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THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO PART FOUR OF FIVE ~ CONTINUES NEXT WEEK
BY FRANCES BROWNE
They were astonished at the folly of Spare, and charmed with Scrub’s good sense, particularly when he showed them the golden leaf, and told that the cuckoo would bring him one every spring. The new cobbler immediately took him into partnership; the greatest people sent him their shoes to
mend. Fairfeather, a beautiful village maiden, smiled graciously upon him; and in the course of that summer they were married, with a grand wedding feast, at which the whole village danced except Spare, who was not invited, because the bride could not bear his low-minded-
ness, and his brother thought him a disgrace to the family. As for Scrub he established himself with Fairfeather in a cottage close by that of the new cobbler, and quite as fine. There he mended shoes to everybody’s satisfaction, had a scarlet coat and a fat goose for dinner on holidays. Fairfeather, too, had a crimson gown, and fine blue ribbons; but neither she nor Scrub was content, for to buy this grandeur the golden leaf had to be broken and parted With piece by piece, so the last morsel was gone before the cuckoo came with another. Spare lived on in the old hut, and worked in the cabbagegarden. [Scrub had got the barley-field because he was the elde r.] Every day his coat grew more ragged, and the hut more weather-beaten; but
people remarked that he never looked sad or sour. And the wonder was that, from the time any one began to keep his company, he or she grew kinder, happier, and content. Every first of April the cuckoo came tapping at their doors with the golden leaf for Scrub, and the green for Spare. Fairfeather would have entertained it nobly with wheaten bread and honey, for she had some notion of persuading it to bring two golden leaves instead of one; but the cuckoo flew away to eat barley bread with Spare, saying it was not fit company for fine people, and liked the old hut where it slept so snugly from Christmas till spring. Scrub spent the golden leaves, and remained always discontented; and Spare kept the merry ones. I do not know how many years passed in this manner, when a certain great lord, who owned that village, came to the neighborhood. His castle stood on the moor. It was ancient and strong, with high towers and a deep moat. All the country as far as one could see from the highest turret belonged to its lord; but he had not been there for twenty years, and would not have come then only he was melancholy. And there he lived in a very bad temper. The servants said nothing would please him, and the villagers put on their worst clothes lest he should raise their rents.
But one day in the harvesttime His Lordship chanced to meet Spare gathering watercresses at a meadow stream, and fell into talk with the cobbler. How it was nobody could tell, but from that hour the great lord cast away his melancholy. He forgot all his woes, and went about with a noble train, hunting, fishing, and making merry in his hall, where all travelers were entertained, and all the poor were welcome.
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Holiday Shopping A Gift in a Jar: CRANBERRY HOOTYCREEKS (Makes 18 cookies) 5/8 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup rolled oats 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup packed brown sugar 1/3 cup white sugar 1/2 cup dried cranberries 1/2 cup white chocolate chips 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Directions Layer the ingredients in a 1 quart or 1 liter jar, in the order
listed. Attach a tag with the following instructions: Cranberry Hootycreeks 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet or line with parchment paper*. 2. In a medium bowl, beat together 1/2 cup softened butter, 1 egg and 1 teaspoon of vanilla until fluffy. Add the entire jar of ingredients, and mix together by hand until well blended. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets. 3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges start to brown. Cool on baking sheets, or remove to cool on wire racks.
Eggnog Bread 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter 1 cup Sugar 2 Eggs slightly beaten 1 1/2 cups Eggnog 2 Teaspoons Madagascar Vanilla* 2 1/4 cups All-Purpose flour 1 small package Instant Vanilla pudding 2 teaspoons Baking Powder ½ teaspoon sea salt ½ t. Fresh Whole Nutmeg, grated 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon *Available at The Kitchen Shoppe In a bowl, mix Flour, Pudding, Baking Powder, Salt and Nutmeg together. In another large bowl, cream Sugar and Butter together. Add Eggs one at a time. Add Eggnog,
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and Vanilla. Once well mixed add the dry mixture slowly stirring just until the dough comes together. Pour into greased loaf pans. (The mini loaf pans at The Kitchen Shoppe make a great size breads to give as gifts!) Bake at 325 for 50-60 minutes. Let cool for 10 min in pan, then remove and let cool down completely on a cooling rack. Wrap tight and store in the refrigerator. This bread is great to give away. You can also glaze it. For a Glaze, just add some eggnog to powdered sugar until you get the consistency you like. Extra tip: You can add orange zest or cranberries to this as well.
2 8oz. packages cream cheese, softened 1 jar Robert Rothschild Hot Pepper Raspberry Preserves (Available at My Sister’s Cottage) ½ cup Pecans, chopped
glass pie plate or quiche dish. Spread remainder of preserves over cheese. Sprinkle with chopped pecans. Serve with baguette slices or crackers.
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Peaches and Cream Crepes 1 egg 1 cup milk 3 Tbsp. butter, melted ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. baking powder ¾ cup flour 1 jar Robert Rothschild Farm Hot Pepper Peach Cheese Ball (Available at My Sister’s Cottage) 1 can peaches, sliced In a mixer, whisk egg, milk and cooled melted butter. In a separate mixing bowl, sift together the salt, baking powder and flour. While mixer is still whisk-
ing wet ingredients, slowly add dry ingredients. Grease a non-stick sauté pan or griddle with butter. Pour ¼ cup of crepe batter and rotate pan to cover surface and thin batter. Cook until crepe bubbles and begins to brown. Flip and cook additional 25-30 seconds on other side. Stack crepes until batter is finished, then begin to assemble crepes. To assemble, spread a thin layer of Hot Pepper Peach Cheese Ball (at room temperature) on crepe and top with sliced peaches. Roll into a cylinder, like a cigar, and serve.
Serves 8 Ingredients: 2 teaspoons olive oil 4 Italian turkey sausage links, casings removed 1 medium onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup pearl barley 1 cup green lentils 1 bone-in chicken breast half, skin removed 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley 6 cups chicken stock 1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained 1 (16 ounce) bag fresh spinach leaves, chopped 1 cup mild salsa
Toasted Almonds 2 Tbsp. Robert Rothschild Sesame Honey Mustard Pretzel Dip (Available at My Sister’s Cottage) ½ tsp. red pepper flakes 2 Tbsp. sesame seeds 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil 3 cups blanched white whole almonds 2 tsp. salt 6 Tbsp. granulated sugar
Directions (Electric Pressure Cooker* version) Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a pressure cooker on brown setting. Add sausage meat, and cook until browned, breaking it into crumbles. Remove sausage to a plate and drain oil. Add another 1 teaspoon of olive oil to pressure cooker; cook onion and garlic until onion is transparent. Add barley and stir 1 minute. Return sausage to pressure cooker. Add lentils, chicken, parsley, and chicken stock to cooker, adding enough stock to completely cover chicken. Close cover securely. Set pressure setting on low for 10 minutes.
well. Sprinkle in the salt and sugar and toss all together. Pour onto an oiled baking pan and toast the nuts in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until nuts are golden in color and the sugar begins to caramelize. Shake the pan and loosen the almonds. Cool nuts completely and store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Mix the first 4 ingredients in an ovenproof bowl and microwave for 30 seconds to loosen mixture. Add the almonds and coat them
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With the many gifts you’re soon to receive, getting rid of old, unused clothing and household items is a great idea for clearing out clutter. Figure out what you haven’t used and donate it to charity or someone else who will put it to good use.
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