tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18355843419827450742024-03-13T07:09:02.626-06:00Granddad's CornerFlier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.comBlogger695125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-14165298775751392672016-02-15T07:00:00.000-07:002016-02-15T07:00:22.597-07:00JUSTICE SCALIA<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's a shame, and he will be missed. Saturday, Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court, passed away. He was 79 years old. Now, I'm sure that certain people are just chomping at the bit to get another democrap libtard in his place. We will have to wait and see how this goes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Prayers for his family and friends and our country.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-90840777635979219122016-02-05T06:30:00.000-07:002016-02-05T06:30:01.178-07:00John Wayne's God Bless America Mix<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We never get sick of this at our house.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It will whoosh you back in time.</span><br />
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<iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/evSC-WZFw1c/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/evSC-WZFw1c?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-71971355425429880752016-01-26T07:00:00.000-07:002016-01-26T07:00:33.808-07:00CHAPPED LIPS CURE<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a home remedy for chapped lips. Now, I was told this many, many years ago. I do not take responsibility for it. Now that we have the legal stuff out of the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All you need to do, according to who told me, is to kiss a horse's or a cow's hiney, at the base of the tail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It may not help your chapped lips, but it will sure keep you from licking your lips and making them more chapped.</span> Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-16319973197401045562016-01-25T07:00:00.000-07:002016-01-25T07:00:19.006-07:00QUOTES OF THE WEEK<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"<i>Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Andrew Jackson, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">7th U.S. president</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Peter Ustinov, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">British actor and writer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Minna Antrim, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">American author</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Friendship is the great chain of human society."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--James Howell, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">British historian and writer</span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-64420002400330312472016-01-20T07:00:00.000-07:002016-01-20T07:00:18.804-07:00A joke for your Wednesday<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My sister sent me this one, and I thought some of you might think it is funny, too.</span><br />
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Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-8940885359012395972016-01-19T07:00:00.000-07:002016-01-19T07:00:18.681-07:00A SLOW CREEP IS CREEPING UP<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's slow. And it is creeping up and getting nearer. There is nothing that can be done. It's going to happen. I would change it if it were possible. It creeps up on all of us. Every day of the year. It creeps up and gets someone. Man, woman, child. Male or female, it doesn't matter, it gets us all. Some enjoy it. Others, maybe not so much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What am I talking about? BIRTHDAYS! Pappy quit counting his when he was like in his late 50's. Ever since I could remember, he was always saying that he was 39 years old. He was in his 70's when he passed. I've seen and known some "older" people who still act like they are back in high school. One lady I know is over eighty and still likes to go out and dance if she can find a guy to keep up with her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Take me for example. A lot of my family members tell me all the time that I'm still just like a overgrown kid. I admit that I can go a little overboard when doing some things. Why, just the other day, a guy and I had a race to see who could get to the bathroom first. He cheated. A friend and I went out for lunch last week for all you can eat pizza. I wolfed nine slices. He only ate four. If I had had beer, it might have been 14 slices. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">'Course, we won't talk about how I was the next day or two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I bet I can still ride a Big Wheel through Red Rocks Park, if you beef up the frame on it then help me get off the thing and back on my feet. I can still roll down a hill. Even when I don't want to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, I'm now declaring. I will <i>not</i> turn 60 in February!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm going to do like Pappy, but I'll start at 59 and work backwards. So, I'll be 58 this year, and 57 next year. Now if I can just figure out how to avoid looking older. Like the lady that my grandmother knew. She paid to have a face lift once. A couple years later, instead of getting another one -- I swear this is true -- she showed up at our house smelling a bit strange, but looked like she had a newer face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She told my grandmother that instead of paying for a face lift that she was using Preparation H on her face. Tightened everything right up! Smelled a bit, along with old lady perfume. She was quite proud of how she looked and wanted to go out and have dinner someplace. I told them I had a date and couldn't go with them. Grandmother said something like "coward" under her breath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They went out. Grandmother didn't talk to me for three days. </span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-88618788276981421532016-01-18T07:00:00.000-07:002016-01-18T07:00:11.568-07:00QUOTES OF THE WEEK: January 15, 2016<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls, and it looks like work."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-- </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thomas Edison, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">American inventor</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness with others."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Samuel Butler, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">British author</span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-64570122797747212112016-01-11T07:00:00.000-07:002016-01-11T07:00:05.703-07:00FRESH AIR TAI CHI<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last Friday I had my very first Tai Chi class. It was interesting, it was fun. In fact, you could say it was a "gas." It was also very relaxing. Which I guess would account for several people passing said gas. And, we ALL know that farts are funny. Loud ones, squeakers, low pitched ones, high pitched ones. There is such a variety.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then, you have these people also saying excuse me every time that there is a "butt burp." Loud excuse me, soft excuse me, with a snicker or two along the way. I've heard that the same thing happens in yoga. Go figure. The instructor, who seems to be a nice guy, kind of started it all. First him, then one or two of the ladies in the class. Followed up by us guys. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was almost like we had a harmony going on, with Asian music playing in the background. My friend that told me about Tai Chi, never said anything about passing gas while in class. At least the rec center has good ventilation in the yoga room. And, what's up with all the mirrors around the room? I don't need four different views of myself trying to be graceful like a gazelle and looking more like a hippo in heat, moving around, and trying to get the moves just right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, maybe in a few weeks. . . maybe I'll look more like a graceful hippo. But it is still a workout. The others seem to have had more classes than I have. That's okay, I'll catch up. As for the gas thing, maybe a few air fresheners, like you hang in your car, might be in order to hang off a few backsides. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's all good.</span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-58012498816133767972016-01-05T07:00:00.000-07:002016-01-05T07:00:28.184-07:00TAI CHI<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hot diggity, I'm now signed up for Tai Chi class. The class starts this Friday. I'm looking forward to this. I'm pumped. I'm ready. I'm inspired.... But, what do you wear for Tai Chi? Shorts, lounge pants, sweats, ninja outfit, pajamas? I've got everything covered, except for pajamas and ninja outfit. And do you need to bring anything else with you to class? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm hoping that I'll be able to get more limber, and be able to move and bend a lot easier than I do now. They say that it is low impact and easier on your body, good exercise for mind and body. I can use some improvement on the body. The mind. . . that's something that went into the waste basket a long time ago, according to some of my friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is going to be neat. I'll be a Taekwondo, Karate, Judo, Kung Fu Ninja Turtle when I learn this stuff. As long as my opponent moves as slow or slower than me. I should be able to kick some major butt playing pickle ball later on. After, I learn some of this Tai Chi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, away I go Friday to check this out. Wish me luck. Hoping for a more limber body in a few weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">New years eve was quiet and Kathi crashed at about 9:30 p.m. I woke her in time for new years. New year's morning we made up some homemade sourdough cinnamon rolls, then played lounge monsters for the rest of the day. Ate some more cinnamon rolls for lunch. Watched westerns on the boob tube for the rest of the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm going to work on getting some things done that I want this year. A friend up in Wyoming has talked me into trying Tai Chi. So, I'll be signed up here this week. Plus I'm going to try my hand at some knife making, some leather craft, and -- of course -- some camping and fishing here in a while. I'm also going to try to take better care of myself this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm not getting any younger. I'll be hitting the BIG 60 in a month or so. I also want to be able to get a jo... a jo ... It's hard to say. A part-time job. There, if you say it fast enough, it isn't as hard to say. Our home business is kaput. So, I'll try something different. HHMMM? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I guess trying to get my old job (40 some odd years ago) as a stripper is off the table. My money shaker won't even get me change any more. I could try driving a delivery truck again, except I don't know if I can put up with the a-holes out on the roads now a days. Maybe a warehouse job. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm sure I can get re-certified as a fork lift operator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well enough of my kibitzing. I hope that you all had a great one. Now, maybe its time for another cinnamon roll and a mug of coffee. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hope that all of you out there have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and that 2016 will be a great year for all of us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks, and God bless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Helen Keller, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">American author and activist</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"I never think of the future - - it comes soon enough."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--Albert Einstein, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">physicist</span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-55371134261833619032015-12-07T07:00:00.000-07:002015-12-07T07:00:11.584-07:00QUOTE OF THE WEEK<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"If you do something with your whole heart and it's a mistake, you can live with that."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">-- </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Florence Welch, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">British musician</span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-7535137345805641132015-11-23T07:00:00.000-07:002015-11-23T07:00:00.906-07:00FEED YOUR FACE: Applesauce<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just about every body likes applesauce. You can have chunky or smooth. I like both. I always looked forward to help make some fresh applesauce. I like applesauce year round, but we made a big deal out of it come holiday time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pappy really liked applesauce. He could eat his weight in applesauce. It took my sister and I awhile to figure out why. We never, ever, saw him eat a apple, ever. And the reason why was because . . . he had no teeth. He could gum a good steak to death, but could not bite into a juicy apple. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He claimed that home made applesauce was way better than the stuff you bought in the store. 'Course, that never stopped him from eating a whole big store-bought jar of applesauce in one day. So here is a recipe for making your own applesauce.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">About 4 pounds of tart apples (or your favorite kind)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Peel, core, and slice the apples thinly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In a large Dutch oven (or other big pot) mix sugar, cinnamon, and your sliced up apples. Let stand for about 40 minutes or until juices start to form. Stir once or twice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cook over every low heat till very juicy, about 15 minutes or so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Continue cooking now over medium heat to desired thickness, stirring often.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cook around 20 minutes or so for chunky style applesauce, o</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">r 30 minutes or more for smooth style applesauce.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Makes about 5 1/2 cups or so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's not hard to make. I remember having fresh applesauce one time out on the ranch when we had to round up cattle to take to fall pasture. Old Joe fixed up a bunch of fried pork chops with some green beans and fresh made applesauce. We didn't have a chuck wagon, but we had Old Joe's old Willies pickup truck. It was set up kinda like a chuck wagon. You've never seen such a collection of pots 'n pans and Dutch ovens, and all kinds of food stuffs packed up on this old truck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was some good eating. So make some applesauce and surprise your family when you tell them you made it your self. Enjoy and FEED YOUR FACE! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, about 10 to 15 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Serve up in bowls with a pat of butter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now add some molasses or some maple syrup. Or maybe you like brown sugar instead. Maybe some light cream.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Me, I like to add some chokecherry jelly. It's great on a cold morning with a steaming mug of coffee and maybe a slice -- okay, <i>several </i>slices -- of bacon on the side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, if it has been awhile since you had some hasty pudding, or if you have never had hasty pudding, give it a try. I think you will like it. You might even give up on your oatmeal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Enjoy.... And FEED YOUR FACE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 cups cooked and mashed pumpkin, or you can use a 15 oz of can pumpkin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 teaspoons ground cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3/4 cup sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/4 teaspoon ground cloves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3/4 teaspoon nutmeg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/2 cup whipping cream or 1 cup light cream instead</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/2 cup milk or 1 cup light cream instead</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3 slightly beaten eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 unbaked 9 inch pastry shell. Make your own or use store bought.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Combine sugar, pumpkin, spices and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Now blend in cream, eggs, milk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bake at 400 degrees, 40 to 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of the pie comes out clean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now for a pumpkin pie recipe that my great grandmother used to make for the holidays. She would make it at her house then bring it over to my grandmother's house. Both of my grandmothers kind of had a pie rivalry going on. They never would allow the other to make and bake a pie in their own kitchen. This went on for years. My sister and I kind of would fan the flames every now and then. 'Course, by the time the holiday meal was done, the pies were brought out and they sure didn't last long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Molasses-Pumpkin Pie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In a mixing bowl combine</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3 eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 cups milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/2 cup molasses</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/2 cup packed brown sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/2 teaspoon ground ginger</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 teaspoons ground cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/2 a teaspoon salt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Beat mixture until well blended, pour into unbaked pie shell.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bake at 400 degrees for about 55 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of the pie comes out clean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My great grandmother was a farm girl and she loved to cook. If you walked away from the table after eating and were hungry in about two hours it was your own fault for not eating enough the first time. She always had a smile on her face and she would hum some tune from years gone by. She would let me and my sister in the kitchen to help her every time we came for a visit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She taught me and my cousins how to cook some things. She would say that "boys should know how to cook too, just like girls do."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, make some pumpkin pies for your holidays and smile when they say how good it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, whip up some whipped topping and FEED YOUR FACE!</span><br />
<br />Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-49065943411590797862015-11-17T06:30:00.000-07:002015-11-17T06:30:08.677-07:00FEED YOUR FACE: Southern style South of the Border Stew. (Pappy style)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pappy loved beans. He also loved stew. And he loved just about anything hot and spicy from south of the border. If you caught him on one of his good days, the man could fill the kitchen with aromas that would knock your socks off. Or if he was in the mood for border-style, you would burn all of the hair in your nose from the aroma of chili and spices. Grandmother was surprised sometimes that the paint had not peeled off the kitchen walls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At least once every winter, Pappy would make this stew. It's good with some fresh corn bread on the side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 tablespoons of shortening or bacon grease</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 1/2 pounds of lean chuck, cut it in 1 inch cubes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 green chilies, hot or mild, seeded and chopped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 1/2 pounds smoked pork, cut in 1 inch cubes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 medium onions, chopped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 cloves garlic, minced</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 sweet peppers, green or red, chopped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 bay leaves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 teaspoon salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 teaspoon oregano</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 teaspoon pepper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/2 teaspoon cumin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/4 cup lemon juice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 one pound can of tomatoes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 cup beef broth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 cup of your favorite wine (save the rest for later)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 cup raisins</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 cup whole almonds or 1/2 cup shaved almonds</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, get out your trusty Dutch oven.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Brown beef in shortening or bacon grease in Dutch oven. Remove beef.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Brown pork,onions and garlic. Stir often, about 5 to 6 minutes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now add your browned beef back into the Dutch oven, add your tomatoes,chili peppers, red peppers,salt, pepper,bay leaves, cumin, and oregano.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bring to a boil, then lower heat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Simmer uncovered 10 minutes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Add remaining ingredients and cover.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, bake at 300 degrees for about 2 hours.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Skim the fat that has floated to the top, and serve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, you can also do this in a slow cooker. When grandmother bought a slow cooker when they first came out and used it for the first time, I could have swore that I saw her dance a little jig in the kitchen. (She said that she was trying to squish a spider on the floor.) The roast and veggies were quite good. Pappy was overjoyed with the slow cooker also. Anyway, the slow cooker way follows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Brown meats, onions, garlic in a skillet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dump that into your slow cooker. Now add all of the other ingredients.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cover and let it cook 8 to 10 hours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On cold days or cold nights, this stew will warm you up. It goes real good also with a cold beer and some sourdough bread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, whichever way you like to cook it, make a batch and FEED YOUR FACE!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-11069018275292480792015-11-16T06:30:00.000-07:002015-11-16T06:30:01.525-07:00FEED YOUR FACE: Mashed Potatoes (Grandma style) <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just about everyone likes mashed potatoes. But, some folks use the instant kind. Each has it's place. But give me fresh mashed taters! They just taste better. And the reason they do, according to my grandmother, is because you make them yourself, so you can make them like you like them. Lumpy or smooth. Skins or no skins. Lots of butter or very little butter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is my grandmother's recipe for mashed potatoes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">6 to 8 potatoes, peeled and cubed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 cup evaporated milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/2 cups butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Salt and pepper to taste.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Place the potatoes in a large sauce pan and cover them with water. (Be sure to wash them first if you leave the skins on.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cook until tender.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Drain. Add other ingredients.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until blended and creamy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Serves 6 to 8.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pretty simple. But I have known people that have never made mashed potatoes before. I remember my first time "helping" make mashed potatoes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were living with my grandparents, (grandmother and Pappy) and it was Thanksgiving day. It had snowed the night before, and the snow was deep. The wind had made big drifts in our backyard. My sister and I were helping by setting the table, and hoping that other family members were on their way. Things were going pretty well when all of a sudden the lights flicked off then on, then off. They didn't come back on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Family started to show up. Food was being placed on the table. The only thing not done was the mashed potatoes. They were cooked and ready to be mashed, only we had no power for the mixer. So grandmother went old school. She produced this thing that she called a potato masher. Of course, me and my sister wanted to help mash potatoes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Grandmother had turned off the burners on the stove. She put my and my sister in aprons, placed a chair by the stove, and let us bang and smash the potatoes to smithereens. Then she came up with this thing that she said was a hand mixer. The kind you have to turn this handle, and these little blades whirl around. Well, we had to have a go with that on the potatoes also, so we took turns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We even were able to keep the biggest part of the potatoes in the pan. The power came back on when we were all just about done with our Thanksgiving meal. Everyone said that the mashed potatoes were the best they had ever had. .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, enjoy, mash 'em up anyway you like. And FEED YOUR FACE!</span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-30523470544715446752015-11-13T06:30:00.000-07:002015-11-13T06:30:07.836-07:00FEED YOUR FACE: Corn Bread<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My side of the family has always been the meat and 'taters kind of family. A lot of the family are from the south, so a lot of our meals reflect that heritage. A lot of our family were farmers. They really did live off of what they raised, and what they could sell for things they needed. Mamma and Poppa, my great grandparents, had a farm in Scout County, Missouri. They had the usual animals -- cows chickens, pigs, a couple of mules for plowing. And they had several acres of watermelons, corn, and several other crops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mamma could cook just about anything. Give her a couple of cast iron skillets and a few dutch ovens, and she could cook up a storm on her old wood cook stove. One of my favorite things was her home made corn bread, cooked in a big cast iron skillet. She always made all of her recipes from scratch. I love to cook in cast iron myself. I have skillets from my grandparents and great-grandparents. One or two are from great-great-grandparents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, it holds something special to me to cook in them. 'Course, I don't always cook from scratch, as there are things that make cooking a lot easier now that are (almost) as good. Like corn bread. Packaged corn bread is fine. But sometimes you need to add a little extra something to make it your own. Here is one of my great grandmother's cornbread recipes. (She had several.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 cup flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 cup cornmeal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 teaspoon salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2/3 cup sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3/4 cup buttermilk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 eggs, beaten lightly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 cup creamed corn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1/2 cups butter, melted</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Heat your oven to 425 degrees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now in a larger bowl, mix the eggs, buttermilk,creamed corn, and butter. Stir thoroughly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now add the dry ingredients to the buttermilk mixture, stir and combine it all together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you want, you can pour into cupcake papers in your muffin pan. Or, like I do, grease up your big cast iron skillet and pour it in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you use the muffin pan, it takes about 12 minutes or so to bake. This will make 18 muffins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you use your cast iron, cooking time will be increased. When the top of corn bread is brown and a tooth pick </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">comes out clean </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">when poked into the corn bread. Set muffins or skillet aside to cool for just a few minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hope this is a recipe you will like and use. Great for holidays or Sunday supper. Slather some butter and jam on your corn bread, or try using some sorghum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've mixed up the dry ingredients and placed in a bag. And the wet ingredients in a jar. And taken on hunting and fishing trips. I've also, on fishing trips, dipped the fish once they've been cleaned, in the batter and fried them in my dutch oven that has oil in it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, enjoy. And FEED YOUR FACE! </span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-91354178788164232082015-11-12T06:30:00.000-07:002015-11-12T06:30:12.851-07:00FEED YOUR FACE: Trail Mix<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Around the holidays, everyone seems to get the munchies more than any other time of the year. There is just something about being able to stuff our faces and worry about the end results at the beginning of the new year. My family use to start this feeding frenzy right after Halloween. We would eat up as much of the leftover candy as we could. Once we were tired of candy, we wanted something different to stuff ourselves with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My great grandmother one year was tired of me, my sister, and three cousins opening her fridge every few minutes to look for something to munch or eat. She would holler at us and say, "There is nothing new in the fridge, that wasn't there before, so close the fridge, you're letting the cold out." I guess she had had enough. She grabbed a big bowl and dumped in what was left of some M&M's, peanuts, potato chips, and some dried fruit of some kind, leftover from the previous year when she made fruitcake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, my cousins would eat anything and everything. They were always worried that one of them will not get his fair share. I mean, I've seen them fight over the ham bone from a pot of beans. Anyway, great grandmother threw a bunch of stuff in this bowl and set it out on a little table in the living room. Man, you would of thought that this stuff was the last meal on earth. My sister and I hovered around the outskirts of the bowl. We couldn't get near enough to try and get a hand full of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our cousins came up for air, and me and my sister swooped in on the bowl. There wasn't much left. Some potato chip crumbs, a couple of busted up M&M's, the dregs of dried fruit, and them little chunks of peanuts and peanut skins. And there was also those hard chunks of the stale popcorn. You know, the ones that have not popped all the way. It was all gone. It seemed to satisfy our hunger for the time being.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a recipe for some trail mix.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">5 cups sugar corn pop cereal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 cup raisins</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 cups peanuts or mixed nuts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 cups of M&Ms</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mix it all together in a big bowl. Makes about 10 cups or so.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you're the type, you can make up your own style of trail mix that is more on the healthy side. So, set out some trail mix. And FEED YOUR FACE!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-64407331481521872722015-11-09T06:30:00.000-07:002015-11-09T06:30:00.281-07:00QUOTES OF THE WEEK<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thomas Fuller, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">English clergyman and historian</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Where there is great love there are always miracles."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Willa Cather, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">American author</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jean-Paul Sartre, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">novelist</span>Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-34260643847645678342015-11-03T06:30:00.000-07:002015-11-03T06:30:00.272-07:00KATHI UPDATE & STUFF<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, it has been more than five weeks with the blood clot in Kathi's leg. Even though it is still there, she will be heading back to the J.O.B. this Wednesday. Not sure if I will be taking her to work for awhile, or if she will drive herself. She still has bruising and nodules from the heparin shots, but they are getting smaller.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, I will be busy for a few more days. Then, I need to call that friend of mine who was re-doing his basement. Need to get all of that crap done before the snow flies. We still need to get the sump pump installed and running to his liking. (That could take awhile.) Then I need to see what other type of piddly stuff he wants done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With all that has been going on, my mind has been working overtime. Lots of projects that I have thought of. Now just need to start on them. Since the holidays are sneaking up on us, I think that I will be blogging some FEED YOUR FACE! posts. Main courses, sides, desserts, drinks, and a few stories thrown in also. Some wild game recipes are also in order. So, check in, you may find something from anything thing that crawls, swims, flies, runs, jumps, two legged, four legged, you never know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If there is something you want to ask, ask. There is no such thing as a dumb question. Weird maybe, off the wall maybe. So, pull up a couch or whatever and ask away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also, don't forget to get the old snow blower ready. The snow will be here soon. Brush off them cob webs on the snow shovel. Check that pile of fire wood, Dig out your long johns and them old worn out winter boots. You might also start to drag down some of that Christmas stuff that is a pain in the butt to get to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or if you're like some people and left them lights up all year, you're ahead of the game. Speaking of games. I came across a book that has some "old fashion games." I'll post a few of them and see if anyone remembers any of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hope everyone's week is going well and not too many AH SH** moments happening. </span><br />
Flier389http://www.blogger.com/profile/17000853030589477067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835584341982745074.post-77464230245415977942015-10-29T06:30:00.000-06:002015-10-29T06:30:01.033-06:00Annual Fall Poem (A Kathi Post)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My dad used to recite this annual Fall poem for us each year when we were kids old enough to think it was just nasty enough to be funny. He has been gone for a bunch of years, but I still think of it at least once each year when the weather is cool and the leaves are falling. I am very glad that I can still hear his voice in my head when I think of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"When the weather is hot and sticky</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>that's no time to dunk your dickie.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>When the frost is on the pumpkin,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>THAT'S the time for dickie dunkin.'"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--Josh Billings</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Of all the things I miss from veterinary practice, puppy breath is one of the most fond memories!"</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--Dr. Tom Cat</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">--Gene Hill</span><br />
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