LACY COOKIE CRUNCH WITH STRAWBERRIES DESSERT
Make Mousse {No. 1-below} the night before you are going to make the dessert.
{No. 2} Lacy Cookie Shell
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup Minute Oats
1/4 cup sugar
3 Tab. pecans, finely chopped
2 tsp. water
Combine ingredients in a heavy little skillet or pan.
Stir ove low heat till butter is melted. Remove from heat. Drop by tsp. (I use Tab. to make larger shell) at least 3" apart on a heavy cookie sheet that is greased & floured or put parchment paper on cookie sheet and bake on it (my peference). Bake 350 degrees 8 to 10 minutes. Remove when lightly browned. Allow a few minutes on cookie sheet to set up, but not too long. It still needs to be warm or it won't form over dish. Try your spatula to loosed all around the edges. Gently try to remove the whole lacy looking cookie and put very gently over the bottom of a small dessert dish to cool. Put the mousse in the bottom of your cooled lacy shells you've set in a dish.
{No.1}
I'm not crazy about this mousse recipe so if you have a better one use it and send it to me. Make it the night before you are going to make the dessert.
1/4 cup sugar
1 Tab. water
1 Tab. Bailey's Irish Cream or Tequila Rose Irish Creme
Bring to a boil . Remove from heat and add 2 oz. white chocolate & 1 egg. Beat well. Chill till cool (important). Fold in 1 or 2 cups whipped topping. Chill overnight. Keeps well in refrigerator. Spoon equally among the lacy shells. Cover with sliced fresh sweetened strawberries. Drizzle with thinned Marshmallow Creme.
Without the Strawberries, Mousse, & Marshmallow Creme you can just make very fancy cookies with the butter, oatmeal, etc. mixture. After baking them using (1 tsp.) dough put over your rolling pin to cool and form. Delicious cookies.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
FRESH CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY RECIPES.
Dillon's Grocery had 4 lbs. nice large (no moldy ones on bottom ) Strawberries on sale for $1.49 a lb. I bought them Monday (ad ended on Tues.) and that night had sugared slices on vanilla ice cream. Yum! First thing I always do is pour them out and (now) wash in soapy water & rinse and divide them by ripe, not so ripe, & kinda green (lots of white & not very red). I use the little & really ripe strawberries cutting out any spots and use soon for ice cream. Keeping the others divided I use all the medium or large for around the Pizza Dessert (recipe next) and also Spinach/strawberry salad. The greener ones I keep to make fresh stawberry pie because they will keep longer. That recipe will follow soon.
Tuesday I made a PIZZA DESSERT that is the best I've ever eaten given to me 1975 by a lady named Berniece Knapp who's husband was on the Dairy Co-op Board that met every month in Kansas City, Misssouri with my husband. Us ladies always went along & went shopping.
CRUST: 1 cup flour, 1/4 tsp.salt, 3 Tab. butter, 2 Tab. Lard; Cut shortening into flour & salt and sprinkle 3 Tab. of milk one Tab. at a time stirring with a fork gathering & shaping into a ball.
Roll out on pizza pan and prick several places with a fork to keep it from puffing up when baking. Bake 375 degrees 18 minutes. Cool. While cooling make topping to put over the fruit after it cools & the crust cools.
TOPPING:
1 cup orange juice
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 cup sugar
3 Tab. & 2 tsp. Cornstarch. Cook and cool for glaze on top of fruit. After everything is COOL.
Beat : 4 ounces cream cheese, 1-1/3 cups whipped topping, 1/4 c. sugar. Spread on cooled crust. Place around the outside edge on the cream cheese mixture medium or large halves of strawberries. Place them big end to small end all around in one row with sliced side up. Next row around inside beside the strawberries, place slices of banana, then a row of drained Mandarin Oranges, if you have room for another row inside the mardarin oranges do another row of bananas. To finish it off in the center I make an X with two sliced strawberries, if only room for 1 stand it up, etc. It's beautiful. Now cover it all with the Orange glaze. Let it all cool in refrigerator before you slice it. Defineately worth the time.
Today with lunch I had: FRESH STRAWBERRY SPINACH SALAD
(1 peck - (grocery bag full) $1.50 at the Farmer's Market Saturday.)
Washing & picking through them when I got home. The torn looking and pieces I cooked.
I am saving the rest in a pastic bag in the refrigerator. I check each day & if dry. sprinkle with
water. I have another spinach recipe I'll put in here later. I should get lots of spinach for my $1.50.
FRESH STRAWBERRY/SPINACH SALAD
Fresh Spinach leaves, pull out the stem
Fresh stawberries, sliced
Purple slices of onion
Roasted slicered almonds (to roast put in cake pan and broil (watch closely) a few minutes .
Dressing: Honey 1 Tab, 1 Tab sugar, 2 Tab Balsamic Vinegar, 1/4 tsp. poppy seeds.
I really look forward to the fresh california strawberries coming to the store this time of year. I will have strawberries this week till they're gone so more recipes coming.
Tuesday I made a PIZZA DESSERT that is the best I've ever eaten given to me 1975 by a lady named Berniece Knapp who's husband was on the Dairy Co-op Board that met every month in Kansas City, Misssouri with my husband. Us ladies always went along & went shopping.
CRUST: 1 cup flour, 1/4 tsp.salt, 3 Tab. butter, 2 Tab. Lard; Cut shortening into flour & salt and sprinkle 3 Tab. of milk one Tab. at a time stirring with a fork gathering & shaping into a ball.
Roll out on pizza pan and prick several places with a fork to keep it from puffing up when baking. Bake 375 degrees 18 minutes. Cool. While cooling make topping to put over the fruit after it cools & the crust cools.
TOPPING:
1 cup orange juice
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 cup sugar
3 Tab. & 2 tsp. Cornstarch. Cook and cool for glaze on top of fruit. After everything is COOL.
Beat : 4 ounces cream cheese, 1-1/3 cups whipped topping, 1/4 c. sugar. Spread on cooled crust. Place around the outside edge on the cream cheese mixture medium or large halves of strawberries. Place them big end to small end all around in one row with sliced side up. Next row around inside beside the strawberries, place slices of banana, then a row of drained Mandarin Oranges, if you have room for another row inside the mardarin oranges do another row of bananas. To finish it off in the center I make an X with two sliced strawberries, if only room for 1 stand it up, etc. It's beautiful. Now cover it all with the Orange glaze. Let it all cool in refrigerator before you slice it. Defineately worth the time.
Today with lunch I had: FRESH STRAWBERRY SPINACH SALAD
(1 peck - (grocery bag full) $1.50 at the Farmer's Market Saturday.)
Washing & picking through them when I got home. The torn looking and pieces I cooked.
I am saving the rest in a pastic bag in the refrigerator. I check each day & if dry. sprinkle with
water. I have another spinach recipe I'll put in here later. I should get lots of spinach for my $1.50.
FRESH STRAWBERRY/SPINACH SALAD
Fresh Spinach leaves, pull out the stem
Fresh stawberries, sliced
Purple slices of onion
Roasted slicered almonds (to roast put in cake pan and broil (watch closely) a few minutes .
Dressing: Honey 1 Tab, 1 Tab sugar, 2 Tab Balsamic Vinegar, 1/4 tsp. poppy seeds.
I really look forward to the fresh california strawberries coming to the store this time of year. I will have strawberries this week till they're gone so more recipes coming.
Friday, April 9, 2010
13 Ham Meals for (2 people ) from a 4-1/2 lb. Bone-in-ham & Ramblings
One of the things I look forward to each Easter is "cheap" Ham. I love the flavor & bone of a bone-in-ham. This year the best price I found for a lean bone-in Butt end ham was $1.29 lb. I was lucky enough to be invited to my son & daughter-in-law's home this year & didn't have to cook the big Easter meal. I just played with the great-grandkids. How great is that??? I love ham and get tired of chicken, fish, beef at home & at restaurants all year & the only time you get ham is Easter. Pork is getting a bad rap. My dad had a little bit of everything on our farm I grew up on but he was noted for his Hogs. They always got top price when he took them to market. Maybe some of you don't know that is where pork comes from. So we ate lots of pork and my mother lived to be 96 years old. How bad was ham for her? She didn't smoke either but was exposed to it all her life because of brothers & her husband the hog farmer but he only lived to 68. I think we go overboard on our thinking sometimes. Like paying a fortune for organic foods when a government agency requires documentation but no one actually watching over them to make sure they aren't using synthetic fertilizer along with their "natural" manure, etc. they are supposed to be using. Their isn't enough animal fertilizer to raise all the food we eat in America and we don't want to join other countries & use human waste or we will REALLY have problems. Just an OLD (still alive) woman rambling.
(((((Ham Meals (13 total meals ) for 2 people from a 4-1/2 lb. Bone-In Butt Ham)))))
HAM & NAVY BEAN WITH CORNBREAD (2 meals for 2 people)
Trim the ham off, cutting towards the bone. Don't trim too well. You want some on there to eat when you cook it in your beans. Buy a small bag of small dried Northern (Navy) beans. Put beans in large pot (the beans will double in size when cooked) cover beans & ham bone with water (saving the juices from cooking the ham to make gravy for mashed potatoes later). I put 1 tsp. soda in water & beans & let set in refrigerator over night. (soda help's w/gas we normally get from eating beans). Next day. Cook as the bean bag tells you for time. While they are cooking make your cornbread.
CORNBREAD -
Beat: 1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1/3 cup butter, melted
Mix together and add the following, stirring with a fork till all ingredients are mixed well.
1-1/4 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup yellow corn meal
1/4 cup sugar
4-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Pour into a well greased 9 X 9 baking dish & 425 degrees 25 to 30 minutes.
My family put molasses over our beans/ham and butter on our cornbread when we ate it.
My husbands family put maple syrup on their cornbread and covered it with the ham /beans.
We both still eat it our own way.
When I cut the ham off the bone I cut the rest of it up for the other meals & put in plastic bags. Label each & put all in 1 large gallon plastic bag labeled with what is in it (so you know later) when you want to use it. Freeze all till you want a ham meal some day. Remember the price? Frugal, Frugal, Thrifty. My grandmother said, "save your pennies & the $1's will take care of themselves." A little harder now than in her day but it still means the same.
That wise old woman also said, "A woman can throw away with a spoon more than a man can make with a shovel". In those days the shovel was used alot. But it still holds true that waste not want not!!! That is not being "cheap" just "frugile" and we could all use a little frugilness.
HAM SLICES W/CHERRY SAUCE (husband) or ORANGE/LEMON/RAISIN SAUCE (me) (4 meals for 2 people) I was able to get 4 nice slices of ham in each of 3 bags plus the 4 slices (2 per person) we ate the day I baked the ham. Again I grew up putting raisin sauce on our ham slices when we ate it & my husband likes cherry sauce on his.
Cherry Sauce - 1 can Cherry Pie Filling & 1/4 tsp. ground cloves. Heat together & serve.
(watch all year for Wilderness Cherry Pie Filling to go on sale usually when ripe ones are on the trees - they need to get rid of the last years crop but they will be good yet for a Long time
Orange/Lemon/Raisin Sauce = Mix in small pan 1 cup sugar, 2 Tab. cornstarch, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1 Tab. flour. Stir in 1-1/4 c. orange juice, 1/4 c. lemon juice, 1/2 cup water. Cook over low heat stirring until it boils. Boil 3 minutes Remove from heat and stir in 1 Tab. butter, 1 tsp. each grated orange & lemon rind. 1/2 cup Raisins. When I buy a lemon or oranges I grate off some of the outside rind and put in small snack bag & keep in freezer till I need some rind in something.
HAM LOAF & CHERRY SAUCE (2 meals for 2 people)
The chunky ham that didn't make nice slices I ground. I was able to get at least 2 lbs. for Ham Loafs & Ham Salad Sandwiches.
1/2 lb. ground cooked smoked ham
1 lb. ground fresh lean pork
2 beaten eggs
1 cup bread crumbs
1 cup milk
Mix and lightly pat into 8X8 or 9X9 greased pan.
Combine: 1 tsp. mustard
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
Spread over the top of the meat.
Bake 350 degrees at 1 1/2 hour.
Serve with 1 can Cherry Pie filling & 1/4 tsp. ground cloves heated together till warm covering the Ham Loaf with the cherry sauce before serving.
HAM SALAD SANDWICH (1 meal for 2 people)
(1/2) lb. ground ham
2 hard boiled eggs ground or chopped
2 tsp. pickle relish (my homemade is the best) I'll give you that recipe so you can make it this summer when the farmers market has cucumbers reasonable.
1/3 cup Miracle Whip. Mix together & eat in buns or bread slices.
HAM & CHEESE SLICE SANDWICHES (Using one of your pkgs. of ham slices) (1 meal for 2)
UPSIDE DOWN HAM LOAF/PINEAPPLE (2 meals for 2 people)
Above are my favorite left overs but Ham & Scalloped Potatoes, Ham Balls, Ham & Kraut rolls, Ham Croquettes are very good, too. If you want the recipe for any of these just make a comment.
(((((Ham Meals (13 total meals ) for 2 people from a 4-1/2 lb. Bone-In Butt Ham)))))
HAM & NAVY BEAN WITH CORNBREAD (2 meals for 2 people)
Trim the ham off, cutting towards the bone. Don't trim too well. You want some on there to eat when you cook it in your beans. Buy a small bag of small dried Northern (Navy) beans. Put beans in large pot (the beans will double in size when cooked) cover beans & ham bone with water (saving the juices from cooking the ham to make gravy for mashed potatoes later). I put 1 tsp. soda in water & beans & let set in refrigerator over night. (soda help's w/gas we normally get from eating beans). Next day. Cook as the bean bag tells you for time. While they are cooking make your cornbread.
CORNBREAD -
Beat: 1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1/3 cup butter, melted
Mix together and add the following, stirring with a fork till all ingredients are mixed well.
1-1/4 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup yellow corn meal
1/4 cup sugar
4-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Pour into a well greased 9 X 9 baking dish & 425 degrees 25 to 30 minutes.
My family put molasses over our beans/ham and butter on our cornbread when we ate it.
My husbands family put maple syrup on their cornbread and covered it with the ham /beans.
We both still eat it our own way.
When I cut the ham off the bone I cut the rest of it up for the other meals & put in plastic bags. Label each & put all in 1 large gallon plastic bag labeled with what is in it (so you know later) when you want to use it. Freeze all till you want a ham meal some day. Remember the price? Frugal, Frugal, Thrifty. My grandmother said, "save your pennies & the $1's will take care of themselves." A little harder now than in her day but it still means the same.
That wise old woman also said, "A woman can throw away with a spoon more than a man can make with a shovel". In those days the shovel was used alot. But it still holds true that waste not want not!!! That is not being "cheap" just "frugile" and we could all use a little frugilness.
HAM SLICES W/CHERRY SAUCE (husband) or ORANGE/LEMON/RAISIN SAUCE (me) (4 meals for 2 people) I was able to get 4 nice slices of ham in each of 3 bags plus the 4 slices (2 per person) we ate the day I baked the ham. Again I grew up putting raisin sauce on our ham slices when we ate it & my husband likes cherry sauce on his.
Cherry Sauce - 1 can Cherry Pie Filling & 1/4 tsp. ground cloves. Heat together & serve.
(watch all year for Wilderness Cherry Pie Filling to go on sale usually when ripe ones are on the trees - they need to get rid of the last years crop but they will be good yet for a Long time
Orange/Lemon/Raisin Sauce = Mix in small pan 1 cup sugar, 2 Tab. cornstarch, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1 Tab. flour. Stir in 1-1/4 c. orange juice, 1/4 c. lemon juice, 1/2 cup water. Cook over low heat stirring until it boils. Boil 3 minutes Remove from heat and stir in 1 Tab. butter, 1 tsp. each grated orange & lemon rind. 1/2 cup Raisins. When I buy a lemon or oranges I grate off some of the outside rind and put in small snack bag & keep in freezer till I need some rind in something.
HAM LOAF & CHERRY SAUCE (2 meals for 2 people)
The chunky ham that didn't make nice slices I ground. I was able to get at least 2 lbs. for Ham Loafs & Ham Salad Sandwiches.
1/2 lb. ground cooked smoked ham
1 lb. ground fresh lean pork
2 beaten eggs
1 cup bread crumbs
1 cup milk
Mix and lightly pat into 8X8 or 9X9 greased pan.
Combine: 1 tsp. mustard
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
Spread over the top of the meat.
Bake 350 degrees at 1 1/2 hour.
Serve with 1 can Cherry Pie filling & 1/4 tsp. ground cloves heated together till warm covering the Ham Loaf with the cherry sauce before serving.
HAM SALAD SANDWICH (1 meal for 2 people)
(1/2) lb. ground ham
2 hard boiled eggs ground or chopped
2 tsp. pickle relish (my homemade is the best) I'll give you that recipe so you can make it this summer when the farmers market has cucumbers reasonable.
1/3 cup Miracle Whip. Mix together & eat in buns or bread slices.
HAM & CHEESE SLICE SANDWICHES (Using one of your pkgs. of ham slices) (1 meal for 2)
HAM & CHEESE OMELET (you minced in small pieces) & w/shredded cheese make a Breakfast egg Omelet (If you don't know how to make. Type me a comment and I will put it on here. (1 meal for 2 people)
UPSIDE DOWN HAM LOAF/PINEAPPLE (2 meals for 2 people)
1 lb. ground ham
1 lb. ground fresh pork
Mix meat with: 2 cups bread crumbs, 2/3 cup milk, 2 eggs, 1/4 tsp. pepper,2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. dry mustard. Press the meat mixture on top of 1 cup crushed pineapple/6 Tab. of brown sugar.
Bake 350 degrees 1 -1/2 hr till done. Let set awhile & cover with a platter & flip everything over so the pineapple is on top to serve.
Above are my favorite left overs but Ham & Scalloped Potatoes, Ham Balls, Ham & Kraut rolls, Ham Croquettes are very good, too. If you want the recipe for any of these just make a comment.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
SUMMER VACATION IN MICHIGAN Page 2
If you have more time head north to Mackinaw City - Historic Mill Creek - very interesting about lumbering there in 1790's. Colonial Michilimackinac - at the base of the 5 mile bridge to Michigan upper Peninsula.
UPPER PENINSULA - Sault St. Marie boat ride of locks US & Canada.
WHITE FISH POINT (north) -Lighthouse & beach (look for Agates (rocks - get a book) on the beach) If you stay at Paradine eat at "Fish House" - fresh fish $6.95, owner catches, fillets & serves great fried or grilled. Looks like a little fast food but it isn't!
TAHQUAMENON - Upper & lower falls State Park Pictured Rock Natl. Lakeshore - near Munising (Take the boat ride). Driving Hi. 2 along North Shore of Lake Michigan going back to the bridge - notice -Pasties (spelled right - no- r) at every place to eat. Try one.
THUMB AREA - Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, Alpena - Presque Isle (nearly an island) Old (1840) & New (1870) Lighthouses (1 mile apart). Notice names of towns like Mesick-Winyah..
TAWAS CITY - Huron National Forest, Tawas Point State Park, Large Springs-Au Sable River
Lumberman's Monument, Sand Lakes, Camel Road, Chef's Table -delicious baked goods (pies, bread, etc.
BAY CITY - Beautiful homes & churches (Hi. 25) The thumb is beautiful farm ground. Drive around the top of thumb Pt. Aux Barques - Port Hope Lighthouse.
You can tell we like to see things and love Natl. & State Parks. We love to eat at new places & in different area's where you find food of a country the people in the area's ancestor's came to America from. Some you'll like and some you might not but what the heck you at least tryed it and can get a burger down the road. I, myself never found anything I didn't enjoy eating. Thanks to my mom & dad that made me eat at least one spoonful of anything my mother sat on the table. Some I thought was awful then, is my favorite now in my second childhood (or adult). Hope you go this summer and this will help you have fun!!!
UPPER PENINSULA - Sault St. Marie boat ride of locks US & Canada.
WHITE FISH POINT (north) -Lighthouse & beach (look for Agates (rocks - get a book) on the beach) If you stay at Paradine eat at "Fish House" - fresh fish $6.95, owner catches, fillets & serves great fried or grilled. Looks like a little fast food but it isn't!
TAHQUAMENON - Upper & lower falls State Park Pictured Rock Natl. Lakeshore - near Munising (Take the boat ride). Driving Hi. 2 along North Shore of Lake Michigan going back to the bridge - notice -Pasties (spelled right - no- r) at every place to eat. Try one.
THUMB AREA - Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, Alpena - Presque Isle (nearly an island) Old (1840) & New (1870) Lighthouses (1 mile apart). Notice names of towns like Mesick-Winyah..
TAWAS CITY - Huron National Forest, Tawas Point State Park, Large Springs-Au Sable River
Lumberman's Monument, Sand Lakes, Camel Road, Chef's Table -delicious baked goods (pies, bread, etc.
BAY CITY - Beautiful homes & churches (Hi. 25) The thumb is beautiful farm ground. Drive around the top of thumb Pt. Aux Barques - Port Hope Lighthouse.
You can tell we like to see things and love Natl. & State Parks. We love to eat at new places & in different area's where you find food of a country the people in the area's ancestor's came to America from. Some you'll like and some you might not but what the heck you at least tryed it and can get a burger down the road. I, myself never found anything I didn't enjoy eating. Thanks to my mom & dad that made me eat at least one spoonful of anything my mother sat on the table. Some I thought was awful then, is my favorite now in my second childhood (or adult). Hope you go this summer and this will help you have fun!!!
Monday, April 5, 2010
SUMMER VACATION IN MICHIGAN
As I have told you in a previous blog. We worked at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore one summer 3 days a week as volunteers. I worked at the Dunes Book Store & my husband worked at the main park visitor's center at the town of Empire. We really enjoyed the area. {Don't forget when you get your park map as you enter all Natl. parks, momuments, Lakeshores, etc. stop at the visitors center and mark it with their stamp with the name of the park & date. Years later you can look in your file and know when you went to the..} being near the penisula area where all the cherry trees are. Yum, Yum. We are now hooked on dried cherries & will be till we die. I still send off and get a huge bag each year. We were first introduced to REAL (from the trees) Wisconsin Maple Syrup, also. I still send back and get that too. Anyway, enough about me and on to the things to do in that area. The mileage listed is from the previous town listed.
HONOR - (2 miles W. from Park) American Resort Campground on Deadstream Road. Two miles east of Honor is a Rock Shop where you can buy rocks for your rock collection. You must get one of the famous State "Petosky" Stones (beautiful and only found in a Northern Michigan State Store). They are found nowhere else on earth. If you are lucky you might find one on the ground just walking around.
BEULAH - (7 miles) Cherry Hut Restaurant (BEST cherry pie) & you can stand outside and watch them make the pies before you go in or after you eat. Market Basket next door is a must.
BENZONIA - (8 miles) Gwen Frostic Art Studio local (colorful) artist. Died the year before we worked there but I'm sure her wonderful Studio & Nature Artwork is still there. I hope so.
EMPIRE - (10 miles) south of the park Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park Visitor's Center.
Hike - Empire Bluff Trail (easy 1-1/2 miles round trip).
Drive- Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive (7 miles)
Climb - Sand Dune (5 miles N. of Visitor's center at Empire) ask at the Book Store at the Dune to see the tape of "Legend of the Sleeping Bear" if they don't have it on the screen so you know why the sand pile is there. Take a kleenex. The first thing we got there in the morning we were to turn on the tape for visitor's to see. Some employees about went nuts listening to it all day but I enjoyed it and the visitor's expressions & comments after seeing it. You can also buy the tape or probably DVD now.
GLEN ARBOR - (2 miles from sand dune) Totem Shop - get a, "I climbed Sleeping Bear Sand Dune Button" $1.50.
CHERRY REPUBLIC - several homemade cherry Ice Cream
Boom Chucka cookies.
Cherry Hot Dog or Hamburger
Cherry Republic Store - free - Chocolate covered cherries samples, cherry salsa, dressings,
jellies, etc, etc, etc. A MUST!!!
GLEN HAVEN - (1 mile) Maritime Museum - if there at 4pm stay for the Raggedy Ann & Andy
rescue by Ranger.
LELAND - (15 miles) you can take a short boat trip all day at Manitou Island (awesome).
NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE (30 miles N.) tour inside & surrounding buildings.
South of Empire
POINT BETSIE LIGHT HOUSE & BEACH
FRANKFORT - Beautiful Crystal Lake - rich summer cottages
ELBERTA - Peach capital. Mayfair Tavern Friday night fish fry $6.97 (worth the wait)
and if you have't seen Beulah & Benzonia drive around the lake. Same area also
PLATT RIVER POINT - 3 ft. deep has big tubes float trips on slow shallow water that runs to Lake Michigan.
INTERLOCKEN - Highway 31 - half way between Honor & Traverse City is the Famous Interlocken Arts Center -STOP - almost every night a concert. Free if you want to sit under
the trees outside Kresge's Auditorium like alot of locals.
Hofbraus Tavern - Prime Rib Sunday Buffet $9.00 11:00am (to die for)!
TRAVERSE CITY - old airport road off Highway 31/37 around the city.
Sara Lee Point - Outlet Store
Gordon Food Supply - Best Raspberry Vinigerette you've ever eaten.
8th St. - Victorian Homes
Bay Walk - along Grand Traverse Bay.
Meijiers or Prevo grocery - for 4 lbs. dried cherries or Chocolate Covered
cherries for $19.95!
Cherry Festival (July 9 & 10)
North on Highway 37 from Traverse City
OLD MISSION PENINSULA - Beautiful drive through cherry orchards, winery, looking down at East & West Bay of Grand Traverse Bay. Recommend eat at Old Mission
Tavern - Sunday noon are special dinners - lots of cherry dishes. If you eat the Chicken Cherry Salad - $8.50 you will know why I had to stock up on their raspberry vinegarette at Gordon Food Supply.
LIGHTHOUSE - at the end of the Peninsula to walk around & on the beach
North on Highway 31 from Traverse City - along east side of Grand Traverse Bay through towns
of ELK RAPIDS - our 1st fresh Michigan strawberries
CHARLEROIX - (beautiful little tourist harbor) can take a boat trip over to Beaver Island.
HARBOR SPRINGS - "Little Traverse" Oijbway Indian Village
PETOSKY - same as "the" stone. If you have lots of time & not pulling a rig Hi. 119 high above Lake Michigan with oceon view on narrow winding hilly road through GOOD HART to CROSS VILLAGE. Eat at "Legs Inn" famous Polish restaurant for decor as well as food. Ask about the legs decorations.
NOW - AWAY FROM LEELANAU PENINSULA AND TRAVERSE CITY AREA - fast way to Mackinwac Island -Arnold boat ride over very smooth water to Mackinac Island. No cars on the island but carriage ride is great. Good lunch at Fort catered by Grand Hotel (tour if time).
near Mackinwac City - Historic Mill Creek - very interesting about lumbering 1790's.
I better stop and start another page for the rest. We worked there several years ago so don't hold me to it if the prices and places aren't the same. These were all things we enjoyed the summer we were there.
HONOR - (2 miles W. from Park) American Resort Campground on Deadstream Road. Two miles east of Honor is a Rock Shop where you can buy rocks for your rock collection. You must get one of the famous State "Petosky" Stones (beautiful and only found in a Northern Michigan State Store). They are found nowhere else on earth. If you are lucky you might find one on the ground just walking around.
BEULAH - (7 miles) Cherry Hut Restaurant (BEST cherry pie) & you can stand outside and watch them make the pies before you go in or after you eat. Market Basket next door is a must.
BENZONIA - (8 miles) Gwen Frostic Art Studio local (colorful) artist. Died the year before we worked there but I'm sure her wonderful Studio & Nature Artwork is still there. I hope so.
EMPIRE - (10 miles) south of the park Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park Visitor's Center.
Hike - Empire Bluff Trail (easy 1-1/2 miles round trip).
Drive- Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive (7 miles)
Climb - Sand Dune (5 miles N. of Visitor's center at Empire) ask at the Book Store at the Dune to see the tape of "Legend of the Sleeping Bear" if they don't have it on the screen so you know why the sand pile is there. Take a kleenex. The first thing we got there in the morning we were to turn on the tape for visitor's to see. Some employees about went nuts listening to it all day but I enjoyed it and the visitor's expressions & comments after seeing it. You can also buy the tape or probably DVD now.
GLEN ARBOR - (2 miles from sand dune) Totem Shop - get a, "I climbed Sleeping Bear Sand Dune Button" $1.50.
CHERRY REPUBLIC - several homemade cherry Ice Cream
Boom Chucka cookies.
Cherry Hot Dog or Hamburger
Cherry Republic Store - free - Chocolate covered cherries samples, cherry salsa, dressings,
jellies, etc, etc, etc. A MUST!!!
GLEN HAVEN - (1 mile) Maritime Museum - if there at 4pm stay for the Raggedy Ann & Andy
rescue by Ranger.
LELAND - (15 miles) you can take a short boat trip all day at Manitou Island (awesome).
NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE (30 miles N.) tour inside & surrounding buildings.
South of Empire
POINT BETSIE LIGHT HOUSE & BEACH
FRANKFORT - Beautiful Crystal Lake - rich summer cottages
ELBERTA - Peach capital. Mayfair Tavern Friday night fish fry $6.97 (worth the wait)
and if you have't seen Beulah & Benzonia drive around the lake. Same area also
PLATT RIVER POINT - 3 ft. deep has big tubes float trips on slow shallow water that runs to Lake Michigan.
INTERLOCKEN - Highway 31 - half way between Honor & Traverse City is the Famous Interlocken Arts Center -STOP - almost every night a concert. Free if you want to sit under
the trees outside Kresge's Auditorium like alot of locals.
Hofbraus Tavern - Prime Rib Sunday Buffet $9.00 11:00am (to die for)!
TRAVERSE CITY - old airport road off Highway 31/37 around the city.
Sara Lee Point - Outlet Store
Gordon Food Supply - Best Raspberry Vinigerette you've ever eaten.
8th St. - Victorian Homes
Bay Walk - along Grand Traverse Bay.
Meijiers or Prevo grocery - for 4 lbs. dried cherries or Chocolate Covered
cherries for $19.95!
Cherry Festival (July 9 & 10)
North on Highway 37 from Traverse City
OLD MISSION PENINSULA - Beautiful drive through cherry orchards, winery, looking down at East & West Bay of Grand Traverse Bay. Recommend eat at Old Mission
Tavern - Sunday noon are special dinners - lots of cherry dishes. If you eat the Chicken Cherry Salad - $8.50 you will know why I had to stock up on their raspberry vinegarette at Gordon Food Supply.
LIGHTHOUSE - at the end of the Peninsula to walk around & on the beach
North on Highway 31 from Traverse City - along east side of Grand Traverse Bay through towns
of ELK RAPIDS - our 1st fresh Michigan strawberries
CHARLEROIX - (beautiful little tourist harbor) can take a boat trip over to Beaver Island.
HARBOR SPRINGS - "Little Traverse" Oijbway Indian Village
PETOSKY - same as "the" stone. If you have lots of time & not pulling a rig Hi. 119 high above Lake Michigan with oceon view on narrow winding hilly road through GOOD HART to CROSS VILLAGE. Eat at "Legs Inn" famous Polish restaurant for decor as well as food. Ask about the legs decorations.
NOW - AWAY FROM LEELANAU PENINSULA AND TRAVERSE CITY AREA - fast way to Mackinwac Island -Arnold boat ride over very smooth water to Mackinac Island. No cars on the island but carriage ride is great. Good lunch at Fort catered by Grand Hotel (tour if time).
near Mackinwac City - Historic Mill Creek - very interesting about lumbering 1790's.
I better stop and start another page for the rest. We worked there several years ago so don't hold me to it if the prices and places aren't the same. These were all things we enjoyed the summer we were there.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
EASTER BUNNY
That a rabbit became a holiday symb0l can be traced to the origin of the word "Easter". According to the Venerable Bede, the English historian who lived from 672 to 735, the Goddess Eastre was worshiped through her earthly symbol, the Hare. The custom of the Easter hare came to America with the Germans who immigrated to Pennsylvania in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From Pennsylvania, they gradually spread out to Virginia, North & South Carolina, Tennessee, and New York, taking their customs with them. Most eighteenth-century Americans, however, were of austere religious denominations, such as Quaker, Presbyterian, & Purian. They virtually ignored such a seemingly frivolous symbol as a white rabbit. More than 100 years passed before this Easter tradition began to gain acceptance in America. In fact, it was not until after the Civil War, with it's legacy of death & destruction, that the nation as a whole began a widespread observance of Easter itself, led primarily by Presbyterians. They viewed the story of resurrection as a source of inspiration and renewed hope for the millions of bereaved Americans.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
CELEBRATING EASTER
WOW!! Been along time since I've been on here. Since MONEY has become a problem I thought I'd share some old timers ideas that got us through the REAL Depression. When we were happy just to have something to eat. Forget about toys. We didn't need them we used our (as Walt Disney would say) IMAGINATION!!!!!! As I am writing this it is 4 days before Easter April 4, 2010. Almost time to get those hard boiled eggs colored for the little kids basket.
THE PERFECT EGG - Place eggs in single layer in saucepan. Cover with at least 1 inch water over tops of shells. Cover pot with lid and bring to a boil. As soon as it begins to boil, remove from heat and let stand in hot water 18-20 minutes. Drain off hot water and immediately cover with cold water and add a few ice cubes. Let stand in cold water until completely cooled.
THE PERFECT COLOR - Why spend money on packaged egg coloring kits when you probably already have everything you need right in your kitchen? To make a rainbow of egg hues, you can use either liquid or paste food coloring. Paste seems to make extra bright and depending on how much paste, more intense color. BUT if you already have that little cheap box of red, green, yellow & blue bottles that you've used to color other things you make USE IT. Paste wasn't even around in my kids day. Now - you need a separate cup for each color, large enough to hold an egg and the liquid. Use 1 cup HOT water, 6 or 8 drops of food coloring, 1/4th cup vinegar and your egg dye is ready to go. We would put one end of the egg in one color and let it dry & dip the other end in another color for a little variation from all the solid color eggs we did. It can also teach the kids about color. When done using the 4 colors. Let the kids pour 2 or 3 together and find out what color they get by putting red/blue, blue/green, red/yellow, etc. together and dying the rest of the hard boiled eggs in the mixed colors. I think I and my kids had the most fun finding out what colors we would get mixing the colors. We did get some pretty black looking eggs once in awhile.
Oh, if you have been doing the coloring for the Easter Bunny, just tell the kids this year that you all are going to help the Easter bunny out (he's so busy) and let them do it. Just set them out for him on Saturday night and let HIM hide them.
THE PERFECT EGG - Place eggs in single layer in saucepan. Cover with at least 1 inch water over tops of shells. Cover pot with lid and bring to a boil. As soon as it begins to boil, remove from heat and let stand in hot water 18-20 minutes. Drain off hot water and immediately cover with cold water and add a few ice cubes. Let stand in cold water until completely cooled.
THE PERFECT COLOR - Why spend money on packaged egg coloring kits when you probably already have everything you need right in your kitchen? To make a rainbow of egg hues, you can use either liquid or paste food coloring. Paste seems to make extra bright and depending on how much paste, more intense color. BUT if you already have that little cheap box of red, green, yellow & blue bottles that you've used to color other things you make USE IT. Paste wasn't even around in my kids day. Now - you need a separate cup for each color, large enough to hold an egg and the liquid. Use 1 cup HOT water, 6 or 8 drops of food coloring, 1/4th cup vinegar and your egg dye is ready to go. We would put one end of the egg in one color and let it dry & dip the other end in another color for a little variation from all the solid color eggs we did. It can also teach the kids about color. When done using the 4 colors. Let the kids pour 2 or 3 together and find out what color they get by putting red/blue, blue/green, red/yellow, etc. together and dying the rest of the hard boiled eggs in the mixed colors. I think I and my kids had the most fun finding out what colors we would get mixing the colors. We did get some pretty black looking eggs once in awhile.
Oh, if you have been doing the coloring for the Easter Bunny, just tell the kids this year that you all are going to help the Easter bunny out (he's so busy) and let them do it. Just set them out for him on Saturday night and let HIM hide them.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park, Michigan
It's time to be thinking of where you would like to spend your summer. If you are retired and think it would be fun spending the summer there and working a few days a week get the resume' up to date and let them know you are available. I would recommend Sleeping Bear. It's a beautiful area. Twenty six miles from Traverse City near the peninsula and all those delicious cherries. I worked right at the Sleeping Bear (sad story) huge pile of sand & my husband worked close by at the National Park Visitors Center at Empire. I will let you know later some ideas for the summer vacation travelers. Try to keep warm.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
CHRISTMAS FOR EACH GENERATION
Just spent 4 days with our sons family in Colorado. We meant to leave Wednesday but watching the weather reports decided to leave Monday & stop for the night at Colby, KS. Glad we did!!!! At breakfast Tues. morning we ate with two other couples about our age heading for their kids in Colorado from K.C., MO & St. Louis, MO and we from Topeka, Kansas Visiting we found out we had all gone through the same process. Gonna leave Wed., then Tues, then Monday like us. We just made it here about 1pm Tues. before the snow started. A beautiful, no wind, gentle, big snow flakes falling for two days that accumulated to about 8 inches. Since I didn't have to clean the sidewalk I loved it. It was 8 degrees Thursday when we left the house at 11:30pm for Midnight Mass Christmas eve. at their church. Their dry air & little or no wind doesn't make it feel that cold. We had such a good time but each generation is different. This is the technology age & so we didn't actually spend much quality time with the kids (7th grade- High School Senior) because they always had their nose and fingers on one of the many technical things out there now. However, even as a kid we never felt poor because no one else had much either. I don't remember spending 'Quality" time with my grandparents on holidays either. We were out playing with the cousins doing something. It is us grandparents that need to be the one to think of their ages and get their attention with something we did as kids and interest them in other things we can do together OR learn that new stuff out there they know all about.
Christmas when I grew up on the farm in the late 30's & early 40's as a kid it was not surprising when you got coal or corn cobs in your sock from Santa because he was told I hadn't been a good girl. Those were depression years so we felt lucky to get one toy under the tree and that could be something homemade by your parents. It was still a wonderful life and I'm glad I grew up in a family that had to be "FRUGILE" because it taught me that stuff out there is just STUFF. How long will it take before it lays around and you never play with or use it again. You buy lots of things now because that is the times. Keeping up with the neighbors kids.
Christmas is different for each generation. When we raised our kids "Fisher Price Toys" had just came out and were so cute. Birthday & Christmas each of the 4 kids would get a house, barn, school house, playground or some other piece of Fisher Price while they were little. I really think we were buying because we didn't have those cute things & we loved them more than the kids. Of course by the time you bought a present for the grandparents, aunts & uncles & cousins your funds were exhausted but I knew how much we could afford to spend and we NEVER borrowed. Many times when we were first married and kids were small, Mom & Dad (us) never got a gift from each other because there wasn't any extra money. We survived and still together over 50 years. It seems to me the world is putting too much emphasis on things. Boy, that sounds like an old foggie doesn't it? Happy New Year.
Christmas when I grew up on the farm in the late 30's & early 40's as a kid it was not surprising when you got coal or corn cobs in your sock from Santa because he was told I hadn't been a good girl. Those were depression years so we felt lucky to get one toy under the tree and that could be something homemade by your parents. It was still a wonderful life and I'm glad I grew up in a family that had to be "FRUGILE" because it taught me that stuff out there is just STUFF. How long will it take before it lays around and you never play with or use it again. You buy lots of things now because that is the times. Keeping up with the neighbors kids.
Christmas is different for each generation. When we raised our kids "Fisher Price Toys" had just came out and were so cute. Birthday & Christmas each of the 4 kids would get a house, barn, school house, playground or some other piece of Fisher Price while they were little. I really think we were buying because we didn't have those cute things & we loved them more than the kids. Of course by the time you bought a present for the grandparents, aunts & uncles & cousins your funds were exhausted but I knew how much we could afford to spend and we NEVER borrowed. Many times when we were first married and kids were small, Mom & Dad (us) never got a gift from each other because there wasn't any extra money. We survived and still together over 50 years. It seems to me the world is putting too much emphasis on things. Boy, that sounds like an old foggie doesn't it? Happy New Year.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Disney World, Florida (2nd winter)
DISNEY WORLD, FLORIDA - 2nd winter job.
Sorry I haven't been on here for awhile but when no one replies it's discouraging and I begin to lack interest. Besides, I have some Volunteer Jobs I've been working on now when they need help. Keep America Beautiful & Topeka Easter Seals Capper's Day Care. Enough about me. I was looking for a recipe to copy for someone I gave you in April and realized I never told you about going back the second winter to work at Disney World, Florida again. Disney has a policy that you can't change jobs until you have worked there 6 months. When we were working only 2 or 3 days a week for 3 months in the winter we thought we would have to work in the gift shops again. However, when we left they changed our status from Part-time to Seasonal. So we didn't get paid all the year we were gone but as far as management the time counted so when we came back we could change jobs. Working the winter before at MGM on Sunset Blvd with Tower of Terror at the end of our street & the Disney Lazer Water Show at night across the street we tryed for that and got on. The computer again told us when they needed us as replacements for full time employees. The jobs we worked at were also decided by the computer so you would work different jobs when you came. Main Gate - trying to keep the people happy while they wait to get in; Director on their walk to the theater showing them where to go; Parking baby strollers for the guests; Working at the theater as crowd control; etc. After the show everyone pitches in and picks up the large drink & popcorn boxes and mantenaince comes in later and sweeps & washes the aisles. That was a real fun job. No money to count. There were several retired couples working with us along with the college kids that we worked with everywhere. If you aren't retired and just go for a vacation the show is on everynight & no matter which park you were at you can go to it and it only shows one time and only on Sunset Blvd. unless they have changed things since we've been there. The show is awesome with a waterfall sheet of water coming down to a stream that a boat of real Disney characters are riding. A lazer show of Mickey fighting the Dragon or some other show is shown on that stream of water. Beautiful.
We never meant to work the same place twice but we sent home so much Disney stuff that our little grandkids started begging their folk to go and they said if we'd so back they would save up their money and come the next year. They did and what fun. We had been there long enough the previous winter to "learn the ropes" as the old saying goes. Like when you get there as they open that day you do NOT start doing things right there by the gate. Head for the other end of the park where the crowd hasn't got to yet so you don't spend all your time standing in line for the different things to do. By the time you get back to the gate at the end of the day you can walk right on those rides without standing in line for an hour. Don't go on Holidays if at all possible. It's worth taking the kids out of school for a few days. Spring Break and the Holidays may find you standing in line for 1 hour to get into each thing and that really ruins your experience. I would not recommend going in the summer. It gets really HOT down there.
If you have anyone in your group having a hard time walking, and there is alot of walking!! Rent a wheelchair. Your group will get to go past the long line and put in a side entrance which is actually an advantage. If you have any other questions. Remember though it's been almost 12 years since we worked there. Current things like prices you can get on the Internet. It's been fun getting back on here again. Hope I was a help. Jeanette
Sorry I haven't been on here for awhile but when no one replies it's discouraging and I begin to lack interest. Besides, I have some Volunteer Jobs I've been working on now when they need help. Keep America Beautiful & Topeka Easter Seals Capper's Day Care. Enough about me. I was looking for a recipe to copy for someone I gave you in April and realized I never told you about going back the second winter to work at Disney World, Florida again. Disney has a policy that you can't change jobs until you have worked there 6 months. When we were working only 2 or 3 days a week for 3 months in the winter we thought we would have to work in the gift shops again. However, when we left they changed our status from Part-time to Seasonal. So we didn't get paid all the year we were gone but as far as management the time counted so when we came back we could change jobs. Working the winter before at MGM on Sunset Blvd with Tower of Terror at the end of our street & the Disney Lazer Water Show at night across the street we tryed for that and got on. The computer again told us when they needed us as replacements for full time employees. The jobs we worked at were also decided by the computer so you would work different jobs when you came. Main Gate - trying to keep the people happy while they wait to get in; Director on their walk to the theater showing them where to go; Parking baby strollers for the guests; Working at the theater as crowd control; etc. After the show everyone pitches in and picks up the large drink & popcorn boxes and mantenaince comes in later and sweeps & washes the aisles. That was a real fun job. No money to count. There were several retired couples working with us along with the college kids that we worked with everywhere. If you aren't retired and just go for a vacation the show is on everynight & no matter which park you were at you can go to it and it only shows one time and only on Sunset Blvd. unless they have changed things since we've been there. The show is awesome with a waterfall sheet of water coming down to a stream that a boat of real Disney characters are riding. A lazer show of Mickey fighting the Dragon or some other show is shown on that stream of water. Beautiful.
We never meant to work the same place twice but we sent home so much Disney stuff that our little grandkids started begging their folk to go and they said if we'd so back they would save up their money and come the next year. They did and what fun. We had been there long enough the previous winter to "learn the ropes" as the old saying goes. Like when you get there as they open that day you do NOT start doing things right there by the gate. Head for the other end of the park where the crowd hasn't got to yet so you don't spend all your time standing in line for the different things to do. By the time you get back to the gate at the end of the day you can walk right on those rides without standing in line for an hour. Don't go on Holidays if at all possible. It's worth taking the kids out of school for a few days. Spring Break and the Holidays may find you standing in line for 1 hour to get into each thing and that really ruins your experience. I would not recommend going in the summer. It gets really HOT down there.
If you have anyone in your group having a hard time walking, and there is alot of walking!! Rent a wheelchair. Your group will get to go past the long line and put in a side entrance which is actually an advantage. If you have any other questions. Remember though it's been almost 12 years since we worked there. Current things like prices you can get on the Internet. It's been fun getting back on here again. Hope I was a help. Jeanette
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Posting a note to me on the Blog
I'm having people tell me they are having trouble responding to my Blogs. I tryed it myself this morning before I wrote this to make sure I can answer it. I answered the Space Center Houston (last) Blog. It's posted at the bottom of that Blog. I have several relatives that have responded but no one else. Anyone else out there reading my boring life? I will try to help you understand how to make a comment. If you notice below my Blogs is a place you can check if you thinks its funny, interesting, cool, but it also says 0 comments with a line under it (right after time posted). Click on that line and up will come a white box about 3" X 2". Type in that what you want to say and BELOW your comments is a gray box that says, Post Comment. Click on that box and your comment will be posted so I can read it. I love seeing a comment. It makes me feel like someone is out there reading what I write. The 0 comments with line under it can have any number in front of it if there are other comments but there is always room for one more. And as they say "the more the merrier". I also want to mention that with Blogs the last thing I write (like this) is at the top. SO if I am telling a story go clear to the bottom to start at the beginning. Over to the right lists the months of the year. Click on a month and everything I wrote that month will come up for you to read. Hope you have alot of time. I get pretty "gabby". If you still can't do it don't feel bad I had to learn about these Blogs myself. Our library started one on me and I didn't even know what it was. They have 3 girls in a big Van come twice a month at the complex where we live and I'm always telling them stories and teasing them so they took my picture (without my knowing it) and started the 1st blog on me. If you want recipes & stories just click on this http://www.tscpl.org/Senior (on the left side) is Senior Services and there I am. Go to the bottom of those stories and choose Last which should take you to the 1st story they put in about the squirrels then work yourself back to the last entry I made at the top. Again on the right side lists all the entries that you can click on to get to where you want to go. Hope that makes sense to you. Have a good week. Jeanette
Saturday, September 19, 2009
"Space Center Houston" NASA Visitor Center
Thanks to a hometown boy visiting relatives at home. He asked when we were coming to Houston, TX. where he now lives. We said, where can we work? His reply was NASA! I sent off an update of our resume' and that's where we worked that winter. I don't know if I've told you that the resume's I did for us (with the help of a daughter & daughter in law) was a simple 1 page on the computer about our life before retirement with a space for Part-Time Seasonal above so each time we came home I could easily add at the top the last place we worked. A cover letter with both our names on it, told the kind of work we did that. I would add the last job at the top of the others when I added the last work place. It worked great. Easy for them to read what we'd done when they have 100's of applications to read. We were hired everywhere we applied. Their visitors center "Space Center Houston" is full of theatre's, rides, etc. that is all about space. As a worker there, you move from one to the other as you work. That allows lunch & breaks. The hard part was learning the introductions you say at each work station. When an employee shows up at your work station you move on to the next and what ever time you get there till you are bumped again you say what you are supposed to. In other words if you arrive at a theatre as it is starting you will give the introduction to that movie. If you arrive in the middle you sit down & enjoy the show. If you are still there at the end or arrive at the end you will give the exit. You move on to the next which may be a ride that makes you feel like you are in space and that of course has an introduction. This all works very well and you get to do a variety of things each day you work. There is no charges for anything in the Center for the guests. They just go from one thing to another like the workers do. They have a tram tour that you actually go into NASA. We were fortunate enough to be there when a crew came home from space. They will have a night that all their families & workers can come and they stand on the stage in front of you and tell about their trip and answer questions from the audience. Sign autographs afterwards. What a thrill!! We found a campground near the Center which is between Houston & Galveston. Galveston has a Marti Gra when New Orleans does and it is fun. Most of the people we worked with were young people and when they found out we were planning to go (just like everywhere) they treated us like Grandma & Grandpa telling us where to park near the end of the parade & as soon as it ends to get to our car and get out of there. They told us it gets wild after the parade. We did as we were told but hard telling all the fun things we could have gotten ourselves into. We didn't hear anything bad on the news the next day. We did come away with several Marti Gra necklaces my husband caught when they thew them off the floats passing by. It was a wonderful winter and again we only worked a few days with lots of time to see the area while we were there. Jeanette
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Working part time at Disney World
If you would like to go south and spend the winter working a couple days a week this is a good time to check with them. We had two delightful winters working there. We were the fill in's for the full time workers that need sick leave & their days off. You will get a weeks training about Disney & how you are expected to work when you work for them. Everything I was taught I agreed with completely!! If you work in a gift shop (Merchantainment) the people that come in are guests not customers (customers implies that you expect them to buy something). The guest is to enjoy their visit to your store. If you aren't straightening up or replacing merchanise you are helping make the guests in the store feel welcome. NOT visiting with your fellow employees or standing behind the cash register. When you see someone pick up something and start towards the cash register that is when you go to the register and help them. One day I heard something crash. Looking where I heard the sound I saw a little 2 or 3 yr. old girl with huge eyes & scared. I rushed over to her getting there a few seconds before Mom. I asked the little girl, " If that mean old music box (little wooden piano) hurt her?" I said, "We've been having trouble with it jumping off the shelf". At the same time looking up at Mom and with a smile said, "We don't have a problem here". Letting her face relax from that terrible frown and her thoughts of what am I going to have to pay for now. It wouldn't have been down low at her height if it was terribly expensive or glass. Disney takes the loss not the guest. When you arrive to work you go to wardrobe which is "off stage." The other side of the wall where the guests are is called "on stage." You will know where you will work that day so you pick up the costume you wear at that job already washed & pressed ready to wear in your size. At the end of the shift you put your clothes on and drop off what you wore that day. The next time wherever you work a clean pressed costume is waiting for you. How great is that? We worked at several different shops on the same street. Wherever they needed help that day. Once you step on the guests side you are a Disney employee. If someone left litter on the street, you pick it up. If a little kid spilled their popcorn or dropped their ice cream cone you go to the vendor & wearing your uniform replace it for them free. When you are hired you will get an ID card (like a driver's license) that will let you into any of the 4 Disney's parks anytime you want to go. Take that card to Property Control at least once a week for bargains. Walt Disney planned his parks for kids enjoyment and doesn't want a kid to cry while they are there if he can help it.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Medicines
I'll just admit now that I will probably get in trouble with a Dr. (Veterinary), son & Nurse, granddaughter doing this entry but just wait till they get old. If the medicine prices keep going up I don't know how anyone will be able to afford medicine!!!
Last winter I started having "cold sores" on my lip, that is what my mom (would have been 100 this year) called them. I never once actually had a cold. Mom had them alot when I was a kid. I think they call it "Herpes" (different germ than vaginal) on your lips or side of nose now. They start with a tingle, then blister, then scab which will then look unsightly for two weeks. After several of them in a row I finally went to my doctor. He prescribed a medicine & when I got it at the drug store was $40 and using it 3 times a day barely lasted 2 weeks which is how long it still took to get rid of it. Next one I called him and he prescribed another medicine that cost $50 and was the same size tiny little bottle and lasted the 2 weeks. Both sores would have lasted that long if I had done nothing. I was exasperated!!!!! Two weeks later we happened to be in Walgreen's getting a toothbrush and I noticed a bottle of "Ambesol" for $2.97. I didn't know they still made it. Mom always used it for any mouth sores. I bought it and the first tingle I felt on my lip I put it on. Using it 3 times that day just like the prescribed ones. It never did form a blister so I never did have a scab. It just never developed!! I have had a couple times since that I felt that old familiar tingle and immediately grabbed the good old faithful bottle and that was it. Nothing! I have not had another one since I bought that bottle which I still have 3/4's left and have used it a couple times for a gum sore in my mouth. I am so tired of the Drug Companies prices and actions. Like, take the same product and add another ingredient so they can now call it something else and do numerous TV adds and claim it's a cure all with the price being enormous. I have yet to go to the doctor that there isn't a drug salesman setting there with his case waiting to tell my doctor how great his drugs are and we the sick people can hardly get in to see a doctor his time is so busy. I do not get any royalty from any medicine co. by the way for mentioning some of the old tryed and true that has worked for years and would really like people to add to this list with with a reply.
Cold - 1 Tab. each of Whiskey & honey mixed together (my dad's remedy)
Urinary Infection - 1 tsp cinnamon & 1 Tab. honey (and it is delicious on Milk Toast) once a week. I've been told drinking 1/2 cup Cranberry juice everyday will keep you from getting it also.
Poison Ivy - cover with egg whites
I'm not making any promises on these but you might want to give them a try. They don't cost much.
Last winter I started having "cold sores" on my lip, that is what my mom (would have been 100 this year) called them. I never once actually had a cold. Mom had them alot when I was a kid. I think they call it "Herpes" (different germ than vaginal) on your lips or side of nose now. They start with a tingle, then blister, then scab which will then look unsightly for two weeks. After several of them in a row I finally went to my doctor. He prescribed a medicine & when I got it at the drug store was $40 and using it 3 times a day barely lasted 2 weeks which is how long it still took to get rid of it. Next one I called him and he prescribed another medicine that cost $50 and was the same size tiny little bottle and lasted the 2 weeks. Both sores would have lasted that long if I had done nothing. I was exasperated!!!!! Two weeks later we happened to be in Walgreen's getting a toothbrush and I noticed a bottle of "Ambesol" for $2.97. I didn't know they still made it. Mom always used it for any mouth sores. I bought it and the first tingle I felt on my lip I put it on. Using it 3 times that day just like the prescribed ones. It never did form a blister so I never did have a scab. It just never developed!! I have had a couple times since that I felt that old familiar tingle and immediately grabbed the good old faithful bottle and that was it. Nothing! I have not had another one since I bought that bottle which I still have 3/4's left and have used it a couple times for a gum sore in my mouth. I am so tired of the Drug Companies prices and actions. Like, take the same product and add another ingredient so they can now call it something else and do numerous TV adds and claim it's a cure all with the price being enormous. I have yet to go to the doctor that there isn't a drug salesman setting there with his case waiting to tell my doctor how great his drugs are and we the sick people can hardly get in to see a doctor his time is so busy. I do not get any royalty from any medicine co. by the way for mentioning some of the old tryed and true that has worked for years and would really like people to add to this list with with a reply.
Cold - 1 Tab. each of Whiskey & honey mixed together (my dad's remedy)
Urinary Infection - 1 tsp cinnamon & 1 Tab. honey (and it is delicious on Milk Toast) once a week. I've been told drinking 1/2 cup Cranberry juice everyday will keep you from getting it also.
Poison Ivy - cover with egg whites
I'm not making any promises on these but you might want to give them a try. They don't cost much.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
The Barn
I really hate riding down the country roads and seeing those wonderful old Barn's falling down or gone. Our red Barn was one of the great enjoyments in my growing up with no toys in the late 30's (Depression & Drought) & early 40's (War years). On the first floor of the Barn was the "stanchions" that were like a V the cows head went in while she ate the feed you put in a trough below. While they ate you sat on your little wooden T shaped stool & milked them with your 3 gallon metal bucket you set on the floor under their udder. To get the milk out of the 4 teats on the udder you would squeeze one with each hand with a slight pulling action and about 1/2 cup milk would come out. Obviously you did that over & over till they didn't have any left to give. Remember you still have two more teats yet to milk on that cow. Some didn't like having that done and they were called "kickers". If they kicked that bucket, there went your milk & all the hard work you had put into getting it. Many a cow would get a hard wack from the farmer for this. Most farmers knew their kickers so they put a metal cuff on their ankles hooked together with a chain which held their hind legs together while they milked. My dad had an old Roan (various colors) cow that was so gentle she never needed chains and would stand still while he milked. His favorite of the 8 to 10 he milked each night after a hard day of work. Sometimes he would let me milk her but when I did she would let me get the bucket about half full of milk and she would gently pick up one of her hind legs with manure on her feet & set it right down in the middle of the bucket. I WOULD BE SO MAD!!!! Evidently she didn't like the way I milked so Dad learned to treat her like a kicker whenever I milked. On the inside of the outside wall behind the cows was an area you could set on the foundation of the barn. That's where I would sit and watch dad milk & talk to him. I had to share this with the cats that lived in the barn and caught mice for their food. Dad could squeeze a teat in one of the cats direction (4 or 5 feet) and right into the cats mouth. Each one would sit there waiting their turn. Part of the barn was where the baby calves were kept. The front part of the barn were the grain bins. The Hayloft, the second story of the barn with a board floor was where the hay from the field was kept. Getting that hay there was another experience. 1st it had to get to the right height in the field and some kinds before it bloomed. You would pull a mowing machine behind the horses (later tractor) on a week that you hope it won't rain. Then you go over the field again pulling a hay rake to make the hay into rows after it dries. The rows had to be picked up with another machine and tossed on a wagon. Or a machine that would make the hay into bales tied with twine and later picked up and tossed on the wagon by hand. When you got a wagon load to the barn you opened the big upper door & a rope pully would haul the hay up to the loft being pulled by horses or a tractor when you could afford one. It is so hard to describe this to you if you weren't there. When I was a little kid & bored I would climb up the wooden ladder next to the grain bins & and play in the hay. I would also look for tiny little 1" gray & pink naked baby mice their momma had made in a nest of hay. They were so cute. Dad would harvest the corn from the field, the cows would eat the corn, the mice in the barn would eat the left overs, & the cats that lived in the barn would eat the mice. Just like the preditors on Nature channel on TV.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Rainy Night Rescue
Back to the Olden Days. By the way, Thanks to all you old timers (65 or older) sharing your stories!! Don't I have any old timers reading this?? Or don't you want to admit you are "OLD"?
My Brother (uh, 78?) could have at least made a comment.
Has anyone seen the old Lassie (dog) Movies (not TV shows) of the 40's? Back when we went to the moving picture show at the theater on Saturday night for a quarter, bought a bag of popcorn for (5 cents?). Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Flicka (horse), etc. My big husky Dad had a very tender heart which I inherited. We don't cry at sad things, we cry when everything turns out OK. Kind of a release to our bodies that have been sitting there LIVING every word of that movie. That was our family thing on Saturday Night. Go to town (5 miles) where Dad would head for the Implement Store to get what he needed for the farm & talk to other farmers. THE meeting place. Mom would go get her groceries for the week. Not much because we grew everything and she canned the excess for winter. She even made her own Lye soap. Then the ladies would sit together & visit in one of the cars till us kids would get out of the weekend movie. We now all headed for the soda fountain at the Drug Store to have a Malt or Milk Shake before going home. If the movie was one of the afore mentioned it was a family affair at the movies. Well, when the movie ended and everyone was saved & happy the lights came on, there sat Dad and I with tears running down our cheeks. Mom would look at us disgusted & walk out of the theater. We'd wipe our eyes and follow. Well, now to the REAL story. Dad got a beautiful collie - male (only needed one) dog to replace old "Boobly" who died at a fine old age of 11 yrs. I don't know Boobly's breed, (Heinz 57)? I just know he was a sweetheart & always walked across the yard with me to the mailbox on our rock road, to meet the mailman who was a wonderful local man that carried chewing gum or candy for any kid he met along the way. With every tooth in my mouth a sweet tooth I was there waiting almost everyday. I LOVED to chew gum!! Maybe that is why all my upper teeth today are false. We didn't have sugarless back then. Back to the new Collie dog. Since he was a boy we couldn't name him after our favorite movie actor so we called him Laddie. He was a SUPER dog. He knew about what time Dad would come in from working in the field all day somehow and would go down to the pasture and bring in the milking cows so they were there when Dad came in ready for him to milk. No one had to tell him this, wonderful animal instinct just told him. He saved my tired Dad from having to walk to get them (probably at the far end of the pasture) after working hard all day. When Dad & my brother would come in from the field my big tall 5 years older brother liked to pick on me if I was outside. Laddie loved us both but he knew I was younger and would grab my brother's pant leg and growl & pull trying to get him away from me. I soon caught on and would watch for them to come in and grab my brother and scream & yell even if he didn't do anything and Laddie would grab his pant leg thinking he was hurting me and do the same thing. Little sister's have to learn to protect themselves. A dog was always a comfort to a little kid when she had to go out to the old Outhouse in the dark by the Chicken House to "go" before going to bed. It was spooky out there! I would walk real brave whistling all the way out, but when the job was finished I would unlock that door and RUN like hell for the house like the Devil himself was after me. Obviously, by now you know Laddie was the best dog that ever walked this earth. One rainy night after Dad had been asleep in bed along time. Laddie (dogs never lived in the house) came to the window outside in the pouring down rain, barking and barking till Dad layed there NOT wanting to get up but Laddie had never done that before. Dad finally got up and yelled out the window to shut up. Laddie would mind but as Dad turned to go back to bed he started barking again. Finally Dad got up and went to the door to really give him a cussing and Laddie would run out a ways turning around and looking at Dad as if to say "Come on"! Finally Dad put his Raincoat & boots on and went out and Laddie took off in the lead to show him the way. We had a pasture by the barn & chicken house where the cattle were and that's where he took him. Half way across that pasture, laying beside a ditch full of rain water, was a new baby calf. The mother had given birth right on the bank and one little flop of the calf and it would have landed in the ditch running full of water and drown. Dad picked up the little calf with momma following and walked back to the barn with Laddie proudly walking beside. Well, if that didn't make Laddie No. 1 in my father's heart I don't know what would. When he finally got old and sick and the Veterinary said he couldn't help him and he would just give him a shot to kill him so Dad wouldn't have to shoot him like people usually did. Dad wouldn't hear to it. He brought him into the basement and kept him as comfortable as possible with water & food & love till he died. Now you can cry. I almost did and I'm writing the story. Have a good day. Jeanette
My Brother (uh, 78?) could have at least made a comment.
Has anyone seen the old Lassie (dog) Movies (not TV shows) of the 40's? Back when we went to the moving picture show at the theater on Saturday night for a quarter, bought a bag of popcorn for (5 cents?). Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Flicka (horse), etc. My big husky Dad had a very tender heart which I inherited. We don't cry at sad things, we cry when everything turns out OK. Kind of a release to our bodies that have been sitting there LIVING every word of that movie. That was our family thing on Saturday Night. Go to town (5 miles) where Dad would head for the Implement Store to get what he needed for the farm & talk to other farmers. THE meeting place. Mom would go get her groceries for the week. Not much because we grew everything and she canned the excess for winter. She even made her own Lye soap. Then the ladies would sit together & visit in one of the cars till us kids would get out of the weekend movie. We now all headed for the soda fountain at the Drug Store to have a Malt or Milk Shake before going home. If the movie was one of the afore mentioned it was a family affair at the movies. Well, when the movie ended and everyone was saved & happy the lights came on, there sat Dad and I with tears running down our cheeks. Mom would look at us disgusted & walk out of the theater. We'd wipe our eyes and follow. Well, now to the REAL story. Dad got a beautiful collie - male (only needed one) dog to replace old "Boobly" who died at a fine old age of 11 yrs. I don't know Boobly's breed, (Heinz 57)? I just know he was a sweetheart & always walked across the yard with me to the mailbox on our rock road, to meet the mailman who was a wonderful local man that carried chewing gum or candy for any kid he met along the way. With every tooth in my mouth a sweet tooth I was there waiting almost everyday. I LOVED to chew gum!! Maybe that is why all my upper teeth today are false. We didn't have sugarless back then. Back to the new Collie dog. Since he was a boy we couldn't name him after our favorite movie actor so we called him Laddie. He was a SUPER dog. He knew about what time Dad would come in from working in the field all day somehow and would go down to the pasture and bring in the milking cows so they were there when Dad came in ready for him to milk. No one had to tell him this, wonderful animal instinct just told him. He saved my tired Dad from having to walk to get them (probably at the far end of the pasture) after working hard all day. When Dad & my brother would come in from the field my big tall 5 years older brother liked to pick on me if I was outside. Laddie loved us both but he knew I was younger and would grab my brother's pant leg and growl & pull trying to get him away from me. I soon caught on and would watch for them to come in and grab my brother and scream & yell even if he didn't do anything and Laddie would grab his pant leg thinking he was hurting me and do the same thing. Little sister's have to learn to protect themselves. A dog was always a comfort to a little kid when she had to go out to the old Outhouse in the dark by the Chicken House to "go" before going to bed. It was spooky out there! I would walk real brave whistling all the way out, but when the job was finished I would unlock that door and RUN like hell for the house like the Devil himself was after me. Obviously, by now you know Laddie was the best dog that ever walked this earth. One rainy night after Dad had been asleep in bed along time. Laddie (dogs never lived in the house) came to the window outside in the pouring down rain, barking and barking till Dad layed there NOT wanting to get up but Laddie had never done that before. Dad finally got up and yelled out the window to shut up. Laddie would mind but as Dad turned to go back to bed he started barking again. Finally Dad got up and went to the door to really give him a cussing and Laddie would run out a ways turning around and looking at Dad as if to say "Come on"! Finally Dad put his Raincoat & boots on and went out and Laddie took off in the lead to show him the way. We had a pasture by the barn & chicken house where the cattle were and that's where he took him. Half way across that pasture, laying beside a ditch full of rain water, was a new baby calf. The mother had given birth right on the bank and one little flop of the calf and it would have landed in the ditch running full of water and drown. Dad picked up the little calf with momma following and walked back to the barn with Laddie proudly walking beside. Well, if that didn't make Laddie No. 1 in my father's heart I don't know what would. When he finally got old and sick and the Veterinary said he couldn't help him and he would just give him a shot to kill him so Dad wouldn't have to shoot him like people usually did. Dad wouldn't hear to it. He brought him into the basement and kept him as comfortable as possible with water & food & love till he died. Now you can cry. I almost did and I'm writing the story. Have a good day. Jeanette
Friday, June 19, 2009
Apple Recipe to go with Pork Roast
When we went to that grandson's wedding in Virginia we toured the area and in Kentucky I found some of the neatest little cook books that were mostly about the south & civil war days. I was sitting here this morning (woke up and couldn't go back to sleep) reading the one called Johnny Appleseed Cookbook - Favorite Apple Recipes of Our Land. Well, since it's the end of the fall apple season and all the spring fruits are ripe (Mulberries (free for the picking, just drive out in the country and look for a tree growing along a country road ditch covered with Big juicy black Mulberries.) Yum; Strawberries, California Bing cherries & soon Washington State Bing Cherries are in the stores and are SO good right now. We have been buying some apples (Fuji) that are REALLY cheap in the grocery stores and they are still crisp and good. One of the recipes I saw that I am going to try, is to serve with Pork Loin Roast. Since I just gave that recipe for the roast I've been making for years. I thought I'd give you this one to try with it. I haven't tryed it but it sounds good and I am going to try it soon.
APPLES, ONIONS, & RAISINS
1/4 cup bacon or sausage drippings
4 medium onions, peeled and quartered
4 red apples, cored and cut into eights
1/2 cup raisins
Heat fat in heavy skillet and saute onions and apples for about 5 minutes. Cover and cook for 5 minutes longer. Add raisins and cook gently, uncovered, until onions and apples are just tender. Serve with Pork Roast.
Have a good day, try to stay cool. Here in Kansas? ha. ha. Jeanette
p.s. Johnny Appleseed was John Chapman born in Leominster, Massachusetts, 1774. By 1801 he had planted a chain of seedling apple nurseries, in advance of the settlers, from the Allegheny to central Ohio. Not only planting apple seedlings himself, he also sold them to settlers going west for a penny each. By 1828, his apple nurseries had reached northwestern Ohio and Indiana. Apples have become one of our major staples and the 1st Apple tree in America was planted in Massachusetts in 1629. The American spirit then - give more than taking away.
(Quote from the cookbook)
APPLES, ONIONS, & RAISINS
1/4 cup bacon or sausage drippings
4 medium onions, peeled and quartered
4 red apples, cored and cut into eights
1/2 cup raisins
Heat fat in heavy skillet and saute onions and apples for about 5 minutes. Cover and cook for 5 minutes longer. Add raisins and cook gently, uncovered, until onions and apples are just tender. Serve with Pork Roast.
Have a good day, try to stay cool. Here in Kansas? ha. ha. Jeanette
p.s. Johnny Appleseed was John Chapman born in Leominster, Massachusetts, 1774. By 1801 he had planted a chain of seedling apple nurseries, in advance of the settlers, from the Allegheny to central Ohio. Not only planting apple seedlings himself, he also sold them to settlers going west for a penny each. By 1828, his apple nurseries had reached northwestern Ohio and Indiana. Apples have become one of our major staples and the 1st Apple tree in America was planted in Massachusetts in 1629. The American spirit then - give more than taking away.
(Quote from the cookbook)
Monday, May 18, 2009
THE "OLDEN" DAYS
One of my daughter-in-love's that works for the state historical society suggested that I tell you some stories of the past. You all should have such wonderful daughter-in-laws as the two I have. So for awhile we'll see where we can go with this. I really need some of you "old-timers" like me to join me in the box below the stories & add your memories, too. I was born in the 30's to a dad & mother that had their own farm and that was how they made their living. It was a Milking Shorthorn, Duroc hogs, Laying hens (raised from baby chicks we bought each year and when they weighed a pound Mom would start butchering the males for food), Pasture/fields we put up for hay, crops that had to be planted-tilled-harvested. Anything I forgot Brother? Yes, I have an older brother. Just read in our local home-town paper "65 Year Ago Items" that he graduated from our 1 room country school house where we attended 1 through 8 grades with 1 teacher teaching all 8 grades in that one room. We went to school everyday in the days that no matter what the weather you went to school. The teacher rented a room just down the road from the school and no matter how high the snow, she could get there. If you had to ride a horse we had a 3 sided pole barn beside the school to leave your horse while you were in school. I can remember several times my dad would take me through the fields (snow blew off and into the road so it was not as deep there) because it was too deep to walk. Yes, we walked to school or when they invented bikes ha. ha. weather permitting we could ride to school. It might sound bad to some of you younger people but those days to educate the kids a community would dig a hole for a basement & build a building (ours looked like a house) with one large room for our desks and entrance hall to hang our coats and leave our lunch box. The basement had the big old wood furnace the teacher had to build a fire in before we got there so the building was warm. By the way most of my teachers were women with the qualifications of having graduated high school. The basement also had big tables with benches where we ate our lunch & had community pot luck dinners, etc. The school was the center of the community. One was built about every 2 or 3? square miles so the distance for the kids to walk wasn't that bad. However, I was lucky we were only a mile. I feel very fortunate to have attended that school where you heard every classes education each day. By the time you were in the 7th & 8th grade our classes were pretty easy even if you did have 4 different teachers during the 8 years. When I graduated from 8th grade the county bought school buses and everyone rode the buses which ended the one room school houses. All the kids now joined the town kids that had gone to school together all their schooling and it was quite a transition for the country kids who were used to 2 or 3 classmates.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Barbequed Pork Loin
I really do not get any money for advertising. Names just pop up in my stories. Like the fact that Hy Vee Grocery is only 4 blocks from our church so when we get out at noon that is our next stop to eat lunch (great chinese food) and get our groceries we need that week. It really isn't the prices that keep me coming back but it's the smiles. friendliness, and helpfulnesss of their employees. I have not seen that since we worked a couple winters at Disney World but that is another story. Today they were giving samples of 1-1/2 lb. Center Pork Tenderloins for $6.99. Hers was delicious but I was telling of a recipe I got years ago and was told, "put it on your blog." SO here it is.
Barbequed Pork Tenderloin
Heat oven to 325 degrees. Place 1-1/2 lb. pork loin roast in roasting pan and bake for 2 hrs. or till a stick with a fork says it's tender or 170 degrees with meat themometer. Baste with 1/2 of the sauce recipe I'm going to give you the last 30 minutes. Serve with remaining sauce.
Sauce:
1/3 cup Kraft Barbecue Sauce (you may have noticed we do not like burn your tongue spices.)
5 ounces Apple Jelly heat over low heat till blended.
I'm looking forward to eating mine.
Barbequed Pork Tenderloin
Heat oven to 325 degrees. Place 1-1/2 lb. pork loin roast in roasting pan and bake for 2 hrs. or till a stick with a fork says it's tender or 170 degrees with meat themometer. Baste with 1/2 of the sauce recipe I'm going to give you the last 30 minutes. Serve with remaining sauce.
Sauce:
1/3 cup Kraft Barbecue Sauce (you may have noticed we do not like burn your tongue spices.)
5 ounces Apple Jelly heat over low heat till blended.
I'm looking forward to eating mine.
Friday, May 15, 2009
I'm Back
We just had a wonderful trip to the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia to our Grandson's wedding. We took 5 days driving there through Missouri (ST. Louis Zoo), Illinois, Indiana (Evansville Zoo), Kentucky (I-64 east of Louisville to Frankfort) where we toured & sample Buffalo Trace Bourbon Distillery). Called that because the huge herd of buffalo came through there and stamped down a wide "trail" (the Indian word is "Trace"). Later the trail was used to travel west. West Virginia (tour and sample a wonderful little Mom & Pop Winery(Watt's Roost Vineyard) that is so small they do everything by hand. He spent 20 yrs. in the Military, came home and started his own electrical shop which he's now turned over to his son. Bought 30 acres beside the farm he grew up in a beautiful valley. Farms around him were raising beef cattle & dairying but what do you do with 30 acres? Doing some research & having a good friend with a winery he found out y0u can raise 1,000 grape plants on 1 acre of ground and get 1 gallon of wine from each plant. You do the math. It's still work & you can never tell if a batch is going to be good. Beautiful Greenbrier Award winning Resort nested on 6,500 acres in the Alleghany Mountains & the wonderful shops & eating places inside got SOME of my money. The Biltmore (America's largest home) built by George Vanderbilt at Asheville, North Carolina got the rest . After the most wonderful Southern Wedding I've ever attended we headed north to Washington, D.C. to see the Mall with the memorials to the WW ll & Vietnam wonderful young men & women that gave their lives to the cause. My 1st cousin was killed in WWll & a young man from my home town was killed in the Vietnam war. We were able to look up both their names. We saw the Smithsonian's National Zoo (of course). Now to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. For you that don't know, it is a skinny little island with Highway 12 running down the middle of it for about 30 miles with some places only a long bridge width between it and the mainland. We were there in 1956 at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina and what a change since then. Both sides of the Highway is huge homes & condo's for the people up north to come in the summer. Lots & lots of shops!!! BARGAINS!!! Good time to go. They are selling last years stuff dirt cheap to make room for the new stuff this year. With about the same visitors each summer they have to change their merchandise. Driving home across the southern end of North Carolina & Tennesse was nice but I'll take the hills of Kentucky with a little Mom & Pop shop around every corner that has neat stuff in it like old whiskey barrells full of little bags of Sassafrass, Green Apple, etc. etc. hard candies, homemade fudge flavors you don't see anywhere else. Springfield, MO is the home of the real life Laura Ingalls (that wrote all those books after she was 65 yrs. old). It was where her and Alfonzo raised their daughter who followed in her mother's footsteps and became a famous writer, also. All & all we were gone for 17 days delightful days. I want to go east on I-64 again before I die.
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