February 26, 1947 Snow to the Running Boards, The Nicest Lunch, Sew Desiring Again, B's Buckwheat Cakes and Cheddar Souffle

Dear Mother & Daddy,

"People here are still digging out after the big blizzard last Thursday.  The man next door has a little tractor with a snow plow so with that and a lot of shoveling we were able to get out Friday morning.  The wind did a lot of blowing so of course some spots of ground are bare and other places have hip-deep drifts.  It was deep most anywhere though--to the running boards in the middle of the road.  Sunday was the most beautiful day with the sun on the snow so we took some pictures--just black and white ones.  B took some pictures of our apartment too but hasn't printed them yet.  When he does we'll send you some.

I've started work on my tablecloth again.  Had you forgotten I was making one?  I think it's about half done and would like to get it finished before I start anything else.  It takes so long to do a block and is so hard on my eyes I may get tired of it again.

The McCalls and the Springfield paper both came yesterday.  We enjoyed the paper a lot--there was a notice that one of B's old students in Springfield was getting married to a nephew of Dr. Hill.  The McCalls has some lovely things in it--makes me want to sew.

Mrs. McLeod called me this morning to say that her other little boy has the measles.  They are leaving the eighth of next month and she has been so worried for fear he would take them a day or so before they were to leave.  She gave us some pure buckwheat flour when we were there last week and B mixed up some buckwheat cakes with yeast.  You could smell the things all over the house.  I didn't like them at all but B and Jody did.

I spent yesterday with Edith Swann--her husband is in our department.  She had the nicest lunch and then some other girls came in for dessert.  She had hot rolls, cheese souffle, tomatoes fixed with bread crumbs, olives and a gelatin-mixed vegetable salad.  For dessert she had apples fixed with crisp crumbs of some sort and ice cream.  Poor B didn't get much supper when I got home and I was still full.

I had a short letter from Beulah yesterday but she didn't tell much.  I was glad to get it, though.

This letter is a mess but this pen is awful.

Hope you're both fine and that Daddy's cold is gone."

                      Lots of love,

                             B & Bonnie


B's Buckwheat Cakes

Stir together in a large bowl; 1-1/2 c. buckwheat flour, 1-1/2 c. white flour, 1/3 c. sugar and 1 T salt.
Dissolve 1-1/2 tsp. active dry yeast in 4 c. warm water.  Stir into flour mixture.  Stir in 1/2 c. oil.  Let stand at room temp. 1 hr.  Refrigerate covered overnight.  Stir in 1/4 tsp. soda.  Drop on hot, greased griddle 1 T at a time or use gravy ladle.  Cook like any pancake.

Quick Cheddar Souffle

Heat till melted 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1 c. grated cheddar and 1/4 tsp. dill weed.  Beat 6 medium egg yolks until lemon colored & thick.  Slowly pour in soup mixture.  Beat till stiff 6 egg whites with 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar.  Fold yolk mixture into whites.  Make a collar of foil in 2 qt. dish.  Pour in mixture.   Bake in 350 preheated oven for 40 minutes.  (This bakes high.  Allow oven space.)