old fashioned sour dough pancakes supreme
There is so much to enjoy about being together, about cold mornings and being inside and eating pancakes. B made us breakfast this last Saturday, we gobbled it up. We are firm believers in eating meals together. The boys are not always the perfect dinner companions, but they are learning.
Old fashioned Sour Dough Pancakes Supreme
recipe by Agnus Marble (B's grandma)
1 cup starter (sourdough starter)
4 Tbps. Sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 pint cottage cheese
1 1/2 tsp. soda
2 cups flour
4 beaten eggs
4 Tbsp. oil or melted shortening
Milk or water
Add milk or water, as much as needed to get it pourable. We love these, great way to get a good breakfast down the kids. Loaded with protein. I keep these going just adding water, a bit of buckwheat, wheat germ, more eggs, cheese flour, etc.
Get to work at Lazy M Ranch
We went to the Lazy M and immediately got put to work. We filled and planted some bulbs for Grandma. She owns the Crawfordsville Covered Bridge Plants, so we were helping for next selling season. It was any little boy's dream, to fill up tons of buckets of dirt. I had the job of planting the bleeding hearts, the lilies and the peonies and it got done and we were pretty grubby. We always expect that when we go to Lazy M though, mud is what there is, and dirty means a fun time.
On the way home, this was our thank you :)
fresh off the vines: the story of a pumpkin hunt
Grandma Marble grows pumpkins every year so that all the kids from the local school can ride over the day before Halloween and every kid gets to choose a pumpkin. Because we are lucky to know her (be related to her) and that we got their weeks early....she let the boys have two each! This is the real deal, where we had to bring "choppers" to cut the pumpkins off the vines. What an adventure :) Enjoy our journey in pictures!
looking at cattle at lazy m ranch (and how they looked back)
We were out at the ranch a couple of days ago and the Marbles have some of the biggest cows they have had (meaning fat and strong, well nourished). we walked around and took some pictures. I have a new edition of bungaree speak for you, this is baby o's first time being featured in bungaree speak:
Setting: we are walking among the different fields of cattle, looking and uuuuuuing and awwwwing over how big and pretty they are (handsome too).
b: oh, those ones are so big and pretty aren't they boys?
j: yes they are really, REALLY big.
b: aren't cows cool? look over here there is a mamma...
o: (o interrupts) and a rabbit! (certain that her baby calf laying next to her could not possibly be a cow!)
b,j: hahaah, hahah!
b: no, o that is a baby cow called a calf, it is so much bigger than a rabbit.
enjoy some cattle pictures:
below is Marble mountain, I can't wait to hike to the top sometime!!
bread table
I have my own bread table! Oh, this thing is amazing. The marble top is great for rolling out the dough, and also for putting hot things directly out of the oven...just perfect. I love it! Susan, B's mom gave it to me, she said it would be better if someone used it for more than a sleeping bag holder....and of course I gladly took this gem off her hands :)
B's grandma Marble (from lazy M ranch) had them made for all her kids, and she is very happy to see them being used. I am really happy to use it. I go to work immediately, the day I got it I set out my starter and put it to good use. It has little drawers for the little measuring spoons and such, and the big drawer for flour, sugar... yes so it is all right there. perfection. THANKS SUSAN!
a pea break
Here is the pea patch...a great place for a snack. Grandpa Marble (great grandpa to the boys)tells me that he does not plant sweet peas, "you know, those ones you eat the shell and all! We used to feed those to our cattle! I used to plant some for other people, but I don't do that anymore" says grandpa. We are fine with what he has, as the boys can both pull, peal and eat these well on their own. Oh, the sweetness of fresh peas...shhhh, don't tell grandpa, the boys eat the shells anyway, even though they are actually rough and not very yummy....oh well.
Last week we went to grandma and grandpa's lazy m ranch and had some good, quality pea time. It was great, the boys sat there for well over 40 min and just ate and ate and ate the peas. grandpa was pleased, he loved watching them chow down. we love going there, especially when the weather is nice so we can be outside!! They have tons of fun things to do and a creek to play in!!
Among other things here is what we enjoy at the ranch: a super warm fire in the winter, cows to look at and talk to, raspberries by the ton (we can pick as many as we want !!), blackberries down by the creek, marble mountain....we hope to climb it soon :), a million yummy squash, tomatoes, cukes, and potatoes, beans, pole beans, and much more...we go for the day and enjoy it the whole way. Oh, the ranch...one of our favourite places in the world.
They have trucks too.
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