Heat Turned On

    Happy Mid Week

Yesterday I broke down and turned on the heat-the house was just too cool even with a thick sweatshirt on.  Still no frost or freeze though which is very unusual for this area.

   Monday one of our workers came out to work on some house projects. He is also a mechanic so when he checked out my car he discovered the auto shop forgot to hook up something in the engine-Haven't driven it yet-will soon for a big food shopping day.

  This week I baked up pumpkin breads. Monday with wheat flour and yesterday my gluten free pumpkin bread.  Here is a link to  a past post with photos and the recipe This is my go to recipe now-it uses coconut sugar and maple syrup and I used light olive oil instead of the coconut oil this time. I also found canned organic canned pumpkin puree-which has sooo much more flavor than the usual can found in the stores.   I gave away a half loaf o our worker-friend, kept out a half a loaf for each of us and froze the rest-stays fresher that way

   I guess this month is my month to buy a few hardcover books. I don't buy cookbooks much anymore. I love to read them-like a book though. Before we moved to the lake house I donated a couple hundred cookbooks to the local library for their big book sale. I sold a few as well. Now I try not to buy more-however this one intrigued me

  It had come up in one of the booklists I get in my email.  They have a new edition 2025 that was pretty expensive-but looking around I found a copy on Ebay that was the original edition several years ago. It is a large book-gorgeous photos-lots of history and the recipes looked good. 

    For as long as I can remember we have gotten their catalog in the mail around thanksgiving time for Christmas shopping. I have purchased different items through the years. The original owners still own the business. I am enjoying reading about their history.  Any of you that live or have visited the east coast have you visited their store?

  I also wanted to thank my wonderful slow mail friends for the birthday cards and letters you sent me-It makes my day-hugs

  

  Found this photo online Happy Wednesday