Freshwater

Located in the wilds of Wyoming, the name Freshwater was chosen as a Western analogy to Christ. Just as He is the Living Water, and we must have Him to have eternal life, any desert dweller knows the importance of fresh water to life, both for self, and the nourishment of crops or livestock. By taking nourishment in God and His word, we strengthen our own relationship with Him, our faith, and the quality and abundance of our fruitfulness.

Our keystone verse is from Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 8: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenSave heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

The fruit that we speak of is mentioned in Galatians 5:22
"22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

And the heat could be anything we experience that might test our faith in God; trials and tribulations, relationships, anything that focuses our love and attention anywhere but on Him...

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Fry Bread

One chilly (-20) February day I told my husband I felt like baking something but I didn't know what, and his suggestion was fry bread. He was describing a recipe video to me where two ladies were laughing so hard it was tough to actually get the ingredients, so I had to find that one and share it, just for fun. The recipe I used was one I found on Pinterest, that sounded very similar to the one he described.

Then he and my faithful furry helper went out to plow snow, but they joined me later and I have some photos of them helping :).

It's pretty simple, just flour, baking powder, salt, and water. Some recipes add oil or spices as well. I did check some other recipes to get an idea of time and temperature for air frying, but none of them were right, so I didn't credit them. Several said 350 degrees for 5 minutes, but we ended up needing to go hotter and longer. We cooked them for the 350 degrees for 5 minutes, then we raised the temperature to 450 and cooked it for another 5. If I were to do it again I would go hotter faster, and then probably a little less time. I also might use a little bit of non stick spray on the dough before putting it in, just to give it a little bit of that golden. Air frying tastes just as good, but you don't get the same crisp look with a little browning.













We served up this delicious bread with eggs (cheesy eggs with veggies, of course!).





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