tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post7314717917055729509..comments2024-03-20T03:53:55.113-04:00Comments on Yankee-Belle Cafe: Easter Bread via Taste of Home and Grandma EichasMissy Tippenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05480008023330542958noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-44922742769981333282015-04-02T18:19:48.524-04:002015-04-02T18:19:48.524-04:00Butter popcorn is my favorite.... :)Butter popcorn is my favorite.... :)Jan Drexlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609332074458434806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-71572447612249416622015-04-02T18:19:22.756-04:002015-04-02T18:19:22.756-04:00It's been a busy day, but I wish I had stopped...It's been a busy day, but I wish I had stopped by the cafe for a cup of tea and a slice of this bread before I started the to-do list!<br /><br />I'm with Kav. I was going to make cinnamon rolls (to go with the breakfast casseroles for Sunday morning), but I think I'm going to try this instead. The braid looks fabulous! I won't stick eggs in it, either, and probably not jelly beans.... The braid makes it look festive enough :)<br /><br />And a family torn apart? Oh, what a story! The why's, the anguish, the once-a-year journey for papa to go back to visit the rest of his family! Ruthy, it's a good thing you've already gotten your feet wet in historicals!Jan Drexlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609332074458434806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-38535482408586705812015-04-02T12:30:21.541-04:002015-04-02T12:30:21.541-04:00EEEEK! I hate those! (oh, sorry for the strong la...EEEEK! I hate those! (oh, sorry for the strong language!) I don't like them at all... Oh, yuck, it's like combining two oppositional parts of life and thinking it works... only this time it doesn't! :) It's okay, Missy, actually it's better if you and I don't love the same ones. If I bring jelly beans on a visit we won't fight! You get the awful ones and I get the Starburst! :)Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-20419570302822235792015-04-02T10:56:58.911-04:002015-04-02T10:56:58.911-04:00The only jelly beans I like are the Jelly Bellies ...The only jelly beans I like are the Jelly Bellies you mentioned! LOL I love the butter popcorn flavor!! :)Missy Tippenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480008023330542958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-14779296861372501772015-04-02T10:52:54.637-04:002015-04-02T10:52:54.637-04:00Missy, for this weekend I'll make it and tuck ...Missy, for this weekend I'll make it and tuck bright, fruity jelly beans around the top. We've done it with colored coconut too, and if you like coconut, that's delicious. You toss some coconut with a few drops of food coloring, and then sprinkle it on. It's gorgeous if you use pink/green/yellow/purple and alternate sprinkling it as soon as you frost it.Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-35477040773724739332015-04-02T10:51:06.838-04:002015-04-02T10:51:06.838-04:00According to Dave's mom, Great-grandpa went ba...According to Dave's mom, Great-grandpa went back to visit annually.<br /><br />That only adds more layers to an already interesting story! Grandma was 11 when she came over and her brother was 13.<br /><br />Of course Ben Franklin became a sailor about that age, when he got tired of listening to his brother's orders... and went off to sea! Maybe we expect too little of our adolescents these days??? <br />Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-67262191395074357842015-04-02T10:36:39.517-04:002015-04-02T10:36:39.517-04:00It's beautiful! I think even I could make this...It's beautiful! I think even I could make this! I'll have to give it a try. That piece with the icing made my mouth water!Missy Tippenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480008023330542958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-23118508608591430372015-04-02T10:28:33.469-04:002015-04-02T10:28:33.469-04:00I don't know much about bread making...but thi...I don't know much about bread making...but this kind of looks like cinnamon rolls masquerading as Easter bread? Minus the cinnamon, brown sugar and raisins. I was going to make cinnamon rolls for Sunday brunch but maybe I should do this instead. And I have beautiful Ukrainian Easter Eggs and I could make a nest in the middle and use it as a centrepiece. <br /><br />Regarding sending your babies across the ocean on their own? Seriously?! How devastating for the husband waiting on the other side of the ocean expecting to finally have his family reunited. And how could you live with yourself, not knowing how your children are? Mind you. I've read enough historicals to know the trip across wasn't a picnic. But still. Not to mention both husband and wife would have been left in limbo the rest of their lives...not really married but not free to pursue another relationship either. There's a story there, Ruthy. And what happened to the sister left behind? Did she stay in the old country? Did she lose all touch with her siblings? You need to tell Ann's story (and give her a happily ever after!)Kavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719229222267994577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-28268156285169031822015-04-02T08:52:01.255-04:002015-04-02T08:52:01.255-04:00We are doing our annual Good Friday fish fry again...We are doing our annual Good Friday fish fry again this year, so after services tomorrow afternoon, when we come together and pray for so many beautiful things (things I think we should pray for daily)... we come home and family comes over and some friends and I heat up the fryers and make a mess of fried haddock, French fries, cole slaw and Mandy's bringing a salad.<br /><br />It's a day of fasting and abstinence, so there's no dessert, but I love that we can gather together after prayers at church to be a family on such a Holy Day.Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-55639443258268559862015-04-02T08:49:28.244-04:002015-04-02T08:49:28.244-04:00This is a delightfully heavy bread, slightly sweet...This is a delightfully heavy bread, slightly sweet and more like a Danish base (without the dough conditioners so they stale quickly) and I've used it (Grandma's version) for kuchens, Danish, sweet rolls. If you were to make this into balls and put it in a pan to rise for sweet rolls, I bet you'd love it. I love the braiding because it looks old-fashioned.Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-61049781809127938412015-04-02T08:47:25.016-04:002015-04-02T08:47:25.016-04:00Blogger just KICKED ME in the face. Whatever, Blog...Blogger just KICKED ME in the face. Whatever, Blogger!!!!<br /><br />I was saying I've got a book with a Polish heroine and she does sweet traditions in a similar style. I love old traditions. There's an elegance of time that so many modern things miss. We tend toward too much this and too much that and we lose the simple blessing.<br /><br />I love simple blessings. How cool that your stepmother does that, Virginia!Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-64606187762696611902015-04-02T08:43:24.766-04:002015-04-02T08:43:24.766-04:00Great Grandma NEVER came over. And another daughte...Great Grandma NEVER came over. And another daughter, I think her name was Ann, stayed in Germany. I know, I'm like you, I'd have been on that boat.... or they'd all have stayed put! I've got family who split up to emigrate as Visas came through, and eventually they all ended up here, but it took about four years. They came in from Ecuador, and ended up here, all Americans now!Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-33807669935352711092015-04-02T06:50:00.985-04:002015-04-02T06:50:00.985-04:00Ruthy, this is wonderful. And after thinking about...Ruthy, this is wonderful. And after thinking about food traditions yesterday, this is great. <br /><br />I have been looking at the recipe ever since you scheduled it. Is the texture of the bread like challah or is it heavier? J. Hilton Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085392971141928599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-29452064149003931282015-04-02T04:05:42.409-04:002015-04-02T04:05:42.409-04:00P.S. This looks just like the Easter bread my Croa...P.S. This looks just like the Easter bread my Croatian stepmother makes. Saturday night at midnight, she goes outside and carries it in, candles all lit and signing a beautiful hymn. I got a video of it last year and it gives me chills. Powerful Easter traditions connected to bread and light and song! Mary Jane Hathawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996627730074514978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7945786327884906788.post-43688578409342832552015-04-02T04:03:28.374-04:002015-04-02T04:03:28.374-04:00I'm not judging but...
OKAY. I'm judging...I'm not judging but...<br /><br /> OKAY. I'm judging. Mom didn't want to get on the boat? Hmmm.... Sending all the side eye her way even if I do let my kids walk to the park. <br /><br /> Passing this recipe on to my bread-making child.Mary Jane Hathawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996627730074514978noreply@blogger.com