You Need One of These!

I saw these years ago, but never purchased one until recently (and only because a friend of mine had one and I could see first hand how they worked because I am a big baby when it comes to trying something new!)

Let me tell you what! This product is AWESOME!

Apparently, it was designed by a dad who's child almost choked to death. He wanted a way to allow baby to enjoy table foods without the fear of choking.

We picked ours up at WalMart in the baby section a few weeks ago since Micah still doesn't have the luxary of teeth (I have rather late teethers). Micah just loves it! We put all sorts of food in there for him and he just sucks away on it.

"They" call it a Fresh Food Feeder, but around here it is known as the Sucky Thing or Micah's Chewy. (We're real refined, huh?)

It is great to have along when we go out to eat or to a friend's house. Just the other day we took it to a minor league baseball game (a family outing for Ty's job) and Micah was able to enjoy a hamburger right along with the rest of us!

Speaking of that baseball game, the players were so nice to our kiddos. Each of my "littles" were given a game ball! They were thrilled!






It was worth the unbelievable humidity, my dislike of baseball, and the Jimmy Buffet theme night to see the excitement on their faces.

Watermelon & Rull Kuka

As a child, every August meant there would be one meal consisting only of watermelon and rull kuka. Yummy!

I imagine all of you know what watermelon is, but most of you are probably scratching your heads at the rull kuka? Well, my German mother, of Mennonite background, managed to fill my stomach with many dishes that no one else I knew ate. In fact, I was sitting down to a school lunch of pancakes when I realized that these fat, round things on my plate were what everyone else considered pancakes, while I knew only thin, rolled-up-crepe-like delicacies. I'm still not real fond of those thick things the rest of you eat.

So, back to the rull kuka. Many people put salt on their watermelon, for some unknown reason. My family eats these salty, fried rectangles of bread instead. In case you feel daring and have some watermelon nearby, here is the recipe...

6 eggs
1/4 c. melted butter
2/3 c. milk
5 c. flour
2 tsp salt

Beat eggs, butter and milk in a bowl. Add in flour and salt and mix well. Roll out onto a floured board. Cut into 3"x6" rectangles and cut a small slit lengthwise down the center of each.

Fry in 1" of fat until light brown.


Serve with watermelon.