Today's weather forecast called for 5-7 inches of snow; so I decided to make it a day I would practice my upcoming February pies. We will feature Old-fashioned Chocolate Pudding Pie and Tart Cherry Pie. Today is made both of [...]
When creating Grange Hall I wanted to have a soda that reminded many of their childhood. For me, one stands out; Faygo. My Grandmother always had a bottom shelf of her refrigerator filled with various flavors of Faygo [...]
Grange Burgers lined up on a Saturday Night. If you come see us please note we do not melt our cheese. We strongly believe that cheeses has more flavor and texture served a la cold…
Here is a few scoops of our creamy and dreamy candy cane ice cream. We just simple made our vanilla base and then folded in pieces of broken bits of candy cane. I am having a hard time [...]
We started on our daily specials this week, finally. We made yummy COLD meatloaf sandwiches, served on our toasted buttery bun with lettuce, tomato, onion and ketchup, of course. I personally think they are meant to be served cold, as [...]
This is probably one of the best flavor combinations I have had in a long time. Candy Canes folded into a fresh-spun vanilla ice cream. There is something about that creamy vanilla and the sweet peppermint flavor. Heavenly. [...]
Grange Hall's Fresh Pumpkin Pie TO GO! Our first season making pies at Grange Hall has been so much fun. People are so excited when they come pick up their pies. Full of giggles and thanks…Our pies are made [...]
Looking through the barn doors at Matt setting up his pie and ice cream station for the night. We have been having alot of fun creating our homemade ice cream.
Fall flavors include Pumpkin [...]
No it is not just words. I actually picked up these eggs in Paw Paw, Michigan from Egly's Land and Cattle Co. This is a farm in which I personally buy my families grass-fed meat. I went over there today to [...]
Look how amazing this facade is. Wow, its so so beautiful. As you may or may not know Grange Halls historically are white wooden buildings. Not very flashy but simple A frames or barns, but typically all white. [...]
Pictured here is my tireless husband and his right hand man Leno, who you know we call Leroy. These two men worked day and night for the last 3 months to build Grange Hall. Today we took down the temporary [...]
Here is Leno, my husband's right hand man priming our new farm barn doors. We actually call him Leroy.. as it is a more fitting farm hand name. We are doing our final touches and planning for an opening by [...]
Here is the big daddy again. A reminder of why we are doing this. It's absolutely delicious! I just personally enjoyed this one for lunch. 100% Grass-fed beef, crispy poppy and sesame seed bun, fresh tomato, red onion and crunchy romaine [...]
Well today was the big day, the day I made my first pumpkin pie of the season. I actually just made four of these things. Two of which I made with fresh pumpkin and two I made with fresh butternut [...]
Today was spent doing a bunch of fun things like watching my sis put together a large cow art installation. What a cool piece. I was alittle worried how this was going to turn out, but it just might end [...]
So the last post mentioned that my husband is building Grange Hall Burger Bar. His lastest project is building the Ice Cream Bar ( as we call it). We have antique dressers that press up against a bar to [...]
Okay the real fun begins, all the glorious design work of my Amy starts being added. Kirby her husbands, whom happens to be a builder, is seen here building our custom made barn-like doors for the front facade. They [...]
Cider is unfiltered, unsweetened apple juice that is fresh pressed from apples. It is best enjoyed at a countryside apple mill, such as Grandpa's Cider Mill in Coloma, Michigan. We love their cider doughnuts and hot cider this time of year. So [...]
Our childrens' sitter, Julie brought over Concord Grapes from her friend's grape farm. Concord Grapes are mainly used for making juices, wine, and preserves. In fact, interestingly enough Welch's has a very large presence in this area. Most [...]
We have finished enclosing the old service station into a pie making room. We enclosed it with the glass that was previously our front door glass foyer. So now we have a glass room where [...]
There seems to be a debate on whether or not you need to blanche your sweet corn before you freeze it for the winter. Some farmers do, some do not. What I have come to discover is that when [...]
My mom bought me a old-fashioned Ice Cream maker a month or so back. Since then I have been getting my girls back to school and building Grange Hall. My extra time has been limited. But yesterday I made [...]
I have 3 children, all are girls. When I first meet someone and they discover I have all girls I here things like, " boy you sure do have a hen house don't ya".. This morning I went out to gather eggs [...]
Today I fiddled around with making Sweet Corn Ice Cream. I had spent the morning shucking corn, par boiling it and putting it into freezer bags. I wanted to be sure we had plenty of good corn for the winter. [...]
I was out buying McIntosh Apples ( very tart green purple variety) to make an apple pie for the family this past weekend and I stumbled upon Jay the owner of Jollay Orchards. He has several varieties of Apple that he grows [...]
The Grange–formal name: The National Grange of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry–is a fraternal organization that encourages family farmers to band together for their common economic well-being.
The interesting part of the name is the word, “husbandry.” Husbandry is defined in [...]
The idea of selling burgers on Randolph Street came from our love of the hamburger and not feeling that love for any that were being sold in and around the West Loop.
The humble hamburger is America’s favorite food–literally the number-one seller–because it [...]
If you have been following this blog, you know that I discovered blackberries on my property a few weeks back. I cut back the “suckers” on the bushes and other trees and weeds around them so that the berries would enjoy [...]
I made this peach pie a few weekends ago. I actually made it with fresh apricots and peaches for Michael down at our graphic designers,Which Came First?. He asked for a stone fruit pie.
Stone fruits are fruits that have a [...]
One of my favorite fruit stands is in Coloma, Michigan, right off the Coloma Exit on Highway 94. They sell their own fruit and vegetables. We purchased two bushels of corn to par cook and then cut off the cob to freeze [...]
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