Lovina Eicher: The Amish Cook

Lovina Eicher: The Amish Cook

Amish Cook: Warmth helps stove breaks

The sun is shining and it almost seems like spring with the unusual warmth we are experiencing.
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Feb 9, 2012 7:30 am
Amish Cook: Feverish boy still dervish

Kevin, 6, is home from school today. He has been running a fever since yesterday morning.
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Updated Feb 7, 2012 10:38 am
The Amish Cook: Cookies in a jar

This has been a different winter so far weather-wise. We had another snowstorm during the past week, but then as quickly as it snowed, it warmed back up.
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Jan 26, 2012 7:33 am 1 Photo
The Amish Cook: More work on a snow day

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Updated Jan 30, 2012 2:39 pm 1 Photo
The Amish Cook: Breakfast haystack tasty

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Jan 12, 2012 7:44 am 1 Photo
Thursday, January 5, 2012
The Amish Cook: Christmas green, but now white

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Jan 5, 2012 7:42 am
Thursday, December 29, 2011
The Amish Cook: Holiday food

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Dec 29, 2011 7:33 am
Thursday, December 15, 2011
The Amish Cook: Christmas is close

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Dec 15, 2011 7:18 am 1 Photo
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The Amish Cook: Kids still love snow

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Updated Feb 9, 2012 2:53 pm 1 Photo
Thursday, December 1, 2011
The Amish Cook: Kids want snow but I'm not ready

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Dec 1, 2011 6:14 am 1 Photo
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Amish Cook: Five kids have the flu

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Nov 24, 2011 6:14 am
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Amish Cook: Favorites for Thanksgiving

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Nov 17, 2011 7:22 am 1 Photo
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The Amish Cook: Junior is back in town

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Nov 10, 2011 7:12 am 1 Photo
Thursday, November 3, 2011
The Amish Cook: Brother Amos surprised

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Nov 3, 2011 7:42 am 1 Photo
Thursday, October 27, 2011
The Amish Cook: Sunny days are numbered

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Oct 27, 2011 7:43 am
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Amish Cook: Coal is in; bring on winter

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Oct 20, 2011 7:32 am 1 Photo
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Amish Cook: Lots of sunshine, laundry

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Oct 13, 2011 7:32 am 1 Photo
Thursday, October 6, 2011
The Amish Cook: Apples put to good use

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Oct 6, 2011 7:51 am
Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Amish Cook: Lots of work for church

We've been busy helping sister Emma and her husband Jacob. My husband Joe and I and the children will go to Emma and Jacob's today to help with final preparations for church, which will be held there tomorrow. Yesterday Joe and I also assisted them with their work. I helped Emma do jobs inside the house while Joe worked outside in the building where church will be held. He put up a partition using canvas on one end of the building so lunch could be served there tomorrow.
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Sep 29, 2011 7:33 am 1 Photo
Thursday, September 22, 2011
The Amish Cook: Busy day turns frantic

This is a diary of this past Saturday.
• 6:30 a.m. Time to get up. We are going to go help Jacob and Emma today. They will have church services at their house next weekend.
• 6 p.m. Our neighbor comes over to Jacob's to get Joe to take him back home to help the girls. They were taking Diamond off the single buggy and somehow his harness caught on the shaft. This was enough to get him all shook up and he started kicking.
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Sep 22, 2011 7:52 am 1 Photo
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Amish Cook: Garden is history

I still have red beets that I need to pull and make into pickled beets. We still have tomatoes, peppers and popcorn but otherwise my garden is pretty much history for 2011. This is the first year we have tried growing popcorn, so we'll be interested to see how it turns out. My jalapeno and serrano peppers are still doing well so I want to make homemade hot pepper butter soon. I won't add as many hot peppers as the recipe calls for so that it is not too hot for the children.
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Sep 15, 2011 7:39 am 1 Photo
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Amish Cook: Chilly first day of school

Verena will be in seventh grade, Benjamin in sixth and Loretta will enter middle school in grade 5. In the elementary building Joseph will be in third grade, Lovina in first, and Kevin in kindergarten. The house will seem empty when all six leave for school at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. We are hoping and praying that Verena will have a better year this term. Elizabeth, 17, is sewing Joseph some new pants hoping to have them in time for him to wear to school tomorrow. She has cut out quite a few pairs of pants for the boys, I think a total of 10. It seems like we will be able to have more time to sew after the children are in school.
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Sep 8, 2011 7:35 am 1 Photo
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The Amish Cook: Kevin awaits birthday

Son Kevin is down to counting "five times to sleep" before his sixth birthday on Sept. 2. Kevin is our youngest and he will be starting kindergarten. The years go way too fast for me. Daughter Lovina, 7, will still let me hold her on my lap a lot more than Kevin does. He tells me, "Mom I am not a baby anymore." At the recent family gathering, Kevin told my husband Joe that he doesn't need help carrying his plate anymore. He said, "At school I carry my own plate." You can just really see them grow up. Daughter Susan, 15, is training another pony for a family in our church. I have more tomatoes to can that the boys picked for me. Our potatoes didn't do so well so it looks like we will end up buying storage potatoes for the winter.
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Sep 1, 2011 7:32 am 1 Photo
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Amish Cook: A belated Christmas

The laundry is on the line and we have a nice sunny day to dry it. Mornings have been cool with temperatures in the upper 50s and lower 60s. It warms up during the day but sure makes for nice sleeping weather at night.
We had a busy week last week with lots of home-canning on the list. We canned salsa and tomato juice. We also put peaches into the freezer. I still have plenty canned. I put some orange juice concentrate and sugar on the sliced peaches for the freezer. It gives it a little orange flavor in the peaches. I fill a lot of small containers so I can put them in Joe's lunch or the children's for school sometimes. This week I will can some more hot peppers. Our favorite are Serranos. They don't seem quite as hot as the jalapenos but I will still can some jalapeno and banana peppers.
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Aug 25, 2011 7:47 am 1 Photo
Thursday, August 18, 2011
The Amish Cook: Surgery goes well

Daughter Verena had surgery on her foot yesterday and was admitted to the hospital. Doctors were just in here to see her but are not sure if she will be able to go home today. She had some pain through the night but is now taking some pain medicine and sleeping really well.
Since the surgery the feeling is back in her right leg and foot. It had been numb from her knee on down since the end of May. We are very excited to see that her feeling is back since the surgery.
She'll have to wear a hard cast for four to six weeks. The cast comes up to her knee. At nighttime she has to wear a brace on her whole leg to keep it straight. We are also so thankful that her post-concussions have not reoccurred for 2 1/2 months. We pray they are gone for good. Hopefully she is now on the road to permanent good health.
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Aug 18, 2011 8:23 am 1 Photo