I thought yesterday being a "schools closed" would be a good time to deliver my lollipops to the local kids.  So that's what we did yesterday. 

Today, I made cabbage soup over a recipe my sister passed on to me when I was visiting her.  Sh didn't have any made but it sounded good and she said it was so I brought the recipe home with me.  We shall see!  It's simmering for supper.  I think I'll put my shoes...and my coat, hat, scarf and gloves on and walk down and see if the mailman remembered where I live.  I'm really looking forward to SPRING!  I do not like coats, hats, scarves, gloves and boots!

The garbage truck had not yet showed up at 2 p.m. and I was just about to call and ask if they were still out when they called with an automated message saying that they would not make it today but to leave the can out because they would be here tomorrow!

Now I'm going OUT in this awful weather!  I hope you are all having a better day.  AMY, a doctor told me "way back when" that if you fall, you might not feel the effects for two, sometimes three days.  I guess that's what happened with Kyle!

I'll let you know how the soup is!

Jane, I saw pictures on my AOL feed about terrible slick roadways, as well as the snow in Pennsylvania.  Hope you can weather (pardon the pun) this cold onslaught.  If it's slick out on your sidewalk, please, please don't slip and fall.  That cabbage soup sounds so good, but I wouldn't have anyone to help me eat it. 
My daughter has blossomed out to eating(and cooking) new and different things. But she has several dislikes (won't eat) that Ijust love.  I like cabbage, I love liver and onions, also liverwurst.  I often have sardines in mustard sauce on crackers for a lunch.  I make sure I don't go out in polite company with sardine breath though.  LOL.
Take care, keep cooking and passing along your recipes. And next year, I will give you my snail mail address so if you have an extra fruit cake...hmmm!

yes RAMMEL you were corect, that I the corect link. so I hope others clicked on it and enjoyed it. that Is a sad note but Looks Like they are makeing the best of It. seams like them and the dad and mother are coping very good with most of it. Most of the time. wel it is 32 and  cloudy here with strong weind,not sure how hard, but the wend makes it cut through Like a knife. Have a rest of the day good just like you Like it.

Lloyd

Quote from: CallieOK on December 16, 2022, 11:15:09 AMGood Morning.  I'm "helping" the housekeeper by Staying Out Of Her Way 

Have done some more baking - 3 big loaves and 2 small ones of Orange Marmalade Bread - all to be given away and Thumbprint Cookies with Raspberry Jam.  That's it unless I "must" make the Chocolate Dessert Nobody Can Do Without for Christmas dinner.

That event is "iffy" because all weather gurus are predicting (over and over and.... ) temperatures below freezing and strong north winds making wind chill below zero from the 22nd until....who knows when?  The last three Christmases have been interrupted by back surgeries and Covid.  Was hoping this one could be celebrated by all family members but....

Good news is that Dil's 3rd cancer med has not spiked her liver enzymes and she feels great!
Dil that had the insert for nerve pain is back at work and the insert seems to be working.  Still don't understand quite how it does but glad it is!

Amy,  I hope Kyle is recovering from his fall. Good that he asked for help in climbing.

Jane,  I was able to "electronically" watch 2 college graduations and several softball tournament finals that Miss Emily was in.  Really neat for Grandmothers to be able to do that.

I hear the vacuum cleaner coming.  Better get ready to move to a new location.

Stay warm and well, Everyfriend.

Callie, I would like the recipe for Orange Marmalade Bread.  when you have time.

Tome, I sent you a personal message.

Hello Everyfriend!  It's been a busy day here and I'm kind of glad it's time for the haystack to be looking for me!

I finished 3 loads of laundry and it's all folded and put away.  I just poured the leftover soup into containers and put it in the fridge.  I covered the swing on the porch too late for the storm but ready for the next one.  Put in some time on my knitting (I need to finish one more item before my granddaughter comes up for a visit between Christmas and New Years).  I miss my Cooper and he won't be back until Tuesday!  Cathy stopped by and got my list and did some shopping for me this afternoon. 

TOMEREADER, you should have spoken up sooner.  I could have swiped another little one out of the basket that's going to church.  It's all donated...not ordered.  My mother used to make a "ton" of it for the Christmas Bazaar's that the the church had back when they were paying for the new building and I couldn't stop making it after she was gone.  My family doesn't eat it so I take it to the church and tell them to help themselves and make a donation to their favorite church charity!

They were pretty quick to treat the roads around here.  In fact, whatever it is they use on the roads, they're able to put some of it down even before the snow and ice begins to fall.  By the time I was up and about this morning the roads were pretty clear.

I have a few odd jobs to finish up before I can climb into the haystack for the night.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

CALLIE, send me the recipe, too!

Quote from: JaneS on December 16, 2022, 08:52:31 PMIn fact, whatever it is they use on the roads, they're able to put some of it down even before the snow and ice begins to fall.

Around here for the last few years they have been spraying BRINE on the roads before the snow starts. It doesn't blow or roll off like sale does and seems to work fairly well if it's not too cold.

My husband and I both liked fruitcake, and I would always order one for Christmas from that famous Fruitcake place (you might know I can't think of the name of it right now). If he would go to the store with me, and see a small, no-name fruitcake, he would always put it in the shopping basket. Sometimes they were good, sometimes not. I haven't had any fruitcake for 4 years since he's not here to enjoy it!

Jane, sent you a PM, also.

(Copy/paste is a marvelous invention!!!  )

We also were fruitcake fans. My parents always had them at Christmas - and into the following months.
For a few years after I retired I made fruitcake, and Stollen.  No longer do the fruitcake, but still love and have Stollen. When A&P was still around we would get "Jane Parker" fruitcakes - but now they're gone. I  still get ads from the Pecan place in Texas that sells fruitcake.

Jane, put me down for the recipe, too, please, and thank you!

Good morning..

Not much snow to deal with this morning, shovel should take care of it I hope.

Made a huge pot of chicken soup yesterday ,some for lunch today and some for later.

Need to finish up wrapping the gifts and I need to get something for Kyle.he is always with me making it difficult to buy for him. Usually by this time everything is done but just can't seem to get with it.

Rick ,do you remember the spice cake from A&P? We used to get that one but now that they are gone...no cake.

Callie since (Copy/paste is a marvelous invention!!!  ) will you also send me your recipe . Thank you.

Jane, I hit the bed at 8:30 last night, tried to watch tv but the slamming of my eyes kept waking me up and I do know where bed is.

Shirley, how is the weather there...did you get a lot of snow?

Better get at it..seems my energy runs out quicker than I want it to anymore.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

From "Contact"

"You're an interesting species.
An interesting mix.
You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and
such horrible nightmares.
You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone,
only you're not.
See, in all our searching, the only thing
we've found that makes the emptiness bearable,
is each other."

― Carl Sagan,

I love this man!

Sandy

Quote from: Amy on December 17, 2022, 07:04:29 AMRick ,do you remember the spice cake from A&P? We used to get that one but now that they are gone...no cake.

Sorry, can't say I do.  I do remember a spice cake but cannot recall where it was from. I remember an 8" square cake with a white sugar icing.

Rick ,this was a 3 x 8" two layer cake with icing in between the two layers and on top!! So delicious..

I stand corrected it was called Spanish Bar cake and I found a recipe for it!! Will post it in "What's For Dinner"

I'll just put the bread recipe in a Forum.  I notice that the "Recipe" forum hasn't had a post since last February. (My slider recipe is in there earier).

 Should I put this one in "What's For Dinner" even though it isn't really a "dinner" item?

Callie, yes please.. life is uncertain eat dessert first.  

Good Morning/Afternoon Everyfriend!  I'm just managing to get in here today.  Granddaughter Courtney's Masters Graduation was on line at 9 a.m. this morning and I HAD to be there!  I am so proud of her!  However, sitting on this chair and watching the screen for more than an hour and a half worked havoc on my eyes and another part of my body.  I went for a long walk to get my body working again.

PATRICIA, I can't post the fruit cake recipe until I ask because my mother inherited it from the church and that's where it basically belongs.  I was sharing a cake with SHIRLEY.  And I make it as a donation to my church every Christmas.  Maybe next year, I should just make an extra batch and share it with my on line friends.  I guess we'll she what SHIRLEY reports!

RICK, your right!  It's brine that they use to treat the roads in advance!  Thanks for reminding me

Now I better get to work!  I still have one item to finish knitting but she won't be around until sometime during the week between Christmas and New Year's.  I'm thinking probably New Year's weekend.  She young enough to celebrate with the two young cousins who live here!

Have a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Jane's fruitcake is to die for!!!  It is truly, honestly for sure, the best fruit cake I have EVER tasted! I never raved about fruitcake before, have tasted and loved Stollen, but this has a flavor unknown to me. Anyone that can bake, for sure, needs to get Jane's recipe!  Many, many thanks. I really would love to see the recipe or watch you put it together.... too late for me to learn to bake it, but give me another year & I would try!

Thank you, Jane, your good deed has made quite an impression on everyone I blabbled to around here. All want to know if you walk on water! The fruitcake is delicious but the thoughtfullness of the act is amazing to all.

Merry Christmas in case I don't get back in here, I'm still learning how to navigate this part of life & only regrets so far is being a pac rat for all my life! Every drawer I go through has a ton of memories and junk hiding inside.

The sun is bright/blinding but feels good in the house. 

Good morning; it's minus 27 and going down in the Interior.

Jane, please don't make any special effort; I know how busy you are.

Callie, I sent you a PM.

Amy, I remember how hard shopping for a husband or significant other was for me. I would put a lot of time and effort into it and was never quite sure if it was worth it.

I  always finish early because I send money orders and the nieces and nephews no longer send gifts back and forth with me. I stopped that a couple of years ago as I was awash in food, drink, and craft club Christmas gifts.

Thought I'd posted but it seems to have disappeared! Probably hit the wrong button or switched Forums and erased it.   

I've posted the Orange Marmalade Bread recipe in "What's For Dinner" (and replied to your message, Patricia).  I did an on-line search for the recipe and didn't find any that were like mine. I don't know how to make a link to another Forum.

Don't remember where I got it but know I've been making it for over 30 years.

All the gift cards I ordered on-line have arrived and Project du Afternoon is to get them ready to put around the two table-top trees. 

CUL8R

Callie, thank you for the recipe.
Not sure if this is the right way to do this but here goes.

https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/homemaking-food-gardening/what-s-for-dinner-2020/msg227948/?boardseen#new

Hello Everyfriend! 

SHIRLEY, was that me you were talking about?  It sounded like some kind of miracle worker!

Unfortunately, the fruitcake has to be made by the beginning of November and then set in a cool place to age!  That's part of the reason I can't just whip up another batch.  Making it isn't the big part.  The big part is making sure it has time to age!  Back in my mother's day of making all the ones she did for the church we all helped.  My grandmother sat and cut dates.  My mother mixed until the last stirring and then my father put his muscle to the job.  My sister and I lined pans and then unlined the cakes when they were cooled and we all wrapped them and tied red and green yarn bows on them.  I even had a friend who loved to come over and help.  She'd call and ask me to do something when we were teens and if I said I couldn't she'd always say "Is it fruit cake day?"  And if I said it was, she'd say "I'll be right over". 

This is a job that still brings my parents close to me!  Vegetable soup is another one that brings my father in my kitchen.  That was his donation to the Church Christmas Bazaars! 

Now I have to go close my eyes before they close without my consent!  I'm tired right down to my sox!  And I'm sleepier then usual!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow, and may God bless us, every one!

A bit off the current topic but something I ran across tonight. Does anyone remember "Fish Eye Pudding"?  I had to laugh when I ran across it tonight, but it was used often at my parents home. Haven't heard that in years.

Certainly not what I expected, Rammel, were any of these what you were thinking of?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Fish+Eye+Pudding&atb=v354-7&ia=recipes

Good morning...

Snow was cleaned up yesterday and no new snow to play with so far today.
A day of rest here..sewing room may get a work over.

Rick, Klye loves that pudding if you're talking about tapioca pudding.  You used to be able to buy different sizes large ,medium, small but it seems all that the stores have is minute now.I did buy a 10lb bag of medium from the Mennonites and I am slowly working through it.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.
 

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I'm up and attem and NOT ready to go yet.  But I will be when it's time to get ready for church!

RICK, if they're right and it IS tapioca pudding, we had it often when we were kids.  It must have been one of my grandfather's favorites because I'm pretty sure he was the one who made it.  I loved it and my sister tolerated it but I think she grew to like it over the years!

I'm in the middle of my last knitted dish towel.  I decided I needed one more for a Christmas present for my good neighbor across the street and I still had the yarn for one more.  So when I sit down to rest it jumps into my hands and do a few row while I rest my body!

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Tapioca pudding it is. A favorite of mine as a kid, Don't think my brother cared for it. I haven't had much of it in recent times. We have some commercially made and in plastic cups, but it is not like the old "Made the long way" pudding.

 

Happy Hanukkah,  Bubble!!