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Sep 26, 2015
2 min

Addie’s Apples II

About a year ago, I shared a couple of Adelaide Hunter Hoodless’ apple recipes with you. Click on this link if you’d like to re-read that post. This year, I want to share with you (read: brag about) my recent triumph in the pie-making department. One of the members of the Women Inspiring Women WI is a prize-winning pastry maker. Elaine Tully will hold a couple of workshops later this fall for our WI, but first she wanted to have a technical rehearsal at the church kitchen. Th

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FWIC

Jul 9, 2015
2 min

P.E.I. WI recipe for success: Beet Cake

After months of work, Helen Dawson, agricultural convener, left, and Miriam Lank, home economics and health convener, and show the results of their project – the Women’s Institute Island Product Cooking Contest Cookbook. If you have a surplus of beets in your garden, you might want to consider this prize-winning recipe. It was awarded “Best of” The Women’s Institute Island Product Cooking Contest Cookbook. Copies are available at the WI office, 40 Enman Cres., Charlottetown,

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FWIC

Jun 24, 2015
2 min

Adelaide’s Cookies

By special request! Visitors to the homestead today asked for Addie’s cookie recipe. I am happy to oblige, but must warm you: the recipe does not indicate an oven temperature. Compared to other recipes, I’d say about 350 degrees. But watch the first batch to make sure the oven is not too hot. Cookies (plain). 1/2 cup butter. 1/4 cup milk. 2 even tsps. baking powder. 1 cup sugar. 1 egg. Flour to roll out thin. (at least two cups) Cream the butter, add the sugar, milk, egg

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FWIC

Jun 22, 2015
2 min

WI CENTENARY CAKE

Here is a cake recipe found on the UK Facebook Page – the “Unofficial” site. A social media site very much worth a look if you’d like to watch and learn from over 220,000 inspiring women. Her Majesty cuts the cake. WI CENTENARY CAKE As published in WI Life, Good Food Magazine and WI Cookbook Ingredients: 225g (8oz) butter, slightly softened 225g (8oz) soft dark brown sugar 4 large free-range eggs 175g (6oz) plain flour55g (2oz) self-raising flour 80g (3oz) ground almonds

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FWIC

Feb 5, 2015
2 min

Take 10: Jean Paré’s Chocolate Fondue

Yesterday, I posted the highlights from the Saskatchewan WI’s newsletter. In order to keep the length of that post within reason, I decided against including the recipe for Chocolate Fondue. Good thing! Because today’s highlight is the same recipe from British Columbia’s Take 10 Newsletter winging its way toward the members’ email in-boxes. Chocolate fondue image – click for source. Chocolate Fondue (Jean Paré) Good quality chocolate bars such as 3 85g Toblerone or 375 ml sem

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FWIC

Feb 5, 2015
2 min

Saskatchewan Women’s Institute Newsletter January/February 2015

As usual, I learned something new when I read the latest from the Saskatchewan Women’s Institute Newsletter. Do you know what Clootie is? No, neither did I. Read on to find out! Thanks to Newsletter Editor Karen A. Gerwing for passing along the file. Below are the highlights. If you’d like to read the entire publication, click on the link here: SWI0115 Hand made quilt Table runner Gift basket. Tickets will be $2 each or 3 for $5. Drawing at the SWI Annual conference held at

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Membership Monday – Connecting the UK to BC

FWIC

Jan 18, 2015
2 min

Membership Monday – Connecting the UK to BC

Earlier this week we heard from a member of the UK branch in Holmsforth. Sorry, Holmfirth. (There were a few minor glitches, to be expected since Mercury is retrograde and all that.) Our ACWW pen pal member from Nova Scotia sent this message: England and Wales are celebrating 100 years of WI. One group in a small town of Yorkshire, England contacted me with a request to hear from Canadian WI and association groups as a way of marking this event. Interestingly, their group of

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FWIC

Jan 5, 2015
1 min

Boundary Women’s Institute 30th Anniversary Christmas Luncheon: Cookbooks for Sale

Here’s news from the Boundary WI from British Columbia – a cookbook! #recipes #BoundaryWI #FederatedWomensInstitutesofCanada #FWIC #WI #Cookbook #WomenInspired

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FWIC

Dec 29, 2014
2 min

Membership Monday – Meet Sheila Needham

Sheila Needham “We’re not good at tooting our own horn,” says Sheila Needham. Allow me, then, to share what I have learned about this WI gal! As you will recall from a recent Membership Monday, Sheila Needham, the editor of the Quebec Women’s Institute Newsletter, graciously agreed that we could reprint the pictures and summarize the content of the Autumn/Winter issue. Her name has appeared here before on the FWIC blog. It was Sheila who alerted us to the fundraising projects

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FWIC

Dec 16, 2014
2 min

Traditional Brandy Snap

I just received a wonderful newsletter from the British Columbia WI Provincial Board. Now, I must confess that I didn’t read the greetings very closely because I was distracted by a snap. A Brandy Snap, to be precise. What is that? Well, stick around, and I’ll tell you! In her message, Janet writes When I was very young and still living in England my parents always took us to the “Hull Fair” and while we were there we always bought some brandy snaps (If you Google Hull Fair y

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FWIC

Dec 15, 2014
2 min

Knitted Star Dishcloth

In her newsletter to the Quebec WI’s, Sheila Needham wrote about a craft demonstration where Norma Sherrer tought the members how to knit a star dishcloth. Today I have the instructions for you. The image below is of Sheila’s Christmas coloured dishcloth. Click on the image for a larger view. STAR DISHCLOTH by Norma Sherrer #7 Canadian or #4.5 Metric (or any size you wish) I use 17 stitches, as this makes a bigger dishcloth. Directions call for 15 sts. (Directions for 17 sts

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FWIC

Dec 14, 2014
2 min

British Columbia WI Newsletter

Here are the highlights from the British Columbia Women’s Institutes Newsletter for November, 2014. Janet Bangs, the editor and president of BCWI included a link to the recipe for her traditional Battenberg Cake. She writes that she has never made it but her mom has taught her daughter-in-law well, so the tradition continues. It looks like a great tradition to experience, don’t you think? Click on the image for instructions. Click the image for recipe from the BBC. Thanks to

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FWIC

Dec 13, 2014
2 min

Take 10: Chicken Pot Pie

Christmas is coming and you know what that means! Leftovers! Chicken Pot Pie Recipe Submitted by FWIC President Elect, Linda Hoy This recipe came to me from my ex-grandmother (who at the age of 98 I still visit and love dearly). Grandpa didn’t like the traditional biscuits on top so Grandma put stuffing on top instead. Everyone loves this recipe. A great way to use up left over chicken and turkey with a little dripping saved from cooking. 1 chicken 1 onion 1 celery stalk

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FWIC

Dec 12, 2014
1 min

To Infinity!

December’s Toolkit designed by Ann Mandziuk, FWIC Executive officer, Manitoba, includes links to several YouTube Videos. Three of them offer tutorials for constructing infinity scarves. Click on the bold text in the links below to access the videos. Arm Knitting Infinity Scarf. No-sew infinity scarf using old t-shirts An infinity scarf from fabric. These have also been posted to our Pinterest board titled Craft it UP! Need some more inspiration? Here is an image of the first

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FWIC

Dec 6, 2014
2 min

Raisin Pear Bundt Cake

I enjoy pears well enough, but they must be exactly ripe. Not too firm, not too ripe. He says I’m fussy. Hmph. He also says that the Raisin Pear Bundt Cake that I made today was very good. Which surprised me, because I didn’t think that the cake was sweet enough for his palette, nor moist enough, because I, um, overcooked it a tad. Hence the lack of a cake photo. We managed to devour half the cake with our tea, just now. I’d say we have a winner on our hands! Here is the modi

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FWIC

Nov 28, 2014
2 min

Addie’s Pudding Sauces

The outcome was rich and sweet and yummy, but the work involved! That discovery was an epiphany of sorts. Sorry, Mom, I owe you an apology for being a pudding snob. Mom did make the lemon sauce for the pudding, though. Since then, I’ve learned there are about as many variations of sauce for the Christmas pudding as there are cooks. Our Adelaide Hunter Hoodless offers several recipes in her “Little Red Book.” PUDDING SAUCES. Plain Sauce. 1 cup water. 1 tsp. butter. 1/2 ssp.

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FWIC

Nov 23, 2014
1 min

Mince Meat Hermits

Click on image for source Carol MacLellan, FWIC Executive Officer from PEI writes: Realizing I still had some mince meat left over, I came across this recipe of my Mother-in-laws and decided to try it. They were delicious, hearty, and made a big batch! Mince Meat Hermits Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix in the following order: ½ cup butter ½ cup shortening (I used the yellow shortening for the combined cup) ½ cup brown sugar packed 2 eggs 1 ¼ cup mince meat 1 cup chopped

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FWIC

Nov 22, 2014
1 min

Scrap Ribbon Christmas Ornament

Materials Needed: Sticks (6″ in length) Ribbon scraps (shades of green and brown work well) Hot glue gun Twine Scissors Directions: 1. Tie the scraps of ribbon down the stick. 2. Trim the ribbon scraps into the shape of a Christmas tree. After trimming, carefully melt the edges of the ribbons with a candle so the ribbon doesn’t fray. 3. Use the hot glue to attach a piece of twine to the top so the ornament can hang. These ornaments are beautifully rustic, simple, and

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FWIC

Nov 18, 2014
2 min

Natalie’s Crustless Cranberry Pie

It is seasonal, great for Christmas, and the beauty of it is you don’t have to make pie crust which some people hate doing! It is from PEI. Carol This looks oh so good and fewer calories with only one crust. Marie This is from Natalie Mawhinney. I tried it yesterday and it was great, especially with ice cream! You should try it with your cranberries! Great with ice cream! Carol What’s not to love? Easy, fewer calories, and great with ice cream! (I know, ice cream has calories

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FWIC

Oct 20, 2014
3 min

Preaching to the Choir

Our office received a call last week from a member of the Calhoun WI in New Brunswick. The caller wondered if we had any advice about attracting new members. Their group has five. A mighty five, if you consider their successful door-to-door fundraising efforts for FWIC. “Are you online?” Kate asked. “No.” Oh, dear. It’s a perennial problem, this business of attracting new members. That, and communication. Not to mention the dreaded words marketing, branding, or promotion. We

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