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Here on Stauffer Avenue, I can report. . . not much. I am thankful for a comfortable home with very few responsibilities for today.
I did rummage in the freezer last night. I took out the remaining chicken tenderloins and a bag of shredded Swiss Cheese and parked them into the refrigerator.
This forenoon I gathered together what I needed for a chicken sauerkraut oven dish. Yes, it is warm to use the oven for this evening’s supper. It is worth it to fix a good meal in our own home. It is a great tasty dish. Small cubed raw chicken in the bottom of a sprayed casserole goes first. Poultry seasoning is sprinkled onto the raw chicken. A good two inches of sauerkraut is spread over the chicken. It does bake down. 1,000 Island dressing tops the dish. After I have covered the dish with ample dressing, I take my wooden spoon’s handle and poke holes into the top for the dressing to find it’s way into the ingredients. This will be baked at 320 degrees until my thermometer reads 150 degrees. I then will spread a package of shredded Swiss cheese on top and pop it back into the oven until the cheese gives a great toasted look. This served with the remaining jellied cranberries will be a wonderful supper.
With supper covered I headed into the studio for some stitching. My stitching is comprised of three different 2.5″ light printed fabric strips and three different 2.5″ dark printed fabric strips. It is the Log Cabin pattern. The center is a 2.5″ white fabric. If I remember, each finished Log Cabin block is 12″ square. I have been putting on one colorway each day. I had all the fabric cut earlier on. With stitching and pressing, two hours is enough for each session. I remember when my sister, Elvera, started doing quilts, she always skipped the pressing aspect. Hmm. I learned from the best . . . Lena. Quilting is not for someone in a hurry. Elvera was most likely at a Lion’s meeting or a Feed the Hungry gathering. The blocks when stitched together with a border makes up a quilt top for a double sized bed. I am a long way from a finished top. This top is in the gray and blue hews.
I discovered today that Spencer, Iowa, has a great AM radio station playing country western.
With that I take my leave. ♥