Recipes evoke memories of farm food

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The weather seems to have turned rather quickly to springlike temperatures. But I grew up on a farm and learned early on that there is always a little tease of spring early, but the weather really never settles down until after Easter. So we will have to wait and see about that. The first two recipes today remind me of earlier days back on the farm. Biscuits and homemade bread were offered often at the table, and I remember mom making homemade doughnuts all day long, then freezing them for use in the weeks ahead. The fried pies remind me of those good doughnut days.

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