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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Peach Cobbler from Laura McLeod
Maybe because it is the end of March and feels like the end of January here in the South....
and I am hankering for a little bit warmer weather right now.
Or maybe because we enjoyed cobbler earlier this month
at the Booth Western Art Museum's Dutch Oven Cookoff...
I had to post this recipe for Peach Cobbler!
Or maybe it's just because I love Peach cobbler!
It brings to mind big drippy fresh peaches from Charlie, Texas,
Don't blink as you go through Charlie.
You may miss both the town and the peaches.
They are the best peaches I have ever had.
And I live in the Peach State!
That should tell you how good Charlie Texas peaches are!
All us kids would pile into the car and Mom would drive us to go pick peaches.
We'd come home full of peaches.
Both our stomachs as well as the paper bags in the back of the station wagon were full!
Mom would make peach preserves...
if the fresh peaches weren't devoured first!
I think I'll make some peach cobbler this weekend !
Monday, March 28, 2011
Good Barbeque BBQ Sauce
I think when this was copied from a friend of June Vissotzky's
that she meant to cook
the venison, ribs, etc in the good BBQ sauce
for 2 hrs slowly...not to cook the BBQ sauce itself for 2 hours.
You'd be left with no sauce to cook with!
And then it couldn't be called Good BBQ Sauce.
We'd have to call it Burned BBQ Sauce.
And no one would read my blog,
much less want to eat anything with the sauce!
And then everyone would be hungry.
And cranky...
which is NEVER a good thing!
Best to stick with Good BBQ Sauce and make everybody happy!
Speaking of making everybody happy...
this would be a Good BBQ Sauce to make a batch of, put in a Mason jar
tie a bow on it, stick a wooden spoon on the side of the bow, and give for a gift!
School will be ending soon,
and I bet most teachers would be happy to have
Good BBQ Sauce for an end-of-year appreciation gift!
June Parker Vissotzky and her fellow teachers
at Stephenville High School would have been more than pleased!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Organic Lawn & Garden Fertilizer
Organic Lawn & Garden Fertilizer
1 can beer
1 cup liquid dish soap
1 cup lemon scented ammonia
1 can Coke or Pepsi or soda
1 cup liquid fertilizer (like Miracle gro etc)
1/2 or 1 cup listerine - regular or mint
Put in 2 liter bottle and spray every 3 weeks.
(You can also make a "tea" using chewing tobacco...
great for keeping those bugs at bay! )
I am going to try this again this year -
I used it years ago.
My lawn was happy...
My flowers were happy...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
McCall's How to make basic crepes perfectly
June Parker Vissotzky was a recipe collector extraordinaire!
After she passed away, we found recipes EVERYWHERE!
In books.
In pockets.
In envelopes.
In drawers.
In her car.
In purses.
In her bathroom drawers.
In her closet.
And of course, in her kitchen!
It was really overwhelming!
She loved to make things for her family and friends.
I think she would have liked this blog.
Now go forth and make some perfect crepes!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Hello Dolly! Chocolate Chip Seven Layer Kitchen Sink Bar Cookies
Well, HELLO DOLLY!
After yesterday's dump cake kind of a day,
I thought these decadent bars would be appropriate.
Today is another day!
Plus they are SO easy!
Sweeten the rest of your week with these babies!
Your family, friends, and co-workers will love you for it.
I think this is one of June's recipes.
She had beautiful hand-writiing!
I would say it is because she was an artist...
but I have an art degree and MY handwriting is
nothing to write home about, especially as I get older :D
June liked to make dessert part of every evening meal.
I imagine this was one that was easy to make in a hurry,
either for dinner or to take to school or church.
We should all take a little more time to sweeten our days!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Dump Cake for a manic Monday
Dump Cake.
That just about says it all.
Posted on a Monday after a full moon.
Not just ANY full moon.
The Perigree Moon!
The brightest and fullest full moon since 1993.
THAT just about says it all right there in a nutshell.
It has been one of THOSE Mondays. One big humungous dump cake!
I think I could eat an entire dump cake myself!
Except for one thing...
2 cubes of oleo.
2 CUBES?
OLEO?
(oops, that is TWO things! Told you it has been one of those days!)
I am assuming June Vissotzky meant 2 TB of margarine -
although I prefer to use butter.
It's more natural!
(or maybe I have just listened to my mother and Mrs. Deen too much!)
Regardless what kind of Monday YOU have had,
this makes an EXCELLENT and EASY cake -
Just whatever you do DON'T STIR IT TOGETHER!
I am not speaking from experience or anything... lol!
I wonder if June ever felt like her day was one big dump cake?
She was an art teacher in Stephenville, TX and
well-loved for her infectious laugh and sense of humor.
May YOUR day end as sweetly as this dump cake!
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