Winter in Wisconsin

Oh goodness! That poor goat! LOLOL!

I got an email from my neighbor this morning, celebrating a Wisconsin winter. After just telling you via email how cold our week was supposed to be, I just had to share it with you =)

It's winter in Wisconsin
And the gentle breezes blow,
70 miles per hour at 52 below!
Oh, how I love Wisconsin
When the snow's up to your butt;
You take a breath of winter air
And your nose is frozen shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful,
You may think I'm a fool.
I could never leave Wisconsin,
Cause I'm frozen to the stool.

...one fast goat...

Two Missouri rednecks are out hunting, and as they are walking along they come upon a huge hole in the ground.

They approach it and are amazed by the size of it.

The first hunter says, "Wow, that's some hole; I can't even see the bottom. I wonder how deep it is."

The second hunter says," I don't know, let's throw something down and listen and see how long it takes to hit bottom."

The first hunter says, "There's this old automobile transmission here, give me a hand and we'll throw it in and see". So they pick it up and carry it over, and count one, and two and three, and throw it in the hole.

They are standing there listening and looking over the edge and they hear a rustling in the brush behind them.

As they turn around they see a goat come crashing through the brush, run up to the hole and with no hesitation, jump in head first.

While they are standing there looking at each other, looking in the hole and trying to figure out what that was all about, an old farmer walks up.

"Say there," says the farmer, "you fellers didn't happen to see my goat around here anywhere, did you?"

The first hunter says, " Funny you should ask, but we were just standing here a minute ago and a goat came running out of the bushes doin' about a hunert miles an hour and jumped headfirst into this hole here!"

The old farmer said, "That's impossible.



I had him chained to a transmission!"

Blueberry Quick Bread:

From Taste of Home, Aug/Sept. 2006 (shared by Carolita from HK)

Blueberry Quick Bread:

1 egg
1 cup milk
3 TBSP vegetable oil
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries

In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg, milk and oil. combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the egg mixture, beating just until combined. Fold in blueberries.

Pour into a greased 9x5x3 loaf pan. Bake at 350* for 50-55 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan before removing to wire rack to cool completely.

Oatmeal Bread

Dana, I decided to make this a post, as well as put it on the recipe page. My thought was that as we add more and more recipes, it may be easier to find them by searching, or following specific labels, than it would to have to scan the whole recipe page.

Oatmeal Bread (from Cathy's Aunt Doris)
-1/2 recipe = 2 large or 3 small loaves.

Mix:
1 packet quick rise yeast
1/2 tsp sugar
Add 1/2 cup hot water and let soak 5-10 minutes.

(We use instant yeast, therefore we do not soak it, but instead add the yeast and the additional sugar to the flour, and the additional amount of water with the rest of the water in the recipe)

In large bowl (or your KA) mix:
2 1/2 cups warm water (plus additional 1/2c from above if using instant yeast)
2 Tbsp sugar (plus additional 1/2tsp from above if using instant yeast)
3/4 tsp salt
3/8 cup molasses (I like it with a bit more)
1/4 cup oil
1 1/2 cups quick oats (we use regular)

Add yeast mixture and mix well.

Add about 6 cups flour and mix until stiff (if you're using the instant yeast, be sure to mix it into the flour first).

Roll out dough on well floured surface and knead for 10 minutes.

Put into a large greased bowl, roll, and leave greased side up. Cover lightly and set in warm place to raise until it is 2 - 2.5 times the original size (approximately 1 hour). To speed the raising turn your oven on to 400*, let heat for 1 minute, turn it off, and place the bowl on a cookie sheet in the oven to raise.

Punch down. Separate into two, or three pieces, and let sit for about 5 minutes. Shape loaves and place them into greased loaf pans to let rise.

Place into a preheated (350*) oven and bake for 35-40 minutes. Remove from pans immediately and cool on a wire rack.

* The oatmeal bread recipe was passed down from my Aunt Doris (my grandmothers sister). I can remember making it with her when I was little. I'll add it to the recipe section =)

*We just heard last week that the store received the ok to order the carpet. The good news is that we know we have the job. The stinker is that it's such a large project that we now have to wait for the company to make the carpet and then ship it up (from Georgia), which means we won't be able to start until late February.

*I think we had around 50 people here. Just enough to have fun without it being overly loud.
This had me LOL! How can it be that 50 people at your house is not overly loud, and 7 in mine IS! ROFLOL!! It sounds like you had a beautiful time. One day I hope to join your festivities.

*Awwww. Wonderful news regarding the patterns. And to Heidi! Perfect!!

*Wow. It sounds like you're a busy one this week. Unfortunately, I can't imagine it, so you'll have to take pictures when you're done -wink- I wish you could come help me organize MY sewing stuff, and my craft stuff, and my closets, and......... Yah. I wish!