Violet Noel

On a lovely Christmas morning, Assistant Plant Manager Stacy felt the pangs of labor, alerted Tom, loaded the car with daughter Karrigan in tow, and headed out for the 90 mile trip to her mid-wife in Billings. In the vicinity of mile marker 143 [...]]]> Wow…what a busy December/January we’ve been having at Cream of the West…

Violet Noel

On a lovely Christmas morning, Assistant Plant Manager Stacy felt the pangs of labor, alerted Tom, loaded the car with daughter Karrigan in tow, and headed out for the 90 mile trip to her mid-wife in Billings. In the vicinity of mile marker 143 (not quite halfway to their destination), on the side of the road, baby Violet decided to make her entrance. With Karrigan on the phone with 911, instructing Tom how to cut the cord, a new life began! Violet’s birth certificate in fact notes Mile Marker 143 as her place of birth, and appropriately, her as yet undecided middle name became Noel. No Kidding! Welcome Violet Noel and congratulations Stacy and Tom – and sisters and brother Kareneka, Karrigan, and Kaden!

Remodel

January brings a bit of chaos to the Cream of the West facilities in the form of a slight remodel. Once finished, our newly arranged plant will allow us the necessary divisions to offer Montana organics. So stay tuned for the introduction of our new line of organic grains and flours! Plant Manager Bobby has been busy with our local contractor moving some doors and adding a wall, and he and Billy have been moving some obsolete machinery to an offsite storage facility. We’ve purchased some new equipment and look forward to our newly refurbished plant and final inspection!

Cinnamon Rolls

It’s decided to snow this morning here in the Harlowton/Two Dot area, and what better weather for fresh, homemade cinnamon rolls! I make the dough in my bread machine, let it rise in the machine for an additional half hour or so (until I’m ready), fill, roll out and slice, raise and bake, and – presto – yummy cinnamon rolls for a wintry morning! See our website for a simple sweet dough recipe.

Until next time…