Butter vs. margarine

Butter and margarine — are they good or bad? The relative healthfulness of butter versus margarine has been an ongoing controversy. It has started many debates by nutrition scientists in laboratories and consumers in grocery stores. Butter has a long history dating to ancient times. Rationed during the Second World War, butter was such a

Recipe Swap – for Jul. 21, 2011

You may recall seeing an invitation on these pages this spring to send us a “fruity story.” We received loads of wonderful short stories from you about your berry-picking experiences and adventures and thank you all for writing to us. Notably, every story we received was handwritten and all are about adventures out picking wild


Museum Seeks Cream Days Stories

Farm families have many stories from the days of the cream cheque. Now volunteers with this province’s only museum devoted exclusively to the rural creamery business are looking for those stories. Doreen Lamoureux is president of the museum committee that oversees the artifacts housed inside the former Eriksdale Creamery which operated for nearly 80 years

Handy Household Hints

To prevent soggy pie crust, sprinkle a tablespoon of flour on the bottom shell before adding filling. To prevent foaming when making jam, add a tablespoon of butter to the fruit when cooking. Spot remover for clothes: 2 parts water, 1 part rubbing alcohol. Try on an inconspicuous area first. Wall cleaner: 1/2 cup ammonia,


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