http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:25:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_074072634.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_074072634.html We have been taking advantage of the nice days. On Saturday, we washed the curtains and daughter Elizabeth, 15, cleaned all the windows. The laundry smelled so fresh from being dried outside. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:30:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_067073150.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_067073150.html It looks like March came in like a lamb. I am hoping we'll have an early spring, even though that means the extra work of gardening and spring cleaning. I always enjoy working outdoors after a long winter in the house. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:25:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_060072709.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_060072709.html 6:30 a.m. It is Saturday so we slept a little later. I made coffee for my husband Joe and I. Joe tends to the stove, refueling it with coal, while I wake myself up. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:10:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_053071048.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_053071048.html I am Verena, age 12. I am Lovina's third oldest child. I love to write and when I heard Mom say she doesn't hardly have time to write the column this week I decided to surprise her. We have been butchering hogs and beef and that is why Mom is so much more busy right now. It is cold outside and the wind is very cold. Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:45:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_045224547.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_045224547.html Butchering is often done during the winter when the job isn't as hot and messy. Our family is butchering a 1,400-pound steer this week, which will supply us with plenty of meat for the year ahead. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:25:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_039072736.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_039072736.html It is hard to guess how many to make or how much food is needed for a funeral. Along with the ham sandwiches, chicken noodle soup and casseroles were served, as well as potato salad, cheese, Jell-O, fruit salad, cake and coffee. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:40:53 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_032074237.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_032074237.html Early Sunday morning we had some thunder and lightning along with some heavy winds and rain, which is unusual for January! All the snow melting, combined with the rain, made the ground quite muddy. The children have some muddy boots that need to be cleaned. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:00:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_025070138.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_025070138.html A day like today is so precious when everyone pitches in with the work. Working together as a family is always enjoyable and makes memories we will all treasure years from now. This is a diary of a recent Saturday in this household. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:30:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_018073106.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_018073106.html I used to think when the children were younger that as they got older the housework would slow down, but there is still always laundry, cooking, cleaning and sewing to do. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:10:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_011071040.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_011071040.html Yesterday morning we had the coldest temperature so far this winter. Our thermometer read zero. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:15:53 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_004071550.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_004071550.html Another year has come and gone. It seems like every year goes faster than the one before. We are enjoying our days over the holidays. With the children off school, we are sleeping later and have no schedule to follow. It is enjoyable but it is also good to be back to a normal schedule once the holidays are over. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:15:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_362071539.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_362071539.html Last night we attended the elementary school Christmas program. The children did a wonderful job with their roles. It must take a lot of patience from the teacher to teach all of those little children. There was a bigger attendance than usual. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:35:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_355073630.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_355073630.html Here are five of the Amish Cook's favorite Christmas recipes. Most of these were passed on to Lovina Eicher by her mother, Elizabeth Coblentz, who originally wrote the column. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:20:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_348072146.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_348072146.html I will attempt to write this column even though 4-year-old Kevin is beside me chattering away. He is full of questions this morning. Right now he is singing "Jingle Bells." He has the right tune but it is a little too loud. Some mornings he will lay on the couch and sing one song after another. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:10:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_340221038.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_340221038.html It is Monday morning and it is time to start another week. Today also brings the last day of November. So far we have not received more snow than just some flurries.