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I was off, but 12 yr old nephew is sitting right here, and (SHOOT, just told me he's TEN... arg, got him and his sister's age confused. He will be 11 in December... BAD aunt...) just had to show me this video of 10,000 firecrackers going off in a video posted to YouTube. I laughed and scoffed a little and said "these people just have way too much time on their hands" ;-), and nephew says to me "he has 3 million subscribers, so he's making like $5,000 per week."
Well, now. Maybe these people aren't so silly after all...
All part of the slugs and snails and puppy dogs' tails tradition, I guess!
Mémé and Pépé, sort of like Granny and Grandpa, more affectionate that grandméré and grandpéré. Great, now I can`t remember how to get rid of the accent....
Is that a Midwest tradition ?
It's their family recipe for several generations, a guarded secret, made at holidays by the half-dozen or more.
It's the "big deal dessert" at our holiday times. :-)
Anybody else have some cultural or traditional family food items for holidays?
On my mom's side, there's always a filo (phyllo) hot and cold item for holidays - she's Greek.
Maybe over xmas I'll try and make a a couple of these dishes and bring to the hotel California - we're both down sick today and I have to work tomorrow so our thanksgiving dinner will be postponed awhile 🍁🍂🦃
Apparently a place called wicks is the officianado of sugar cream pie and will UPS a case of 6 frozen pies for a modest $23!
I read a short history of the pie's rise to popularity. You can add any number of things to change the flavor some: cinnamon, nutmeg, or vanilla, but the basic is butter, sugar, flour, and milk/cream... ...and egg whites?
I looked up recipes online and noticed that they all vary some, but I didn't see any that included egg white in the filling. Well... there it is, the secret ingredient. My SIL doesn't use any nutmeg or vanilla. Her family beats egg whites to a fluffy, "medium peaks" consistency and folds them into the rest of the filling ingredients.
You're right, Madge. It's an Indiana specialty. I had no idea.
Your mom's shrimp cocktail serving method was very fancy! I love the idea of colored ice cubes and special serving dishes.
I wonder if they even make them anymore
Shaped like a red wine bowl and then a ramekin type bowl sets inside it
RIP Florence Henderson
Reading more about Florence's early years, she had an incredibly tough life - her father was an alcoholic and left the family and then her mother abandoned the children when Florence was 12. She used her God-given talents and sang whenever possible to help pay the bills and keep food on the table for herself and her siblings. What a tough lady - given the era she lived in, that had to be difficult to do!
As we were heading out for our Thanksgiving dinner at my Uncle's,I could have sworn I saw a bird fly in the house but my husband said "no,it flew out".Not thinking anymore about it,time went on.The next morning(yesterday) I had the TV on and I thought I kept hearing the chirping of a cardinal,so I turned off the TV and kept hearing it and then I saw it...A female cardinal in Mother's doll room.I couldn't believe it and still can't.I keep wondering if it might have been a sign from Mother.It must have seen me sleeping but it was quiet all night.Mother knew I had a "thing" about cardinals and this was a female and in her favorite room of the house.Sooo strange.
My husband cupped it gently and helped it out the door and it flew away,but not far......Anyway,I just can't get over this.Does anyone else think it might be a sign?............................Thanks.............................
I say lets celebrate Saturnalia [what christians took over to get maxium exposure] which was the festival just after the shortest day of the year & where the days start to lengthen - look it up
Work on loving you, Brandy. You know how you feel towards people you love. If you saw someone treating them bad you would step in and defend them right? Well start loving yourself enough to the point where you won't tolerate being treated bad.
I notice that both he and Matthew are riding alone???