Tomorrow is beef butchering day so I spent a VERY cold afternoon in the garage finishing organizing the freezer. It took me almost three hours but it looks pretty good, if I do say so myself, and I managed to free up two whole shelves for beef. We will be butchering at our friends' farm and everyone is taking a covered dish to share. Mom and I decided on a crockpot of chicken noodles. Upon discovering we were out of noodles (we usually have a large bag on hand that mom buys at Sam's Club), she and I debated about buying some or making them ourselves. Now, I can remember my mom making homemade noodles a lot when I was kid but she hasn't done that in I'd say at least 20 years. I have never made them. My friend Laura and I were always going to learn to make them together and never did. So, tonight mom and I decided to make noodles together. (Now that's what I call Friday night entertainment!) I'm so glad we did! It was fun and cheap and we did two batches in less than an hour. I don't know why it took me until I was thirty years old to have my mom show me how to do this; it was easy!!
Getting ready: Eggs, Flour, Rolling Pin
Flour and Eggs and a pinch of salt, then mix.
Rock and Roll!!
We started cutting them with a knife, then discovered that the pizza cutter was much easier!
And that's how it's done! Now it just has to dry.
One batch done--let's do another!
Two batches of noodles. In the morning they'll be dry and ready to go.
Newly organized freezer. Where's the beef?
What a fun mother daughter activity. I am in awe at how organized your freezer is. Everything has a label!
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ReplyDeleteMmm....homemade noodles! I use a pizza cutter, too. In the picture it looks as if you have a dryer rack of some sort. Do you? I would think that the noodles would dry more quickly and evenly if they were hanging like I think I see them doing. If I'm right...what does the rack look like?
ReplyDeleteK-The racks are ones that I got when I had a pampered chef party a few years ago. They are great. We use them all the time for cooling cookies, etc. They worked great for the noodles.
ReplyDeleteSeriously Kristen-- not knowing how to make noodles until you were 30 years old. You are clearly the laziest person I have ever known.
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