Bread and Butter Pickles

4 quarts of medium cucumbers
3 onions
1 green pepper
1 sweet red pepper
1/3 cup coarse medium salt ( not iodized)
3 cups of vinegar or apple cider vinegar
5 cups of sugar
3 cloves of garlic
1 1/2 tsp turmeric
1 1/2 tsp celery salt
2 TB mustard seed

Slice cucumbers, cut onions in half and then into strips.  Combine them and mix in a large bowl.  Sprinkle on the salt and cover with cracked ice.  Let stand 3 hours and then drain and rinse.  Combine vinegar and the other ingredients in the pan and heat to a boil.   Add cucumber mixture and heat just to a boil.  DO NOT cook it.   Put in jars and seal by turning jars upside down for 5 minutes.

Makes 8 pints.


From Grandma Murdock

Grandma Murdock's Sweet Mustard Pickles

4 quarts cucumbers
2 quarts cauliflower broken into florets
2 quarts pickling onions or just regular onions chopped
4 cups sugar
1 quart water
1 quart vinegar
1 TB mustard seed
1 tsp whole cloves
1 tsp whole allspice
1 stick of cinnamon
1 TB celery seed
6 TB flour
1/2 cup dry mustard
1 TB turmeric
1 TB curry powder
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup water



Soak cucumbers, cauliflower, and onions separately in a brin of 1/4 cup salt to 1 quart of water over night.
The next morning drain, and put all the veggies in a large kettle.   Add sugar, water and vinegar.

Put mustard seed, whole cloves, whole allspice, and the stick of cinnamon in cheese cloth and put in vegetables.
 Bring to a boil for a few minutes, until the onions are clear.
Remove bag of spices.  Mix flour, dry mustard, turmeric, curry powder, celery seed, vinegar and water and add to the vegetables.  Bring to a boil and bottle.
Steam or water bath for 5 minutes.

Makes 14 pints.

From Grandma Murdock

Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

This salad is one of our favorites!

1/2 cup chopped pecans
3 TBS sugar

Stir in skillet until sugar melts and nuts are well coated.  Cool

1 8 oz package fresh baby spinach
1 lb. strawberries, sliced

Mix with cooled nuts and add dressing right before serving.

Dressing
 This makes a huge batch of dressing, we usually don't use it all, we like to save it for other salads.

1 1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup white vinegar
2 cups olive oil
2 tsp dry mustard
2 tsp salt
3 TBS poppy seeds

Blend together in a blender and pour over salad.

From the world wide ward cookbook

Roasted Potatoes

13x9 inch pan full of potatoes or red potatoes cubed
1/2 cup of shredded cheese we use colby Jack
!/3 cup ranch dressing
1 TB parsley ( I usually just sprinkle on top )
bacon bits (optional)

Put all ingredients in a greased 13x9 inch pan and mix together, or you could mix in a bowl and then put mixture in the pan.  Back covered at 350 for 40 minutes and uncovered 10 -15 minutes.
They are yummy!

Company Punch

1 6 oz can frozen orange juice, concentrate
1 6 oz can frozen lemonade
1 cup sugar
10 cans of water
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp. almond extract
Before serving add 12 oz. 7 up

From Rose Johnson

Lion House Rolls

2 cups  warm water
2 TB dry yeast
2 tsp salt
1 egg
2/3 cup nonfat dry milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter or shortening
5-5 1/2 cups of flour


In large bowl combine water and milk powder, stir until dissolved.
Add yeast, sugar, salt, butter, egg, and 2 cups of flour.

Mix on low speed until all ingredients are wet, then 2 minutes at medium speed.

Add 2 cups of flour, mix on low speed until ingredients are wet, then for 2 minutes at medium speed.

Add about 1/2 cup flour and mix again, dough should be soft, not overly sticky, and not stiff.
You may not use the entire amount of flour.

Scrap sides of bowl and pour about 1 TB of oil around sides of bowl and allow to rise until doubled in size.    Or just spray a clean bowl and place dough in clean bowl.

After dough has risen roll out dough and cut into desired shape.  Or watch the video here on how the Lion house does it.

Let rise until doubled in size ( about 1 hour).

Bake at 375 for 15 -20 minutes.
Brush with melted butter while hot.

YUM!

Peach Salsa

 4 Large peaches, diced

2 Large tomatoes, diced

1 green pepper, diced

1/4 cup chopped red onion

1 clove of garlic minced

1 cup chopped cilantro

1 T sugar

1 tsp salt ....to taste

1 jalapeno diced

juice of 2 large limes

2 T oil

Mix together and refrigerate

From Candice