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Sasha’s Cinnamon Sugar Pinwheels/ Pie Crust
First posted on Thursday, November 28, 2013 First you start out by making the crust! This is also the crust that I use for making pies! List of ingredients: 1 & 2/3 cup of flour 1 egg yolk 3 tbsp water (I usually add about 5 to 6; the more moist the dough, the...
Spring Tonic!
First posted Tuesday, April 15, 2014 By Don Jacobs "As far back as I can remember, when April arrived we brought in dandelion leaves for our annual Spring Tonic, which was dandelion leaves, bacon, eggs on mashed potatoes. Can still taste it. All those memories came...
Jordan’s Roasted Chicken
First published Saturday, December 27, 2014 By Jordan Levine This is a chicken my mom regularly cooked while I was growing up and and continues to do so. As Von always likes to quote an episode of 'Will and Grace', my family's relationship with chicken - "it's real...
Chicken, 3 Ways
First published Monday, August 31, 2015 By Alan Here are three chicken recipes. They are dumb. I made them up. SWEET BABY RAYS OVEN CHICKENBone-in chicken in Freezer Gallon Ziplock.Pour in 1 bottle off Sweet Baby Ray's Original BBQ sauce. Or more...
Amish Zucchini Casserole
First Published Monday, August 22, 2016 1 cup Bisquick3 eggs1/2 cup vegetable oil1 cup shredded carrots1 cup shredded cheddar cheese3 cups shredded zucchini1 cup shredded carrots1 small onion, choppedsalt, pepper Combine. Bake in greased 8"x 8" dish at 350 for...
Double Chocolate Crumble Bars
First Published Monday, September 05, 2016 1/2 cup butter or marg3/4 cup sugar2 eggs1 tsp. vanilla3/4 cup flour1 tbsp. cocoa1/2 tsp. baking powder2 cups mini marshmallows1 cup chocolate chips1 cup peanut butter1 1/2 cup rice krispiesCream first four ingredients...
Jane’s Chunky Granola
Originally posted to https://jacobsfamilyrecipes.blogspot.com/ on Monday, November 05, 2018 Recipe by Jane A friend of ours served this granola at a Sunday School retreat several years ago and I felt the same way about it you do so got the recipe from...
Wacky Cake
Originally posted to https://jacobsfamilyrecipes.blogspot.com/ Thursday, November 22, 2018
Chipotle Shrimp with Angel Hair Pasta
Originally posted to https://jacobsfamilyrecipes.blogspot.com/ Friday, June 19, 2020 Chipotle Shrimp with Angel Hair Pasta The other night I wanted to make Chipotle Shrimp on Angel hair pasta. Sash got me started! Here is the recipe I followed based on her...
Sauerkraut making day
Today we started saurkraut. Six huge cabbages from The Corn Wagon. Himalayan pink salt. Three crocks.
Two walks today
Two walks today Rotary road cleanup followed by No Kings. Both important.
The Family Table
Here is some history of a family table of which I'm the current trustee. It has a middle leg.
The Secret Life of Groceries
This was my latest read. I enjoyed it very much. The theme seems to be how the grocery business has brutalized the supply chain - from fishermen to truckers. Even when chains try to do business in ethical fashion, like Trader Joes back in the day, they get subsumed....
Fall cleanup in the garden
Milkweed Bugs
This year my milkweed attracted Milkweed Bugs.
Venus, the moon and a Great Horned Owl
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Read this book. Nuff said.
Flowers and other plants
What are WE doing?
Morning light
Zuchini bread
Lancaster Morning
Norm
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Overgrown Summer
Wave
Wave, by Sonali Deraniyagala. This is a boo written by an author whose Husban, two sons and her parents were all swept away in the Tsunami in Sri Lanka in 2004. I enjoyed this book, although the first half was difficult to read because the story was so distressing....
Everything is Tuberculosis
John Green I wanted to enjoy this book, but sadly, it wasn't compelling to me. There was a general history of how TB has been endemic during history. It is a slow moving killer. Now it is generally curable, although it is building drug resistance. Since it seems to be...
Cone Flowers
I rode my bike today
Lost a brother in 5 days
Lisa and I returned from Iceland on Sunday, and I went to work on Monday. That day I had an appointment in York in the afternoon, and I saw on Facebook or Text or somewhere, that Paul was in the Hospital in Landisville. I was in the neighborhood, so I stopped in to...
Paul Evan Jacobs
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