Something Smells Skillet

Something smells alright!  And it’s the skillet!!       Did I say smells??     It reeks!!

Read all about it!

http://www.purpleslobinrecovery.com/2017/11/something-smells-skillet/

Great Granny

8/30/14

A tribute to my Granny.        She was a great woman!

 

https://purpleslobinrecovery.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/granny-chaney/

I miss her.      She was tiny, but gave great hugs!!         And love radiated out from her.

She’s been up in heaven for 12 years now.        I know she greeted Jeffery with a big ole hug, when he got there!!        (And maybe even a pot of dumplings, and some nanner pudding??)

Strawberry Strolls

Everybody already knows I love PP, right??

Well last week, I proved (once again!)   just how much.

For her birthday party, she requested strawberry cake, with pink icing, and a cherry on top.

So, I duly bought the mixes,    ahem    Who bought the mixes??         To be technical, I did. I just didn’t actually go to the store.       (Oh, what would I ever do without XH, and Sweet Friend??        My whole matrix would collapse!)

Anyway, the ingredients were purchased, by whomever isn’t relevant.

Birthday girl’s request.

and proceeded to bake!       Yes, ME!     Bake!

Not picture perfect, but made with love!!

When she got home from day care, I let her frost them, and put the “Cherries” on top.

Yes, we’re pretending those little dots are cherries!

[No way was I gonna spend all that money on a jar of maraschino cherries, when the kids would just probably spit them out!!     I’m not Pinterest Omie, or anything!]

These are the survivors, from the party, that we had at a park.      So all the clean up required was to throw the trash away!!        No sweeping, mopping, nuttin!!        No decorating either!         Boy, weren’t we smart!           {And broke, but that’s beside the point!}

Now, back to loving her so much.         Did I ever mention I’m allergic to strawberries?? Along with the gluten, and blah, blah, blah??              I made cupcakes, that I couldn’t even eat!!         That’s love, folks!

everything2bloog.pl

 

Charitable Choice

Someone in my church posted about a family in need.      They have 5 kids, and are temporarily living in a tent.

I thought, “Now, what do I have that people in a tent might need?”

Towels came to mind.        So, I asked DD1 if she’d mind, if we went thru the towels, and donated some.      She’s a sweet girl, and agreed.

We have a LOT of towels!

We easily agreed to donate 3 bath towels.

3 green hand towels, from my uncle, that we never even used.       (His job is professional laundry, and sometimes thing are left over.)

Ugly green= gah bye!!

Same with the 2 “lavender” hand towels.        (I just thanked him, and took them.             I didn’t have the heart to tell him they weren’t lavender!)

Sorry, NOT really lavender!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looky here, a kitchen towel set.    Still in the packaging…..

And 1 purple washcloth, just to test myself, to see if I could let it go…….

Let it go!!

2 mismatched pillow cases.

And 2 journals, out of the 7 I still had.         (Didn’t I de-clutter journals a while back???)

That was just a quick run thru of the CLEAN towels.      There is still a hamperful in the laundry.        We have WAAAAAAY too many towels!!

But less now!          And less is more!

 

More Munchy Memes

More Munchy Memes!         Bring on the buffet!!            Chow down on these tasty treats!

Love me some Rock!!                                       I followed this book to the letter!  Lol

Yeah!!     I wanna know too!!

Lol!!  Not me!!      (Plus, I don’t eat ketchup, so I don’t look like I’m murdering the fries either!)

    Me too, bub, me too!!

Why I never made it as a waitress!

Oopsie!!

That’s why I never made cake on my birthday!!       I snuck by Denny’s or sumpin!!

Full yet??

 

Melty Monday Morning

Melty Monday Morning!!

Wakey, wakey, eggs, and bakey!

http://www.americanuckradio.com

Yummy!~      Do ya smell the coffee??

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com

No, thanks! Hot cocoa for me!!

What is that powder mess on top?? http://www.cocaheaven.com

Oops!       Forgot the marshmallows!!!       How could I????

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not enough marshmallows!! http://www.brambleberry.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaah!! Much better! http://www.hotcocoarecipes.com

Uh, Melinda??

Hmmmm??      (between sips gulps)

This is Monday….. hint hint.

Yes.    And??

Monday has been for memes for many months now!!       What happened to my memes??       I want my memes!!

For goodness sakes!     Hold on a minute…      (loud slurping noises)               Here’re your memes, Grouchy!!

You’re the one who had cocoa, eggs, and bacon!  Not me!!

Speaking of cocoa:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go get ’em boy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love House!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey, dude…. is there a difference??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor, poor Brian.

Aww, we’re sorry, babe!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sniffle, sniffle

For realz

These hot cocoa memes are so addicting!!

Uh, I’ll have to have me a think!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IKR??

So many melty Monday memes!!

Maybe next Monday, we’ll have munchy memes!!

 

Spaghetti Spine

Is it possible to have spaghetti sauce turn into wine?   If you don’t think so, I’m here to tell you: YES! It’s possible!  I have smelt it!  ( And dealt with it too!)     It was scary!

And I took pix of the jars that I found when I moved in 16 months ago.    

(Left over from former owner.  The one BEFORE the one I bought it from!  So, that means it’s vintage is at least 2005, or OLDER!!)

But , I never remembered to upload them.   They got deleted off the camera, of course, and so this post never got finished.  

So, whadda I do??       Do what everybody else would do!       Google “rotten spaghetti sauce that’s turned into wine”!     Of course!

Results:

First pic.

Seriously? This is the result??

Further down the list:

I just thought this was too cute!! It’s supposed to be a giphy, and the sauce sloshes.

Maybe I need to Google “spaghetti sauce with a side of penicillin”???

First result:

Ok, now I’m getting aggravated!

Aha!      Here we go!             “moldy spaghetti sauce”       Now we’re getting somewhere!

Now that’s rotten sauce!!

The ones I found were not quite that bad….

 

 

 

 

 

My way of dealing with it:

(Here we go again)   “pouring spaghetti sauce out of a mason jar”

Google, Google, Google! Get with it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s try that again.          “pouring spaghetti sauce ”         Simple, but elegant.

Finally!

        And, as it turns out, the most effective. 

My way of dealing with it, was pouring it down the drain!!

Can you imagine eating 11 year old spaghetti sauce?  Let me tell you, I wouldn’t recommend it!

Chosen Cheesecake

Yummmmm!!        Cheesecake!

SF made DD1 a cheesecake for her birthday.       And there wasn’t any for me, except 1 teeny, tiny, itsy, bitsy bite.

Like this:

    The worlds’ smallest bite of cheesecake.   Ever.

Did ya need a microscope to see it?      Yeah, it barely made a dent on my taste buds, either! But, at least she gave me a taste!        Thank you, DD1, for sharing!       Have I mentioned that I love SF’s yummy cheesecake??

And I might or might not, have complained to him, that I didn’t get any.      Except for above referenced teaser tidbit.       (I totally complained.     And whined.     Maybe even begged a little.      I’m shameless when it comes to good food.      And his cheesecake is VERY good!    Even dare I say, “Excellent”!!!!)

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So, 2 weeks go by.

Then, tonight I came over to blog.     And I always check out the contents of his fridge.  Ya know, in case he hid a salad in there for me or something!

Tonight it was OR something!!    

My very own, personal cheesecake!!
                          

SF does love me!!       I told you!!

(The fact that he made another one for DD1, and 2 for himself means nothing to me!)

I wasted no time getting that into my mouth!!

I’m in my own little world of gustatory delight right now!!

After some hours, (I refuse to say how many, or how few), the pan looked like this:

All gone, gone.

Farewell sweet cheesecake.        You’ll always be here in my heart blog.

GF Guff

Need:  To spray in the 

 Also required:

MUST be purple. No other color will work in this recipe.

 For the 

Then!!  The fun part begins!

Will it taste good???      Has to!!    It’s chocolate!!      But, will I taste the pumpkin??     Who cares!!         It’s chocolate!!       But, what if I don’t like chocolate flavored pumpkin???     Too bad, so sad!!      It’s chocolate!     Also, it’s GF, so you’ll eat it, and you’ll LIKE it!!      Got it??          Yes, ma’am.

I mixed, and mixed, and mi… JK!!      I only mixed it 2x!       But I could still see orange!!               I didn’t see you doing any mixing, so can it!     (“Can” it!      Bwahahaha!     I crack myself up!)

Anyways, so I dumped it into the crock, and put it on high for 3 hours, and went away.     Mmmmm, I could just taste all that chocolately goodness!!

After 3 hours, long, hungry hours, I came back, lifted the lid, and it wasn’t cooked!      What in the Sam Hill??      Did this stupid crock croak on me??

After a very brief investigation, the culprit was found.

      Yeah, I had plugged in the toaster, not the crock.

Facepalm.

WHY, oh WHY does this always happen to me???         The cooking gene skipped me entirely!!        But!     I’m determined to persevere!

So, I made brownies in a mug, every day for 5 days!   HA!      Take that, “not a cook” me!

Whaddya mean, where’s the pix??      In my tummy!!          Who’s got time to take pix when there’s hot brownies waiting to be smothered in vanilla ice cream??

Ain’t it enough that I adapted quickly to the non-cooked mess, and made brownies in a mug, without having to photograph every step too??

Oh ok, babies, here’s a pic for ya whiners.

(Whaddya mean, where’s the GF brownie???       I done tole you- in ma belly!!)

Happy now??        No??        Awww, sorry.       Go have an ice cream bar, and cheer up!

I sure am!!    (Happy, that is.)    I can now make instant, well ok, almost instant brownies, (2 and 1/2 minutes) any time!!          YAY!!!

Doing my happy, GF brownie in a mug dance!!

   (Stop action style!)

 

“C” Saw

The “C” word again???      Melinda, I’m so proud of you!      You just might turn into a cook after all!!  Really?     You think so?       At my age?        Yup, I really think you’re on your way!        After all, haven’t you cooked once a week for 4 weeks now?          Yes, I have!        Proof that an old dog CAN learn new tricks!

But, of course, just to be safe, I had to

“when can you call yourself a cook?”       (I wouldn’t want to get myself in trouble with the law, or anything!)         

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 First result:  when can you call yourself a chef? – Page 2 – ChefTalk.com

http://www.cheftalk.com › … › Professional Food Service › Professional Chefs

 

Jan 23, 2005 – 30 posts – ‎26 authors

I know many “nonprofessionals” that can cook killer meals. But are … You can technically call yourself a Chef the minute you are the person …

 

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Well, I’m not ABOUT to go so far as to call myself a chef!       Even calling myself a cook still sounds like a stretch to me!      So, on to more results.

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Sixth result: (getting hotter!)    

The Difference Between a Cook and a Chef : The Reluctant Gourmet

http://www.reluctantgourmet.com › Education › Culinary Careers

 

Jun 15, 2011 – Do You Know The Difference Between a Professional Chef and a Cook? To most … A cook, on the other hand, can expect to: Prepare …. I couldn’t agree more, and the CUSTOMER doesn’t care what you call yourself. 

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At the bottom of the page, as a related search: 

A cook is a person who prepares food for consumption. A cook is sometimes referred to as a chef, although in the professional kitchen, the terms are not interchangeable.

Cook (profession) – Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_(profession

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YAY!!!!        So, I can officially call myself a cook now!!!       I have accomplished that goal!!      All done now, thanks.        I can die in peace.