Bread, Thanksgiving, & A Funny

We're all sharing our

 

(and it's been such fun to read about yours)!  For Thanksgiving, our family gathers for the traditional meal--turkey, dressing, mp&g, etc.  But, one of our favorite parts of the meal is the home baked bread.  This recipe was handed down in Studly's family!

Hay Hand Bread

(I think it's called that because the recipe makes a lot - and the ladies made it for the dinners when all of the farmers gathered to help each other put up hay for the winter)! 

Ingredients

2 pkg. yeast

1 cup warm water

1 tbsp. Salt

1 cup sugar

3 cups water

In an extra large mixing bowl, mix yeast & 1 cup water until dissovled.  Stir in other ingredients until bubbly.  Cover, and let it set over night.

Here's what it looks like in the morning:

 
oh - I wish you all could smell it - YUMM!

To this mix, add:

3 beaten eggs

1 cup shortening (melted)

1 cup sugar

8 cups of flour

Mix together, and knead.  You may need to add a bit more flour, but your dough will be sticky

 
here is mine, ready to rise.  Oh, I clean the bowl, and spray it and the dough with Pam so it doesn't stick.  Cover, and let rise for 2 to 3 hours.

 
Here is mine - risen, and ready for the next step!

Pound down and shape into rolls

 
Let them rise again (for 2 to 3 hours).

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 350 degrees!

 
Since there is so much dough - I make 2 pans of rolls, and use the remaining dough to make a pan of cinammon rolls! 

I love Thanksgiving! 

It's one of my favorite holidays!  It is a reminder to me that for every one thing I have to gripe about - there are so many things to be grateful for! 

Take for example - my thighs!  I wasn't happy with them at 20 - and I'm really not happy with them now - but my family is healthy, and I'm healthy - and for that I'm grateful! 

Or, what about the cold, dead, gray Missouri winter I've talked about - well

 
it's back (pix from this am).

But, Kate's boyfriend Curtis already brought us a huge load of fire wood

 
 
and snuggling up by the fire with my family on a snowy winter day has to rank among the sweetest of pleasures - and for all of those simple pleasures in life - I'm really grateful!

And, sometimes I'd swear - we put the "DYS" in dysfunctional family! 

But

 
 
we laugh - A LOT!  Seriously

 

we play, and joke, and have a ton of fun together!

And, we 

 
love each other deeply - can't think of anything we wouldn't do for each other!  So - - We may not have it all together (and that makes me crazy sometimes)!

But together, we have it all (and for that - I am extremely grateful).

And - I could go on and on - but, I'm starting to get sappy here - so I'll move on to

A Funny

My friend Cira sent me this - and I had to share:

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift.

The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary.

Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.

John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to 'clean up' the bird's vocabulary.

Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot.
The parrot yelled back.

John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even more rude.

John, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer.

For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed.
Then suddenly there was total quiet.

Not a peep was heard for over a minute.

Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer.

The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arm and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions.

I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."

John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude.

As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird spoke-up, very softly, "May I ask what the turkey did?"

Ha Ha! 

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving - filled with love and laughter!

TTFN,

Kelly

Comments

[Karin]

Now that's MY kind of bread recipe and you can bet I'll be mixing it up when I have a cowboy crew to feed. Good gravy, those men do love their bread!

[Shannon]

I love your post. I am going to try that recipe. I forgot to buy rolls, LOL!! I love your joke. I hope that you don't mind I shared it with my friends on Facebook. It is so funny!!

[annieb]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season together, enjoying each other's company.

[Joan]

Happy Thanksgiving Kelly to you and all your family!
There are so many things to be grateful for, for sure!!!!!!

[Carol]

Happy Thanksgiving Kelly to you and your family! ENJOY!

[Jocelyn]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family Kelly. Enjoy your day :-)

[SewCalGal]

Kelly,

I hope you have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

SewCalGal
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

[dawn]

My friend also sent me that little Thanksgiving humorous story. haha!

Your Thanksgiving bread looks wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

There really is so much to be thankful for... Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

[Michelle]

What a sweet post!

I'm making that bread!!! LOL!