June 30 Update: Far Guy was admitted to the hospital in Grand Forks ND on Tuesday afternoon, he has a lung infection…perhaps by the time you read this he will be much improved and out of the hospital.
July 1 st 9 pm update Well he is improved but not ready to be discharged yet he is very tired, I spent most of the day with him. His breathing is better, he is still getting IV antibiotics.
April 30,2008
An Old Recipe Box
I have an old recipe box. I paid a whopping 84 cents for it at KaMeapART a long time ago. The price sticker is still on the inside cover. It was manufactured by Ohio Art of Bryan Ohio. Imagine that something that wasn't manufactured in China....it may be collectible. It has seen better days...kinda like me. This recipe box is tin, it is a funny goldy/yellow color and has daisies on the top and a pot of daisies on the front. I have lots of other recipe boxes some tin, some wood and some a heavy cardboard. I just keep tucking recipes into this old one.
What is on the inside is what is important. A very disorganized bunch of recipes, the favorites are toward the front. When I am in a pinch for an idea nine times out of ten...this is where the recipe will come from. Over the years I have collected recipes from friends and noted on the recipe who it was from. Some are on recipe cards and some are on scraps and bits of paper. Some are handed down from one person to another...tried and true.
Arvilla's Pie Crust (Arvilla got this recipe from Emma Lyons who used to cook at Doc's.)
5 Cups flour
2 tsp salt
2 Cups lard
1 Cup cold water
Mix with your hands and a fork...makes 12 shells
On the scrap of paper there appears a quote "Savor Every Moment, Take Joy In Every Day" I recall that day over coffee when I asked Arvilla for her famous melt in your mouth pie crust recipe. She said "You can do it kid" well I saved the recipe for too long without trying it...because if I have a question there is no one to call. It's funny how a little slip of paper can bring you to tears. Arvilla died last Saturday:(
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Arvilla was a wonderful neighbor and friend, I still miss her friendship.
Last week at the Fly In a relative shared with me that at the Father's Day Fireman's Picnic someone made the best apple pie with the flakiest crust...so flaky they must have used lard. Made me smile and think of Arvilla. Possibly it was her recipe.
The scrap of paper remains in my recipe box. I wrote at Arvilla's a long time ago.
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