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In my continuing tales of woe about my oven…. Okay, okay, this is actually a cheerful tale! Starting with driving through the woods and over the hill on a gorgeous afternoon with green bursting out around me. I love the green. Weston requested cheesecake in lieu of a regular cake for his birthday (he’s 17, how did that happen?), so I packed up my farm-fresh farm eggs and dairy and headed for the old farmhouse with my cheesecake fixins’ to use the old farmhouse oven. IT HAS KNOBS. Which is why it’s eons old yet STILL WORKS.
The old farmhouse waits for me, always there. She stands stalwart and dependable, just like her oven.
There was a spinning wheel on the table in the kitchen, though, so I don’t think she was quite ready for cooking business.
I had this kitchen all organized and decorated cute when I lived there. I miss this old kitchen. It was fun to cook in there again, even if there was a spinning wheel on the table and the water was turned off. I got the cheesecake in the oven and enjoyed turning THE DIALS and seeing the oven WORK. Like MAGIC.
By the way, here is an oven update! 52 read through the comments on this post. Here is part of one comment that turned out to be key:
“The person I spoke with was Joe Sparks (866 640-7146 ex. 7864). He is a senior safety recall representative and might be a good starting point for you.” Diane Edwars
52 called this number and spoke to Joe Sparks. He asked 52 how he got his name and number, and 52 replied that he’d found it in a comment on the internet. Mr. Sparks asked for a little more information, and 52 said, “Well, Suzanne has a blog….” Mr. Sparks said: “Oh, no.” Anyway, I don’t think that is actually related, but Maytag is repairing my oven (replacing the panel) FOR FREE!!! Everybody tell Mr. Sparks how wonderful he is so he won’t be afraid of the internet. (And thank you to Diane!)
After I got the cheesecake in the OVEN WITH KNOBS, I wandered out to the cellar porch and peeked in the old cellar to visit my jars. I love these old blue half-gallon jars. Okay, they’re NOT my jars. But they like me. I think they want to live with me.
Maybe they would like to hop in my pocket? SUZANNE!! STOP IT.
Sheesh.
You know how fast Georgia would have leaped out right of that chair and tackled me to the ground if I’d tried to take one of those jars?
I’m totally scared of her or I’d have one of those blue jars in my house right now!
It was a lovely day to sit on the lawn to the side of the old farmhouse, in the shade with the breeze, taking a few moments of easy after weeks of non-stop work, chatting with Georgia and my cousin’s wife, Sheryl.
My cousin and 52 came by with a load of hay for our animals, plus some leftover red metal roofing my cousin is donating to the cause for Beulah Petunia’s new shelter up near the house.
PLUS! Squeal! Look what my cousin, who is so good to me, brought me from the antique shop!
This is a vintage Dazey butter churn.
He cleaned and oiled the top lid and crank for me, but if anyone knows the best way to clean the wooden paddles, please let me know.
One of my mother’s jobs on the farm when she grew up was to churn the butter in a Dazey churn. She churned the butter from the time she was old enough to do it till she grew up and left home.
Next, of course, my cousin (who was, perhaps, “buttering” me up with that churn) had to break out the puppies again and remind me that Morgan has already named the one she wants to take home.
She wants one of the brown ones.
I’m not sure which one. They kinda look alike.
It’s a boy.
She named it Lucky.
She might be wearing me down, but don’t tell her that.
And then I went home again. WITHOUT A PUPPY.
For now….
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The puppies are darling – I’m sure you can’t resist those curly little tails!!
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Tell your cousin if he find another one to mail it to me.
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That cheesecake sure looked good (pix of it in the oven) and a big happy 17th birthday wish to Weston.
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good for you that you are getting it fixed. now I have to go find someone for my left shift key – it stopped working. OH THE FRUSTRATION ToShiBA. LOL
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Happy birthday to Weston, and good luck to Morgan!
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Things we can not live with out. Stoves, washers and dryers. My life is at a stand still without this stuff.
Funny things about little brown puppies they might follow you home. And girls seems to like the boys the best too. I know I have two boy dogs now. lol.
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LOOK AT ALL THE GREEN JARS… Georgia, you know Suzanne would take care of them, just let her have a couple?
And the butter churn! Is that just dust/dirt all over the paddles? I’d just use some hot, soapy water. I’m not sure if they should be oiled or not (like wooden spoons)…if the oil would hurt in the butter making?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WESTON!!!
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The neighbor who I used to go hold the cow’s tail for when he milked when I was a kid had a Dazey churn. I’d use a little bleach in some hot water to clean it. I know some people don’t like to use bleach on food stuff, but if the paddles are really stained, I’d think the bleach would be the lesser of the two evils.
Happy Birthday, Weston!
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I just have to share…….yesterday I went to a garage sale and found a working, like new, cream separator for $10! And a gallon glass milk bottle for $10 and quart bottles for .75; pints for .50! I bought a bunch even though I don’t even have a cow! Yet.
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Suzanne, so glad to hear that Mr. Sparks is going to take care of you! I too have had bad experiences with Maytag. We bought a brand new washer from Maytag and almost exactly one year later the transmission went out, just a couple days past our one-year warranty. We had to argue and fight to get them or the store we bought it from to carry part of the cost of having it replaced. Next time I have to buy anything like that, I think I’m gonna go with LG.
It if were me, I think it would sand the paddles, disinfect them somehow (water/bleach mix?) and let them dry in the sun (good idea from whoever said that). That’s what I would do, but it’s only a guess.
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For the butter churn I would wash the wood really well and perhaps sand it. When you get it clean, oil it. Use vegetable or olive oil, it doesn’t matter. I have some homemade wooden spatulas and such that I use daily. Sometimes they seem to get “fuzzy” where the wood starts to pull up a bit on the edges (probably from me dragging it along the edges of my frying pan!). Anyway a little bit of sanding and more oil and they are good to go!
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P.S. I’ll bet you a nickel Georgia would trade you a bottle or two for some of that butter. (heehee)
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2nd…I could look at a whole calander of simply THAT road. I would mark that spot & take a photo on the same day of the month, each month & make a calander. Again…just sayin’.
Blessings from Ohio…Kim<
P.S…Don't know if you've noticed (especially since I seem to have turned into more of a lurker than a commenter, lately), but I'm rarely on Homestead Blogger anymore & started a new blog late last year.
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http://www.crafty-owl.com/wooden-kitchen-utensil-care.htm
Hope this helps a little.
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Love the old farmhouse.
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Love those puppies!
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Yummy cheesecake and darling puppies.
Your cousin is a generous man.
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Who can resist puppies! I brought home two of them. I now have two pure Great Pyraness pups like Coco. They are siblings, both boys and are so adorable, or they were when they were little. They are BIG now and into everything and they haven’t even started teething yet. We LOVE our boys!
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looking for one under 50 bucks.. As to the paddles, i would scrub them well and maybe scald them in boiling water.. They should be scaldable, they had to be kept clean when new, right?