Lovina’s Amish Kitchen
Lovina Eitcher,
Old Order Amish
Cook, Wife &
Mother of Eight
Our ground is covered again with snow so even though the calendar tells us Spring begins on Friday, we will be patient and wait. I’m sure a lot of you readers are having much more. Hopefully you are all safe and warm.
I have been busy cleaning corners and organizing the house so when we start washing walls and ceilings it will be easier. Is it just me or does everyone have a few drawers that have a little bit of everything in it? It’s like if someone doesn’t know what to do with something it gets put in that drawer. Or if you aren’t sure if you should keep it or throw it away then you think you will keep it awhile to see if you might need it. Then a few years down the road it is still there just gathering dust. Well, that is one thing I’m trying to accomplish is get rid of the clutter. If it’s something still good to keep but if I don’t need it then I put it in a basket and ask the family if anyone wants it. If it passes all of them and is still considered junk, then I’ll trash it. I don’t think my daughters appreciate it when I try to give their children things that are halfway broken but still too good to throw away. They absolutely do not need more clutter in their homes.
It gives me a sad feeling when I go upstairs and the bedrooms are so empty. With only son Benjamin sleeping up there we have so many empty beds. Son Kevin had his bedroom up there but he can’t get up there anymore. Hopefully someday we can put in a platform lift that he can use to get back up to his bedroom. We put in a stair lift but since he can’t get out of his mobility scooter and to the chair, he just sleeps down here on the main floor. If we had known everything, we would have not put the stair lift in and put in a platform lift. On the platform lift he could drive his scooter on there to go up to his bedroom. That is our goal so we will wait and see. He is really patient about it. The cushion on his scooter was so worn and the bars from the seat were sticking out. Nephew Jacob had someone give him a seat that he couldn’t use and he gave it to Kevin. Saturday my husband Joe and son Benjamin worked to get the new seat to fit on the scooter and it just wouldn’t fit. So they took parts off the old one and had son-in-law Dustin weld some parts on and they got it to work. It sits so much more comfortable for Kevin. He was stuck on the recliner until they were done with the seat but I’m sure it was worth the wait. We also bought brand new batteries for his scooter so now it can go all day without a charge. It was getting very annoying for him to have the batteries die and he would have to sit and wait until his battery was charged enough. We are so thankful for the solar power we have to charge his scooter. Kevin is 6 feet 4 inches tall and so he’s a pretty big guy and needs a bigger size mobility scooter. He was fortunate to buy this scooter secondhand for a reasonable price. Well enough about that. We do have so much to be thankful for. I’m so glad that my children are so patient with me when they need assistance and I do not always get there to help them right away. I know that I would have a lot to learn if I would have to depend on someone all the time. May God help me to be a cheerful caregiver. Never take your good health for granted.
Thursday I went with Joe to his doctor’s appointment. The doctor was concerned about his fast heart rate. He doubled his blood pressure medication after his last visit and it made a difference. His pain is mostly coming from arthritis in his back and legs. I never knew that arthritis can get so painful.
My work is still waiting on me. It doesn’t seem to disappear. Haha! God’s blessings to all!
NOODLES
2 cups egg yolks, beaten
1 1/2 cups boiling water
9 cups flour
Beat egg yolks, add boiling water and beat quickly until foamy. Pour into flour. Stir until most of the flour is mixed in. Put a lid on the bowl and let it stand for 10-15 minutes. Put dough on a floured table and roll out. Cut into squares and put through a noodle maker or cut by hand. Either cook noodles right away or dry for future use. To dry, lay out and turn daily for a week, then store in an airtight container. After drying, the noodles can be frozen.
Lovina’s Amish Kitchen is written by Lovina Eicher, Old Order Amish writer, cook, wife, and mother of eight. Her three cookbooks, The Cherished Table, The Essential Amish Cookbook, and Amish Family Recipes, are available wherever books are sold. Readers can write to Eicher at Lovina’s Amish Kitchen, PO Box 234, Sturgis, MI 49091 (please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for a reply); or email [email protected] and your message will be passed on to her to read. She does not personally respond to emails.
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