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Funeral Potatoes & Wool Mittens

By: Staci Perry Mergenthal
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  • Welcome to Funeral Potatoes and Wool Mittens, a show for people who embrace the warm and cozy spirit of everyday living in the northern Midwest. Whether you cook, bake, or have food delivery on speed dial, everyone has a comforting recipe or story to share. We bake cookies for our kids’ hockey teams and bring cheesy hash browns to funerals. Lefse and krumkake are in our DNA. Candy bars and apples make a salad. We'll ditch work for a lake day, drive an hour for an old-fashioned bakery, and don wool mittens at 20 below and shorts once it’s 50. Tune in with Staci from Random Sweets in Minnesota. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potatoesandmittens/support
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  • Faith and Family at the Center of Growing Veggies with Berndt Family Produce

    Faith and Family at the Center of Growing Veggies with Berndt Family Produce
    May 29 2024
    What began with a tent purchased from an anonymous $200 donation and Dawnna Berndt’s idea to grow a garden to bring in more income, turned into a family-based vegetable farm market business (Berndt Family Produce) that’s been serving their community of customers in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota for 24 years. At the time, she and her husband, David, had five young children and even though she admits she knew zilch about gardening (she told me she was the “inside girl” and her sister was the “outside girl” when they were growing up), she leaned on David’s knowledge as a lifelong farmer to start growing and harvesting veggies on less than two acres and selling the produce at their local farm stands and self-serve stands. Since their start in 2000, they’ve grown to six children, eight grandkids, 30 acres of sweet corn and 25 acres of some of the best vegetables, CSAs and canning and salsa shares around! And Dawnna says that along with all that growth and change, faith and family have always been at the center of what they do and how they treat people. Berndt Family Produce grows everything from broccoli, tomatoes, cabbage, garlic, tomatoes, peppers, onions, pumpkins, gourds, sweet corn, squash, cauliflower, potatoes radish, carrots, watermelon, cucumbers, beans, muskmelon, and more. While you’re listening, learn more about Berndt Family Produce at Berndtproduce.com. I also posted photos and the recipe links from Dawnna for their favorite corn salsa, potato soup, copycat KFC coleslaw, roasted garlic parmesan potatoes, and 11 easy potato recipes on randomsweets.com. Dawnna and David Berndt, Berndt Family Produce, White, SD Email: berndtproduce@gmail.com https://www.berndtproduce.com Mobile: 605-690-4522 Facebook: Berndt Family Produce Instagram: @berndtproduce Locations: https://www.berndtproduce.com/visit_us Recipes Dawnna mentions in this episode: 11 Easy Potato Recipes https://www.pinterest.com/pin/3588874692004262/ Roasted Garlic Butter Parmesan Potatoes https://www.pinterest.com/pin/241787073737487016/ KFC Coleslaw Copycat https://www.pinterest.com/pin/153403931048621958/ Best Ever Potato Soup https://www.pinterest.com/pin/274086327313603706/ Easy Corn Salsa https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/187625/easy-corn-salsa/ Staci Mergenthal RandomSweets.com #ourSweetMidwestLife Website randomsweets.com Instagram @potatoesandmittens Instagram @randomsweets Facebook Random Sweets Pinterest @staciperry Email: staci@randomsweets.com #ag #agriculture #garden #gardening #farmer #farmtotable #produce #vegetablegarden #farmstand #rural #ruralSD #midwest #oursweetmidwestlife #podcast #foodpodcast #southdakota --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potatoesandmittens/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potatoesandmittens/support
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    1 hr
  • Amber Waves of Anthem Oats with Fifth-generation South Dakota Farmers Taylor and Cassandra Sumption

    Amber Waves of Anthem Oats with Fifth-generation South Dakota Farmers Taylor and Cassandra Sumption
    May 10 2024

    Roots go deep in today’s show. Come with me to meet fifth-generation farmers, Taylor and Cassandra Sumption, the founders of Anthem Oats. The couple grows and packages premium, gluten-free oats for retail on nearly 400 acres near Frederick, South Dakota, 27 miles north of Aberdeen on US Highway 281, just seven miles south of the North Dakota border, and their packing and offices operation in Frederick.

    Taylor’s great, great grandpa homesteaded in the area in 1882 so Taylor and Cassandra are keeping the family agriculture business alive in what’s now 142 years! They’re focused on value-added agriculture and vertical integration to build their legacy-based, farm-to-table company—this means we can count of them for many years of delicious steel cut, old-fashioned, and quick oats and instant oatmeal cups and packets in flavors like vanilla chai, peach and cranberry, dark chocolate brownie, super fruit, pumpkin spice, and my personal favorite, maple pecan.

    Learn more about their products and the family at anthem oats dot com. The photos and recipes that Cassandra shared with us for tiramisu-inspired overnight oats, energy balls, and her bacon cheeseburger meatloaf with secret sauce are on randomsweets.com.

    Taylor and Cassandra Sumption, Anthem Oats

    Taylor@anthemoats.com and cassandra@anthemoats.com

    https://anthemoats.com

    Instagram: @anthemoats

    Facebook: Anthem Oats

    TikTok: @anthemoats

    Also mentioned in this episode:

    South Dakota Value Added Agriculture Development Center

    Staci Mergenthal

    RandomSweets.com

    #ourSweetMidwestLife

    Website randomsweets.com

    Instagram @potatoesandmittens

    Instagram @randomsweets

    Facebook Random Sweets

    Pinterest @staciperry

    Email: staci@randomsweets.com

    #ag #agriculture #valueaddedag #oats #oatmeal #farmer #farmtotable #oatfarm #oatfarmer #rural #ruralSD #grocer #midwest #oursweetmidwestlife #podcast #foodpodcast #southdakota

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    54 mins
  • Will Read for Pizza: Apps, Sides and Books with Christianne Beringer

    Will Read for Pizza: Apps, Sides and Books with Christianne Beringer
    May 5 2024

    It’s almost summer, which means pool and lake parties, family reunions and picnics, camping, and smoking out the neighborhood with your backyard grilling. It’s also time to dig out your library card, visit your local indie bookstore, and pack your beach bag with books on your “want to read” list.


    Today I’m bringing back my friend and book goals hero, Christianne Beringer. First, we are talking about easy appetizers and sides delicious enough for sharing, like creamy red pepper dip, Southwest dip with pepperoni, BLT dip, Clara's corn, and green beans with lemon and toasted almonds.

    Then, Christianne catches us up on (and inspires us with) her reading goals, and she tells us about new authors and book series she’s been enjoying, including the one she likes so much she starting checking out two at a time from the library.

    We also talk about the handy book recommendation and discovery website and app, Goodreads, which we use to keep track of books we want to read, books we’ve read, and to browse what’s on our friends’ bookshelves as well.

    So if you are someone who likes simple recipes and celebrates the joy of finishing a good book, this episode is for you!

    I posted the five recipes that Christianne shares on my website randomsweets.com.

    Christianne Beringer on Goodreads

    Staci Mergenthal on Goodreads

    Goodreads

    Libby App (free app for digital reading from your public library)

    Hoopla (borrow and enjoy books and media using your library card)

    Midwest Independent Booksellers Association

    Abe books

    Thrift books

    Also mentioned in this episode:

    • Tikka House at Historic City Market, Kansas City
    • How to Freeze Green Beans to Enjoy And Time of Year, Good Housekeeping

    #amreading #reader #readinggoals #reading #library #books #appetizers #midwest #midwesterner #oursweetmidwestlife #podcast #foodpodcast #southdakota

    Staci Mergenthal

    RandomSweets.com

    #OurSweetMidwestLife

    Website randomsweets.com

    Instagram @potatoesandmittens

    Instagram @randomsweets

    Facebook Random Sweets

    Pinterest @staciperry

    Email: staci@randomsweets.com

    --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potatoesandmittens/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potatoesandmittens/support
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    56 mins
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AWESOME SAUCE!!

very educational and interesting, keeps you wanting more. Host is knowledgeable and uses enthusiasm to keep you on the edge of your seat.

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