Crust and Pie
Here are the photos of the crust, and the pie. Both of which were delicious, I must say.
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Pie
I made my first pie crust today. I have made quite a few pies before, but I have always used a store bought crust, or had mom make one for me. I tried making a crust once before, but botched it up so bad I do not consider that an attempt at a pie crust, it never became a pie. So my first official crust is the one I made today. The crust will eventually hold a pecan pie, I have yet to make the filling (I don’t have any eggs), but when it is done I will post some photos, hopefully the pie and crust will both turn out and we’ll have a good dessert. Too bad I can’t post a piece of pie for everyone to try. It might be a few years before technology will allow that.
Bread is Good
Laurie bought a bread maker at a yard sale last Saturday. It is an older model, but seems to work great. I’ve made three loaves already, a wheat bread and a white bread. Actually I didn’t make the bread, I just put the ingredients in the machine, and 4 hours later a fresh loaf of bread was waiting for us.
We have a wheat grinder as well. It is such a wonderful feeling being able to take something from it’s original state and make bread, or cookies, or whatever out of it. Too often we get used to going to the store and buying whatever we want that we forget what went into making it. I feel that it is important that we at least understand where our food comes from. It is even better when the food comes from our own labor. When it starts in our garden and ends on the table we have so much more appreciation for it. I believe that we enjoy our food much more when we grow it ourselves, or at least make it ourselves. There hasn’t been one piece of wasted bread when I made it. The store bought loaves usually get thrown out half way through from becoming stale or moldy. The vegetables from the garden haven’t gone to waste as store bought ones often do. They get eaten and enjoyed. Having a garden really is a great blessing. We know what we’ve grown, how it’s been grown, what chemicals (none) have been applied to them, and most important of all, they are harvested when they are ripe, and prepared or eaten fresh. That provides the best nutrition for our growing family.
