One Amazing Sandwich

Last night we made a delicious sandwich with a loaf of Padre bread.  The Padre is a delicious sourdough cheese bread.  I use exquisite cheese (aged parmesan).  It is a chewy bread with a nice thin crust. 

To make this sandwich, whip up some Amighetti sauce and spread it on thick.  Add roast beef, ham, garden tomatoes, lettuce, pepperoncini, and a thin slice of onion.  

Amighetti Special Sauce

1/2 cup mayonnaise
3 tablespoons sour cream
2 tablespoons prepared hot mustard
1 tablespoon horseradish
1 tablespoon finely minced green onion
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
(My mom never adds the onion or the fresh dill because we don't have any growing in our backyard.  She uses a few dill seeds instead.)


The delicious sauce for this sandwich comes from Road Food Sandwiches.  There is a copy of this book at the Public Library.  

Bumpkin on the Barbie

How to Make Yummy Bruschetta 

recipe by Mr. Mustache's mom

Go outside and pick as many cherry tomatoes from your garden as you can.  

Halve them and sprinkle with coarse salt.

In a bowl, add 3 parts olive oil to 1 part balsamic vinegar and whisk.

Add a couple cloves of garlic (minced) and a handful of basil leaves (chopped).

Season with a dash of cayenne pepper.

For a more exact recipe, google it.

Dr. Reed is Customer of the Week

My customer of the week is Dr. Reed, a knowledgeable professor at the Jamestown College, and his happy wife who is also a professor.  Dr. Reed took my bread to the sweet state of Iowa as a gift for his farming family.  This picture was taken on his trip.  Dr. Reed works with my father and has been kind to me since I moved to Jamestown.  I remember when I first saw his big beard and twinkling eyes looking down at me when I was five.

When I read this poem, I think of Dr. Reed and his mighty beard.

Books to the ceiling, books to the sky. 

My piles of books are a mile high. 

How I love them! 

How I need them! 

I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them. 

                                 

 By Arnold Lobel (just the poem--- the rest was written by Mr. Mustache.)

Getting to know the man behind the stache

According to my smart friend Isaac Reimers, my dad's cousin would be my cousin once removed.  My cousin once removed (or as I previously thought--my second cousin-- how embarrassing),  interviewed me for her blog.

Ellie is writing a series of young adult fantasy books and she writes a really fascinating blog too.

Mr. Mustache's interview by Ellie Ann

Nurse Teree named Mr. Mustache Customer of the Week!

Teree is one of my most loyal customers.  Way back in the cold December of 2010 when Mr. Mustache was a wee little baker who made only one kind of bread, Teree was there. She bought ten loaves of Classic whole wheat bread to give as gifts for all her neighbors.  From that time on, Teree has been a supporter of Mr.  Mustache.  She also has supported my Uncle Brad.  He was in the nursing department where Teree teaches before he went to Uganda.  When Brad has medical questions about people he is helping, Teree is there to give advice.  Another great thing about Teree is that she is a grandma, and she shares her bread with her grandchildren.   Thank you Teree for your kindess towards me and others.  

Thank you, FSA!

The ladies at the FSA office are incredible.   They are very nice and sometimes give me candy to give to my brother and sisters.  They are very complimentary and encouraging.  Plus, the FSA ladies like all of my bread.  However, they have been waiting for the Sillies for a long time and so this week I made them Sillies.  This is good news for everyone!  The Sillies are back for the summer.  I am only going to make a few orders a week, so send me an email and let me know if you want an order.  I will deliver them first email, first serve.

If you want to give an order of Sillies as a gift, you can.  For $1.50 more you get a few jokes and a pair of AMAZING silly glasses.  Dute-tu-do!!!!

New Bread

The Captain is cornbread to die for!  {DON’T really die.}  What’s so great about it?  I can’t tell you all my secrets, but here are some of the reasons:  I use the highest quality cornmeal available (called polenta), farm fresh eggs (from the farm), and mouthwatering corn.  The Captain is the superhero of cornbreads.  It’s cooked in an 8-inch round pan which serves the family generously. 

Are you curious why Mr. Mustache is making a quick bread instead of a yeast bread?  My mom and I created this cornbread for a chili feed for Chris and Jackie Kramlich.  They are raising money to move to Uganda.  They are moving to the same town as my Uncle Brad (they knew him in college).   Chris and Jackie will be working for an organization that rehabilitates malnourished children.

Chris and Jackie are good family friends.  Jackie just graduated from Jamestown College with a degree in nursing.  Chris is the manager at Home of Economy.  Chris and Jackie once took my brother and me sailing.  It was really fun and we learned to talk like sailors (no bad words, I promise).

The reason Chris and Jackie are on my label is because I am donating all profit made from this bread to help them with their work in Uganda.  They will use this money to help families in Uganda. 

Here is their blog:  Working Love

The organization they will be working for:

  Serving His Children

Jackie is not just a nurse; she is also a photographer.  Here are some pictures she took for me.  If you need a photographer this summer, you should ask Jackie.  Read more about it HERE!