tradition

  • Figgy Old Fashioned

    Oh bring us a figgy old fashioned; Oh, bring us a figgy old fashioned; Oh, bring us a figgy old fashioned; it’s a cup of good cheer! It’s been quiet here on the blog lately – life kind of got in the way – but since Tory & I started talking about planning the Christmas…

  • Lemon Meringue Pie

    Lemon meringue pie is a Forsman family favorite.  So it was a no brainer to bring this pie to Thanksgiving dinner last week.   One of my uncles even loves this pie so much that growing up he used to request lemon meringue pie as his birthday cake! This is the same recipe that my grandma…

  • Grandma’s Pie Crust

    My parents own and operate a weekly advertising paper called The Ely Shopper.  When I was little the paper would come off the press and need to be folded in half before it was delivered.  We didn’t do this mechanically, we had a group of 6 Slovenian ladies, who were all in their 80s, who…