Saturday I worked all day getting food ready for Sunday Easter Dinner. The Farmer’s Daughter had a full day of work and The Hired Hand went into the office to get some work accomplished while most people were home and machines were not in use.
I proceeded to boil 1 dozen of our farm fresh eggs. Peel them and fix them for deviled eggs…..frankly why in heavens name do we call them such a terrible thing. I use to think they were quite heavenly that is until……I got finished plopping the yolk mixture back in and my face was on F I R E !!!!!!! I just kept working and wondering why my face was SO H O T !!!!
After I finished I decided to have a look in the mirror…….
10 minutes after the benadryl I took some pictures….didn’t want The Hired Hand to think I was just trying to get him to come home!!!
O M I G O S H !!!!! My face was sunburn red and swollen. I ran and took a heavy dose of benadryl…..not enough for a benadryl induced coma….but just enough. I called The Hired Hand right away and then ran up to wash my face. I took my shirt off and looked in the mirror….it was spreading down my neck and shoulders and chest. My hands were swelling and itching too.
The Hired Hand said he’d be right home since it seemed like a very severe reaction to handling eggs and I could go into anaphylactic shock at any time. I’m very grateful that I did not….all I could think about was Easter Dinner and IF I had to use the EpiPen then I’d be toast for a few weeks. Oy I didn’t want that….although, please know that I’m not stupid and IF I feel in the least I’m not breathing….then of course I’ll use the Epi.
My doc has come to the conclusion that although I did not test IgE positive to the skin pricks, I am very IgE positive to some foods….I did have 1 IgE blood test positive to cows milk and I’m suspecting at this point EGGS too! His job is to find another lab other than LabCorp that only tests for 5 Common foods…5! So far he hasn’t called….and like usual, I’ve done his job again….I’m wondering when he’s going to send me a paycheck. I found a Lab, US Bio Tek Lab in Seattle, WA. They will test IgE for 96 General, 96 Vegetarian, 96 Asian…etc. My doc has to order the test, so I’m waiting to hear back from him. This company looks pretty good to me.
I was determined to finish Easter Dinner preparations.
I put on gloves and made this wonderful bread. The Hired Hand, The Farmer’s Daughter, Tender Heart & His Best Girl all had it for “brunch” before our early dinner. “Brunch” meaning a SNACK!
The Hired Hand doesn’t make a fuss about anything! He’s so easy going! When he was humming over this Almond Bread Cake thingie, I knew it was a keeper!!!!
Oh my did it smell ever so good! But I wasn’t going near it.
I found the recipe here and I did use my kitchen scale to measure in grams. (This is an absolutely adorable site….please promise me that since I’ve given you the link you won’t forsake me!!!)
Then I decided to make a cobbler out of this sunshine in a jar….remember them?….that did NOT have eggs or dairy in the recipe. My old recipe does, so I set out to find a new one.
I found a Peach and Blueberry Cobbler and substituted the butter in the crumb topping with lard. I was short on goat butter and we use lard for most things around here….it’s really not bad for you, it’s a healthy fat! In fact, my blood work came back with flying colors!!! My cholesterol numbers are absolutely P E R F E C T! My new doc was so happy he nearly did cart wheels when he figured the ratio between the HDL and the LDL! It was 2:1 and he was ecstatic! I just said that it was because we eat REAL food!!! That means real fats!!! AND lard is a real fat!!! And your body knows what to do with REAL food, not artificial foods like margarine!
I used 3 pints of my canned peaches and the orange zest added a great zesty zingy taste!
Our fresh blueberries right out of the freezer were perfect! I really didn’t measure anything….I mean, really a cobbler can’t go wrong! I used whatever fruit would fit into my dish. I did measure the crumb top ingredients though.
I used part Sucanat and part white sugar. The Hired Hand can’t eat unrefined sugars due to the Tyramine, so I go easy with it. And because my peaches were canned and had more juice I used a bit more flour to bind. I just layered it in my dish and slightly mixed it. I also was out of any quick oats so I used my fresh milled oat groats!
Another Keeper!
OH YUM!
We had a really nice Easter dinner with the whole family chitter chattering about the upcoming wedding. Butterflies are flying and we’re so excited!!!
Although they didn’t bow down and call me blessed….I am blessed. And I hope that you had a lovely day with your family too!
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OMGosh! Your face Doob! Please take care of yourself. No eggs period for you. Off with their heads and into the pot!
My boy has always been leary of “deviled eggs” and won’t touch them. I tried to tell him that the devil isn’t in the eggs, but he just isn’t buying it. : ) We have hens, so making the deviled eggs usually falls to me when we have family get togethers. I don’t mind. I just wish fresh eggs were easier to peel!!! I’m so sorry you can’t eat – or handle – your eggs. So frustrating! This food allergy business is for the birds. I feel your pain. I miss gluten terribly, but my new bread made with brown rice flour is actually pretty good. Just takes some getting used to. I’m still on the mend, but I’m holding my own these days. Thank you, Lord! Blessings! : ) Melissa
So funny…last week, I made a presentation entitled “Summer In A Jar”. Bread looks amazing.
When my oldest was little she always mixed words up and we got the biggest kick out of it (still does sometimes, you don’t even want to know what a “knuckle” is to her, lol.) For instance, we don’t have a refridgerator it’s a fridgeygator
Anyhow, one name that stuck was “delivered” eggs. I make mine with my garden zucchini relish (on the last jar of that with zucchini season a ways off) and homemade mayo…yum!