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Soon enough, we’ll be making rhubarb pies. Without fail, these little prehistoric looking creatures will push up again from deep inside planet Earth.

  1. Eileen Widman says:

    It is a good thing too. Just finished up the last of last years Strawberry Rhubarb Jam! None left in the freezer either so I can’t even make a pie.
    Have you ever done a Rhubarb Leaf bird bath mold from Concrete? I have and it is really fun. They last a long time if you remember to turn them over in the winter so the water does not freeze inside them.
    Find a huge Rhubarb Leaf, The biggest one you can get. It has to be perfect. No holes or cracks.
    You need something about 4 inches deep like flexible sidewalk edging. I use the metal kind, Form a ring of the edging big enough for the Rhubarb leaf and bend it to conform to the shape of the leaf. Place it on a sheet of heavy plastic. Mound up a pile of play sand to about 2 inches deep Lay the leaf with the underside showing on top of the mound of sand. Now gently push the leaf down into the sand and make it an inverted dish shape. Careful to not break the leaf. Scoop some sand out from under the edges of the leaf so it will make a deeper dish and press again. Now you are ready to pour on a small batch of mixed concrete to fill up the rest of the mold to make a flat bottom. Allow to set for several days. When you turn it over brush off the sand and peal away the leaf remnants. You can seal it with concrete sealant or an epoxy paint if you want color. It is a nice shallow bird bath to set out in the garden.

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Today’s Recipe: Old-Fashioned Peanut Cookies

These were full of flavor and a wonderful departure from peanut “butter” cookies. You must try these.

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  1. Eileen Widman says:

    I have had these at Grammas house. Now I have the recipe! Yeah!

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Today’s Recipe: Old-Fashioned Egg Cutlets

For the next few weeks, every Friday, we’re going to feature a recipe from the 1916 Comfort magazine. Today’s recipe, Egg Cutlets, is like nothing I’d ever eaten before. They were delish! With three grandgirls, what a great way to use up all our hard-boiled eggs this coming Easter. This gets my vote for a fantastic, unique brunch item. Definitely comfort food. Those turn-of-the-century Comfort Sisters had a few surprises up their sleeves.

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  1. whittney says:

    I think this will be lunch for today, thanks i love it.

  2. Kari says:

    This looks delicious and also a great way to use the eggs during heavy laying times in the summer, especially for a brunch on the farm deck! Thank you!

  3. Karista says:

    Oh Yum! My daughters and I love hard boiled eggs. What a fabulous idea.

  4. Marcia says:

    Found this version of egg cutlets when, in a fit of nostalgia, I googled to see if I could find a recipe like my mother’s. Unfortunately, among her many recipes and resources (Joy of Cooking 1943, Fanny Farmer, recipe box of accumulated favorites), I’ve never found her version, which I recall clearly used cubed and seasoned bread stuffing, probably Pepperidge Farm. She told me that egg cutlets were a meat alternative during rationing in WWII. I’ve tried to approximate, but never quite get the same consistency or flavor of those my mother made.

    I’ll try this version, though!

  5. Linda Hess-Layne says:

    They used to serve these Egg Cutletts at a hospital that I worked at years ago in Baltimore. I was never able to replicate it and when I searched the internet, I only found the ones they make in India. These seem like the ones I always looked forward to eating.

  6. Sylvia Jacobus says:

    Wow! A must-try..

  7. Kevin says:

    My mother used to make these for us on Fridays (Irish Catholic no meat on Friday) and I couldn’t find a recipe, thank you, this is as close as I remember them, they will become a “quarantine staple”

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  1. Eileen Widman says:

    Oh I love these. I made a bunch of them once for a craft fair sale. Still have 2 and they hang on one of my old pole lamps!

  2. Loreta says:

    where can I get instuctions for the crocheted hearts?

  3. Judy Perry says:

    I would like the pattern direction so I can make the red heart pincusion

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  1. Re: the photo of the day.
    She had dreamed of marrying in a white satin and lace gown with hundreds of handsewn pearl beads and miles of Spanish lace, maybe in a rose garden drowning in blooms. Instead here she sat, hunched over her ancient iron sewing machine, salvaging the lace from one of her grandmother’s stained table-clothes to adorn the collar of her best cotton dress. No matter. She was marrying the man of her dreams. His blue eyes the exact color of the water that melted off the glaciers high up in the mountains. The cotton dress would be perfect.

    Sorry, saw that photo and got a bit carried away. Let the romance begin! Thanks for the muse….
    Susan

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