Natural Pear Preserves with Sugar

These Pears were made the "Old Fashioned" way! cooked until tender with spices and sugar ..then Hot water bath to seal....lasts almost forever! and delicious...nothing done to keep the natural color of the pears...people had to many kids that would be glad to eat them anyway Mama fixed. Times were tough and taking the time to "make it pretty" didn't matter....there were more chores to do and the next big meal to fix, than worry about the look of the Preserves.

Pears with Stevia

You can see that these Pears were dipped in vinegar ,and salt water to keep the natural color from turning brown...a few more steps to do , but I can use them to make or add to a cobbler...or just eat them with ice cream or a dollop of cool whip :o)

Peach and Pear Cobbler

I'm glad you came by for a visit....I'm pretty busy at the moment ...knee deep in getting the Harvest of Pears from our "Almost and Acre" farm :o)...
While you wait for me to chat a bit with you..enjoy a bit of "Pear and Peach Cobbler". Nothing like some home made stuff direct from the farm :o) Things are going to be a little sweeter around here..since I've been using "Stevia" to sweeten everything that I would use sugar for....I'm feeling real good about that.
Haven't had a Pepsi since July? and I'm still sane....Seltzer is terrific.

Take a Portion and enjoy!

Look in the fridge and get a dollop of "Cool Whip" to put on top....I'm out of Ice Cream...(remember Mikey lives here).

These Nine Days seemed like Forever!

Hello all! Here I am again...what's that saying? "You never miss the water till the well runs dry" < Guess that's been me! When you get used to posting just about every day....you miss the routine of it...even if your not feeling well....I had enough leisure time to wonder what every one was doing....sometimes I'd sneak into the blogs to check up on everyone ...especially those that I would frequent all the time.
I'm not out of the woods of being Tired and Weak yet, but I'm giving things a good try...Didn't think I'd last long without my beloved "Pepsi" .....well, as you see I've survived this long...and I can see the results in a couple of things that have changed that I'm trying to find a polite way of describing :o(
I can't believe I had to wait for my daughter to visit to remind me Of an old favorite that I grew up on "Seltzer Water"....Can you believe I'd forgotten that!! MY mother used to order it when it was in bottles with the silver top that you would spray into the glass ..( a little dab of milk and a dapple of chocolate, we called it an "Egg Cream"< delicious drink and the whole neighborhood used it as a staple drink...Probably only those who lived in Brooklyn NY know what I'm talking about :o)
Now that I'm on the Seltzer kick I don't miss the Pepsi at all < Did I just say that!
Maybe this ain't me! maybe the aliens have taken over and replaced me! They could have at least given me a smaller body!

I was happy to have one of my children come for a visit....You know , no matter how many children you have there is always one that will take the lead to check up on you to make sure everything is as well as you say... I'm glad this one came ..instead of the "Sargent" :o) that one tries to boss me around and I'm to old to give her a licking :o( Sometimes I think she thinks she's the Mama :o). Sometimes they try to gang up on me ..and I have to remind them , I'm just old, not cold (get it :o). Anyway, I was glad that she was able to come for a spell, but we weren't able to get to the "girly stuff" we usually do, I was just too out of it..
I was able to fix a nice country breakfast with Grits, "homemade sausage", Biscuits with "homemade Pear Preserves" "Fried Country Ham" and a Fried egg..she enjoyed it,and I enjoyed watching her dig into the Pear Preserves since I had to cut my sugar contents to bring my Blood count down....I was way above 200 (A-1 count) but have been able to lower it considerably in these days ...lowest has been 135...just 5points less than the normal 140...but it goes up if I just look at something sweet...I'm finding I better watch those snacks after 8 pm..even fruit shows up in the am. ugh!....

Green Beans are Ready :o)

Aren't these the most beautiful beans you all have ever seen :o).....Sick, tired, and without a Pepsi for about 10 days is a trip....but these Green Beans, String Beans , whatever you might call them have kept me inspired :o)....This was the "First Pickings" and I'm proud to say they were 3/4 of a pound :o) with some mashed potatoes and a couple of chops (lamb or Pork) ....all you need is a handful. To make a pot of soup you need less....what a blessing! "Second Picking" yielded One an a quarter pound...then the "Third Picking" yielded One Pound and three quarters...So far that's 3 and 3/4 pounds, not bad for our "Almost an Acre" farm :o) ....that's showing the creator we are using what we have to good use. Seems the garden didn't do well at all...all these are from the side of the house..we put some cow manure in both places , guess they just did better in one spot....