A Little "Mud Hen"

Gentle Friends, I was all geared up to post a little yesterday when I got caught up with Internet Connectivity both here at work and at home....  it finally seems that everything is smoothing out, and we'll be back up at home soon......  

  Today I wanted to talk a little about a recipe I tried out on Sunday called "Mud Hen Bars" the recipe can be found HERE at a great Blog called South Your Mouth, written a Mandy, a fun read with lots of Southern inspired food and fun!!  

 I always try to start off  by getting everything together....

... while I was creaming the sugar and butter I separated the eggs mixed up the and sifted the dry ingredients, chopped the nuts and mixed in the marshmallows and choco chips.....

....  here's the bottom layer pressed into a 13 x 9 buttered pan and covered with the nuts, marshmallow and chips mix......

.....now everything is covered in the brown sugar meringue and being slid into the oven....

... out of the oven and golden brown, it took about 28 minutes, now waiting for it to cool to cut up.....

... I was a bit impatient and it was on the warm side when I cut into it, so it was still on the gooey melty side.  These were pretty tasty little cookies, and very, very similar to a Mississippi Mud Cake, but cookie form.  So if you like the cake you'll love the cookie!!  Thanks to sweet Mandy I've got another super cookie to add to my ever growing repertoire!!

That's a bout it for today sports fans, I'm still working on the Colonial Gathering piece and will pop a snap up at the end of the week before I send it out for finishing.  Thanks for stopping by, do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Couple of "Sweet" Shots......

Gentle Friends, the week is wrapping up on a "sweet" note today....  you remember how much we like Trader Joe's and make a weekly trek there... a couple of weeks ago we stumbled onto a new product, or new to us, it is just scrumptiousness in a jar.....

....  this has got to be the best caramel sauce I've ever tried....  I know caramel is easy to make, and homemade is much better.... blah blah blah..... but, to just be able to unscrew the top and have access to this nectar is great!!  I can't recommend this stuff highly enough, and if you nuke it for 20 or so seconds to warm it up it is even more delicious.  - and - a table spoon in coffee is also a treat!!

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I'll leave you with this last shot, it is one that Rico took with his phone of some super sweet butts.....

....it's a bit on the blurry side, as it was "chicken" time.  Let me explain what "chicken" time is - at our house at 5 pm we need to get three little pills into the Peach for her heart issues.  How we do it, is to get some "Just Chicken" from trader Joe's, grind it up, and then hide her pills in a lump of ground chicken, and yes, they all know what the word "chicken" is and immediately take up positions in the kitchen for some.  The "butt" snap from  l to r is Humpi, Peach, Smokie and Lolly.

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There you go sports fans, another week gone and only 208 days until Christmas!!  Have a great weekend, and thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

take care,

edgar

Love is Something Big and Shiny!!!

Gentle Friends, last weekend, that four extravaganza of laziness, started off with breakfast out at the Red Cafe - and then it was off to an Estate Sale.  Most Estates Sales here by the Bay begin on Friday and go through the weekend.  Since I work M-F I can't get to them until Saturday. Being off on a Friday allowed me to get to the only one going last week on day 1...... the sale was on the small side, but there were a few stand out things.......

 .....  as we walked in I saw the 3 part meat dome ( the three parts are 1) warming tray for hot water, 2) the actual well and tree platter and 3) the dome cover with handle) and just plotzed, you know how I love silver and this gorgeous thing just yelled "take me home"......  but it had a big price, that I couldn't swing, so I looked around and found a few fun things....  the wedding ring quilt, the great little piece of bright cut glass, and the silver bread tray. Even as I was paying and leaving I was drawn to the big silver behemoth sitting behind Ernie the cashier guy......

Saturday came and we ran around to the thrift and consignment shops, finding only the double disc Special Edition of "Independence Day."  Then I thought, why not ride back over to the Estate Sale and see if "it" had been sold.  We arrived and it was still there, after hemming and hawing for about 45 minutes Bill, the Estate Sale rep,  finally hit me with a price I just couldn't pass on, and this beauty came home to live at my house.  The verbal provenance that came with it  - that is was purchased at the Estate Sale of Eleanor Roosevelt's things when she died in 1962.  Now, I take that with a grain of salt, but it is a fun fact, true or not.  

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That's about it for today sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Drive by Posting: Mission Dolores

Gentle Friends, over the weekend between doing nothing and going out foraging for breakfast and lunch we visited a couple of thrift shops and a super Estate Sale (more about that tomorrow) - we also made a stop at one of the top sites to see here in San Francisco.  The Mission San Franciscan de Asis or as it is more commonly known as Mission Dolores.  This was the sixth mission in Alta (upper) California chain of Missions, it was founded in 1776.

....  the Mission church of adobe was built in 1791 and the neo-Spanish Basilica to the right was built in 1913 replacing an earlier Gothic structure that came down in the earthquake of 1906.  it is a real treasure and they give tours of both buildings.  An interesting bit of info is both the Mission, Basilica and Graveyard were all used in the Film "Vertigo".  If you are interested in seeing some really great snaps of the interior click HERE and you'll be taken over to Daveland Blog, the photos are from a visit he made to the Mission in April of 2013.

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That's about it for today sports fans.  Thanks again for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Sitchin'

Gentle Friends, it was a nice long weekend... and although I did some laundry, vacuumed and went to the grocery store....  it felt like I was a total lay-about doing nothing..... and it was lovely!!  I did do a little stitching on a couple of things, two I can show you today.....

... after the craziness with the chart I finally got a start on the Colonial Gathering piece, not much but a beginning..... and ...

... I worked on the SMS some and it is still coming along nicely.

That's about it for today sports fans.... thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

An Anniversary

Gentle Friends, today would have been my parents 59th wedding anniversary.  I thought I would share a couple of shots from their special day so many years ago.....

... this was taken just after the ceremony and before they left for the reception.....

... a picture I really like, they are leaving for the reception  (the weird waviness is from the Wedding album pages) ..... and here's a shot from last Sunday, I had some flowers put on the alter in their memory....

... my Mom carried white orchids, tube roses and pink asters in her bouquet, and her favorite colour was pink, so I had a white a pink inspired arrangement made up, I think it turned out really nice.

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That about wraps up the week sports fans, It's a long weekend for me so I'll next week, aiming for Tuesday, but you never know.  Thanks again for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Visit to Japantown

Gentle Friends, over the weekend we made a run across town to one of my favorite destinations, Japantown.  Although it is a bit touristy, and cheesy, there are some really nice things to see, do and buy.  It is also the only place in town that carries the incense I like....  

 The main shopping is broken into two big malls connected by a plaza with.....

... this five tiered concrete Peace Pagoda.   The incense place I always stop at is Asakichi Incense .....

.... it is a small shop and really fascinating with wonderful smelling things - I prefer direct burning solid sticks and coils - and - if you buy something they'll stamp your parking ticket, saves you $2, if you've parked in the underground lot!! 

One of the great features are all the eatin' places.....  there are dozens both large and small - and just every one of them have food displays near the front door....

... of the menu items made out of rubber, this is one of the more elaborate ones... since we where there at about lunch time we stopped at a small place we hadn't tired before.  They had a Bento Box Lunch special...

.... from a list of choices you picked two...  I had prawn and calamari tempura and a beer......  Rico had.....

... vegetable tempura and teriyaki chicken.....  It was a great afternoon - and I would highly recommend a quick visit if you ever get to SF.

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That's about it for today sports fans, thanks for stopping by, do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar