So, what is everyone doing today?

I would send the recipe for 12 grain muffins, but the company seems to have gone under. The same effect, but they taste great.

Cheryl

It is the feed - soy protein only and completely FLAVORLESS.

You are making me hungry. I want to head off and pick up the local eggs at the farmers market and feast.

The anticipation rises. I'm going to have to have more people over.

Yes, I think rhubarb and ginger would make me happy. Time to fill up all those annoying little jars taking up space in my cupboard.

Melon and ginger hmm. Sounds like it would need a bit of rum.

Dora

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Like a shot of rum ? Try that in Seville Orange Marmalade, or Brandy Peach jam works very nicely lol

Talking of prunes that other people dislike they are nice done Rum Pot style in brandy too. They make an easy dessert with a dollop of cream. Apricots will do if you don't like prunes.

Hmm - with the weather cololing down a bit, maybe it`s a good thing that they don`t make rhubarb flavoured chocs. Not that I`ve yet discovered, anyway!

Pat P

Squash, Pumpkin, Marrow, Zucchini - can`t stand any of those at any price - nor sweet potatoes!

Pat P

I love Brussels sprouts - but too many make you somewhat anti-social!

Pat P

A kind of cake. Two eggs with equal weight (to the eggs) sugar and margerine creamed together - add the eggs and self raising flour (same weight) and stir well. Spread into two buttered and floured shallow 7 inch pans and bake about 20 mins. When cool, sandwich them with jam and/or cream. Or use the mixture on the cooked rhubarb or apple or whatever fruit takes your fancy, as I mentioned earlier. The important thing is that all the other ingredients should EACH weigh the same as the two eggs.

Of course you can always buy the prepacked sponge mix, although I don`t think they taste as good.

Pat P

I USED to be up at such unearthly times when I had horses to take care of (and they weren`t even my horses!) but I`m blowed if I`d do it otherwise.

I`ve reached the age now when I`n rarely up before ten a.m.! Mind you, I don`t normally go to bed much before 2.30. Mainly because I have friends to chat with with an eight hour time difference! LOL!

Pat P

Well, let me know. If you have your dates set, and want a ticket or 2 for the CAPS, we can usually make our Row D seats available. Our friends that use them most of the time want to make a few less games then last year. So, let me know. Even if those are gone, I can always get tix at the season tixholder price - something to do with being idiots who've had tix for over

And would be happy to take in some DC LNS, etc.

Alex is indeed a great kid - er, young man. Nothing not to like. Last season, some of our best moments (at least for us girls) when we would grab dinner really early pre-game in the Acela club - overlooking the ice - before the building opens. Out comes Alex and Zubie (another favorite) in their little stretchy compression shorts, underarmor, and shower shoes - to try out some sticks. Quite the sight. They always disappear when the building opens - so most folks don't quite get this vision. All I can say is some really nice, perky, rears ;^) Alex is actually really, really, thin

- it's all muscle and pads when he's in gear. Got to be like 1% body fat.

So - as I said - just let me know, ellice

Missed you, too. Thought you might be mad ... But.... Anyhow - we'll talk offline - now that I'm on the closer to your DH's commute path.

Hey - I learned to do cables - yeah. Taught myself, and the LYS folk said they looked good - imagine that.

Ellice

PS - I'm actually going to do the one from this month's Cook's, but it will likely get slightly adapted - who knows. And I will definitely report the results with recipe. Since I'm on a mushroom kick - I think I'm making some mushroom-barley soup, as well. Can you tell I just got a huge batch of fresh mushrooms, and shitakes, and some morels.

ellice

Sigh! that sounds like a wonderful sight!

Yup, indeed. Generally a couple of our good friends have our Row D seats, and we probably do the early dinner or brunch avery 5-6 games or so. He plays on DH's team, and she's a biking fanatic. Anyhow - she and I enjoy the sight, the guys groan. Expecially when we see the 2 on the ice shooting pucks thru the photo hole - from quite far away. Talk about some precision

- plus the view without the extra gear is a worthy one ;^) Hockey skaters

- great glutes & quads...

ellice

ellice

Which is why finding pants to fit DD is such pain!

True - definitely wow - especially on fresh ice - in shower shoews.

LOL - well, I certainly understand this problem. DH & I were just discussing this. When I was a young, fit, tennis player - my best friend and I IIRC had problems with short sleeve shirts (cuffs) in middle/high school. Both had the suddenly big right fore-arm - meant opening a lot of seams. With DH, who has been a goalie forever (and played football thru high-school - sticking with hockey in college as his prefered sport, and fear of being killed at 6' on the line in Div I) - the sizeable above the quads is an issue. For him, we've found that in Nordie's there are several lines of slacks that will fit. Finally even found some eased, flat front pants (I hate pleated, but usually that's what he's had to wear). For jeans

- lower rise, boot cut seam to be looser. I wonder if in the kid's department you can find something like that.

OTOH, I took a couple of more advanced sewing classes this past year - including pattern-drafting. One was bodices, the other pants. So, now I've actually got a master pattern that gives me a basis for doing pants. IF you guys were local, I'd do the same for the namesake! Talk to me off-line - I'm in the sewing mode this month - maybe we could work something out if I send you what I'd need for measurements - then I could draft a pattern, send a muslin (fitting garment) and we could go from there. Some awesome fabric in G-Street right now.

Ellice

You don't need to look, either! Of course, if you sent that, there'd be *no* chance of anything being added to my waistline! LOL!

Joan