Monthly Archives: December 2017

A delicious fruitcake with macadamia nuts recipe

The holidays mean that we bring out one of our favorite old cookbooks: The 1934 Methodist Ladies cookbook from Hallettsville, Texas, where Scott is from. Recipe: 4 eggs 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder Mix all ingredients well and then add: 2 boxes cut seedless dates 1 pound […]

Macadamia Nut Pie Recipe

I started today’s baking experiments with a very simple recipe found in Scott’s family recipe book, a place where all sorts of fabulous recipes are found. I didn’t find out much about Mrs. A Fink in 1934 from google, oddly enough, but the recipe is similar to one that supposedly Dear Abby published, so it […]

Farmstand renovations are still in the works

We’ve been so busy, and have had so many visitors to the farm stand lately, that we haven’t been able to make much progress on our farm stand expansion and renovation efforts. However, we were VERY fortunate to have been able to finish the majority of the roof replacement efforts before we were hit with […]