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Monthly Archives: December 2011

THE YEAR AHEAD

27 Tuesday Dec 2011

Posted by hbs1991 in Autumn/Winter, Holidays, NEW YEAR 2012

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2012, Habitat for Humanity, Mennonites, New Year, Pages, posts, recipes, Revisions

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Looking to the year ahead 2012, seems to be looking like a busy one. So many things about to take place for me. However where the blog is concerned there will be many things taking place on here as well.

When I first started the blog believe me, I had no idea what I was doing or how to accomplish what I saw in my mind for it. The one thing that has bothered me for the past several years are the pages, the tabs at the top of the home page.

ABOUT

BASKETRY

GENERAL INFORMATION

RURAL LIVING

SEAT WEAVING

These pages were done in the beginning and every time I look in the blog stats and see that people have clicked on those page I cringe, as back then I had no idea what a static page was used for as compared the blog post itself. So this winter I want to completely re-write those pages, so that they include viable information for the readers and update some information and remove the old.

Also in the recent year I have added lots of posts of Mennonite / Amish Recipes, cooking and housekeeping tips. As well as some non Mennonite/Amish recipes I like. This has been very popular, however I have had many requests for more basketry and seat weaving, chair caning posts. Which I would like to post on several times during the year.

Also there will be posts on Habitat for Humanity, a great organization, of which is now personal to me as I found out several days before Christmas that I have been approved for a Habitat for Humanity Home. It will be my goal to post the process in pictures from ground breaking through completion, often easier said then done but I am going to try.

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In the area of cooking and canning, there are several posts I have been working on for a while one that seems to be popular is “Mixes for the Busy Life” there are many mixes that people pay a pretty good price for pre-packaged in the stores, that you can make right at home in your own kitchen that save both money and time, you just do not pay for the pretty box.

This is a rather large topic and due to the many variations that can be made with each mix makes it better suited to a series of posts rather than a single post.

Also have have made a reference many times during the year to writing about Old Order Mennonite Life in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, while unique to many, you sometime miss it because you live in the midst of it everyday, instead of seeing the uniqueness from a distance. instead of WOW there is a buggy going down the road, it is a normal sound and you don’t even think twice about it when you live around it all the time. So it is my goal to try to do better at what I say that I am going to post about.

So bare with me as I try to make changes, as I re work the Pages mentioned at the top of this post, I will write a short post on revisions made as these do not automatically get emailed like the actual blog posts do.

Wishing everyone a very Happy and Rewarding New Year Ahead.!!

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TOP TEN POST THIS YEAR

15 Thursday Dec 2011

Posted by hbs1991 in Basketry, Caning, Hand Caning, Recipes from a Country Kitchen

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Basketry, chair caning, Fibonacci Sequence, Food, Hand Caning, recipes, seat weaving, top 10 posts of 2011

I was looking down over the posts for this year (well some are still popular from other years) and so many were recipes, I thought I would post the list now, just incase some of you might like to make them for the holidays coming up.

Many of the recipes would make nice gifts, however the Easy Dulce de Leche and Ginger Syrup and Crystalized Ginger would make nice and unusual gifts for giving.

EASY DULCE DE LECHE (CARAMEL)

EASY PENNSLYVANIA DUTCH GOOEY SHOOFLY PIE w/ LEMON SAUCE

EASY HOMEMADE TAPIOCA PUDDING

APPLE CRUNCH

LEMON POUND CAKE–CLEAR LEMON GLAZE

Pressed Cane and Rush Seats this Week

GINGER SYRUP & HOMEMADE CRYSTALIZED GINGER

Fibonacci Sequence Used in Basketry

BUTTERNUT SQUASH BREAD

OLD FASHIONED FLAKY PIE CRUST

A Mixed Day of Seat Weaving

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!`

13 Tuesday Dec 2011

Posted by hbs1991 in Christmas, Holidays

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Call for Recipes, Christmas, Holidays, posting, Recipes other Countries

WHERE ARE ALL THE HOLIDAY POSTS?

Well I am sure everyone is asking where all the holiday recipes and posts have gone!

That is a very good question, my holidays I usually bake and cook for gift giving, usually the holiday itself if very quiet for me, never having married, no children, my family is with their families and I am usually at home alone, so I have learned over the years to make my own fun at home.

I bake and cook, work on baskets and design new ones over the two holidays and of course post to the blog, however this year is different, something has been going on every week between the two holidays.

I was sitting here waiting for two loaves of Wheat Bread to rise, thinking about the blog, and also looking at the stats for the blog, and seeing all the searches coming from Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, all of which countries of have quite a few subscribers and followers.

I am curious what your baking and cooking traditions are and what you look forward to doing over the Christmas holiday. If you find time during all the business of the season to post a comment or send an email please do, I am always looking at recipes from other countries. Please feel free to share. you can also email me at mcw1961@gmail.com.

I hope everyone has a Blessed Holiday Season and “Remember the Reason For the Season”

Mitchell

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