Tillamook Butter Pecan Ice Cream Shout Out!
I really like this ice cream. Needs no sauce. Nice texture from soft pecans.
I bought mine at Nob Hill. Great with espresso.
Posted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Monday, December 8, 2025
Versatile Cranberry Sauce Recipe by Ruth Paget
Versatile Cranberry Sauce Recipe by Ruth Paget
Dave Faries’ article about cranberries in the Monterey County Weekly inspired me to write up my favorite recipe for cranberries. The Weekly article has historical information and gourmet recipes for this tart and bitter seasonal treat, which I have included in the hyperlink below:
When I lived in Wisconsin for 3 years, I made my version of cranberry sauce from cranberries that grow in Wisconsin as well as Massachusetts.
My recipe has several uses. I would mix my cranberry sauce with yogurt for breakfast and as a sauce for vanilla ice cream. You can also add it to hot grain cereals like oatmeal, grits, or cream of wheat. It certainly pairs well with Thanksgiving turkey.
Cranberry Sauce
Yield: 12 ounces
Ingredients:
-1 (12 – ounce) bag of fresh cranberries
-1/4 cup water
-1/4 to 1/3 cup sugar or honey
Steps:
1-Rinse cranberries and discard any stems.
2-Place the cranberries in a saucepan along with the water. Bring water to a boil.
3-Let the cranberries begin to pop open and mash them down. This will take about 10 to 15 minutes.
4-When all the cranberries have popped open, remove the cranberries from the heat. Stir in the sugar or honey and let it dissolve.
The cranberry sauce can be used hot or cold depending on what you are serving it with. It can keep for about two days in the refrigerator.
According to WebMd.com, cranberries provide 25% of Vitamin C for recommended daily values and 9% of Vitamin A and 6% of Vitamin K. Vitamin C is also an antioxidant. This tart berry is fairly healthy for your and plentiful in winter.
I looked up cranberries on Nob Hill’s website and saw that their Raley’s store brand (12-ounce package) is selling for $3.19 as of today (December 8, 2025). I think this is a fair price for the amount of cranberry sauce you can make for several servings. Making this cranberry sauce is a fun, family activity, too.
For more cranberry ideas, check out the Hello! 365 Cranberry Recipes by Ms Fruit on kindle for .99 cents.. Information follows:
Hoping you enjoy the cranberry sauce sometime this winter season!
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Carpenter Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget - Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget
Carpenter Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget
My great-grandmother Etta Carpenter owned property in her own right in Wisconsin. This information can be found on platte maps in the Wisconsin Historical Society. Her family history illustrates westward European settlement of the United States.
G1 refers to generation 1.
G1 – Florence Paget
-daughter of Laurent Paget and Florence Paget
G2 – Ruth Pennington
-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle
G3 – Beatrice May Sawle
-daughter of Frank Henry Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley
G4 – Daisy May Bardsley
-daughter of Edward Charles Bardsley and Etta Pearl Carpenter
Born: April 25, 1905
Died: April 4, 1984, buried in Arena Cemetery, Arena, Iowa County, Wisconsin
G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter
-daughter of George Robert Carpenter and Phoebe Throop
Born: April 29, 1866
Died: September 10, 1928
G6 – George Robert Carpenter
-son of Benjamin Carpenter and Elizabeth Eaker
Born: September 7, 1841
Died: July 8, 1887, buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin
G7 – Benjamin Carpenter
-son of Barnard Carpenter and Phoebe Avery
Born: May 4, 1803, in Great Nine Partners, Duchess, New York
Died: October 18, 1866, buried in Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin
G8 –Barnard Carpenter
-son of John Charles Carpenter and Ruth Horton
Born: December 21, 1756, in Great Nine Partners, Duchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America
Died: May 8, 1843, in Boonville, Boonville County, Oneida, New York
G9 – John Charles Carpenter Jr
-son of John Carpenter and Sarah Thurston
Born: January 4, 1728, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Died: 1804, in Milton, Saratoga, New York Note: He lived in Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island in 1728
G10 – John Carpenter Sr
-son of Benjamin Carpenter Sr and Renew Weeks
Born: March 25, 1692, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Died: 1766 in Massachusetts
G11 – Benjamin Carpenter Sr
-son of Joseph Carpenter I and Margaret Sutton
Born: January 19, 1658
Died: May 22, 1727, buried in Knockum Hill Cemetery, Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island
G12 – Joseph Carpenter I
-son of William Carpenter and Abigail Briant
Born: April 6, 1534, in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England
Died: May 3, 1675, buried in Knockum Hill Cemetery in Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island
G13 – William Carpenter
-son of William Carpenter and unknown name mother
-Immigrant to the US
Born: 1605, in England
Died: 1659, buried in Newman Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Bardsley Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget - Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget
Bardsley Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget
My mother’s grandpa Bardsley lived with her family at the end of his life and loved doing crossword puzzles. He showed my mother Beatrice Pennington how to do them, and she still starts her day doing the newspaper crossword puzzle and the New York Times crossword puzzle on Sunday.
G1 below refers to generation 1 and so on.
G1 – Florence Paget
-daughter of Laurent Paget and Ruth Pennington
G2 – Ruth Pennington
-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle
-Ruth Paget was elected to serve on the Downtown District Citizens Council of Detroit, Michigan in 1982. She resigned from office to attend college at the University of Chicago.
-Ruth's sister Kathleen has worked as a printer for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution newspaper.
G3 – Beatrice May Sawle
-daughter of Frank Henry Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley
-My mother worked as a newspaper printer, most notably for the Detroit (Michigan) Free Press and various ethnic newspapers in Detroit. She was working for the Unique Press, which printed the Michigan Chronice, a black newspaper, when Rosa Parks sat down on the bus; the press was immediately stopped to cover the story. The daily Detroit newspapers were on strike at the time, letting the Michigan Chronicle scoop the story.
-Beatrice Pennington was part of the Detroit Free Press staff that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1968 for General Local Reporting of the 1967 Detroit Race Riots.
-Elected to the Downtown Citizens Council of Detroit, Michigan
G4 – Daisy May Bardsley
-daughter of Edward Charles Bardsley and Etta Pearl Carpenter
-My grandmother worked as a newspaper printer
Born: April 25, 1905
Died: April 14, 1984, buried in Arena Cemetery, Arena, Iowa County, Wisconsin
G5 – Edward Charles Bardsley
-son of James Edward Bardsley and Anna C. Charlesworth
Born: July 31, 1863 in Blue Mounds, Dane County, Wisconsin
Died: July 31, 1949 in Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin
G6 – James Edward Bardsley
-son of William Stevenson Bardsley and Betty Harrison
-Immigrant to the US
Born: August 1, 1843 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: April 16, 1892 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin (Lived in Black Earth and Springfield, Wisconsin)
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Saturday, December 6, 2025
McFarland Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget - Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget
McFarland Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget
My Scottish and modern-day Northern Irish ancestors were most probably Presbyterians when they immigrated to the United States, the national faith of Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Wisconsin, they are a famous family for founding McFarland, Wisconsin outside Madison.
I found most of the information for this virtual genealogy project in cemetery records, which sometimes differ from county records, because burials often happen after the filing of death certificates.
G1 here refers to generation 1 and on back through history.
G1 – Florence Paget
-daughter of Laurent Paget and Ruth Pennington
G2 – Ruth Pennington
-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle
G3 – Beatrice May Sawle
-daughter of Frank Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley
G4 – Frank Sawle
-son of William Stephen Sawle Sr and Jeanette Scott Hodgson
born: 1901
died: 1996
G5: Jeanette Scottt Hodgson
-daughter of Jonathan Hodgson and Elizabeth E. “Lizzie” McFarland born: 1866 died: 1948, Arena, Wisconsin, Dane County
G6 –Elizabeth E. “Lizzie” McFarland
-daughter of George A. McFarland and Janett Scott
born: January 8, 1840
died: May 30, 1840
G7 – George A. McFarland
-son of Robert McFarland and Elizabeth Sinclair -settler of McFarland, Wisconsin born: January 22, 1802 in Hopewell, New York died: October 6, 1884 in town of McFarland, Wisconsin Note: Obelisk Tombstone Inscription reads Born in the Town of Hopewell, New York
G8 – Robert McFarland Sr
-son of James McFarland and Elizabeth Cooke (cemetery note in Hopewell, New York)
born: 1773 or 1776
died: August 2, 1859 buried at South Kortright Cemetary, South Kortright, Delaware county, New York
(Note: Married Elizabeth Sinclair (1784 – 1860) in 1800.
G9 – James McFarland
-son of Robert McFarland and Jennet (or Jenette) Scott
born: c. 1675 in Scotland or Northern Ireland
died: 1751 in Donegal Township, Pennsylvania (information online from will)
G10 – Robert McFarland Immigrant from Northern Ireland to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (from will)
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France Died: in Donegal Township, Pennsylvania
Friday, December 5, 2025
Hodgson Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget - Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget
Hodgson Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget
Among my Hodgson cousins there are many missionaries I was told by my great-aunt Winifred Sawle. She shared with me her sister’s genealogy of the Hodgson family when I was doing a family history project for my history class at Jane Addams Junior High School in Royal Oak, Michigan.
I developed this genealogy for the Hodgson family using online public records. I am working on a mother lines project for both sides of my family. I am gathering facts at this point, but would love it if the older people in my family would write up their memories of the people they know to fill out the biographies.
Genealogy morphs into oral history doing family memories. A great topic to discuss is how the family set up food systems for the family throughout history.
Some ideas to consider when thinking about a food system are included in the following blog by the World Food Program. https://www.wfp.org/food-systems I am also proving a link to some detailed yet useful information from the National Institues of Health to consider about a family food system:
https://ods.od.nih.gov/HealthInformation/nutrientrecommendations.aspx
G1 refers to generation 1.
G1 – Florence Paget
-daughter of Laurent Paget and Ruth Pennington
G2 – Ruth Pennington
-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle
G3 – Beatrice May Sawle
-daughter of Frank Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley
G4 – Frank Sawle
-son of William Stephen Sawle Sr and Jeanette Scott Hodgson
born: 1901
died: 1996, Arena, Wisconsin, Iowa County
G5 – Jeanette Scott Hodgson
-daughter of Jonathon Hodgson and Elizabeth E “Lizzie” McFarland
born: 1866
died: 1948, Arena, Wisconsin, Iowa County
G6: Jonathan Hodgson
-son of Richard Charles Hodgson III and Jane Dixon Wright
born: July 4, 1837
died: November 23, 1901
G7: Richard Charles Hodgson III
Immigrant to the United States in October 1845.
Born: 1797
Died: 1881, Arena, Wisconsin, Iowa County
Born in Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (Mentioned as Thornton, England in obituary) The obituary online also states that he was a Baptist who converted to Adventism)
Ruth Paget note: The Adventist Diet is important for the Sawle and Hodgson families and may be responsible for the longevity of Richard Charles Hodgson. Information about this diet follows:
https://www.seventhdayadventistdiet.com/
Spouse: Jane Dixon Wright
Born: 1800
Died: 1875
The following Clan Hodgson website brings “all things Hodgson” together:
https://www.thehodgsonclan.com/hodgson-origins
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Sawle Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget: Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget
Sawle Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget
I used online public records in the United States to put together this virtual genealogy project on my Sawle ancestors from Cornwall, England. The Sawles were famous as ship captains of Celtic origin.
G1 refers to generation 1. David Sawle wrote a genealogy of the family in England, which I will add to this first step of information gathering.
G1 – Florence Paget
-daughter of Laurent Paget and Ruth Pennington
G2 – Ruth Pennington
-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Pennington
G3 – Beatrice May Sawle
-daughter of Frank Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley
G4 – Frank Henry Sawle
-son of William Stephen Sawle Sr and Jeanette Scott Hodgson
Born: 1901
Died: 1996
Frank Sawle’s sisters Elizabeth and Winifred were graduates of the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater and obtained teaching credentials.
G5 – William Stephen Sawle Sr
-son of Captain Stephen Sawle and Margaret Dunn Rowe
Born: 1858
Died: 1955
G6 – Captain Stephen Sawle
Immigrant to the United States. Entered the United States at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Settler of Arena, Wisconsin
Born: 1830, Porscatho, England
Died: 1910, Arena, Wisconsin, Iowa County
Spouse: Margaret Dunn Rowe
Born: 1835, Tregony, Cornwall, England
Married: January 29, 1857 in Cuby, Cornwall
Died: March 1, 1909 in Arena, Wisconsin, Iowa County
Margaret Dunn Rowe lived in Veryn, Cornwall and Gerrans, Cornwall before coming to the US with Captain Stephen Sawle. They entered the US at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
I will consult David Sawle’s genealogy for further information about the Sawle family in England.
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
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