Eating Apple Butter and Hospital Food

On my recent visit with my aunt in Strasburg, I received my annual order of four pints of apple butter that she and the ladies at Lebanon Church put up every fall. Since Shenandoah apples are the best in the world, this is great stuff! I love it on pancakes, and have been experimenting with using it on pork chops and all sorts of things.

It’s really come in handy this week, as I’ve been spending most of my time at Edward White Hospital here in St. Petersburg. My elderly neighbor had a bad fall and fractured her hip, as well as gashed her head. I was surprised to find out that hospital food has come a long way. While she was eating turkey, mashed potatoes, and carrots, I was drinking a lot of really bad coffee. That apple butter and a box of frozen Eggo waffles has literally saved my life this week!