington a few years ago, presumably due to the potential confusion but more likely linking to the Killington ski area name.

Hmm, I did type too soon. I was thinking of Shelburne Falls, MA, but of course one doesn't go through it, just pass by the exit for Rt. 2 that leads to Shelburne Falls. Still, you could have waved from the rotary at 91 and Rt. 2! I needed to stop in WMass so I took 91. I'm going home via the Taconic, over the river and through the NY woods, and then up Rt. 7 and over the river and through the Vermont woods up to Rt. 100 and home.

If I were Sherburne I would not have changed my name to match the ski area! Although I ski at Killington, I dislike the big-resort, heavy-drinking vibe. Sherburne is a classic old name and connotes something more Vermontish and less "bring-the-party-from-Connecticut." But I'm an Old Folks, so there you have it.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I add other goodies to the shortbread flavors coffee or chocolate with coffee

 

[CapricornFarm]

Look what the stork brought!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Thats a polish right awful darn cute