Falb Carol - From the Farmhouse Kitchen

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Title: From the farmhouse kitchen / Dawn Stoltzfus and Carol Falb. Description: Eugene, Oregon : Harvest House Publishers, [2018] Identifiers: LCCN 2017025492| ISBN 9780736971669 (pbk.) | ISBN 9780736971676 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Cooking, American. | Farm life. | LCGFT: Cookbooks. Classification: LCC TX715 .S872 2018 | DDC 641.5973dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017025492 All rights reserved. No part of this electronic publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any otherwithout the prior written permission of the publisher.

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F arm-to-table is all the rage right now, but what, exactly, does it mean? I (Dawn) dont proclaim myself to be the authority on the subject, but I did grow up on a farm. We ate beef from our own cows, which we raised and had cut and packaged for us. We drank raw milk from our own dairy herd. (And during the times when we didnt have chickens on the farm, we bought eggs from our Amish neighbors down the road.) We enjoyed fresh strawberries in abundance. (And during the times when we didnt have chickens on the farm, we bought eggs from our Amish neighbors down the road.) We enjoyed fresh strawberries in abundance.

We bought up to 100 quarts at a time so that we could mash, sweeten, and freeze some for the winter months ahead. (They still had that just-picked taste even after emerging from the freezer.) For our family, farm-to-table was hard, hard work, but so very rewarding. Today, farm-to-table looks different from those early years. We dont live on a 100-acre farm anymore. My husband and I have 3.25 acres now, but weve been able to do a lot with what we have. We raise chickens.

We dont butcher them for meat, but we do enjoy fresh eggs. We have a garden, but its not as grand as my mothers back in the day. We have 100 blueberry and blackberry plants we grow organically, and we sell the berries to local markets. We still enjoy raw milk from a cow share we have invested in. Our beef comes from a local grass-fed farm. (If you have an orchard nearby, give them a call and ask what they sell on the cheap.) We support local farmers markets, and our kids love visiting them with us. (If you have an orchard nearby, give them a call and ask what they sell on the cheap.) We support local farmers markets, and our kids love visiting them with us.

In small ways, we still live farm-to-table, even though we live closer to the city now. We do the best we can with the resources that have been entrusted to us. To me, a farm-to-table meal is Fresh cucumbers and tomatoes, either in a salad or by themselves Sweet corn Sausage with green beans Fresh melons New potatoes with fresh parsley and salt and pepper. (There is nothing like fresh potatoes from our garden. We till our soil and place the seed potatoes on top of the soil. Then we cover the seedlings with three or four inches of straw or old hay.

We let the potatoes do their thing, and, when its time to harvest them, very little digging, aka hard work, is required. I can go out to the garden, pull back the straw, and get just enough potatoes for the nights dinner. So fun!)

My mother, Carol Falb, and I hope this book, over time, will have personal meaning for you. We pray that as you cook, as you serve, and as you make memories, you will experience little personal reminders of the Fathers love toward you. At home, our meals are simple. Homeschooling three children and chasing after a toddler has forced me to rethink meals.

I love to be in the kitchen, creating, but Im trying to accept the demands this season of life places on me. Hence, I am looking for quick and easy meals that are also healthful, fresh, and filling. If you are looking for the same thing, this is the cookbook for you. Preparing a meal for people is one way to share Gods love. My mom and I encourage you to reflect this love to the people in your sphere of influence. Speaking blessings and life over people is part of the very nature God has imparted to us as His life-giving agents.

This role may not feel natural at first. It rarely does. But when we walk in His way, it becomes a more comfortable way of life. Never miss an opportunity to pray for someone who asks you to do that. And if you cannot be there in person, text or email your prayer. Prayer mysteriously centers us and pulls us toward peace and kindness.

Dawn Stoltzfus and Carol Falb MAIN DISHES SAUCES, SIDE DISHES, AND SALADS SNACKS AND DESSERTS

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