Well-Thumbed Cookbook Still Treasured In The Brandon Hills

RECIPE SWAP Treasured Recipes was published in 1979 to mark the 100th anniversary of settlement of this rural community south of Brandon The Brandon Hills Fireflies marks its 40th anniversary this summer, and they’ll celebrate the occasion with the same festive event they’ve held as many years: a big community barbecue. This informally organized rural

Does Eating Comfort Food Reduce Stress?

Some people consider a casserole as “comfort food.” Brian Wansink and associates at Cornell University have defined comfort foods as those foods “whose consumption evokes a psychologically comfortable and pleasurable state for a person.” What’s your comfort food? Some may seek comfort in the familiarity of their favourite childhood casserole. Others may seek out cake,


Editor’s Note – for Feb. 4, 2010

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Those Feet Were Made For Walking!

Those feet were made for walking – or various other forms of moving around. So don’t let winter prevent you from using them. If you made a New Year’s resolution to exercise more, don’t wait until spring to begin. Winter is a fine time to make physical activity part of your day, and most days


Winter Woods

Riches for the senses Sights to please the eye. Gentle as a whisper Softer than a sigh. Shy rabbit in the distance Tall trees, a feathered flock. Don your boots and mittens, C’mon, let’s walk.

Dealing With Life’s Little Frustrations

RENA NERBAS Whip cream with less mess. Poke the beater ends into a piece of waxed paper large enough to cover the top of the bowl. Whip as normal. Save the water used to boil eggs. Pour the liquid into houseplants; the minerals are beneficial to the roots. After you finish painting with washable latex


Plan For Safe Potlucks

Potluck meals are popular entertaining activities and may help trim food costs for the host. The host and the guests hope to remember the potluck for being fun and delicious, not as a cause for foodborne illness. Keep the potluck meal safe by following safe food-handling practices. Whenever possible, prepare your dish on the same

Editor’s Note – for Jan. 28, 2010

WELCOME TO COUNTRY CROSSROADS If you have any stories, ideas, photos or a comment on what you’d like to see on these pages, send it to Country Crossroads 1666 Dublin Ave., Wpg., Man. R3H 0H1 Phone: 1-800-782-0794 Fax: 204-944-5562 email: [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you. Please remember we can no longer return submitted


Plectranthus — Perfect For Indoors

Most gardeners are familiar with a plant commonly called Swedish ivy. It is actually not an ivy at all, but a member of a plant family called Plectranthus. It is P. australis and has bright-green, round leaves with scalloped edges. It produces dainty white flowers when it gets enough direct sun and will sometimes even

Treasure In My Basement

A little wooden churn that I inherited has a story to tell. It has seen many gallons of cream and produced many pounds of butter over the years at the hand of the cranker. It has been instrumental in providing butter for a family of five and then passed on to the next generation of