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*One Of The Best Days*

*One Of The Best Days*

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Don’t get me wrong…I Love Thanksgiving Day…and Everything it brings to the Table….. It’s a Holiday with the Best of the Family at its Heart….. But the Day After…now that’s Heaven….. No rushing…No cleaning…No cooking…No baking…No aching back and feet….. …..(and for the most part the dishes are “mostly” washed and put away)…(mostly)….. I’ve always enjoyed the crunchy…semi-burned…thoroughly unpresentable nibbles that never make it to the serving tray…and they’re unceremoniously left behind in…

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We’re Tired~Happy~But~Exhausted

We’re Tired~Happy~But~Exhausted

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* But we did it….. One more Halloween Hunt Club Tea under our belt….. There were about forty people at our Guest Hunt event last Saturday….. I believe a good time was had by all…but honestly…I’m still cross-eyed tired….. But we got everything down to the host’s ranch ahead of time in the morning….. We were set up before the field came back in….. I think they got on a coyote run…but I’m really…

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~Hunt Club Halloween Tea Prep~

~Hunt Club Halloween Tea Prep~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Today my daughters and I are in a whir…baking and cooking….. Tomorrow is our Halloween Tea at a local ranch where we Fox Hunt….. It’s a Guest Hunt…so there should be more riders and guests than usual…maybe around forty….. …..it’s a little hard to estimate the amount of food to prepare and bring….. …..so it’s better to over-do rather than under-do………….too little food & drink is just a bummer….. We’re going to have…

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Let’s Talk Peanuts

Let’s Talk Peanuts

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I know I’ve done at least one post in the past about peanuts….. …..particularly…boiled peanuts….. But because they’re so good…I thought they warranted another go-round….. …..I love those slimy little things…they’re addictive….. My northern Ohio relatives think I’m crazy…(for a lot of different reasons)…but specifically regarding the boiling of raw green peanuts….. They just don’t get the wonderfulness that is the boiling of a peanut…and the savoring of its innards….. It’s a Southern-thing…

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Yellow Or Green Pea Soup

Yellow Or Green Pea Soup

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* It’s Hot Outside!….. It’s another Hot Month in Sunny Sub-Tropical Florida….. Air Conditioning is a lifeline to be taken advantage of at any & all opportunities….. I suppose it’s not really the season for soup…but our freezer is over-flowing with frozen pork and ham bones….. I needed to make room…I need to do something with all those frozen bones…(it sounds like I’m trying to get rid of murder evidence doesn’t it?)….. But…my go-to…

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~Let’s All Eat Cake~

~Let’s All Eat Cake~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** I have good friends….. I have good friends who took pity on me & my recent culinary attempts…(i.e. fiascos)….. Doctor Brigid is not only a great vet…a brilliant surgeon…but she’s also one hell of a baker….. …..(btw: she told me if I get a fresh pork roast she’ll show me how to stitch on the pig skin)….. …..(good times…good times)….. …..(hey…don’t judge me…I want to know that pork roasts can rest easy…knowing I…

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~To Bake…Or Not To Bake~

~To Bake…Or Not To Bake~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Well…it appears…that’s the question….. …..or maybe it’s not much of a question…maybe it’s just been a badly illustrated answer….. I recently baked a cake for my Birthday…(and yes…this old broad got older)….. I used the cast aluminum chicken hen pan that I recently found on eBay….. It’s a cute two piece pan…made so when you put the baked halves together…it can sit up on the tray…like a setting hen….. Much like the two…

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***The Holiday Aftermath***

***The Holiday Aftermath***

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** The cheeses…the pâté’s…the chocolates…and breads….. …..the mints…and soufflés…the sauces…and bisques….. I love food…I love the leftovers….. Cookies…and cakes…and Grandma’s Kuchen recipe….. …..and everything is drenched in butter….. …..lots of butter….. I’ve noshed…I’ve perused…and tasted…and sampled………….lots and lots of sampling….. Our refrigerator has stacks of little boxes and snap lid container….. It’s a browser’s paradise….. I could pull up a chair and just graze there for hours….. I love the Holidays…all of them….. …..It’s…

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~*~Merry Christmas~*~

~*~Merry Christmas~*~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** I hope your Christmas is Merry….. And that your Hanukkah is Happy….. Celebrate with friends and family…whenever you can….. Enjoy your time together…. …..and hopefully…there will be time for a nap too…… And Happy New Year…..            

***Prioritizations***

***Prioritizations***

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Our kitchen sink drain is infamous….. We’ve been having issues with this drain for AGES!….. We’re so careful with what does (or doesn’t) go down it….. We had the garbage disposal removed from the drain line ages ago….. …..and still…it slows and clogs…like clockwork….. …..(usually around and/or near the least opportune times)….. During our recent Thanksgiving festivities…we coasted into the holiday with a slowing drain….. All of the usual attempts were made…they teased…

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