Sunday Afternoon Snack Attack

My short story of sopaipillas.

 

 

They will turn your frown upside down, any day.

 

 

Last Thursday I made some roll dough.  I wanted to take some cinnamon rolls to a friend for Valentine's Day and have fresh rolls with our dinner.

Well, half way though preparing the dough I decided that I was sick.

Too sick to finish, even.

So, I got a pan of rolls ready to cook for dinner and put the rest of the dough in the fridge to finish the next day.

 

Well, I didn't really function the next day.  Or the next.

 

 

 

So on Sunday afternoon I went to get another glass of grape juice and there was that dough.  Still waiting for me to return.

 

In my book, three days is about all I give uncooked yeast dough.  I don't like the smell and taste after that.  Seems kind of fermented, or something.  Anyone else agree?

 

Anyway, I hate, hate, hate wasting food.

Rolls (in any form) didn't sound good at all.

 

BUT sopaipillas, or fry bread, sure did.

 

 

It made a very nice, quick Sunday afternoon snack.

(and very happy kids)

Layne is out of town so we sent him a picture via cell phone just to make him jealous.  He was.

 

 

Yes, after living away from Idaho & Utah for nearly 20 years I no longer call them scones, unless I am in Idaho or Utah. Why?  Because that is the only place they call fried yeast dough, scones. Otherwise you'll get a lot of questioning looks.  BUT if you say sopaipillas or fry bread they know exactly what you're talking about.  So there you have it.  Now you'll never look stupid if you aren't in Idaho or Utah. I've got your back.

Shopping from the garden.

It is that time of year that a large part of our meals come from our backyard.

Layne in his favorite hide-out, behind the tomatoes.

All of that goat manure that Layne & Todd hauled last fall...five truck loads...from our friend's goat farm (Thank you Baker family!) sure payed off.  Those tomato plants are tall.

The boys, this past weekend, bringing up the potatoes.

This years varieties:  Red Pontiac & Cobbler

Looks like this cucumber evaded two or three pickings.

(nice pose Mitch)

My canning list is getting a few things checked off.  Still, lots of work to be done.

freezer jam - raspberry

freezer jam - black berry

sweet cucumber relish

pickled beets

beans

peaches

salsa

pasta sauce

stewed tomatoes

diced tomatoes

sweet & sour sauce

pears

cherries

frozen corn

grape juice

We had some corn for lunch yesterday, and it was yummy.  So I think that will be the next item to cross off the list.  I love restocking our bottles and freezer.  It looks so pretty and makes me so happy.

A few more weeks and the acorn squash will be ready and I'm still waiting to let you know how the sweet potato project turned out for us. 

Now Layne is getting ready to get his 'fall garden' planted.  I'm so thankful he loves to garden.

The other big project for the summer was getting some pasture fenced in.

It was A LOT of work.  Layne and Todd worked (and sweated) their tail-ends off.

It didn't help that this is one of the hottest summers we've had in nearly 10 years. 

We took out lots of cold water and they came in for breaks in the AC. 

Justin & Mitch even chipped in when they could.

Getting the post holes cleaned out.

I'm not sure if they are all working or all watching.

For those that have been trying to visualize this project:

Looking South (toward the tree swing)

Looking North

Looking North-East

Having the fence up has really changed how the property looks.

I love it.

Layne, you rock!

What to have for dinner.....

Do you ever have this problem?

I have asked myself this all day long.  I don't want what I had planned (lemon chicken w/ a creamy mushroom sauce).  I don't want what Josie suggested, pizza.  Todd didn't answer me when I asked his opinion.  I'm not asking Judd or Mitch. 

So, now it is time for dinner and I still don't have a clue what we are having.  Don't you hate it when nothing sounds good?  For me, this usually ends up with me eating a little of everything in search of finding what I want and that causes a whole new set of problems. 

*Just a clarification:  Layne hasn't grown a mustache, my kids don't sit and smile at each other for no reason (unless they are just trying to bug someone), and I haven't hung 1980's wall paper up in the dining room.  I had to use this pretend family because my computer is being so stupid and I can't get anything off of my camera (or any external device)  and into my computer right now. They do look happy though, don't they.

Little of this ... Little of that

I never did show or say anything about Christmas.

We had a wonderful day.

It had a couple of firsts.

*First time in 14 years that we were in a different house.

*First time we opened gifts in the dark.  (High winds took out our power till 10:30 am)

*First time it was all cleaned up before 11:00 a.m.!  (We had the missionaries over for breakfast.)

This took a load off!

Layne and I finally decided to tackle the file cabinet the other night.

Looks like we put that off a little longer than we should have.

Layne had a business trip to a city just south of Nashville this week.  Judd and I decided to join him.  It rained and rained (and thundered really big) the whole time we were there, but that didn't stop us from finding some GREAT food.

We now L.O.V.E. Sarge's Shack, just off of exit 14 &  I-65, in Frankewing, TN.

I'm guessing there is more to Frankewing than the three little stores and one motel on the side of road,  BUT that wouldn't even matter because all you need is Sarge's Shack.

Here is my review:

House Dressing:  ROCKS
Ribs:  ROCKS

Fried Green Tomatoes:  ROCKS

Everything thing else we ate that night:  ROCKS

I told Layne that we needed to plan that trip to TN that we've always talked about, just so we can get back to Sarge's for a couple of meals.  He totally agreed!

*I loved it so much I wrote a poem*

Thanks to all at Sarge's Shack. 

100% sure that we will be back.

(Ya, the eight hour drive, in heavy rain the whole time, is starting to show.  I'll go to bed now.)