Upper Peninsula Pasty - recipe

PASTY (pass-tee) Recipe from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan


FILLING
3 lbs of potatoes diced - frozen diced potToes are okay
1 cup carrots diced - frozen peas & carrots are okay
2 cups onion diced
2 cups rutabagas diced
2 lbs ground beef [or similar meat substitute] cooked & drained
Season to taste
Heat all ingredients together

CRUST
About one dozen 4 oz pie crust dough balls at room temperature
or frozen ready made pie crusts, at room temperature

DIRECTIONS
Roll each dough ball into 10 inch oval
Put 10 ounces of pasty filling in center of circle
Pull outer edges of dough over filling and crimp the edges

Place Pastys on cookie sheet

BAKE for one hour at 350 degrees

"The pasty came to America and became a staple food carried by miners and loggers in Northern Michigan. Pasty is a pastry with a sweet or savory filling baked without a dish to shape it.

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A CORNISH PASTY has meat and potatoes in one end, and plum pudding in the other end!

Oatmeal & Brown Sugar - a story

Andy and I ordered breakfast at a café, and I ordered “a large bowl of oatmeal and brown sugar,” the sugar was for sprinkling on top of the cereal. The waitress questioned my order twice, looked confused, and went to the kitchen to discuss it with the cook.

 When my oatmeal was served the entire wait and kitchen staff stood around waiting to watch me eat.

 I felt like an idiot!

I was given a small mixing bowl of oatmeal and an equal amount of brown sugar! After sprinkling some sugar on the cereal I said, “That’s all the sugar I wanted, thank you.” Then the staff looked disappointed and left us to eat in peace.

Lemon Pie Filling

from Mrs John Harvey Kellogg - 1880's

ZEST - scraping of the outer skin/rind of a lemon or orange

Take 4 tablespoons of lemon juice, the zest of only the rind of half a length of lemon, and 2/3 cup sugar. Beat the lemon juice and sugar together. Braid [blend] a slightly heaping tablespoon of cornstarch with as little water as possible, and pour over it, stirring constantly, one half pint of boiling water to thicken the starch. Add the zest*, lemon juice and sugar to the starch and let it cool. Then stir in the yolks of two eggs and half the white of one, well beaten together. Beat thoroughly; pour into a deep crust and bake. When done, cover with the remaining white of the eggs, beaten with one and a half tablespoons of sugar and brown lightly in the oven.

Orange Pie Filling

RECIPES FROM DR. JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG'S WIFE – late 1880’s
Mrs. Kellogg was Superintendent of the Battle Creek Sanitarium [Hospital] School of Cookery, the Bay View Assembly School of Cookery, and Chairwoman of the World's Fair Committee on Food Supplies for Michigan
*ZEST - the gratings of lemon or orange peel, usually one tablespoon

ORANGE PIE FILLING
Rub smooth a heaping tablespoon of cornstarch in three tablespoons of water; pour over it a cup of boiling water, and cook until clear, stirring frequently that no lumps form. Add one cupful of orange juice, a little zest*, and the juice of one lemon, with sugar to taste. Lastly, when cool, stir in the well beaten yolks of two eggs. Bake with under crust only. Meringue the top when finished baked, with the whites of the eggs well beaten with a tablespoon of sugar and a very little grated orange peel sprinkled over it.
Brown meringue slightly in the oven.

Christian Thoughts

Never act from motives of selfishness or conceit, but in humility think more of others than you do of yourself. [Put others first!] Look after the interests of others, as well as yourself.

Do all you have to do without complaining or arguing, so that you may be God's child: blameless, innocent, without blemish, in the middle of an evil and warped world, but shining like a beacon in a dark place holding out the Word of Life to others.

The Lord is near! Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. And God's peace, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

And now, my dear friend, all that is noble, true, pure, loving and gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on these things....

And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be Glory for ever and ever. Amen!

Selected verses from Philippians chapters 2 and 4.

This book is found in the New Testament of Holy Scripture.

Sweet Ivory Ann

Timmy the Kitten (see blog for 9/19/13) was so gregarious and fun that I began praying for a companion for him. I wanted a lynx-point Birman cat. (Birman is a beautiful breed of cat.) So, after praying we went to the animal shelter and found a beautiful torti-lynx-point Birman 8-month-old kitten named Ivory Ann. With Andy’s approval we adopted her.


Ivory has a wonderful personality and gets along very well with Timmy and our dog. It is easy to tell when Ivory is happy or sad: when happy her overly profuse whiskers stick straight forward, and when sad her whiskers hang almost straight down. But Ivory is rarely sad.


Ivory is a good conversationalist with a sweet and tiny voice. At bedtime she loves to lie on my pillow and give me a scalp massage, or to curl around Andy’s head to keep him warm! Ivory comes when called and sits beside me when asked because she loves to cuddle.


Ivory is constantly showing her appreciation for being rescued. We should all be thankful to Jesus for His adopting and saving us.

 Ivory was a member of our family for 16 years.

MD Weight Loss Plan

Here is my medical doctor's plan for weight loss!

Consume 45 to 50 grams of carbohydrates per meal - eat 3 meals per day. The fewer the carbs per item, the more food you can eat per meal! Eat your choice of carbs, but eat fiber rich foods too. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, frozen, fresh or canned. Watch carbs. Do not save carb grams from one meal to another.

Have two snacks per day (one at 10 AM and one at 3 PM) of less than 10 grams of carb each snack.

Do not eat between meals, except for water and two snacks. Drink plenty of water!!

The fewer the carbs per item, the more food you can eat per meal!

With this carb-conscious eating you probably won't be hungry between meals, or during the night.

Consume no more than 1,200 milligrams (mg) of sodium per day.

Mercy & Truth Kiss

[In God] mercy and truth meet, righteousness and peace kiss each other.

 God's wisdom is first pure, then peace loving, gentle and courteous, open to reason, full of mercy and good works, impartial and without hypocrisy. God is merciful and gracious, slow to become angry and abounding in continual love and faithfulness.

O Lord God, there is no god like you anywhere! For You keep Your promises and show love and mercy to your servants who love and follow You with all their hearts. And mercy surrounds all those who trust You.

Understand this, that the Lord God is God! He is a merciful God, keeping His covenant of Love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His Laws. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth to those who keep His covenant and Law.

Jesus said, "Woe to you...for you have neglected the importance of the Law, which is: justice, mercy and faith. Go and learn what this means. `I desire mercy and not sacrifice' [Hosea 6:6]. For I did not come to call the [self] righteous to repentance, but the [repentant] sinners."

God has told you what He wants from you, and this is it: to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly in His Law.

 Return to God. Hold on to His mercy and justice. And wait for Him to come again. Keep yourselves in God's Love as you wait for Our Lord Jesus Christ to come again in mercy and to bring you eternal life.


The above quotes are from these Bible texts:
Psalm 85:10/ James 3:17/ Exodus 34:6/ 1 King 8:23/ Psalm 32:10/ Deuteronomy 7:9/ Psalm 25:10/ Matthew 23:23; 9:13/ Micah 6:8/ Hosea 12:6/ Jude 21/ 1 Chronicles 16:34/ Psalm 89:1,2; 108:4-5/ Psalm 42:8/ Luke 1:50/ Psalm 107:43; 118:2; 89:33/ Jeremiah 9:24/ 1 Timothy 1:2.

Secret of Success

The secret of success is the union of the Divine power with human effort. Those who achieve the greatest results are those who rely most implicitly upon the Almighty …. The men of prayer are the men of power.

Patriarchs and Prophets p 509, E G White

Gospel or Gossip

If Christians would spread the Gospel instead of spreading gossip - Jesus would come and we would be in Heaven!

Animal Friends

In 1968, due to orthopedic surgery, I was completely bed-ridden for two months and was allowed to have a kitten for company. Since a friend's cat had kittens we chose an orange kitten named Buffy to be my companion!

Buffy had an uncanny sense about my needs for he stayed by my side 24/7. Every morning, at exactly 7:00 a.m., he would awaken me by first meowing, then by sitting on my stomach, then sitting on my chest, then by patting my nose, and finally by sitting on my face! Quickly I learned to wake up before this last step! Buffy was my companion for 17 years.

In elementary school, while waiting for the school bus, the neighbor's huge Saint Bernard, Humphrey, waited with me. He also met me at the bus stop after school acting as a deterrent to anyone wishing me harm.

Part of my final grade in high school zoology was caring for two baby garter snakes at home. They were a trial. One afternoon, before Mom's bridge party, the snakes escaped their terrarium, but were found - after the party!

In 1965 Dad purchased a two-year-old Appaloosa gelding named Spottum Bottum. Later that year I showed Spottum in the nationally known Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Show where we placed sixth out of 42 in Junior Western Pleasure. Spottum won numerous trophies, but his main purpose was being my friend.

As a child I took Mark 16:15 literally and preached “the gospel to every creature," which included the horses, cats and dogs at Hillside Stables. My main love of horses was riding through nature singing and talking to God.

New Orleans Vacation

Years ago my husband, Andy, and I drove to New Orleans, Louisiana, USA for a vacation. Our hotel, The Clarion, was on the National Registry of Historic Places. Our room was quaint and very beautiful in shades of lavender, ivory and pale blue.

We went to beautiful Jackson Square where you can take guided tours via horse-drawn carriage, or watch artists, jugglers and musicians. At one end of the Square is the Saint Louis cathedral, the oldest cathedral in the United States. Then it was a half block to Madeline's, a French cafe where we purchased French pastries and quiche, much different from up North.

Our friends went for a swimming party by Biloxi, Mississippi. Instead Andy and I rode a steamboat up the Mississippi River to tour an 1812 battlefield and a restored 1800's Southern mansion. It was wonderful and along the way we watched boats unloading raw sugar at the C&H sugar mill. In the distance we saw an old mansion that was being restored, its staircase was solid rosewood!

The Battlefield guide explained that American soldiers had a bad reputation in fighting methods in the 1800's: they would fight after dark, which was considered ungentlemanly in those days; and they would hide behind bushes and rocks, which was considered cowardly. A soldier was on hand to show how time-consuming it was to load and fire a musket.

After the tour we went to Jax Brewery. At one time a real brewery, it is now a place of small shops and ethnic eateries. We enjoyed the Italian Ice and had a hard time choosing from all the flavors including hazelnut, almond, and kiwi.

While walking back to the hotel we witnessed mounted police converging on a bank directly across the street from us. Turned out the bank had just been robbed and there was some gunplay!

Back at the hotel our friends reported what a terrible time they had swimming in Biloxi!  They said the water smelled nasty. After playing for an hour in the "nasty water" an official told them to get out as they were swimming in the sewer outlet!

Leaving on Sunday we stopped at one of the older New Orleans cemeteries where the deceased are buried above ground due to the high water table. Unfortunately people remove the coffins and use the crypts for sleeping and we saw evidence of this.

 Traveling on to Dumas, Arkansas, we had a wonderful dinner at "Grady's Potato and Salad Bar - Where any other Spud is a Dud"!

God loves to bless!

Vegetarian "Meatloaf" - Vegan

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Baking time: 50 minutes
Number of servings: 4 - 6

INGREDIENTS

2 pkgs Extra Firm Tofu (approx. 12 ounces each pkg)
2/3 c dry Old Fashioned Quaker Oats - uncooked
2 c dry flake cereal
1/3 c chopped onion or 2 T dried minced onion
2½ T lite soy sauce or 1/4 c catsup
1/4 c dried parsley or 1/4 c dried basil
top casserole with 1/2 c chopped pecans

INSTRUCTIONS

Mash tofu with fork, then crush dry flake cereal
Blend all ingredients together
Bake covered for 50 minutes at 375 degrees in oiled 8 inch square pan
Serve with Brown Gravy and whipped potatoes and green beans or
Asparagus and cranberry sauce

This recipe is easily cut in half

MIND CONTROL

Taking Every Word Captive – Most are unaware that Satan’s greatest point of attack is in our thinking/mind. Satan plants doubts, fears, unclean thoughts, jealousies, fantasies, suggests lies - then Satan has the nerve to accuse us of thinking them! When we accept Satan’s lies as our own thoughts, he gains a foothold in our lives which can develop in to a stronghold.

Battle for Mind Control – Matthew 24:4 warns “Watch out that no one deceives you.” 1 Peter 1:13 instructs “Gird up your mind, be sober…” Colossians 3:2 “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” Romans 8:6 “The mind of sinful man is death, but a Spirit controlled mind is life.” 2 Corinthians 10:5 “bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” Philippians 4:8-9 is a filter to test each thought. If a thought does not agree with the list then reject the thought. Testing each thought as it comes is the key to victorious living.

Renewing Our Minds – Romans 12:2 “Do not conform to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…”

 Renewing our mind happens when we focus on Jesus’ victory over the devil, and His death and resurrection.

Its Been a Rough 3 Weeks

I’ve been going thru a rough 3 weeks. Unfortunately, I was going by feeling and not by faith. Satan was getting a strong hold on my emotions, and I was confused and felt lost. I felt desperate to get back to God! How did I get to this place where I felt I had lost all faith or God had lost hold of me!? I remembered the verse that says, “I will never leave you nor forsake you,” but even this did not seem to help my feelings of despair.

Calling my friend she counseled me with prayer and Scripture and logic. I’m glad she is a retired Christian educator – she knows how to handle situations and people. She promised me that God had not forgotten me, that He was right there and had been all the time.

I read the Gospel of Matthew on my iPad and highlighted and made copious notes. I read Scripture exclusively and am being greatly benefited.

If ever you find yourself getting depressed - that God doesn’t care about you or love you - remember to read Scripture exclusively. Start reading in the Bible where you think you’ll gain the most good. (After Matthew I started reading Exodus!)

Please guard your mind against Satan’s attacks, pray always and read Holy Scripture.

By deb m