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So I decided I was going to bake some Apple Pandowdy. I love Apple Pandowdy. And, like, anything made with molasses. Like Shoo-Fly Pie. That’s another favorite. The other day, when sheep farmers Kathy and Mike were visiting, I served them some Shoo-Fly Pie on my pie porch. Princess was out there, entertaining (she’s a personality), and she announced, as she does any time pie is served, that she hates pie. My two strapping teenage boys love pie and I can hardly keep a pie around (for those of you who ask why I don’t weigh 500 pounds–I have two reasons why–17 and 15). But Princess? She loathes, despises, abhors pie. Which just leaves more for her brothers. Then Kathy and Mike set about explaining to her that Shoo-Fly Pie had molasses in it, which was basically like a syrup, and Princess immediately connected this in her mind to a pancake and next thing you know she was demanding a piece of Shoo-Fly Pie. I had served Kathy and Mike the last two pieces of pie, so the next day I made another Shoo-Fly Pie and Princess ate it right up and now she loves pie. Or, she loves Shoo-Fly Pie. I have to figure out how to convince her to eat other pies now….
Back to the Apple Pandowdy! So I was in the midst of making Apple Pandowdy and I suddenly realized I was out of milk.
Which was immediately followed by a revolutionary thought: I’m not out of milk.
In fact, I had the freshest milk in the world right in my fridge. It came out of Clover’s udder just a few hours earlier.
I have milk. I have milk every day. I have fresh, sweet, beautiful milk.
And I hesitated for about ten seconds before I opened the fridge, drew out my morning’s milk, and measured it into the Apple Pandowdy. In the ten seconds of hesitation, I was thinking two things–one, that I’m saving up milk for the gallon I need for cheese. Every few days, I freeze the latest milk haul, saving for that day when I have a gallon and can make cheese. But I only needed half a cup for the Apple Pandowdy. The other part of the ten seconds I was thinking–this didn’t come from the store. It wasn’t stamped and processed and packaged. I am a suburban girl and I have never consumed fresh milk in my life. I am going to take this milk I took out of Clover this morning and put it in our dessert? THAT IS SO DISGUSTING. And then the ten seconds were over and that milk was in my Apple Pandowdy.
Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats have some of the sweetest, richest milk produced by goats, with some of the highest butterfat. It is wonderful milk. And it made a wonderfully rich Apple Pandowdy. Thank you, Clover.
And I slid just a little nudge further off the grid, away from the dependence on stores and manufactured farming and processed foods. I never have to be out of milk again. I can stagger the breeding schedules for Clover and Nutmeg next year so that I will always have one of my does in milk. I have chickens for fresh eggs (soon, I hope!). When it’s icy this winter and I don’t want to drive out, I will have fresh milk and fresh eggs. I am, like, a pioneer!
Okay, I have satellite TV and pioneers did not. But…. It was an amazing feeling nonetheless. As God is my witness, I will never go hungry again. Where is my Mint Julep?
Oh, I don’t have one of those. But I have milk.
Oh, and about that milking thing?
Clover and I……….. We’ve come to an agreement. (Big update with pictures and details tomorrow!!!)
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No Princess NOT LIKING PIE!!!! who ever heard of that? Who does not love pie? It is like – no loving your mother or something!!Oh my gosh – well more for us. Tell her admission to the pie porch with Coco is you have to love pie!!!I have a great chocolate pie that makes 2 to die for. I will find it and send it – EVERYONE LOVES CHOCOLATE – RIGHT???
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Have a wonderful day!
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Kentucy Pie
4 large eggs
1 ( 12oz) pkg chocolate chips, melted
2 sticks of butter, melted
2 cups chopped pecans
2 cups sugar
1 cup sifted flour
2 tsp vanilla
Two 9″ deep dish pie crusts
Combine eggs, sugar and melted chocolate. Add flour and stir. Add the rest of the ingredients. Pour into two pie crusts – bake 350 for anywhere from 40-55 min. check for firmness. this is rich and wonderful – CHOCOLATE
Yvonne’s pumpkin Pie – also makes 2
two 9 inch pie shells
1 ( 15 oz) can pumpkin
1 tsp cinnamon
dash cloves
2 c. cool whip or whipping cream whipped
1 c. chopped pecans
1 lb. marshmallows
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
dash salt
1 c sugar
Bake pie shells first. divide the pecans into each shell and press in to the bottom. bake according to directions on package. put the pumpkin and marshmallows in a sauce pan to heat and melt. Stir and add cinnamon, PP spice, cloves and salt. mix. Heat thoroughly until marshmallows all melted and combined. cool. fold in 2 c. cool whip or whipped cream. pour into the two pie shells. really a wonderful pie.
I like these because you get two pies.
Everybody out to the pie porch!!
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Hey – you need to start making some wine!! Then you’ve got three of the major food groups – milk – eggs and spirits!!
- Suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife
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I bet your Apply Pandowdy tasted 100 times better to you knowing a major ingredient was the result of your determination to conquer one very protected utter!
home grown ingredients rule!
Tresh in Oklahoma
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That is so WAY cool! David and I both want to be pioneers! (With indoor plumbing and a screaming cable modem, of course!)
LOL…
Traci
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I’ve never used fresh milk either, aside from breast milk for my baby, LOL. Anyway, what’s the deal with pasteurizing? Will you need to do that in the future, or is it fine if you use it within a certain timeframe?
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My daughter also doesn’t like pie. If I didn’t have the stretch marks to prove it, I would never believe she’s my daughter. She is a size 2, and I’m…well…I’m not! Never was. But, anyway, she likes cake, so I guess there’s hope for her yet.
Shoo Fly pie is a start. Who knows what tomorrow may bring!
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You rock! :guitar:
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Oh,oh, can’t wait to hear what kind of agreement you and Clover came to. I hope Clover didn’t demand to many ‘goodies’.
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creating it? When you get your first egg you wil be so excited. It’s liberating not to have to rely on stores for everything! Glad the milking has worked out. You really need an old fashioned pie safe now!
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I remember getting fresh cows milk from a friend. Lots of cream on it! My son loved it.
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The enternal debate of Pie vs Cake was decided back in ’89 and Pie won, but just barely.
:thumbsup:
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I bet you could get Princess to eat chocolate pie! Or make a “Smores” pie somehow out of a graham crust, chocolate, marshmallow cream type thing! OR if she made one, like the Grandmother bread, she would be so proud and eat it! She is a character, isn’t she! :mrgreen: :treehugger:
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We would drive a long ways to stock up on unpasturized milk. The only way to get it where I live is to raise your own cow or goats which my neighbors did for several years. The latest research shows that pasturized milk is actually harmful to our immune systems and acts more like junk food, stressing the body. But you won’t hear that from the ADA. Even the dairy farmers enjoy raw milk from their cows. So, cook on, drink on, and milk on, Suzanne. Enjoy!
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Tresh in Oklahoma…that is somewhat blind…ha
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There is nothing like having your own food. Our hogs are off to the slaughterhouse so we’ll have fresh hams and bacon soon. The chickens are laying, the turkeys are ready to dress out, and the apples are ready for cidermaking and apple butter. Life in the country is good, good, good.
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(Nuts are optional…I leave them out.) I make 2 every Thanksgiving, and my teen nieces & nephews have declared it awewome, and said ‘Aunt Donna, you rock!’ *G* Give it a try. If you like it really chocolatey use the entire bag of chips, if you like it less choc…just cover the bottom of the pan w/ chips.
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My daughter has a Great Dane named Bruin. He’s 4 yrs old and her baby. In June he had an injury that caused a cervicle disk to bulge. His pain meds caused him stomach problems and he lost over 10 pounds in a week. Her vet suggested she mix goats milk in with his food to help him gain weight back. He LOVED IT!! He put on 15 pounds in less than 2 weeks and his stomach issues are over.
Good thing her Daddy raises goats!! Handy milk….
I also have a friend whose baby was alergic to formula so she got goats milk and developed normally and is healthy…
Lucky you… self suffecient- in the beautiful country… and Apple Pandowdy to boot!
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Good Luck, you’re doing a great job. Sorry I missed you at the Black Walnut Festival. You should have some of your stuff in the agricultural display, or maybe you did. I usually have a chair or two and some of my canned goods, but missed out due to time, or lack thereof.
Great Job – Hang in there.
Phonepoet