Oh my gosh....since November??

I have to be honest with you...I have been weighing out the options with the blog. I have been considering dis-continuing this page, because it seems I spend so much more time reading and participating in Facebook these days....but after much pondereing, I have decided to keep making entries. This decision was especially supported after I realized in a wonderful email from Kurtis relatives in the Czech Republic that they have been using this forum to keep up with our lives in Iowa...so if not for that reason alone, I'll keep going...
So, what have we been doing all winter?? Trying to keep warm and productive. In the keeping warm category, Kurtis hooked up a cook stove in our basement....Yes, a cookstove, and yes this is the year 2010. We have had great fun doing some occasional meals on it and re-living what life must of been back then.....and it really is a great source of nice warm snuggly heat when the fire is going full bore! So, yes....Kurt has cooked several nice hot meals on his ole cookstove and I have done some great mexican casadia's...I know, not too traditional huh.
So the other thing I am enjoying doing this winter is baking my breads. I have completely swore off store bought bread and trying to keep with the more wholesome artisan style loaves...having alot of fun experimenting with great success's and some not so great.
We are so looking forward to the next gardening season. My coffee table is home to a good stack of the latest and greatest catalogs. Although we had determined last fall to cut down the garden size this year....that seems to have blown out the window as the catalogs begin to arrive. We have feasted all winter on our potatoes, onions, apples and all the canned and frozen bounty...and it really has been wonderful. Im still delivering potatoes to people...and I think we still have 2-300 lbs left to use....hmmm could it be we did get carried away...oh, what the hell.
So, I'll try to be a little more responsible with updating this blog....but I know that is a promise I have made before....but I always have good intentions ya know!!
Until next time......MOM

So, here is a nice hot loaf ready to come out of the oven...I think this is the sesame semolina. It was fantastic!!

Here is a loaf of Broule and a Baggett...proofing and waiting to head to the oven

The baggett all covered with garlic accompanying my spaghette dinner. This is my homemade spaghett sauce too....yummy

The Broule and Baggett out of the oven.....tasty