Casting Crumbs

Yesterday we spent a very enjoyable evening with the family celebrating my Mother-In-Law’s Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Rita!!

We met at an Italian Restaurant called Cinzetti’s. Tom and I had never been there before and were pleasantly astounded at the wonderful Italian fare. If you have never eaten there – you MUST try it! It is set up like a market place with many buffets to choose from.

They have everything from pizza, spaghetti and lasagna to pollo penne with gargonzola, fried cheese, zucchini, eggplant, calimari and much more. The salads were awesome and the bruschetta. . .mmmmmm delicioso!!

One of the favorite parts were the desserts! They had hand-dipped ice cream in several flavors, tiramisu, these wonderful raspberry thingies and CREPES! I had never tried a crepe before, so I indulged in a strawberry, banana and cream cheese one. It was pretty good.

Here’s the room that we all crowded into to enjoy our vittles. Can you find Elizabeth?

Thanks everyone for a fun family night together! Blessings to you, Rita, may your year ahead be a wonderful one!

Leona Batt, my priceless Grandmother

Yesterday Julian and I made Butter Horn Rolls using my Grandmother’s recipe. She made these quite often and I remember Thanksgiving’s on the farm with these gracing her table. My Grandmother was the best. . .best cook, best listener, best card player, best smile, best at hospitality, best chocolate chip cookies. . .all around best Grandma!

She taught me so many things that I could never repay her for. She had a hard life as a poor farmer’s wife, yet she made lemonade out of lemons. She was a great lady and will always be one of the “top ten favorite people” my whole life long. Can’t wait to see her one day!

Here is her recipe. It’s a keeper!

Butter Horn Rolls

2 Cups scalded milk
2 packages yeast -dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
2 tsp salt
6 beaten eggs
9 cups flour

bake at 250 for 15 minutes and then freeze. Pop into oven when needed for 8 minutes at 400.

Julian helped me roll the dough out and make the rolls. He said “Mom, where did you get this at?” I told him about my Grandma making them for Thanksgiving and he said “Wow, did you help her like I am helping you?” It just made my heart smile.