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12月27日 A Feast For The New YearMag's Thursday Kitchen
 ...and also a feast for the eyes!
 But first something to eat...
A traditional dish served in Scotland on New Years eve (Hogmany) Is steak pie. To be consumed before setting out after midnight to go First Footing, or Visiting your Relatives and friends..not forgetting to carry something in your hands as you cross their threshold. A lump of coal is good. A fine malt would excel!
 Anyway here is a recipe.Steak Pie
 Ingredients
50g / 2 oz dripping or butter 900g / 2 lb stewing beef, diced (my butcher recommends chuck (shoulder) steak for steak pies) 40g / 1½ oz plain flour 1 large onion, peeled, chopped 4 large carrots, peeled, cut into thick slices 600 ml / 1 pint beef stock, hot 1 heaped tbsp tomato purée 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 225g / 8 oz puff pastry (ready-rolled) 1 small free-range egg, beaten Method
Heat the dripping or butter in a heavy saucepan or casserole. Toss half the meat in well-seasoned flour and brown all over in the fat. Then remove with a slotted spoon, coat the remaining meat and brown all over. Remove with a slotted spoon and add the onion and carrot (if you need it, add a little extra fat at this stage). Gently fry until softened, for about 5 minutes then return the meat to the pan with the hot stock, tomato purée and Worcestershire sauce. Grind in plenty of black pepper and some salt, stir well and bring to the boil. Then cover and reduce to a simmer. Cook very gently for 2 hours, stirring once, then check seasoning, tip into a 1.8 litre / 3 pint pie dish and allow to cool completely. Refrigerate overnight. Next day, cut a long strip of the rolled-out pastry. Wet your fingers lightly and dampen the edges of the pie dish. Place the pastry strip round the rim of the pie dish, then brush with beaten egg. Place the remaining pastry over the top and press down to seal all the edges. Trim off any excess pastry and crimp the edges between thumb and forefinger. Brush with beaten egg and snip a hole - with scissors - in the middle. Bake at 220C / 425F / Gas 7 for 30 - 35 minutes until puffed up and golden brown. You might need to lightly lay a piece of foil over the surface for the last 10 minutes or so to prevent burning. Serve piping hot.
From Scots Cooking by Sue Lawrence
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I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year, when and if It comes..(as we say in Scotland)
Maggie Mae and Jiggy reckon they would like to do a little elf dance for you..our way of thanking you for listening to all of our singing this past year...enjoy
 just clicky on the title link- below Seeing will be believing
 Mag's Thursday Kitchen
...and also a feast for the eyes!
But first something to eat...
A traditional dish served in Scotland on New Years eve (Hogmany) Is steak pie. To be consumed before setting out after midnight to go First Footing, or Visiting your Relatives and friends..not forgetting to carry something in your hands as you cross their threshold. A lump of coal is good. A fine malt would excel!
Anyway here is a recipe.Steak Pie
Ingredients
50g / 2 oz dripping or butter 900g / 2 lb stewing beef, diced (my butcher recommends chuck (shoulder) steak for steak pies) 40g / 1½ oz plain flour 1 large onion, peeled, chopped 4 large carrots, peeled, cut into thick slices 600 ml / 1 pint beef stock, hot 1 heaped tbsp tomato purée 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 225g / 8 oz puff pastry (ready-rolled) 1 small free-range egg, beaten Method
Heat the dripping or butter in a heavy saucepan or casserole. Toss half the meat in well-seasoned flour and brown all over in the fat. Then remove with a slotted spoon, coat the remaining meat and brown all over. Remove with a slotted spoon and add the onion and carrot (if you need it, add a little extra fat at this stage). Gently fry until softened, for about 5 minutes then return the meat to the pan with the hot stock, tomato purée and Worcestershire sauce. Grind in plenty of black pepper and some salt, stir well and bring to the boil. Then cover and reduce to a simmer. Cook very gently for 2 hours, stirring once, then check seasoning, tip into a 1.8 litre / 3 pint pie dish and allow to cool completely. Refrigerate overnight. Next day, cut a long strip of the rolled-out pastry. Wet your fingers lightly and dampen the edges of the pie dish. Place the pastry strip round the rim of the pie dish, then brush with beaten egg. Place the remaining pastry over the top and press down to seal all the edges. Trim off any excess pastry and crimp the edges between thumb and forefinger. Brush with beaten egg and snip a hole - with scissors - in the middle. Bake at 220C / 425F / Gas 7 for 30 - 35 minutes until puffed up and golden brown. You might need to lightly lay a piece of foil over the surface for the last 10 minutes or so to prevent burning. Serve piping hot.
From Scots Cooking by Sue Lawrence
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I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year, when and if It comes..(as we say in Scotland)
Maggie Mae and Jiggy reckon they would like to do a little elf dance for you..our way of thanking you for listening to all of our singing this past year...enjoy
just clicky on the title link- below Seeing will be believing
Happy New Year Everyone
mags x
mags kitchen returns in 2 weeks time. Happy New Year Everyone
mags x
mags kitchen returns in 2 weeks time.
12月23日 mags kitchen special-playfoodHello Everybody,
This is a christmas edition of "mags kitchen" Staying on the theme of toys, I Welcome you to Mags Playfood kitchen, and here it is...I hope you like it?
 So I was wondering, what recipe I could bring to you from mags playkitchen?
 Once you have bought all your groceries of course!
 <ahem!>
I thought, maybe i could show you how to prepare a full cooked breakfast for christmas morning ...
 or else how about a ham and cheese sandwich?
 no I KNOW!!! how about a jacket potato? ...
 well, as its christmas i gave it some more thought, and i have come up with a special playfood recipe, just for you all...
here it is....
NO-COOK MODELLING DOUGH
now here is what you will need
1lb plain flour, 1lb salt
Simply mix together with cold water to make a dough.
Depending on how big you make your decoration you may need to make an extra batch...and you will also need food colourings..
"WHAT AM I MAKING?" I hear you all cry!
well its a table decoration..Now if this was for a childrens party i would name it "waaaaah 364 days untill next Christmas" But if it was a dinner party for the grown ups I think i would name it "desperate housewife!"
I will not be giving out instructions on how to make this ornament...get the kids (or the BIG kids) to have a go at this..it could be a lot of fun ...well here it is
 and that concludes mags playfood kitchen edition
 ..and i sincerely hope that there will be no tears in any of your homes this christmas.... Well You didnt think yous were gonna get away with not hearing maggie mae and jiggy singing you all out this christmas now did yas?
 They are here to sing for you...
 1, 2, 3, 4...
Santa Baby...
   just slip a sable under the tree...
 for me...
 oh weve been AWFULLY good girls...
 Santa Baby
So HURRY down the Chimney tonight!
 Think of all the fun ive missed
 Think of all the fellas, that I havent kissed
 Next year we'll be just as good...
  If you'll check out our christmas lists
 Santa Cutie? ..
I just forgot one thing?
 a ring
 I dont mean on the phone
 Santa Baby
so hurry down the chimney tonight
hurry tonight...
   merry christmas from both of us!
   ~mags x~ 12月18日 Toyland
Little Girl and Boy Land ...
While You dwell within it You are ever happy there ...
Childhood Joyland Mystical Merry Toyland
Once you pass its borders you, may never return again ...
Wooden Soldiers On Parade
The toy shop door is locked up tight
And everything is quiet for the night
The fun's begun
The dolls are in their best arrayed
Hear them all cheering
Here they come, here they come
Doll On A Music Box
What do you see
On this music box
Trains
Here's a little choo-choo train
Toys of Yester'year
My little tin jalopy, that went around and around,
The box of forty games, that kept us oh, so busy.
and the coloring books,
bouncing balls
and the comic books.
These were the toys from yesteryear,
so high.
so well. can spell.
Teddy Bear
Baby let me be,
Please let me be
I dont wanna be a tiger
Please let me be
uh oh? Maggie Mae and Jiggy have arrived
Baby let me be, around you every night
Oh let me be Please let me be
Your Teddy Bear
I just want to be your Teddy Bear
from me, mags, and my house, we wish you and yours a very very merry christmas!
~mags x~ 12月16日 Have You Seen My Red Yo Yo?
Have You Seen My Red Yoyo? (By Matt McGinn)
Wee Ann took her yoyo tae school she did go go, (all together)
Noo the darin wee Annie, she went tae the Janny, Huv ye seen a rid yoyo, rid yoyo, rid yoyo,
Noo the weans left their pencils their desks and their stencils,
(Chorus) Now the police were concerned when the story they learned,
Chorus) In Peking and Paris an' a' roon the Barras'
12月14日 Everything But The BIrdMag's Thursday Kitchen (on a Friday
) Hi Folks,
Ive decided after a lot of thought, not to publish instructions on cooking the bird, or ham for that matter. Instead, here is a selection of recipes to accompany the main event at your christmas table.
Brandy Butter recipe
Brandy Butter ingredients list: 75 grams unsalted butter. 75 grams sieved icing or caster sugar. 2 tablespoons of brandy. Instructions for Brandy Butter:
Mix and cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add the brandy and stir until smooth.
Chill prior to serving.
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GREEN BEAN BUNDLES
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INGREDIENTS
1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed 8 bacon strips, partially cooked 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion 3 tablespoons butter, margarine or bacon drippings 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt DIRECTIONS
Cook the beans until crisp-tender. Wrap about 15 beans in each bacon strip; secure with a toothpick. Place on a foil-covered baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees F for 10-15 minutes or until bacon is done. In a skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. Add vinegar, sugar and salt; heat through. Remove bundles to a serving bowl or platter; pour sauce over and serve immediately. ~~~~~
To Accompany Ham
Pineapple Stuffing
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup margarine 1 cup white sugar 4 eggs 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained 5 slices white bread, cubed DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch baking pan. In a mixing bowl, cream margarine and sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then add the pineapple and bread cubes. Bake in a 350 degree oven for one hour. Let sit a few minutes to firm up before serving ~~~~~
SAUSAGE BALLS
1 pound sausage meat 2 cups cheese 3 cups of Bisquick ( or dried batter mix) Mix together with hands. Form into balls. Bake at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes.
alternate option
3 cups Bisquick original baking mix 1 pound uncooked bulk pork sausage 4 cups cheddar cheese (shredded) 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese 1/2 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves 1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes optional - barbeque or sweet/sour sauce for dipping Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 15.5x10.5x1 inch jelly roll pan. Stir together all ingredients using hands or spoon - mix well. Shape mixture into 1 inch balls and place on pan. Bake 20-25 minutes or until brown. Immediately remove from pan and serve warm. (dipping sauce is optional)
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COCTAIL SAUSAGES
40 cocktail sausages
1 pound bacon 1 box light brown sugar toothpicks Cut 40 cocktail sausages into thirds. Cut bacon strips into small slices and wrap around individual sausages. Secure with toothpicks. Mix box of brown sugar with enough water to make a saucy consistency. Pour over sausages and bake at 350 degrees for 1-1/2 hours
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NEVER FAIL POTATO STUFFING
5-8 medium Potatoes 8 slices fresh white bread 1 package pork sausage meat 2 large onions 2 teaspoons salt 3 teaspoons pepper or garlic pepper if preferred 2 tablespoons poultry seasoning 1 tablespoon sage 1/2 cup softened margarine optional chicken stock optional ground chicken livers Cook and mash plain potatoes, cut bread into small cubes, ground onion and uncooked sausage meat in food processer(add chicken livers if you wish) fully cook meat mixture( (do not drain fat). Add salt, pepper, sage and poultry seasoning. Mix meat, potatoes and bread in big bowl. Add margarine and mix well. Add more seasonings to taste.bake in lightly greased casserole dish with tinfoil cover for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Stuffing should be moist with a mash potatoes texture.** If mixture is too dry, slowly add chicken stock. If mixture is too wet, add more bread cubes.
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Crunchy Roast Potato Recipe
ingredients
1 lb (450 g) potatoes, peeled hot dripping (fat from roasted meat) to roast 2 cups (4 oz) 120g fresh white breadcrumbs, sieved 1 tbsp mixed herbs, chopped method 1. Cut the potatoes into even pieces and parboil in salted water for 8 minutes. 2. Drain and allow to dry off.
3. Heat the dripping, or any other suitable fat, in a deep roasting tin.
4. Put the potatoes into the dripping and roast in the oven 375°F (190°C) gas mark 5 for 30 minutes basting occasionally with the hot fat.
5. Mix together the sieved breadcrumbs and mixed herbs.
6. Carefully remove the part cooked potatoes from the fat and roll them in the breadcrumb mixture.
7. Return to the roasting tin and continue to cook until nicely browned.
serving amount serves 4 ~~~~~
Bread Sauce
1. To make enough for eight people, halve a large onion and stick cloves into each half (how many you use is a matter of personal taste – 15-18 as a suggestion. If you don't like them at all, use some freshly grated nutmeg instead). Place the onion halves in a saucepan with a bay leaf, 8 black peppercorns, 1 pint (570 ml) of creamy milk and some salt. Bring everything up to simmering point, remove from the heat, put the lid on and leave everything to infuse for at least 2 hours.
2. When you are ready to make the bread sauce, remove the onion, bay leaf and, if you can, the peppercorns, with a draining spoon. Keep the onion to one side, as you may want to put it back into the finished sauce for extra flavour.
3. Stir 4 oz (110 g) freshly made white breadcrumbs into the milk and add 1 oz (25 g) butter. Stir over a low heat to melt the butter and thicken the sauce slightly – this will take about 15 minutes.
4. After that, you can add the onion back in, to give the sauce extra flavour. Leave the sauce in the pan in a warm place until you are ready to serve it.
Just before serving, remove the onion and spices. Re-heat the sauce gently then beat in another 1 oz (25 g) of butter and 2 tablespoons of double cream. Taste to check the seasoning. Pour into a warmed serving jug.
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Finally .....
Here is a delicious Christmas Morning breakfast for all the family to enjoy-which is prepared the night before..no kidding.
What it is....it's
OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST
Ingredients:
1/2 loaf of French bread, cut diagonally in 1 inch slices
4 eggs 1 cup milk 3/4 cup half-and-half cream 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons butter 2/3 cup brown sugar 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon and 1-1/2 teaspoons light corn syrup (or golden syrup) Directions:
Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish, and then arrange the slices of bread in the bottom.
In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, milk, cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Pour over the bread slices, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
The following morning, preheat oven to 350F (180C, Gas Mark 4). In a small saucepan, combine the butter, brown sugar and corn syrup (or golden syrup), and heat until bubbling. Pour over the bread and egg mixture. Bake in the preheated oven, uncovered, for 40 minutes.
It will be ready by the time the family have opened their christmas stockings, and are hungry for breakfast!
Delicious!
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Well all it leaves me now is for to wish Everyone a Very Merry Christmas! I hope it will be happy and peaceful for you all...I will be praying this christmas for all my friends..I am so grateful for the prayers that have been said for me (and i got to tell yous that they have WORKED!)
I hope that Santa will be good to all of you Boys and Girls both young and old! Ho Ho Ho!
mags x
*mags kitchen opnes again on 27th December
12月12日 Dearest MargaretHi folks.
My friend Pete, has "tagged" me
This is a tag with a difference. My mission if I accepted it, was for me to write a letter, which should travel through time, and arrive to me, my very own self, aged 13 years old.
I gladly accepted the mission..so here is my letter...
Dearest Margaret,
A very long arm is reaching out towards you in a loving embrace, all the way from the future in fact. The year is 2007 and you will be aged (supplied )Please do not be afraid Margaret, for in the writing of this letter to You, I come in Peace. You have just turned 13. Now you are a teenager, so just how cool is that? But I know Margaret, (because I was there with you) That already in your young life, you have been visited, by some considerable sadness. And if that wasnt a heavy enough burden for a little girl to bear, you are also separated from a loved one. In a quiet, but very sure way, your heart is being torn, but nobody sees this (except me) What I want to say to you dear Margaret, is, I want you to be kind to yourself, please please please, do not let all your self worth, evaporate.. forever lost on trade winds. Who is going to love you Margaret? if first of all, you cannot love yourself. Here is a phrase for you..(big words alert) "extenuating circumstances" This would describe, what has so far been happening in your young life .... and in which way exactly? did You ever have the power, to alter those events? A young child doesnt hold the reigns in life, doesnt get to do the "steering" of the car wheel. doesnt get to choose who their parents are, or their brothers and sisters. A young child doesnt even get to choose their own name. So there you have it Margaret...In your tender years, tribulations visited you .. and unfortunately, it is going to happen again. So its important Margaret, for you to be strong. Do not turn against your own house, "a house divided will not stand" Unity is key. and remember? ...it will be allowed, for you to be kind, not only to others, but to yourself. You wont be able to reach out and touch others, if you havent, first of all, warmed your own Heart. And allow yourself to grow and apply yourself to learning. and take care of your body, You are becoming a beautiful young woman.. (and dont bother shaking your head) Time is now for honesty yes? ... so not in a vain way, for vanity is sinful. and in any case dear Margaret, real beauty comes from within, radiating outwards. I want you to remember that. When all this is firmly established and rooted in your heart and mind, you will be ready to set forth, on your life's journey, you might not fully realise this Margaret, but you are blessed with many riches, you have a family who love you, please dont hold back from loving them in return. and you have the oppertunity of receiving an excellent education, step up to the mark Margaret. You wont regret it. You want me to talk to you about Boys??? Well Margaret, what can i say? "boys will always be boys" Men are from Mars .. did you know that? Us women, we are from Venus ..Here is my ONE piece of advice I will give to you..."NEVER EVER, allow yourself to be with any man, who will not treat you like a true GODESS" I mean that. and you love that man straight back at Him. But hey? well thats for the future, don't even think about tying yourself down, in your teenage years...make this a time for fun. Thats the way it should be. Do you know something Margaret? I am crying now (im not sure why) ..but in writing this letter, I feel that i came to visit you in person, and i am genuinely reluctant, to take my farewell of you. Let me hug you {{Margaret}} It was really naughty of you, You know? to delibarately leave your brand new school uniform hat on the bus like that...(just because it was shaped like a bowler, and you regretted not going for the beret instead) LOL *oh dear? aunty didnt laugh-did she? Please Margaret Will you do one little favour for me? Give your gran a kiss from future me...put your arms around her and tell her that i send my love. good girl! Have a wonderful life Margaret. mags x i tag, burdman, bob and beth.
 *mags kitchen will open on Friday 12月10日 Losing a Loved OneHi Folks..
Ever since my dad died,some 21 years ago now. I have carried a dread deep in my heart. Dread of losing loved ones.
My dad and I were estranged from each other when he passed away, his health was failing, but he died quite suddenly. and the chance to heal the breach in our relationship was lost for ever. Its fair to say that ive never really gotten to grips with losing my dad without us being reconciled. Ten years later, I lost a beloved aunt when she died of lung cancer. The day before she died, she telephoned me from her bed in the hospice, to say goodbye to me. I was comforted at that time, by a song that was going around, sung by Robbie Williams... "and when I'm lying in my bed, thoughts running through my head, and i think that love is dead..I'm loving angels instead" I lost my friend from schooldays, She died of ovarian cancer several years ago now, She left behind two breathtakingly beautiful teenage daughters. Her and I shared a love nay- passion for Marc Bolan "I could have loved you good like a planet I could have chained your heart to a star But it really doesnt matter at all No it really doesnt matter at all- Lifes a Gas (i hope its gonna last)" Only it didnt! not nearly long enough for my friend  But then life as we know it, in our mortal coil..is fleeting Usually by this stage in my blogs..i know the ultimate point im trying to make, but not so with this one somehow.
I found out a few weeks ago, that a woman, who has been my friend for the past 15 years has got lung cancer. If i was to start trading stories about all the stuff that we got up to over the years, this blog would still be running into the new year. I hadnt seen my friend, as she has been receiving chemotherapy, but I met her this morning, an unexpected encounter in the street. We looked at each other for a long moment. I told her i was so sorry to hear what had happened, and then (oh DAMMIT) tears just fell down my stupid cheeks-i was so mad at myself for that. But my friend told me not to worry, that she had been unlucky and drawn a short straw (or words to that effect) Its my friend and her own family who need the prayers and love and support at this time.. I dunno friends, my mum is not well, my mum in law isnt well, my own extended family hit a real ruck, that ive bled my heart on these pages over, these past few weeks, and to see my friend today so unexpectedly, it pierced my heart. Her spirits were up, and so as a wise person once said to me, in situations like this you have to let yourself be led..My friend was giving out positve vibes despite her visible physical decline So I did my best to smile back at her, as she handed me a christmas card...and i fervently wish for her a peaceful christmas and a brave New Year. and we will be getting together soon hopefully, once her chemo therapies have finished. Well that is the story of why I have been so remote this past little while, wanting to blog about this stuff-holding back... but once again i just felt a need to see these thoughts written down... So my prayer for all of us on spaces..for this christmas and new year..is for serenity..Serenity in these troubled times, yes and courage. and Joy, and peace. The things that no amount of money on this earth can buy, because they are resources that are found and dug out from within. If any of you even made it to the bottom of this blog i sincerely thank you, and i hereby officially declare, that christmas has finally arrived in Hubble Bubble land! woohoo! and thanks to all of you, for just being here! mags x 12月8日 I Need to Get Out MoreHi Everybody..
Well ye havent caught ME doin any Christmas Shoppng this week, no-well that's because it was finished ages ago! <AHEM!>
So One evening during this week, I was surfing the net (like ye do)
Now I dont have a laptop but ive got a really nice workstation, to sit at. Its not in my kitchen, but its close by. I planned it this way, because if i am on the computer for any long spells (and i am during the night very often) and so I like to be near the kettle, and the microwave, and the fridge and the bottle opener <aHEM!>
So there I am "surfing" and i realise, that i keep seeing this word pop up in a lot of the sites i go to To look at layouts and stuff.
I say "word" and this only goes to show how Dense I was being...cos its not really a word-innit?
 So tell me? have any of yous ever heard of MILF? or to be more precise (and I should have picked up on this) its actually M.I.L.F
see? its not actually a word at all-is it?
 and usually im quite good at spotting these...
most everyone is probably farmliar with T.G.I.F (thank god its friday) and its raunchier cousin T.F.I.F <aaHEEM>
But no no no Here is me thinking that MILF is actually a word-well it aint! only I didnt know that
So i figures that my son who is 18 and up on most matters, would be able to tell me. and at this point in time he was in the kitchen minding his own buisness and eating a toastie..
So i hollers to him...WHATS A MILF????
Then i hears choking sounds...my son was spluttering on his toastie!
"UHHHH WHO WANTS TO KNOW???" he shouted back, (still spluttering)
"ME" said me...
My son came out of the kitchen, looking furtive, he went round opening doors and looking in rooms-ah dunno? maybe he was scared santa claus would hear him and not bring him any presents.
He finally came over to me, and i showed him the word on the computer screen.
"Do you really not know what that means?" asked my son
"frayed knot" said me.
So with one last look over his shoulder, he bent down and whispered the meaning in my ear!
WTF????
I said "well thank you son for enlightening me"
"no problem" said my son...
and with that he got his jacket and said "I am off down the pub to join my dad for a drink"
"Can I come???
" I asked..."N.O.Y.F.N" he replied
which roughly translated means Not On Your Flippin Nelly
But if you want to know what M.I.L.F means...then i suggest you use a search engine...
Which is what I should have done ..
 mags x
12月6日 A Christmas Buffetmag's thursday kitchen
Hi folks,
For those of you who are not planning a formal meal for this christmas, then here are a few recipes that may be useful for using in a buffet. Most of these recipes can be adapted to suit your own taste...it hopefully will still capture the essence of christmase fare! enjoy
ChRISTMAS WREATH APPETISER
This Christmas Wreath Appetizer is easy to make and looks like you spent hours making it. Your friends and guests will love it and it's soooooo pretty!
The holidays mean lots of parties and this easy appetizer recipe will be perfect if you are responsible for bringing an appetizer.
What you'll need:
- 2 8-ounce tubes of crescent rolls* - 1 8-ounce package of softened cream cheese - 1/2 cup of sour cream - 1 teaspoon of dill weed - 1/8 teaspoon of garlic powder - 1 1/2 cups of broccoli florets (freshly chopped) - 1 cup of celery (finely chopped) - 1/2 cup of sweet red pepper (finely chopped) - Celery leaves * found in refrigerator section of grocery store
What to do
First, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Next, remove the crescent roll dough from its packaging (make sure you don't unroll it). Cut each tube into eight slices and then arrange the slices in a circle (about 11 inches in diameter.) I've found it very handy to make your circle on an pizza pan (ungreased - 14-inch size works well.)
Then, bake it for approximately 15-20 minutes or until the dough turns a lovely golden color. Cool for 5 minutes or so before gently removing your crescent dough wreath to a serving platter. Then, cool it completely.
In a small mixing bowl, beat the sour cream, cream cheese, garlic powder and dill until nice and smooth. Then, spread the mixture over the wreath and top with the chopped celery, broccoli, and red pepper. You can complete this pretty picture by making a bow with the leftover celery leaves.
This recipe for Christmas Wreath Appetizer serves 16.
Enjoy!
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CHRISTMAS TREE SALAD
1 pear half for each person (they are sold colored green) salad greens (whatever you like) 1 brick cream cheese assorted cake decorations (especially the silver balls) Drain the pear halves well. Then, frost the rounded side with cream cheese which has been softened. Add a drop of milk to ease spreading, if necessary. Place the pear half, frosted side up, atop salad greens. Visualize that the widest part of the pear is the base of the Christmas tree. Add "tree decorations" by strategically embedding the silver "ornaments", nonparels on the cream cheese frosting, simulating ornaments. Red cinnamon hearts add even more color. Serve each tree with the widest side toward the diner. Add a star to the top of the tree by using a star shaped canapé cutter with a piece of your favorite sliced cheese.
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AMBROSIA
1 1/2 cups drained mandarin orange chunks
2 apples- chopped 2 bananas- sliced 1 tub sour cream 1 package mini-marshmallows 1/2 cup coconut 1/2 cup pecans 1 1/2 cups drained pineapple chunks Mix together all ingredients and refrigerate!!!
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Tabby The Tomato Nose Reindeer (makes one reindeer)
1/2 cup tuna salad, cheese spread or ham spread carrot strips 2 hard boiled egg slices or cucumber slices 1 cherry tomato On a plate form the head of the reindeer by shaping the tuna, cheese or ham into a "peanut" shape, make the bottom a little larger than the top. Make antlers by cutting the carrot strips into two pieces; arrange like tree branches on top of the head. Use egg or cucumber slices for the eyes. Add the tomato for the nose at the bottom. Serve with crackers. This can be made larger for a crowd or a party. Use more spread for head and 1/2 of an egg cut top to bottom for larger eyes and a larger tomato for a nose. Leave the carrot strips whole
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QUICK AND EASY FRUIT DIP 8 ounces cream cheese (very soft) 7 ounces marshmallow crème Take 8 ounces of very soft cream cheese and put in a mixing bowl. Add 7 ounces (1 small jar) of marshmallow creme. Mix together until smooth. Refrigerate until set. Use as a dip for just about any fruit. Has the taste of cheesecake in just minutes!
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NUTS AND BOLTS 6 cups cheerios 6 cups Shreddies 4 cups pretzels sticks 3 cups salted peanuts 1 1/2 cups margarine or butter 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce 1 Tablespoon celery salt 2 Tablespoons onion or garlic salt Preheat oven to 200 degrees. In a large roasting pan, melt margarine or butter and Worcestershire sauce. Pour in cereal, pretzels and peanuts. Mix celery salt and onion or garlic powder, and sprinkle mixture over dry ingredients as you put the layers in the pan. Roast for 2 hours, mixing the nuts and bolts every 15 minutes. For best results store in freezer overnight.
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CREAM CHEESE SALSA DIP
2 packages Cream Cheese 1 Large Jar OF SALSA dip Medium Style 1 Large Bag Tortilla Chips Let cream cheese come to room temperature. Mix cream cheese and Salsa Dip with a wire whisk until blended. It may be a little chunky. Cool and serve with tortilla chips. It is excellent.
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SLUSHY PUNCH 3 cups sugar 6 cups water 1 large can pineapple juice 2 small cans orange juice 3 oranges, peeled 5 bananas Mix ingredients together in a blender to create a concentrate and freeze. When ready to use, mix 2 parts concentrate and 1 part 7-UP or any other soda.
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CHRISTMAS RECIPE (Everything Needed Is FREE) no kidding! Cup of Love Cup of Patience Cup of Kindness Cup of Goodness Cup of Faithfulness Cup of Gentleness Cup of Self-Control Cup of Joy Cup of Peace Mix ingredents together and get a loving and happy Christmas
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mags x 12月4日 So? When Then? ...When will we be done?.. when will we leave it alone?
when will it be over? hopefully not till its gone who is the keeper of signals? who knows when that day has flown? when will it be over between us? hopefully not 'till we're gone when will we finish this story? complete things, till now left unsaid.. and now?when shall we walk away? ..or do we stay till our hearts are all torn? when WILL we be done? hopefully NOT till we are gone. mags x
 12月2日 WisdomHi Everybody,
I would like to wish everyone a peacful and relaxed Sunday
aaah what it is to be "wise" and Who has wisdom?
i looked for a definition of the word wisdom and here is what i found "wisdom: the body of knowledge and experience that develops within a specified society or period." This information tied in rather neatly with what i have long suspected, and that is - That, wisdom is borne of experience. and if applied, and/or passed along then it breathes in any given curcumstance when i was still a little girl, i had a longing to possess wisdom. I hatched a plan to garner for myself some hand me down wisdom, from the older members of my family (and the older they were the Better as far as I was concerned!) AHEM! I handled it all wrongly of course... One day, I arranged myself at my grandmothers feet <i was and still am, The Dreamer> ... and so arranged thus, at my grandmothers side, her ever so bewildered but nonetheless gimlet eye on me, I began my quest and thirst for knowledge and wisdom, that the youth could Only obtain, from very OLD people ... "Gran?" enquired I. "please can you tell me about the Olden days?" This might have worked if i had even been as old as ThirTEEn...do you know what i mean? but alas my grandmother, thought i was being flippant..she did not take too kindly to my earnest inquiry..and i was dispatched with a strenous {flick} of her tea-towel There is a serious point im trying to get to in this blog Do you know that time in your life (it happens to us all Sooner or Later) and you are met with a situation, which can OnlY be dealt properly-with Wisdom? Being a Parent, throws up all sorts of scenarios, which call for wisdom, oh i laugh now that i fondly thought, that when my son got "older" and into his teens..then my parenting skills would be into the Home Straight! I am a little wiser now on that matter! LoL *my son is lovely I hasten to add.. but attendant teenage issues always have needed attention and help and assistance (and wisdom) I wish, that when my (Independant, Fun Loving, and still very much in Love with her Husband ) Mother-in Law, lost her Husband very suddenly, that I had ignored her initial declarations of insisting on being on her own after a few weeks or so had passed. I was slightly in awe (thats not an excuse) They were close buddies untill the day that he died. So i wanted to respect my mum in law's wishes. (There is quite a bit of Mile distance between us) But she had very good friends around her. And contact with her from the family, then, as now, has never been lost. But i fear deep down, that I ignored niggling conscious voices in my head sometimes ..(and im talking about the early days-those days when it was probably most crucial) I wasnt happy about the days and weeks that she spent on her own (not entirely alone she had friends) but of living on her own. I wish i had possesed wisdom for that occasion. I wish I had camped on her doorstep for so long that i got on her nerves. But i didnt Nobody likes to think of themselves as being insensitve.. *If you hear the word "no" its not good to rail against that word is it? ..oh to be as wise as a serpent, but as harmless as a dove. I wish i knew how to solve a current family crisis..Thats maybe where the Serenity Prayer comes in.
Well I leave you with the Serenity Prayer, in which Wisdom gets a mention. apparantly there are a few verses to this prayer I only ever knew this one verse, but a spaces friend told me recently there are more.. I first saw this verse as a young child..it was in a frame and it hung above my aunt's desk in her bedroom. She was a student at the time, and she was an extremely hard worker. She would one day rise to the very top of her career. She was loved by all her family and we were all very proud of her. Sadly she passed away Not terribly long after she Retired and is still sadly missed. But That Prayer is at least One gleaning of wisdom that i managed to procure when i was still that little girl. God Grant me the serentity
To accept the things i cannot change The courage to change the Things I can And the Wisdom to know the difference. Amen. mags x |
is for all we get if we don't cry.
is for nobody he will pass by
is for to-morrow, the day we eat pie.
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