January 20th

Planned breakfast: scrambled eggs and sausages. Ahh! Now I remember what we had last Friday morning. I had had to skip the eggs and sausages on my first Strike day, so I stuck it in on Friday. But I was only going to have the eggs and sausages on the wednesday because I didn't have the ingredients yet that I needed for my actual planned breakfast, Huevos Hyacinth, from the Pioneer Woman's cookbook. And so, I swapped it in for this week. So it was just going to be a simple wednesday-to-wednesday swap until the strike. Got that? So Actual Breakfast: Huevos Hyacinth. This was an adventure in trust, because it's ham with tomato slices, an egg, and cheese over the top, broiled in the oven. The surprise: Eric had to eat his first, since he goes to school early on Wednesdays for choir, and as he was eating his little remekin's worth of Huevos Hyacinth, he actually said, "Hey, this is pretty good, mom!"

Dinner: Potato Soup. It's good we made this, because the children went to the dentist and were advised to eat soft foods for dinner. This is good and soft. And because we went to the dentist, we had to make the dinner early and I went the extra mile and made the butterhorns to go with.

Potato Soup:

6 potatoes, peeled and diced
4 carrots, diced
6 celery stalks, diced
1 t. salt
1/2 t. pepper
1 1/2 c. milk
1 c. minced onions
6 T. butter
6 T. flour

Cook vegetables in enough water to cover them. Sautee onions in butter, in another pan. Stir in the flour, salt, and pepper. Then stir in milk and keep stirring until it thickens. Add this sauce mix into the vegetable pot and simmer until the buns are done, maybe 15 or 20 minutes.

Wib's Buns: (This is just the recipe in the Better Homes cookbook)

1 T. yeast
1 c. milk, warmed up
1/3 c. sugar
1/3 c. shortening or butter
1/2 t. salt
2 eggs
4-5 c. flour

Proof yeast with milk and sugar. When it's foamy, add remaining ingredients, with just 2 or 3 cups of flour. I do this in the Kitchenaid mixer. Mix, adding remaining flour gradually until the dough isn't really sticky anymore. Knead for 6-8 minutes. Let rise one hour (or until double) then punch down. Divid the dough in half, and roll out each half into a 12-16 inch circle. Butter each circle, then slice into 12 wedges with a pizza cutter. Roll up each wedge from the fat edge toward the point, lining them up on a tray with each sitting on its point. Let rise one hour or until nearly double. Bake at 375 for 12 to 15 minutes or until goldeny brown.