Burnside KY
Last week we went down to Ed's family vacation home in Burnside Kentucky. Mom and Rick when with us. We had a blast!
Highlights...
We started each morning with a country breakfast of eggs, sausage, bacon, biscuits and homemade gravy.
Breakfast Gravy Recipe
Taught to me by Guila
Oil or drippings from bacon or sausage
Flour
1 TB Salt
Water
evaporated milk
• Add flour to the hot oil until it is combined and slightly runny. Add salt.
• Brown the oil, flour and salt until it is almost crumbled and no longer runny.
• Remove from heat, stir in water until mixed the water and flour mixture is combined
• Return to heat, stir in milk
• Add more milk, water or flour to adjust thickness at anytime
The Howard family cemetery is walking distance from our place. Lots of Ed's ancestors are buried there; here is Angelus at his Great Grandfather's grave: Thee Howard. We plan to go back down this fall so I can get grave rubbings.
Ed and the neighbors dog Sadie, good 'ol country doggie. The porch is one of my favorite spots, I also love the jacuzzi tub in the master bedroom, the dark starry nights, the Daniel Boone national forest that starts at the back of the property, the open floor plan of the house and big country kitchen, the build in cutting board with herb diagrams, the old family photos that are scattered throughout the house, the sounds of frogs, locust, birds and insects that flow into the windows, driving the dark and scary country roads at night which seem right out of a horror movie, listening to audio books on the long drive there and back (this trip we listened to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). I'm so grateful we have a place like this in the family.
Highlights...
We started each morning with a country breakfast of eggs, sausage, bacon, biscuits and homemade gravy.
Breakfast Gravy Recipe
Taught to me by Guila
Oil or drippings from bacon or sausage
Flour
1 TB Salt
Water
evaporated milk
• Add flour to the hot oil until it is combined and slightly runny. Add salt.
• Brown the oil, flour and salt until it is almost crumbled and no longer runny.
• Remove from heat, stir in water until mixed the water and flour mixture is combined
• Return to heat, stir in milk
• Add more milk, water or flour to adjust thickness at anytime
The Howard family cemetery is walking distance from our place. Lots of Ed's ancestors are buried there; here is Angelus at his Great Grandfather's grave: Thee Howard. We plan to go back down this fall so I can get grave rubbings.
Ed and the neighbors dog Sadie, good 'ol country doggie. The porch is one of my favorite spots, I also love the jacuzzi tub in the master bedroom, the dark starry nights, the Daniel Boone national forest that starts at the back of the property, the open floor plan of the house and big country kitchen, the build in cutting board with herb diagrams, the old family photos that are scattered throughout the house, the sounds of frogs, locust, birds and insects that flow into the windows, driving the dark and scary country roads at night which seem right out of a horror movie, listening to audio books on the long drive there and back (this trip we listened to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). I'm so grateful we have a place like this in the family.