Surprise in the mail. Thank you Little Red Salt Box.

 I finally went to check the mail and found a package from my swap partner  http://ourlittleredsaltbox.blog

It didn't take me long to find them a new home.

 They look great in my home. Thank you very one that joined our little craft swap. For my first time hosting a swap it turned out great. It was a lot of fun. Will have to to this again sometime.

Homemade Ice Cream made in a bag

Ice Cream In A Bag Less Than 10 minutes! With 4th of July right around the corner I thought this would be fun for ever one one to make. Just set out different ingredients and let then go to town.

Here is what you will need to make homemade ice cream in a baggie:

2 Tablespoon sugar
1 cup half & half (or light cream)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup coarse salt or table salt(I used canning salt)
ice
gallon-sized Ziploc bag
pint-sized Ziploc bag

Mix the sugar half & half and vanilla extract together. Pour into a pint-sized Ziploc baggie. Make sure it seals tightly.

Now take the gallon-sized Ziploc bag and fill it up halfway with ice and pour the salt over the ice. Now place the cream filled bag into the ice filled bag and seal.

Make sure it is sealed tightly and start shaking. Shake for about 5 minutes (or 8 minutes if you use heavy cream.)

Open the gallon-sized bag and check to see if the ice cream is hard, if not keep shaking. Once the ice cream is finished, quickly run the closed pint-sized baggie under cold water to quickly clean the salt off the baggie.

Open the baggie and pop in a spoon.

Hope you enjoy your homemade ice cream in a baggie as much as we do!



I believe I found this recipe on face book. I have had it so long I am not sure.

Amish Peanut Butter Pie

Classic Amish Peanut Butter Pie

1/2 cup chunky or smooth peanut butter
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 package instant vanilla pudding
1 baked 9-inch pie shell
Blend peanut butter and confectioners’ sugar together. Mix well. Spoon 1/2 of the mixture into baked pie shell.
Prepare vanilla pudding according to directions. Pour over peanut butter layer and chill for 2 hours. Put remaining peanut butter mixture over top. Chill for two more hours and serve with whipped cream, if desired.( Forgot the whip cream.)

Home made vanilla pudding recipe.( If you would like to make it from  scratch.)

Pudding

1 cup cold milk

1/2 cup cornstarch

1 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

3 egg yolks

3 cups milk

3 tsp butter/margerine

3/4 cup sugar

To make pudding:

Mix corn starch, salt, 1 cup milk, egg yolks and vanilla with a wire wisk and set aside.

Heat 3 cups milk, butter and sugar until scalding, stirring constanty. Add cornstarch mixture to hot milk while stirring with whisk. Cook until thickened. Remove from heat before boiling.

Place pudding in refridgerator to chill. Stir every 10 minutes.

Coffee and reading on the finished shaded patio

    We finally finished the patio with shades we can raise or lower depending on the sun. We also added lights for the evenings.

This is my favorite spot for reading. I added a table for a place to set my coffee cup.

              With the raised blinds, we can still use the grill without worrying about fire.

We have started having breakfast out here in the morning. You can find me out here reading in the cool of the evening almost ever evening.

Vee Gee patterns: little Bo Peep

 These are on their way to http://willowhomestead.blogspot.com/. Her and her family live on a farm complete with a herd of animals. She is on of the best seamstress I have seen in a long time. That girl can sew anything! She loves little Bo peep so I thought this would be perfect.

 If you haven't checked out her blog, Please Do!   Her home and dress reflects the 40's. My favorite way to describe her is pin ups and hot rods. There is  much more to her and her blog. But I'll let you enjoy finding that out for your self.

 I have to be honest, I do want share this with you. But my main purpose was to give her  a preview.

                                                        Can't wait to see what she makes.

These almost look like  movie costumes. The envelope says they were mailed to North Hollywood Ca . So it's possible. They remind me a lot of the movie Babes in Toy Land .

Homemade Carmels

I am getting all my candy recipes in order. The Holidays always get a head of me. But not this year! ( Says the lady in denial of her procrastination ).



Ingredients

Original recipe makes 4 to 5 dozen caramels
2 cups white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup corn syrup
1 cup evaporated milk
1 pint heavy whipping cream
1 cup butter
1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

Grease a 12x15 inch pan.
In a medium-size pot, combine sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, evaporated milk, whipping cream, and butter. Monitor the heat of the mixture with a candy thermometer while stirring. When the thermometer reaches 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) remove the pot from the heat.
Stir in vanilla. Transfer mixture to the prepared pan and let the mixture cool completely. When cooled cut the Caramel into small squares and wrap them in wax paper for storage. 

This recipe came from the Good Life.

Waverly House in San Diego

 Mr Waverly rented out part of his home to be a court house,theater, and store to make ends meat.

                                                                    Dinning room

                                                                         Guest  bedroom

                                                                          Kitchen

                                                                          Theater

                                                                 master bedroom

                                                                        kids rooms

                                                                        Parlor

The story go's that the daughter shot herself out in the out house. She was brought into the parlor where she died.  It is said she and a guy named Jim Roberts( that was hung on the spot that the house was build ) haunt it to this day.

Old Town in San Diego

Rick recently took me to San Diego for my birthday. We had a great time. I wanted to share some of the sight we saw. So here is our trip in pictures.

                                                      We stayed at a 40s hotel.

                                                         Old town museum.

                                                                      Early 1800's restaurant.

                                                           

                                                             

                                                               Restaurant's  kitchen

                                 Wells Fargo museum. Wells Fargo was started in San Diego

                                 Wells Fargo museum. Wells Fargo was started in San Diego

                                                            Telegraph desk.

                                           City Hall held three offices. The  Judge's office

                                                                   Mayors office.

                                                                         Sheriffs office

                                                                         Jail

                                                          I wonder who died?

                   Spanish home. There's a court yard in the middle with room on either side of it.

                            A fire ring in the middle of the living room. That's one way to keep warm.

                                                                      Well

                               Old time stables. A cowboys would live in the stable with the animals.

 Rudey's Old Time Store. We found a lot of the old time candies and other foods.They had homemade jam , jellies, Biscuit mixes and pancake mixes. They even had homemade spices. and a course they had all  the items a settler may need. I found some great dark bottles for my vanilla. Rick got to taste some of the candies the settlers ate.

This poor post is getting a little long. So I will post on the Waverly House tomorrow. It is known to be the most hunted house in the U.S.