Vanilla Ice Cream

Vanilla Ice Cream

2 c. whole milk
3/4 c. sugar
1 c. heavy cream
dash of salt
2 t. Mexican vanilla

Mix all ingredients and stir until sugar is dissolved. Let mixture cure for at least 4 hours and then freeze according to your ice cream freezers directions.

Yield: 1 1/2 quarts... approximately

Blackberry Fizz

Blackberry Fizz Recipe

3 quarts fresh blackberries or frozen blackberries
4 cups water
3 cups sugar
1 tablespoon whole cloves
1 tablespoon whole allspice
2 (4 inch) cinnamon sticks, broken
carbonated lemon-lime beverage (such as Sprite)

Crush blackberries in a large kettle.

Add water and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes.

Strain through jelly bag, reserving juice and discarding pulp.

Add water to juice if necessary to equal 2 quarts.

Pour into large kettle.

Slowly stir in sugar until dissolved.

Place spices in a cheesecloth bag; add to juice.

Simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes.

Bring to a boil; remove the spice bag and discard.

Pour hot into hot jars, leaving ¼-inch headspace.

Adjust caps.

Process for 15 minutes in a boiling water bath.

To serve, mix about one-third concentrate to two-thirds soda.

Claussen Kosher Dill Pickles

1 1/2 qts. boiled water, cooled
2 dill flowers
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and halved
1 1/4 pounds (8-10) pickling cucumbers
6 long sprigs fresh dill
1 T. coarse kosher salt
1/2 c. white vinegar

Put dill flowers and garlic in bottom of a mason jar. Add the cucumbers. Put the sprigs of dill in the center of cucumbers. Add salt and vinegar, the fill jar with boiled water that is now cool to within 1/8th of top. Put on seal and ring. Shake to dissolve salt. Set upside down on counter away from sunlight and heat. Let sit 4 to 5 days turning the jar either upright or upside down each day.

Let sit upright 2 more days, then refriderate. Lasts about 6 months.

Laundry Soap

1 1/2 bars of Fels Naphta soap
2 c. washing soda
2 c. Borax
2 c. tide with bleach OR Clorox 2 (color safe bleach)

Grate Fels Naptha soap. Heat and dissolve in 1 gal. water. Remove from heat and stir in washing soda and borax. Mix well. Pour 2 1/2 quarts HOT WATER into a 5 gal. bucket (or half it and put into 2 - 2.5 gal buckets). Add Fels Naptha solution and Tide, stirring well. Fill bucket/s with cold water. Stir until mixed together. Ready to use in 24 hours. Use 1/2 -3/4 c per load. Increase for heavily soiled clothes.

We use this all the time and it saves us about $40.00 a month on buying laundry soap. It's wonderful stuff George! (as my uncle would say)

Banana Pudding...

Note this makes a HUGE amount and I do mean HUGE.

1 qt of whipping cream... NO you can't use cool whip... it's bad for you
1/4 - 1/2 c. sugar
1 1/2 t. clear vanilla... you don't want tan whipped cream

Make whipped cream and set in fridge until ready to assemble.

1 bag of nilla wafers
1 pkg Banana flavored filling... The have it with the bananas. If you can't find it banana pudding will do...
8 - 10 bananas sliced.

Layer wafers,filling, whipped cream, and banana until all the ingredients are gone. End with whipped cream.

Place in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Will keep for a long time.