Lehman's Country Life

4 great recipes to celebrate nature’s bounty!

How do we perceive the changing of the seasons? Is it the arrival of the first hard frost, falling leaves fluttering to the ground, the apple harvest and bright orange pumpkins? To me it is all of the above. After a long, hot summer, I embrace the sights and smells of the cooler weather. Such calming, comforting memories are aroused by the smell of the smoke from the wood stove in the crisp morning air.

Many of my childhood memories are tied directly to the splendid flavors of autumn foods. While the cutting of the corn and harvest of the soybeans are in full swing, there is a rich satisfaction in a bowl of hearty soup, a hot casserole and a slab of yummy pie.

Enjoy the bountiful harvest. Pull out the recipes saved from family members over the years. Prepare a warm comfort food to savor on a cool autumn night. Call together friends and family to share good food, old and new memories.
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I was in a large department store recently and saw a huge display of rag rugs – in coordinated colors throughout. They were tightly woven and machine stitched into place, perfect row after perfect row. They were pretty, yes. But there was not a real rag in the whole place.

I can hear you laughing. Of course there were no rags! No one makes rugs out of rags! Rags are for the trash; you buy real cloth to make rugs.

That’s where authentic rugs came from, right? I mean, no one would ever have made rugs from rags…
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It’s no surprise that retailers predict technology will be at the top of many holiday wish lists again this year. But if you’re not techno-savvy, or not comfortable with the expense of high-tech gifts, there is very good news: low-tech and “no-tech” gifts can still fit every taste and budget, and they’re often a welcome change from more complicated gadgets.

“Simple, non-technology gifts will always be in style,” says Glenda Lehman Ervin, Vice President of Marketing for Lehman’s. “Items like food, linens, cookware, lotions, candles and old-fashioned toys can be wonderful gifts – to give and receive – for people who are not necessarily plugged in to the high-tech trend. They can also be refreshing and fun alternatives for the tech-heads in your life.”

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My name is Sue Steiner and I am an artist. Over the last several weeks customers at Lehman’s have seen me painting in Lehman’s authentic, century old post and beam Amish Buggy Barn. The barn was dismantled and reconstructed at the store to be used as an area for product demonstrations, educational seminars, hands on activities for kids and an area in which craftsmen and artisans can demonstrate their craft.

My part in the project is to help create the atmosphere of being inside an actual Buggy Barn. On an Amish farm, the buggy barn is the equivilant to our garage, a place Amish use to keep their buggy dry and to harness up the horses. Like our garages various items tend to collect, such as garden tools, feed sacks, farrier tools, buckets and so on. A buggy barn can also be a place to house small livestock. So in creating the atmosphere I am painting the livestock and various other critters as a mural on the wall.
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