tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468330947441463412023-06-15T13:49:11.506-04:00Ancestors Gotta Eat!Cooking, Genealogy, and a little bit of travel all mixed together!cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-5053179476098246362011-06-03T22:51:00.000-04:002011-06-03T22:51:50.294-04:00Chocolate Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ax5ZJQkskQw/TWAxQPCyr5I/AAAAAAAACfU/GXyf_hhP6d4/s1600/Chocolate+Cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ax5ZJQkskQw/TWAxQPCyr5I/AAAAAAAACfU/GXyf_hhP6d4/s320/Chocolate+Cake.jpg" t8="true" width="275" /></a></div><div align="center">Oh YUM! </div><div align="center">Chocolate Cake!</div><div align="center">Who can resist?</div><div align="center">This recipe looks well used - I will have to try it soon!</div><div align="center">It was in Wilma June Faires Parker Vissotzky's recipe box.</div><div align="center">The mystery lies in where the recipe originated...</div><div align="center">perhaps Bernice, her mother</div><div align="center">Another relative?</div><div align="center">A church frined?</div><div align="center">A fellow school teacher?</div><div align="center">The possibilities are endless and will remain a mystery! </div><div align="center">Please go through some of your recipes this weekend</div><div align="center">and write down where you got it or had it first! </div><div align="center">Someone down the line may thank you for it! </div><div align="center">Have a great weekend everyone! </div><div align="center">Chocolate cake, anyone? </div><div align="center"><br />
</div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-30543878135979655492011-06-02T21:50:00.001-04:002011-06-02T21:55:44.945-04:00Family Recipe Friday - Polish Cold Beet Soup Borscht<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gvq75Z-fKBo/TVxy5C6NqnI/AAAAAAAACV8/Aj7hfgGJj_g/s1600/cold+beet+soup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gvq75Z-fKBo/TVxy5C6NqnI/AAAAAAAACV8/Aj7hfgGJj_g/s320/cold+beet+soup.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center">Summer is HERE, and with a vengeance! </div><div align="center">Down here in the South, we are being treated to weather that feels like August already.</div><div align="center">Hot and humid, with temperatures in the 90's </div><div align="center">and the A/C cranked up high!</div><div align="center">What on earth did our ancestors do?</div><div align="center">The Poles and East Europeans made Borscht,</div><div align="center">a beet soup. </div><div align="center">Beets are Sooooo good for you! </div><div align="center">And this recipe doesn't require cooking, unless you want</div><div align="center">to count the hard-boiled eggs! </div><div align="center">This recipe is from "ma"- </div><div align="center">Hank's mother, Anastazia (Nancy) Kocinski Vissotzky. </div><div align="center">I think I'll plan on Cold Beet soup for dinner tomorrow, </div><div align="center">with a big chunk of artisan bread, </div><div align="center">and enjoy a mint julep on the porch. </div><div align="center">It IS summer down here in the South, ya'll!!!!<br />
(Haha - I just realized I posted this for Geneablogger's Family Recipe Friday..<br />
trouble with that is, today is THURSDAY! <br />
It is Friday somewhere on this Earth already!!! <br />
Did you ever have "one of THOSE weeks"?) </div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-25366561658617667392011-06-01T21:21:00.000-04:002011-06-01T21:21:55.421-04:00Deep Dish Dewberry Pie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UYoCqdaTlmU/TVyaJ4PRSZI/AAAAAAAACYI/CLoR0_8fLJc/s1600/Dewberry+Pie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UYoCqdaTlmU/TVyaJ4PRSZI/AAAAAAAACYI/CLoR0_8fLJc/s320/Dewberry+Pie.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">Tell me true, tell me, dew! </div><div align="center">Sorry - couldn't resist! </div><div align="center">A dewberry resembles a blackberry...or a black raspberry...</div><div align="center">only instead of having an upright growing habit, </div><div align="center">sends out runners across the ground. </div><div align="center">Now it makes me wonder if all the bushes I walk</div><div align="center">past are dewberries and not blackberries as I always though?</div><div align="center">Either way, this pie sounds great. </div><div align="center">You could always substitute blackberries or raspberries for dewberries.</div><div align="center">I assume this pie has a lattice crust...that's the way I'll make it anyway! </div><div align="center">Tell me, dew, how YOU make it! :) </div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-73034982659174376122011-05-26T22:31:00.000-04:002011-05-26T22:31:34.558-04:00Mustang (Muscadine)Wild Grapes Wine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wdGY4Z4kqkQ/TWA7cjX0D3I/AAAAAAAACjY/5EUYmwtcFQw/s1600/Wild+Mustang+Grape+Wine+Vissotzky+Tarleton+Stephenville+Texas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wdGY4Z4kqkQ/TWA7cjX0D3I/AAAAAAAACjY/5EUYmwtcFQw/s320/Wild+Mustang+Grape+Wine+Vissotzky+Tarleton+Stephenville+Texas.jpg" t8="true" width="228" /></a></div><div align="center">Hank Vissotzky wrote this down on a memo pad from work at Tarleton State Univesrity.</div><div align="center">Kind of puts a new spin on on "sour grapes" doesn't it? </div><div align="center">If you aren't lucky enough to have wild grapes in the area,</div><div align="center">I guess you could always just buy some grapes at the store. </div><div align="center">They don't taste the same, but would work in a pinch.</div><div align="center">Now to go out and find some wild grape vines and keep an eye on them until July.....</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-60287918528412577362011-05-19T18:18:00.000-04:002011-05-19T18:18:37.110-04:00Way Out West Wild Mustang Grape Juice - Family Recipe Fridays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fVwga8olf4g/TWA7cvjR2AI/AAAAAAAACjU/Pb9tgq9p_Gs/s1600/Wild+Mustang+Grape+Juice+Vissotzky+Tarleton+Stephenville+Texas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fVwga8olf4g/TWA7cvjR2AI/AAAAAAAACjU/Pb9tgq9p_Gs/s320/Wild+Mustang+Grape+Juice+Vissotzky+Tarleton+Stephenville+Texas.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div align="center">Summer's coming! </div><div align="center">With summer, comes berries, wild berries! </div><div align="center">And grapes! Wild grapes! </div><div align="center">Sorry to not have posted anything for sometime, but life kidnapped me.</div><div align="center">We took a trip to Texas, where we were met by my favorite college freshman (son!)!</div><div align="center">We stayed on a family ranch, where I took a gazillion pictures.</div><div align="center">All sorts of wildflowers provided a feast for our eyes!</div><div align="center">Staying on the place brought back memories </div><div align="center">of driving on country roads in the summer time,</div><div align="center">searching for sand plums so Mom could make plum jelly.</div><div align="center">YUM!</div><div align="center">By the time there are sand plums, the grapes are usually in season too.</div><div align="center">or close anyway!</div><div align="center">I found this recipe that Henry Vissotzky had written on some memo paper</div><div align="center">from his desk at Tarleton State University.</div><div align="center">Maybe this will be the summer for me to try to make </div><div align="center">Wild Mustang Grape Juice! </div><span><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=trawitcrababd-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003DSYZMU&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><span><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=trawitcrababd-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1603420916&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></span><span></span></span>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-85567391282606822282011-05-02T14:00:00.000-04:002011-05-02T14:00:44.973-04:00My Amazing Spaghetti Scallops<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bp7oQX1iL-s/TYZzLfjVpOI/AAAAAAAAC0E/CSXJpQ1GkX4/s1600/Spaghetti+and+Scallops.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bp7oQX1iL-s/TYZzLfjVpOI/AAAAAAAAC0E/CSXJpQ1GkX4/s320/Spaghetti+and+Scallops.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><div align="center">Life has been hectic, too say the least!</div><div align="center">Just look at the time in between my blog posts!</div><div align="center">Life is funny.</div><div align="center">You throw together a recipe from things you have in the fridge, </div><div align="center">because you are so darn busy! </div><div align="center">All of a sudden everyone is telling you that you need to keep the recipe!</div><div align="center">Only problem with that is there is NO recipe!</div><div align="center">You threw it together from scratch.</div><div align="center">So you grab the nearest paper - </div><div align="center">which happened to be the back of a Rottweiler puppy shaped notepad - </div><div align="center"> and write down the recipe.</div><div align="center">I always meant to write it on a decent recipe card!</div><div align="center">Really I did! </div><div align="center">It never made it, and my college son really likes this recipe!</div><div align="center">and he really loved our rotties. </div><div align="center">So, in deference to nostalgia and telling it like it is,</div><div align="center">here is the rottie notepad recipe! </div><div align="center">Cook with love! </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=trawitcrababd-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0307351424&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><span><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=trawitcrababd-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0762410434&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></span><span><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=trawitcrababd-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1580084826&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><span><span><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=trawitcrababd-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000ZMHJZC&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></span><span></span></span></span></span></div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-91365110596641726222011-04-23T09:42:00.001-04:002011-04-25T15:07:21.620-04:00Mrs. Richard (Betty) Berry Boiled Peanut Butter Cookies Bluefield College Virginia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p4rk2ComT5o/TZTf0qaA9aI/AAAAAAAAC7g/wEBvjTF8Nss/s1600/Boiled+Cookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p4rk2ComT5o/TZTf0qaA9aI/AAAAAAAAC7g/wEBvjTF8Nss/s1600/Boiled+Cookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" i8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p4rk2ComT5o/TZTf0qaA9aI/AAAAAAAAC7g/wEBvjTF8Nss/s320/Boiled+Cookies.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vZau8M97kVQ/TZTf0d-qytI/AAAAAAAAC7Y/3ViUzrmsIDg/s1600/Boiled+Cookies+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vZau8M97kVQ/TZTf0d-qytI/AAAAAAAAC7Y/3ViUzrmsIDg/s320/Boiled+Cookies+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bluefield College is a small Christian Liberal Arts School in Virginia - it's on the border of West VA and VA.</div> I figure this boiled cookies recipe is either June's or Bernice's recipe. It may be June's, becuase she was a teacher, and intereacted with a lot of other teachers from all over...Or more probably it may have been Bernice's because she was a pastor's wife, and knew many other people from Christian backgrounds. I tried to google Mrs. Betty Berry. There seem to be several other Berrys still attending Bluefield College....but I still need to do an ancestry search on Mrs. Berry. I am curious! It makes me think I need to go back through all my recipes and put notes about how and where and when I got MY recipes from friends. That way my descendants will know a little bit more about me and not have to wonder......<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=trawitcrababd-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B004JKO96I&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=trawitcrababd-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0738516872&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-42253597683202435862011-04-15T15:20:00.000-04:002011-04-15T15:20:51.564-04:00Family Recipe Friday: Chocolate or Vanilla Spritzkuchen Cookies with Fluffo!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v03G9i-lBhc/TZTf0q9Ff-I/AAAAAAAAC7c/7w69Zts0peM/s1600/Chocolate+Spritzkuchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v03G9i-lBhc/TZTf0q9Ff-I/AAAAAAAAC7c/7w69Zts0peM/s320/Chocolate+Spritzkuchen.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3fJsKrIhEE/TZTf0YFpCoI/AAAAAAAAC7U/s2Eu02vL0m8/s1600/Chocolate+Spritzkuchen+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3fJsKrIhEE/TZTf0YFpCoI/AAAAAAAAC7U/s2Eu02vL0m8/s320/Chocolate+Spritzkuchen+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=trawitcrababd-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1598082477&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>June was very good friends with a couple of Mary's, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>so I am not going to guess which Mary this recipe is from. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>All I know if that they sound like good cookies to make for Easter. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Or anytime! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>And here is another recipe for FLUFFO! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Maybe I should have just designated this as</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>FLUFFO week!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>It just cracks me up.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>(You can use Crisco instead of Fluffo.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Sounds like a dog's name!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Or instead of "Here kitty, kitty."...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>"Here, Fluffo!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Thinking of Easter...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Fluffo would be a fantastic name for any Easter chicks or bunnies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>If you get live ones that is. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Someday, I will have to get a good laying hen</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>and name her Fluffo! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Have a good weekend everyone! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-25978187818342188032011-04-13T22:07:00.000-04:002011-04-13T22:07:12.233-04:00Fluffo Jam Sandwich Cookie Bars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2DwpyrlBOdc/TZTgCVT0ttI/AAAAAAAAC8I/825FjbgFZ-I/s1600/Jam+Sandwich+Cookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2DwpyrlBOdc/TZTgCVT0ttI/AAAAAAAAC8I/825FjbgFZ-I/s320/Jam+Sandwich+Cookies.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lTyByYeO8EY/TZTgCYZ02WI/AAAAAAAAC8E/Rmh927x-Tu8/s1600/Jam+Sandwich+Cookies+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lTyByYeO8EY/TZTgCYZ02WI/AAAAAAAAC8E/Rmh927x-Tu8/s320/Jam+Sandwich+Cookies+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=trawitcrababd-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1603420304&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>Word of the day:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>FLUFFO!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>This was a new one to me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Maybe I'm just dating myself,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>How many of you have ever used FLUFFO?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>How many of your grandmothers have ever used FLUFFO?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>You should ask them!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>These jam sandwich cookies sound like a precursor to </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>a power breakfast bar. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Not anything you really worried about </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>back in the days of </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>FLUFFO!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>While you're at it though...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>don't forget to take off the paper before you bake the cookies!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>ANd for more tidbits on FLUFFO, do a search on youtube....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Nowadays you can probably use Crisco shortening instead. </span></div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-45250247556570278312011-04-12T20:44:00.000-04:002011-04-12T20:44:20.036-04:00Hot Fudge Sauce for Ice Cream Sundaes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-exhErL8LmU0/TVxt2_j8bXI/AAAAAAAACU8/dtxFtkxm0qQ/s1600/hot+fudge+sauce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-exhErL8LmU0/TVxt2_j8bXI/AAAAAAAACU8/dtxFtkxm0qQ/s320/hot+fudge+sauce.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=trawitcrababd-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B002Y27P3M&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>Umm Yummm! I think I could make this and eat the whole pot! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>My dear hubby (aka resident tomato hater) made stir fry for me tonight. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>It was delicious, but has left me hankering for something sweet. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>I wonder if he'd notice if I made this and ate the whole potful? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>I am sure June Parker Vissotzky would approve! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Although the more I think of it the less appealing the "whole pot" idea is sounding. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Plus I have no ice cream in the house. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Soooooooooo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>just strike the whole pot idea. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span> Hot fudge sauce will have to wait for another day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Sometimes it is a good thing I talk myself out of things.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Sometimes.... </span></div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-63804623565994631012011-04-10T22:53:00.000-04:002011-04-10T22:53:09.540-04:00Hash Browns, French Fries, French fried Potatoes, and Mushroom Gravy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1kFW76PnFQQ/TZTgCcCTzjI/AAAAAAAAC8M/5BshrJiqb-g/s1600/Hash+Brown+French+Fried+Potatoes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1kFW76PnFQQ/TZTgCcCTzjI/AAAAAAAAC8M/5BshrJiqb-g/s320/Hash+Brown+French+Fried+Potatoes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mLu5fyp8oGA/TZTgCM9TeuI/AAAAAAAAC78/P_365IB8bCM/s1600/Hash+Brown+French+Fried+Potatoes+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mLu5fyp8oGA/TZTgCM9TeuI/AAAAAAAAC78/P_365IB8bCM/s320/Hash+Brown+French+Fried+Potatoes+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">Hash Browns! </div><div align="center">If I would have had potatoes on hand, I would have surpised</div><div align="center">my dear hubby with hash browns and eggs this morning!</div><div align="center">But, alas, no ptoatoes!</div><div align="center">Sacriledge!</div><div align="center">Growning up with a mother from Germany, </div><div align="center">how on earth can ANYONE be without POTATOES in the house?</div><div align="center"> Some of you can probably relate!</div><div align="center">But there you have it. Not even a box of instant Mashed taters in house!</div><div align="center">SSHHhhhh!!!</div><div align="center">Please don't tell my mom! </div><div align="center">In the meantime...</div><div align="center">I think a good plate of nicely browned</div><div align="center">hash brown potatoes</div><div align="center">with mushroom gravy on top</div><div align="center">sounds delicious!</div><div align="center">AND inexpensive!</div><div align="center">Now excuse me while I go to the store to get some potatoes! </div><div align="center"></div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-37288763287799938072011-04-08T22:17:00.003-04:002011-04-08T22:21:01.831-04:00Kraft Gaucho Dinner a la June<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UwP_WWoR7kk/TVyaZQMa7nI/AAAAAAAACY8/buRClhVlKUc/s1600/Gaucho+Dinner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UwP_WWoR7kk/TVyaZQMa7nI/AAAAAAAACY8/buRClhVlKUc/s320/Gaucho+Dinner.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9uCZdhychk4/TVyaY9MzIzI/AAAAAAAACZM/NtyHIuiDDUc/s1600/Gebhardts+Tamales.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9uCZdhychk4/TVyaY9MzIzI/AAAAAAAACZM/NtyHIuiDDUc/s320/Gebhardts+Tamales.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div align="center">You know, this sounds pretty good. And easy. </div><div align="center">And I am a sucker for anything that sounds <br />
like even a resemblance to Mexican or Tex-Mex food!</div><div align="center">I don buy or make processed foods much. <br />
Not because it seems to be a trend. <br />
I'm just that way.</div><div align="center">But I looked up Kraft Mexican dinner on their website, <br />
and I am not sure they make it anymore!</div><div align="center">So when I make this I will probably just buy a box of good ole <br />
Kraft Macaroni and cheese</div><div align="center">and then make it as posted here. </div><div align="center">Yum! </div><div align="center">Oh - and the 20 gold stars for Gebhardts Tamales?</div><div align="center">What can I say - it was in June's recipe box! </div><div align="center">And I like the art.</div><div align="center">And Gebhardts! </div><div align="center">Let me know if ya'll stumble upon any Kraft mexican dinners!</div><div align="center">Pretty Please! </div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-40544431458671728802011-04-06T21:18:00.002-04:002011-04-08T22:23:14.655-04:00Spring into Easter with Cheese Bunnies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5aALrZhj4Tk/TVyaJKFCp3I/AAAAAAAACXc/ed0Gj-QJXek/s1600/Cheese+Bunnie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5aALrZhj4Tk/TVyaJKFCp3I/AAAAAAAACXc/ed0Gj-QJXek/s320/Cheese+Bunnie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cheese Bunnies. Easter falls on a late date this year. </div><div style="text-align: center;">If your kids or grandkids are driving you hopping crazy (sorry...couldn't resist!) </div><div style="text-align: center;">settle them down with cheese bunnies! </div><div style="text-align: center;">But for the life of me, I can't figure out why they are called bunnies - </div><div style="text-align: center;">unless it because they are round (the bun) with a little white tail (the egg). </div><div style="text-align: center;">But I can't keep myself from wondering - where are the bunny's ears? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Or his head for that matter! </div><div style="text-align: center;">The more I thnk about the more it worries me. </div><div style="text-align: center;">All different scenarios flash before my eyes... </div><div style="text-align: center;">and as I hum in my head<br />
"Here comes Peter Cottontail, hoppin down the bunny trail..." </div><div style="text-align: center;">it quickly becomes </div><div style="text-align: center;">"little rabbit FuFu, I don't wanna see you, <br />
scoopin up the field mice and boppin them on the head!" </div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh my. </div><div style="text-align: center;">SO - in order to save questions from inquiring 4 year olds, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and so that I can sleep at night without worrying about the bunny...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is an addendum to the Cheese Bunnie Recipe:</div><div style="text-align: center;">After cooking the recipe as per the instructions above, <br />
serve the bunnie onto the plate,</div><div style="text-align: center;">take the part of the bun that you cut out with the cookie cutter, <br />
(you may want to toast that part as well) </div><div style="text-align: center;">and place it above the bigger bun with the egg.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Voila! </div><div style="text-align: center;">The bunny now has a head!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just remember you are looking at the backside of Mr. Bunny.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"But what about the ears?" says your inner 4-year old voice.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You have options here.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Either cut off a piece of bread in ear shapes from the bunny head,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Oh no - I am hearing little rabbit FuFu again!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and place above the head for ears, or slice a piece of fruit -<br />
banana, apple, or what have you,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and place above the head.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just make sure you give it a nice bunny ear shape.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You want your bunny to have ears he'd be proud of, don't you?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am back to humming "Here comes Peter Cottontail, hoppin down the bunny trail, </div><div style="text-align: center;">hippity hoppity, Easter's on it's way....!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can picture June Vissotzky making this for her 2 children when they were little, can't you?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iuxt1X2csjU/TZTf1hiSNcI/AAAAAAAAC7k/pQO6yEyV3Cc/s1600/English+Muffins+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iuxt1X2csjU/TZTf1hiSNcI/AAAAAAAAC7k/pQO6yEyV3Cc/s320/English+Muffins+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">Oh do you know the muffin man, </div><div align="center">the muffin man, the muffin man? </div><div align="center">Who didn't sing this nursery song while growing up? </div><div align="center">I'm not sure who Mary H. was - one of June Parker Vissotzky's</div><div align="center">many good friends. I have an idea who it was...but </div><div align="center">can't ever know for sure since all that was written </div><div align="center">was Mary H's cookbook.</div><div align="center">I made English Muffins once. </div><div align="center">once being the keyword.</div><div align="center">They made great dog frisbee treats, and flung really well off the deck!.</div><div align="center">Let's just leave it at that, shall we?</div><div align="center">My Dad always enjoyed a good English Muffin. </div><div align="center">They were a real treat for breakfast on the weekends.</div><div align="center">He also really enjoyed breakfast. </div><div align="center">I would have liked to make English Muffins for him.</div><div align="center">Good English Muffins. </div><div align="center">Not the dog frisbee kind.</div><div align="center">Maybe I should try again</div><div align="center">using June's recipe from Mary H's cookbook!</div><div align="center">I hear the muffin man calling me.....</div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-12878842658850339752011-04-04T00:01:00.002-04:002011-04-04T00:01:42.315-04:00One Lovely Blog Award!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-McajppOgsXM/TZkjvicUvwI/AAAAAAAAC8w/l8SfVRSrX4U/s1600/lovely-blog-award-150x150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_uid_kdsora="177" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-McajppOgsXM/TZkjvicUvwI/AAAAAAAAC8w/l8SfVRSrX4U/s1600/lovely-blog-award-150x150.jpg" /></a></div>I was honored to be presented the "One Lovely Blog Award: by both Lori at of <a href="http://genealogyandme.blogspot.com/">Genealogy and Me</a> and Judy at <a href="http://uk-australia.blogspot.com/">UK-Australia Genealogy</a>. (Nice to be offered from across the ocean, Judy!) I am so glad you all are enjoying my blog. Along with the award comes the following responsibilities:<br />
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1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who granted the award and their blog link. <br />
2. Pass the award on to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered.<br />
3. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.<br />
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I have chosen the following 15 blogs...If you haven't already discovered them, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! <br />
<a href="http://flinthillsofkansas.blogspot.com/">Flint Hills of Kansas</a><br />
Why? Because this is a very informative blog on an area near and dear to my heart. I used to live in this neck of the woods. The Leaches, Reaughs, and Crouses lived here on my side, and my husband has the Andress's who still live in the Alta Vista area. Thanks Dr. Bill! Your blog brings back many fine memories!<br />
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<a href="http://stiffsandstones.blogspot.com/">Stiffs and Stones</a> Over Thy Dead Body<br />
What can I say...I love the name! I also can relate with Jennifer's passion for traipsing around cemetaries with a camera! <br />
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<a href="http://barkingupourfamilytree.blogspot.com/">Barking Up Our Family Tree</a><br />
I can relate with her drive to push on with genealogy after her mother died....When my Dad passed away he was the last link on his side of the tree...<br />
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<a href="http://nickmgombash.blogspot.com/">Nick Gombash's Genealogy Blog</a><br />
Nick is young, but he writes a good blog on Hungarian genealogy! What...nno Hungarian roots...weeell, he's not too bad at German genealogy either...and who can resist a fellow gardener?<br />
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<a href="http://lostfort.blogspot.com/">The Lost Fort</a><br />
Gabriele lives in Germany and has a WONDERFUL blog chock full about life and times in the middle ages in Europe. Fascinating! <br />
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<a href="http://kentuckyinmyheart.blogspot.com/">Kentucky in My Heart</a><br />
What a witty blogger!...altho this should be no surprise since she also writes the Diary of a Mad Genealogist blog...love it!!!<br />
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<a href="http://twobubblesoffcenter.blogspot.com/">Two Bubbles Off Center</a><br />
Oh she's good! Harold's Daughter already has the One Lovely Blog Award...but what the hey! Her blog is how I think I would like to write about my ancestors some day. Love her use of pictures to make it all more real! <br />
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<a href="http://americanpomeroys.blogspot.com/">American Pomeroy Historic Genealogic Association</a><br />
What can I say? I have some Pomeroys up my tree....!<br />
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<a href="http://ancestralwormhole.blogspot.com/">Ancestral Wormhole</a><br />
OMG - I need to copy over ALL my VHS! like - YESTERDAY! Just enough tech info to appease the geek in me, combined with genealogy. Thank you! <br />
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<a href="http://haplogrouph.blogspot.com/">Haplogroup H</a><br />
Because I am still trying to wrap my mind around DNA -speak! FINALLY! Somebody is here to help me make heads and tails of it!<br />
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<a href="http://genealogy.guide-poland.com/">Genealogy Guide Poland </a><br />
My husband is Polish, and My Mom was born in what is now Poland. How can I not recommend them for the One Lovely Blog Award? I would love to go on one of their tours someday....<br />
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<a href="http://polishamericangenealogy.blogspot.com/">Al's Polish American Genealogy Research</a><br />
WOW! Al packs a ton of info into his blog....It's like opening presents at Christmas! <br />
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<a href="http://ilgensoc.blogspot.com/">Illinois Genealogical Society</a><br />
The Kansas side of the Leaches and Reaughs settled there from Illinois in 1876. It was Illinois' strong presense on the web that helped me break through my first brick walls. Thank you for that! <br />
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<a href="http://mckinneylibrarygenealogy.blogspot.com/">Mckinney, Texas Public Library Genealogy Blog</a><br />
What a gem of a blog! I went here not sure what to expect. My husband's ancestors had an historic home in McKinney - The John Faires home is at the Chestnut Square Historical Village and is the oldest still standing home in McKinney. But more than that, this blog is great at keeping you in the loop of what is out there to help us check our genealogical sources! <br />
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<a href="http://pwcogenealogy.blogspot.com/">Prince William County Virginia Genealogy</a> Cool! If I am not mistaken, I need to pour through this blog. Now that I have found out that my family has been in America since dirt...some came through Prince William County, VA. Lots of enticing tidbits to be found here! <br />
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So there you have it folks! My 15 blog choices for the One Lovely Blog Award. What a brilliant brainstorm someone had when they developed the One Lovely Blog Award concept. GREAT Marketing! Now go forth and Blog!cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-68221147223339214922011-04-02T16:23:00.001-04:002011-04-02T16:30:43.127-04:00Pineapple Icebox Dessert with Vanilla Wafers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ajQlgsAWW44/TWA6FCLFYgI/AAAAAAAACiA/r2XADyT1c5E/s1600/Pineapple+Icebox+Dessert+Cake+Opal+Faires+Troop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ajQlgsAWW44/TWA6FCLFYgI/AAAAAAAACiA/r2XADyT1c5E/s320/Pineapple+Icebox+Dessert+Cake+Opal+Faires+Troop.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jdtlx4TWJP8/TWA7cFtxOaI/AAAAAAAACjQ/H6tI32bsBNM/s1600/Pineapple+Icebox+Dessert+Cake+Opal+Faires+Troop+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jdtlx4TWJP8/TWA7cFtxOaI/AAAAAAAACjQ/H6tI32bsBNM/s320/Pineapple+Icebox+Dessert+Cake+Opal+Faires+Troop+a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Opal Faires Troop never had any kids. </div><div style="text-align: center;">My husband and sister-in-law remember her as being very set in her ways </div><div style="text-align: center;">and always having to be on best behavior when they went to visit her in Oklahoma City.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe it's because I met her as an adult. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Or maybe it's because she was always nice to me and loved</div><div style="text-align: center;">holding my son when he was a baby.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I liked Opal.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I liked Opal alot.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I miss her now that she is gone. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Which is why it is especially nice to have her recipe. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's the kind of recipe you could take to a potluck and never get a chance </div><div style="text-align: center;">to try it unless you were in the front of the line.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I doubt you'd have even have a crumb to bring back. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Especially on a hot summer day.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It will be here soon enough! </div><div style="text-align: center;">But until it is...make your family some of Opal's Pineapple Icebox Dessert</div><div style="text-align: center;">and make your plans for warmer weather! </div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-33141623809840552082011-04-01T18:03:00.001-04:002011-04-01T18:08:04.877-04:00Family Recipe Friday: Easy Cheesy Pizza Sandwiches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--G9JzvP9hpA/TZTgCfAOR8I/AAAAAAAAC8A/bBElJcxC4dg/s1600/Pizza+Sandwiches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--G9JzvP9hpA/TZTgCfAOR8I/AAAAAAAAC8A/bBElJcxC4dg/s320/Pizza+Sandwiches.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5TRli83UKzY/TZTgCNWAsyI/AAAAAAAAC74/X_xbZVJbp9g/s1600/Pizza+Sandwiches+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5TRli83UKzY/TZTgCNWAsyI/AAAAAAAAC74/X_xbZVJbp9g/s320/Pizza+Sandwiches+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">AT LAST!!! It's Friday!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">AND April Fool's Day!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I can't think of one thing to do for a prank.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It has just been one of THOSE kind of weeks! </div><div style="text-align: center;">So instead of a prank - here's an easy cheesy dinner that everyone should like! </div><div style="text-align: center;">When I make this, I usually use colby jack cheese</div><div style="text-align: center;">instead of processed cheese...</div><div style="text-align: center;">nothing personal, I just don't usually buy that stuff.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Probably because of the word "processed" in front of it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been known to devour it when served as a hot dip with chips however.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I do break my standards every once in a while. :) </div><div style="text-align: center;">So here you go. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Processed cheese or otherwise...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pizza sandwiches can fit the bill for an easy cheesy lunch or dinner!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I bet that is why it was in June's recipe box!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">She liked to fix fancy sandwiches for her folks!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Friday and April Fool's Day everyone! </div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-87841064937063247872011-03-30T18:13:00.000-04:002011-03-30T18:13:16.743-04:00Wordless Wednesdays: Bernice Faires Parker's 1967 Bathroom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mq8KVnPtFWE/TVyaJoxu3tI/AAAAAAAACX4/G351UFZqF08/s1600/Bernice+Bathroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mq8KVnPtFWE/TVyaJoxu3tI/AAAAAAAACX4/G351UFZqF08/s320/Bernice+Bathroom.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X3VFVLV6xO4/TVyaJ_NAhrI/AAAAAAAACYQ/tQt_0oxqXO8/s1600/Bernice+Bathroom+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X3VFVLV6xO4/TVyaJ_NAhrI/AAAAAAAACYQ/tQt_0oxqXO8/s320/Bernice+Bathroom+a.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PxrP8Bknm7g/TV2ztPTjEcI/AAAAAAAACb0/JjAakMIJr1s/s1600/Bernice+Faires+Parker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PxrP8Bknm7g/TV2ztPTjEcI/AAAAAAAACb0/JjAakMIJr1s/s320/Bernice+Faires+Parker.jpg" width="247" /></a></div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-43066415846397138582011-03-29T22:19:00.000-04:002011-03-29T22:19:36.441-04:00Peach Cobbler from Laura McLeod<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uTcgRZbwR6U/TYZy8dajaxI/AAAAAAAACzw/N-Hw_x_hpOs/s1600/Peach+Cobbler+Mcleod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uTcgRZbwR6U/TYZy8dajaxI/AAAAAAAACzw/N-Hw_x_hpOs/s320/Peach+Cobbler+Mcleod.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe because it is the end of March and feels like the end of January here in the South....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I am hankering for a little bit warmer weather right now. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Or maybe because we enjoyed cobbler earlier this month</div><div style="text-align: center;">at the Booth Western Art Museum's Dutch Oven Cookoff...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to post this recipe for Peach Cobbler!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or maybe it's just because I love Peach cobbler!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It brings to mind big drippy fresh peaches from Charlie, Texas, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't blink as you go through Charlie. </div><div style="text-align: center;">You may miss both the town and the peaches. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They are the best peaches I have ever had. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And I live in the Peach State! </div><div style="text-align: center;">That should tell you how good Charlie Texas peaches are! </div><div style="text-align: center;">All us kids would pile into the car and Mom would drive us to go pick peaches.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We'd come home full of peaches.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Both our stomachs as well as the paper bags in the back of the station wagon were full!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mom would make peach preserves...</div><div style="text-align: center;">if the fresh peaches weren't devoured first!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I'll make some peach cobbler this weekend !</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-14901753632704510832011-03-28T21:55:00.000-04:002011-03-28T21:55:51.859-04:00Good Barbeque BBQ Sauce<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n1s6KS8FEts/TYZzLKscKTI/AAAAAAAAC0A/VuJTBaq7ahE/s1600/Good+BBQ+Barbecue+Sauce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n1s6KS8FEts/TYZzLKscKTI/AAAAAAAAC0A/VuJTBaq7ahE/s320/Good+BBQ+Barbecue+Sauce.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think when this was copied from a friend of June Vissotzky's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that she meant to cook </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the venison, ribs, etc in the good BBQ sauce</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for 2 hrs slowly...not to cook the BBQ sauce itself for 2 hours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You'd be left with no sauce to cook with!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then it couldn't be called Good BBQ Sauce. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'd have to call it Burned BBQ Sauce.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And no one would read my blog,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">much less want to eat anything with the sauce! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then everyone would be hungry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And cranky...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which is NEVER a good thing! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Best to stick with Good BBQ Sauce and make everybody happy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speaking of making everybody happy...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this would be a Good BBQ Sauce to make a batch of, put in a Mason jar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">tie a bow on it, stick a wooden spoon on the side of the bow, and give for a gift!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">School will be ending soon, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I bet most teachers would be happy to have </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good BBQ Sauce for an end-of-year appreciation gift!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">June Parker Vissotzky and her fellow teachers </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at Stephenville High School would have been more than pleased!</div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-33517524324806854082011-03-25T07:18:00.001-04:002011-03-25T07:27:54.260-04:00Organic Lawn & Garden Fertilizer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AWDwfQTe39I/TYZyvevea0I/AAAAAAAACzc/_NDObrcRnZc/s1600/Lawn+and+Garden+fertilizer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" r6="true" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AWDwfQTe39I/TYZyvevea0I/AAAAAAAACzc/_NDObrcRnZc/s320/Lawn+and+Garden+fertilizer.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>Organic Lawn & Garden Fertilizer</u></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">1 can beer</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 cup liquid dish soap</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 cup lemon scented ammonia</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 can Coke or Pepsi or soda</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 cup liquid fertilizer (like Miracle gro etc) </div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 or 1 cup listerine - regular or mint</div><div style="text-align: center;">Put in 2 liter bottle and spray every 3 weeks.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(You can also make a "tea" using chewing tobacco...</div><div style="text-align: center;">great for keeping those bugs at bay! )</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am going to try this again this year - </div><div style="text-align: center;">I used it years ago.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My lawn was happy...</div><div style="text-align: center;">My flowers were happy...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UiC4gNArk7g/TSy3pu6l3eI/AAAAAAAAAUA/8rdA5OYn_Ok/s1600/2010+GA+trip+2010-05-28+022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UiC4gNArk7g/TSy3pu6l3eI/AAAAAAAAAUA/8rdA5OYn_Ok/s320/2010+GA+trip+2010-05-28+022.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-58732496590136031902011-03-23T22:57:00.000-04:002011-03-23T22:57:01.798-04:00McCall's How to make basic crepes perfectly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-huQDit9mEhM/TVyaZVdrKNI/AAAAAAAACZU/NeaegQGmFlc/s1600/Perfect+Crepes+McCalls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" r6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-huQDit9mEhM/TVyaZVdrKNI/AAAAAAAACZU/NeaegQGmFlc/s320/Perfect+Crepes+McCalls.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">June Parker Vissotzky was a recipe collector extraordinaire!</div><div style="text-align: center;">After she passed away, we found recipes EVERYWHERE!</div><div style="text-align: center;">In books.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In pockets.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In envelopes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In drawers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In her car. </div><div style="text-align: center;">In purses. </div><div style="text-align: center;">In her bathroom drawers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In her closet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And of course, in her kitchen! </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was really overwhelming! </div><div style="text-align: center;">She loved to make things for her family and friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think she would have liked this blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now go forth and make some perfect crepes! </div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-81150168891753310702011-03-22T10:49:00.000-04:002011-03-22T10:49:24.359-04:00Hello Dolly! Chocolate Chip Seven Layer Kitchen Sink Bar Cookies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rz_N3IvbfNc/TVxy3zNUTkI/AAAAAAAACVs/elfWybpd6I8/s1600/Hello+Dolly+bars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" r6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rz_N3IvbfNc/TVxy3zNUTkI/AAAAAAAACVs/elfWybpd6I8/s320/Hello+Dolly+bars.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, HELLO DOLLY! </div><div style="text-align: center;">After yesterday's dump cake kind of a day, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought these decadent bars would be appropriate. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Today is another day!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Plus they are SO easy! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Sweeten the rest of your week with these babies!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Your family, friends, and co-workers will love you for it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think this is one of June's recipes. </div><div style="text-align: center;">She had beautiful hand-writiing! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I would say it is because she was an artist...</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I have an art degree and MY handwriting is </div><div style="text-align: center;">nothing to write home about, especially as I get older :D</div><div style="text-align: center;">June liked to make dessert part of every evening meal.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I imagine this was one that was easy to make in a hurry, </div><div style="text-align: center;">either for dinner or to take to school or church.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We should all take a little more time to sweeten our days! </div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-26746901594177692622011-03-21T17:56:00.000-04:002011-03-21T17:56:33.258-04:00Dump Cake for a manic Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CMrdr4xGrZI/TVyaJ-li9MI/AAAAAAAACYM/zxeqyn-MwvQ/s1600/Dump+Cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" r6="true" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CMrdr4xGrZI/TVyaJ-li9MI/AAAAAAAACYM/zxeqyn-MwvQ/s320/Dump+Cake.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dump Cake.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That just about says it all. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Posted on a Monday after a full moon. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Not just ANY full moon. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The Perigree Moon!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The brightest and fullest full moon since 1993.</div><div style="text-align: center;">THAT just about says it all right there in a nutshell.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It has been one of THOSE Mondays. One big humungous dump cake! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I could eat an entire dump cake myself! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Except for one thing...</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 cubes of oleo.</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 CUBES?</div><div style="text-align: center;">OLEO?</div><div style="text-align: center;">(oops, that is TWO things! Told you it has been one of those days!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am assuming June Vissotzky meant 2 TB of margarine - </div><div style="text-align: center;">although I prefer to use butter. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's more natural! </div><div style="text-align: center;">(or maybe I have just listened to my mother and Mrs. Deen too much!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Regardless what kind of Monday YOU have had,</div><div style="text-align: center;">this makes an EXCELLENT and EASY cake - </div><div style="text-align: center;">Just whatever you do <span style="color: red;"><strong><u>DON'T STIR IT TOGETHER</u></strong>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am not speaking from experience or anything... lol!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wonder if June ever felt like her day was one big dump cake? </div><div style="text-align: center;">She was an art teacher in Stephenville, TX and </div><div style="text-align: center;">well-loved for her infectious laugh and sense of humor.</div><div style="text-align: center;">May YOUR day end as sweetly as this dump cake!</div>cr299texasforsalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722908545696604408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646833094744146341.post-40761976595222970542011-03-20T17:48:00.000-04:002011-03-20T17:48:35.402-04:00Sentimental Sundays - Orange Mint Drink Wedding Punch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8qbvVuahF0c/TYZy73gL78I/AAAAAAAACzg/MvPifR9GqcU/s1600/Orange+Mint+Drink+Wedding+Punch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" r6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8qbvVuahF0c/TYZy73gL78I/AAAAAAAACzg/MvPifR9GqcU/s320/Orange+Mint+Drink+Wedding+Punch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lzI2tEAntPo/TYZy8Dl2Y5I/AAAAAAAACzk/_CmjgbZmYdo/s1600/Orange+Mint+Drink+Wedding+Punch+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" r6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lzI2tEAntPo/TYZy8Dl2Y5I/AAAAAAAACzk/_CmjgbZmYdo/s320/Orange+Mint+Drink+Wedding+Punch+a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have no idea how old this recipe is. </div><div style="text-align: center;">At least as old as Canada Dry Ginger Ale, which according to Wikipedia was created in 1904.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I DO know that this is the same punch recipe that </div><div style="text-align: center;">Bernice Faires Parker used at her daughter's wedding. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(Wilma June Parker to Henry Vissotzky). </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was also used at her granddaughters weddings. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It may have even been used at Bernice's wedding to </div><div style="text-align: center;">Harvey Kenneth Parker in the 1920s...</div><div style="text-align: center;">which would mean that this recipe really is from Bernice's Mom,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Birdie Belle Neighbors. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Although that is somewhat presumptious, </div><div style="text-align: center;">because it could just as well have come from Harvey's mom, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth "Lizzie" Andress, for their wedding. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I used it at my son's Boy Scout Eagle Award ceremony. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Whenever he gets married, it will most likely be HIS wedding punch.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bernice used to always make it for us when we would go visit her in Texas.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let me tell you, there is nothing like it on a hot Texas day! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Not even sweet tea.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's all about tradition! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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