Strawberry Pie

Oh, how tasty those Wisconsin strawberries. Tonight I enjoyed strawberry pie, first one of the season.

Check LIVING A COUNTRY YEAR for the recipe. It's on page 113. All that's needed is one quart of fresh strawberries--and a few other things. Easy enough to make. And the taste, well I don't have the words.

June is Strawberry Month

When I was growing up, we had a big strawberry patch on the home farm. June was strawberry month. We ate strawberries three times a day, and I enjoyed every mouthful.

My favorite was my mother's strawberry pie; the recipe is included in my new book, LIVING A COUNTRY YEAR.

We also enjoyed strawberry sandwiches. To make a strawberry sandwich, start with two thick slices of homemade bread. Cover each slice with butter. Then put three or four or more strawberries on one of the slices. Smash the strawberries with a kitchen fork. Sprinkle on a little sugar before putting the sandwich together. Take a big bite--don't worry if a little strawberry juice slips down the side of your face. Now, that is living!

Book Events:: Living a Country Year

Mark your calendars:

Following are upcoming events for Living a Country Year.

Book Signings

Saturday, May 26: Bookworms Bookstore, Wautoma, WI 11:00-2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 30: Barnes and Noble West, Madison, WI 7:00 p.m. This will be a big launch party with food, stories and much more.

Tuesday, June 5: Barnes and Noble Bayshore (Milwaukee) 7:00 p.m.

Thursday June 14: Barnes and Noble Racine, WI 6:30 p.m.

Stop by for a visit; I would enjoy meeting you.

Radio Show:

June 7, 11:00 a.m. Larry Meiller Show, Wisconsin Public Radio

Living a Country Year Available

I just received my advance copy of Living a Country Year. It should be in your bookstore in a few days. If you don't see it, ask for it. Also, you may order a copy directly from my website.

The design people did a wonderful job with the cover and the interior arrangement. I must also say (I'm bragging now) the content is pretty good, too. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Keep an eye on the rhubarb

Keep an eye on the rhubarb as it quickly pushes out of the ground, bold, fearless of freezing nights, a reminder that spring is truly here. It is time for pie, sauce, and rhubarb crisp from what the old timers called "pie plant" and what Pa called nature's "spring tonic."

March Thoughts

Some additional March thoughts from Living a Country Year:

March is a good month to create something new--a poem, a story, a wood carving, a quilt, a painting, a photograph, a piece of music--and feel better about yourself.

Living a Country Year

I've tried something new with my upcoming book, LIVING A COUNTRY YEAR, (Voyageur Press) which comes out in late May this year. I've combined story-telling with several what I call witticisms and advice--for each month of the year. Then, by digging into my grandmother's and my mother's old recipe boxes, I've added an appropriate recipe here and there.

For instance for March I wrote:

--When you begin too much, you accomplish little.

--I met a fellow the other day who talked nonstop and didn't say a thing.

--It's okay to not know and admit it. Not knowing is the beginning of great Wisdom

More Later.

Jerry