Monday, May 18, 2020

Monday Message


"We face many serious challenges in the world today, but I assure you that our Heavenly Father is mindful of us. He will guide and bless us as we put our faith and trust in Him and will see us through whatever difficulties come our way." - Thomas S. Monson

I know that it feels like this is a forever sort of thing and we wonder what it will be like on the other end of this battle. I think we will be like those who have gone before us...look toward them now, see how they got through and gain strength from what they did to get through. We really will have a hard trial but we will make it through.

We still have a very difficult time ahead and we need to brace ourselves for this.

Start being even more frugal than before. Stretch your food stuffs. Be looking for meatless meals your family would enjoy. Learn to plant some items to grow for your family. We need to learn how to mend our clothes to have them last longer. Take care of what you have. Find out how you can make everything you have useful, for example: vegetable cans can be used to plant seeds, just poke a hole in the bottoms for drainage. Go back through the blog to see what now might be even more helpful to you, like making washcloths out of old towels.



Learn to cook from scratch and how to make things stretch.

I have been watching what is and isn't on the shelves and hearing from others and looking at stores online. This week I was surprised  to notice that, of course, there's still no yeast, so given this I wanted you to be able to do sourdough if you needed something...


This is my favorite and best ever tutorial on making sourdough - https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-itm-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=itm&p=alderman+farms+sourdough+recipe#id=2&vid=d873c41496e251419f7877b91d6c83f5&action=click 

Give them some patience on the first part, stick with it and you will find they get things figured out. You will see it goes into each day so just click on the next day to see but she does a fantastic job of walking you through it.

https://www.momontimeout.com/perfect-biscuits-every-time-recipe/ - another thing you can make is biscuits.

There are so many things you can do with biscuits...

You can mix chicken leftovers or canned chicken with a can of cream of mushroom and some cheese, I throw in some peas. Scoop this into a muffin tin about halfway filling the cups, then top with biscuit and bake in a 350 degree oven till biscuits are golden. Then when you serve, flip it over so the biscuit is on the bottom and the sauce runs over it, yum!

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/21171/white-sauce/ - you can make white sauce with very little ingredients. You can add cooked hamburger or cooked sausage and serve over biscuits, you can add cheese for variation.


Gus says things might look rough right now but the sun will come out.


Missy says we can do this and she is proud of you all.

9 comments:

  1. I am wondering why the yeast shortage. It doesn't really make sense. I had two pounds on hand at the beginning so it is holding out well and we were able to get a 25 pound bag of bread flour at Sam's a few weeks ago so we are still cranking out the bread every week. Our stores are fully stocked for the most part for which I am grateful. Gus would not like our gray and rainy weather right now! But, I don't either since it makes me want to nap the day away!

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    1. I have to guess more people have been taking up baking keep building up things in storage that you need as the next will be worse.

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    2. And also according to Fleischman's website, there is not a shortage of yeast but the packaging they use. It comes from India. Another good reason to make your own things needed to get by.

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  2. This is Mrs. Frank S. -- I am an avid WW2 history person. I recently purchased a meal planning victory cookbook for some testing. Lots of meatless meals in it. I am amazed at the folks that think everything will go back to the way it was. It concerns me that they don't do a little research in case they have to make some changes. Stay healthy!

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    1. You stay healthy too we all need to stay prepared for sure

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  3. Sweet, sweet kitties. I love the pic of you and Gus in the sidebar. He is loving you💖 The recipe idea for chicken, peas and mushroom soup over biscuits sounds so good. I will have to try that. I've been making biscuits a lot lately :) Stay well. Mary in San Diego

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    1. Hi add chopd apple and conn you can do so try

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  4. HI BECKY: ¿COMO ESTAS? LA FOTO SUPERIOR ES UNA COCINA? ME GUSTA MUCHO, ES ANTIGUA, ¿FUNCIONA TODAVIA? POR LO QUE VEO EN LA FOTO, LA UTILIZAS PARA GUARDAR COSAS, AMO LAS COSAS DE OTRA EPOCA, SOY ANTIGUA JAJAJAJAJA. ¿SIGUES EN CUARENTENA? AQUI SE SIGUE EXTENDIENDO HASTA JUNIO POR AHORA, HE TENIDO QUE CANCELAR TURNOS PARA LOS MEDICOS, QUE ATIENDEN A NUESTROS HIJOS ADOPTIVOS ¿SABIAS QUE ADOPTAMOS 3 NIÑOS DISCAPACITADOS? HACE ALGUNOS AÑOS SENTIMOS EL LLAMADO DE DIOS A HACERNOS CARGO DE NIÑOS ESPECIALES, DIOS NOS CONDUJO HASTA UN HOSPITAL DONDE HAY NIÑOS ABANDONADOS Y ASI TRAJIMOS A CASA A 3 HERMOSOS NIÑOS, LOS AMAMOS, PERSONALMENTE, ESTOY MUY COMPROMETIDA CON LOS HUERFANOS, MI SUEÑO ES PODER TENER UN HOGAR PARA NIÑOS DISCAPACITADOS, NO SE SI ALGUN DIA SE HARA REALIDAD, PERO SE QUE ES LO QUE AMO REALMENTE, SIENTO QUE SIRVO A DIOS DE ESTA FORMA, HAY TANTOS Y TANTOS NIÑOS HUERFANOS ABANDONADOS, ESPECIALMENTE LOS DISCAPACITADOS. BUENO, ESPERO QUE ESTEN TODOS USTEDES BIEN, CUIDANDOSE MUCHO, ESTE VIRUS ES REALMENTE MUY MALO. DIOS TE GUARDE Y TE BENDIGA.

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    1. Thank you yes the wood burning cookstove is hooked up and functions very well we got before y2k and we made repairs that involved welding I use to make new years breakfast on it for friends and family when it fell on other days then Sunday as it is a lot of work but now i set things on it just last week I got out my cast iron pans and have those on it now I too like things from another time they are still in working order which probably isn't the case with newer things. That is wonderful you adopted children it is a very loving service and has made a real difference in their lives. We still are staying in our state has opened up some but the virus numbers go up not down it is very scary

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