http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:50:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_180065039.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_180065039.html This is a daily diary of a recent Saturday here at the Eicher home Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:00:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_173070142.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_173070142.html Today, daughter Elizabeth celebrated her 15th birthday. It doesn't seem possible that Elizabeth, our eldest child, is 15 already. As parents, Joe and I have a hard time seeing our children grow older. All we can do is hope and pray that life will be kind to them and that, most of all, they will always believe in their heavenly father. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:05:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_166070639.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_166070639.html We spent the past weekend in Indiana. My Aunt Barbara's funeral was held on June 6. It was exactly one month after her sudden death. Uncle Henry was dismissed from the hospital June 3 after being admitted May 8. The funeral had been postponed until he was dismissed from the hospital. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:00:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_159070149.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_159070149.html It is a relief to think that for three months the children won't be coming home with homework. When I went to school we hardly had any homework until we were in the fifth grade or older. Now even the kindergartners have some kind of homework. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_152100009.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_152100009.html We were very surprised to hear earlier in the week that brother Albert and wife Sarah Irene were bringing in dinner for us today. They brought a delicious meal consisting of chicken, which Joe and Albert grilled, and also potato casserole, corn, salad, dill pickles, cake and ice cream. Mon, 25 May 2009 06:55:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_145065605.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_145065605.html Today my daughter Lovina is 5 years old. It is so hard to believe she will be going to school this fall. Speaking of birthdays, I am not as excited about having mine on May 22. I will be 38 so in two years I will hit the big 40 and I used to think that was old. Mon, 18 May 2009 07:10:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_138071117.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_138071117.html Last week turned out completely different than I had planned. I had surgery on Friday that I didn't know I was going to have until late Wednesday afternoon. The surgery was to have an abscessed cyst removed that had given me a lot of pain over the past few weeks. Mon, 11 May 2009 06:55:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_131065545.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_131065545.html Our horses had a nice treat when my husband Joe opened our gate to let them back into the pasture field. It looks like they are enjoying the green grass after a winter of eating hay. With warmer weather here we will also start the extra summer job of mowing grass now. Mon, 04 May 2009 06:55:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_124065543.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_124065543.html This column will wrap up my writing for April already. Time seems to slip away too fast. There are only five more weeks of school for the children before the term ends. Right now they are outside waiting for the bus. It is a nice, breezy Monday morning and everyone wants to be outside. It sure is easier when I don't have to pack their coats along. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:55:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_117065607.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_117065607.html It is once again the time of year that rhubarb will again begin finding its way into all kinds of different dishes. My rhubarb looks big enough to make a few things already. I always enjoy seeing the rhubarb peep out of the ground and seeing the leaves begin to uncurl. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:35:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_110063605.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_110063605.html My husband Joe's father, 70, passed away peacefully April 8 at 7:15 a.m. He is survived by four sons and eight daughters, eight brothers and six sisters, 52 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:00:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_103073142.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_103073142.html We have been having a difficult week with my husband Joe's 70-year-old dad having been in the hospital for 10 days already. Friday the doctor called for a meeting with the family. It was very hard on the family to hear that there is nothing more they can do for him. Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:00:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_096065636.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_096065636.html The five scholars just left for school. Hard to believe we are getting closer and closer to the end of another school year. Next week the children will be home for spring break. I am looking forward to it almost as much as they are. I hope to get some spring cleaning done while they are home, especially their bedrooms. Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:00:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_089065049.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_089065049.html This is another lovely springlike day. The temperature is in the mid-40s, but the air makes it feel a bit chillier. We've appreciated the nicer days recently for drying laundry. Daughter Elizabeth is doing her arithmetic while Lovina, 4, and Kevin, 3, are playing church. Their sweet voices can really harmonize well as they sing hymns together. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:29:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_082073028.html http://www.record-eagle.com/amishcook/local_story_082073028.html We are done with the hog butchering around here for another year, but I thought I'd talk about it one last time. Some readers have written letters asking for a bit more detail. So here is the step-by-step process for making homemade "pon hoss," a fried dish we make using some of the leftover hog meat.