WooHoo! I made a trip to the homeland this weekend to make blagenda with my folks and one of my sisters. Her kids and my foster daughter got in on the action, too.
We used an old family recipe that was brought over from Ukraine when my family emigrated/immigrated* a couple of generations ago. I don’t know just how old the recipe is, but it’s certainly a traditional dish for people of ‘Germans from Russia’ heritage.
Yay! Pickle-making weekend has finally arrived. And just in time, as I was out of pickles.
My folks arrived Friday night with freshly-picked cucumbers from Imperial Farms outside of Wapato. They also brought with them my 13-year-old niece and 11-year-old nephew. (A couple of hours later, the kids’ mom arrived with beer for me from her man, JohnnyO, who knows I like good beer. That deserves an extra yay*!)
I made a Crazy Cake today. It just seemed fitting since I’m entering into a whole new realm of personal insanity these days.
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