Ground Cherry Pie

Shell and wash the ground cherries. (I had a walmart bag full)

Create pie crust using 1 cup flour, 1 tbsp sugar, 1/2 tsp salt. Cut in 1/3 cup shortening.

Sprinkle about 3 tbsp ice water and 1 tbsp vinegar over mix. 

Toss with fork to form dough ball.

Roll out just big enough to fit pie pan.

Crimp edges or press with fork.

Put 2 1/2 cups ground cherries in crust. Mix 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 tbsp flour.

Sprinkle over cherries.

Sprinkle with 2 tbsp water. 

Mix 3 tbsp flour, 3 tbsp sugar, and 2 tbsp butter til crumbly. 

Spread over all. 

Cover edges of pie.

Bake in preheated oven @ 425* for 15 min. 

Reduce heat to 375* and bake another 25 to 30 minutes.

Enjoy your pie! 

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We plan to eat ours tomorrow.

Quote of the Day

‎"People are NEVER meant to be tasks.

 Don't get so busy serving your Family/Team/Church that you don't spend time with them." 

--Laurie Woodward

Defrosting the Freezer

My freezer was in desperate need of defrosting so one day I took the plunge and cleaned it.

Chad and 'Shiny' helped me. We took all the stuff out and put it in coolers. Meanwhile I boiled some large kettles of water and unplugged the freezer. We set a kettle in the freezer on the middle shelf and shut the door. We laid towels around it on the floor and gathered up rags and buckets. After the steam did its work we traded kettles and shut the door again. In a short amount of time the freezer was clean!! (=

Wow! What a great feeling.
How often DOES one defrost a freezer???

Hornet sting and Apple Cider Vinegar

I am chuckling to myself... (= And here is why...

 Tonight Steve and Chad were building a little storage barn for me; and my 'Shiny' and I were mowing the lawn. Suddenly I noticed Steve yelling and waving at me and Chad dancing about, SCREAMING at the top of his lungs! I cut the motor and quickly ran to them. Steve meanwhile called out that Chad had stepped on a black and yellow hornet! I didn't stop but rushed Chad to the house, into the kitchen and sat him on the nearest chair. I  quickly grabbed the apple cider vinegar and a bowl . Putting his foot into the bowl I poured the vinegar over it till there was about 2 inches in the bowl. (Much less will work very well, too. And gauze pads are wonderful for this.I'm just out right now.)

 He almost instantly stopped crying and said it was very cooling. Since he was quickly getting bored I told him he could move to the porch. So he picked up the bowl, moved outside AND PUT THE WRONG FOOT BACK IN THE BOWL!!! :D Then he was confused and couldn't decide where he had been stung! Anyway the pain was completely gone and the swelling never happened.

 This is quite funny since Steve saw the hornet and killed it! (Can you imagine not knowing where you had been stung minutes after it happened?)

 I always use apple cider vinegar on stings and find that there is very little pain and often no swelling!
(I'm sure this has not been approved by the FDA)