OT: Easiest cake ever

There are a lot of different varieties of pluots, depending on what variety of plum was crossed with what variety of apricot. Around here, many of the grocery stores will slice one up for tasting if you ask them, because some are definitely tastier than others. (And the farmer's market ALWAYS has them sliced for tasting, without even asking.)

Ya know, those styrofoamish, no-salt, no-taste, no-cal, no-fat, no-nuthin puffed rice cakes aren't half bad if you smear enough of that canned icing on them........and as long as it's right next to the cake mix........

Val

OK, back to working on the &^%X$! muffletymumblefratzitiz quilt......the wedding is Saturday *sigh*

You can eliminate a few calories (and washing any dishes) if you just dip your finger right into the canned icing and lick it off. ;-)

My parents really like them and purchased a HUGE box of them at Costco not long ago. A few somehow ended up in the car with me. hmmmmm

I am more of a fan of straight up plums, apricots etc. Of course, as a kid I didn't like my foods to touch each other either.

Picked son up today and we stopped at a fruit stand by the highway. We came home with a watermelon, six ears of corn, a bag of yellow nectarines and a box of yellow peaches. Some of the peaches have already been turned into ice cream custard for freezing later this evening.

marcella

But if you use a spoon your fingers won't be so sticky when quilting.

marcella

Kathy, you have hit on my personal favorite dessert in the world. ;)

Sunny

You have obviously reached the exalted status of "learned professional". I stand in awe.

Val

Clearly I'm still not used to the lack of a dog in my household. Food residue was never a problem when we had one. ;-)

Oh, golly! I *love* plum dumplings -- or any kind of fruit dumplings!

I went for a peek at a realtor site and used mobile homes there cost more than my 3 bedroom brick ranch. Debra in VA See my quilts at

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Good zucchini story ;)

Years ago I had a huge veggie garden in my back yard. I never bought a packet of zucchini seeds, I'd buy THREE plants in the spring, almost the same cost as a packet of seeds, and plant those, letting the neighbors know that this was enough to supply the entire neighborhood and all their shirt tail relatives so DON'T PLANT ANY, I'll have lots, help yourself!! My new neighbor across the street planted a whole row of zucchini vines (over a dozen; first year planting a garden and he had NO idea) ......you see where this is going?

The zucchini started coming on and there were boxes of zucchini left on porches, bags hung on door knobs, piles left laying on the driver's seat of unlocked cars, etc, etc. Neighbors would see us walking around with plastic grocery bags and start yelling, "NO! I don't want any more!" when we were still a half block away. There were a LOT of zucchini that year. I happened to spot my neighbor leaving through my back gate one morning as I was packing my lunch for work so went to the back porch to holler at him thinking I hadn't heard him knock and *there* was a bag of zucchini. AH HA! two can play that sneaky game. A few evenings later I left a grocery bag of them on his porch......a few mornings pass and I find an apple box of the darned things on my porch.......I waited a few more days for another good crop to form and I put a laundry basket of them on his porch.....(we obviously were returning each shipment with more added to boot)....as things were progressing the zucchini were also getting larger, there seemed to be larger gaps of time between surprise "secret friend" deliveries so we could stock up, as it were. I opened my door early one morning to go to work and there was a large TV packing carton over half full of pretty good sized zucchini mixed in with what looked like most of the other formerly exchanged squash blocking my exit. I knew I had to step up the creative impact of these covert delivers. That Friday I stayed up late, picked (sacrificed) the HUGE zucchini I was letting grow to enter in the largest zucchini contest at our little town's Apple Squeezing festival. I took it up to my sewing room and made a nightie and bonnet to fit it. I wrapped up the "abandoned orphan" zucchini, which weighed in just shy of a hefty 30lbs, in the ratty back door 'dog towel' and left it on his porch step at 2 am with a little note that said, "Love me as you would your own". Sunday morning when I got home from church, I found on my back porch a loaf of zucchini bread in a bread basket that was sitting on top of the nicely laundered and folded dog towel, all in my laundry basket. Stuck in the loaf was a bamboo skewer with a taped on white paper flag on which was written........."YOU WIN, I SURRENDER".

Most all of the premium zucchini were dropped off at the food bank, the rest went to the compost pile and no squash was abused or injured in The Great Zucchini Caper of 1976......which will live on in infamy.

Val

Awwww, Taria! I wouldn't have to mop the floor if I'd just throw down some ice cream and let it melt to cover the floor....... And their wagging tails keep the coffee table dusted! LMAO Not to mention never having to wash my hands or face or neck or......

Leslie & The Always-Hungry, Always-Waggin', Always-Lovin' Furbabies in MO.

I love this story!!!! Thanks for the giggle to start my day!

My QI eats all the popcorn and peanuts that are accidentally dropped on the rug. His fur is only 1" long and I don't see it on the rug until I sit in the floor to cut out a pattern. He helps dust the TV screen and gives me bunches of love and doggie kisses. This winter he will help keep my feet warm. I don't have to worry about left overs from any meals. We had been without a puppy dog for 5 years and it sure is nice to have one again! Barbara in SC

Your zucchini story is TOO funny, Val. A looooong time ago, I lived in Yakima, on the Eastern side of Washington State, and they had the annual "sneak zucchini on your neighbors porch" night, because there was always such an abundance of it this time of year. It got to be so popular, they promoted it on radio and in the newspaper, and people really did "unload" their veggies on their neighbors. It was pretty fun. One year, I got a basket of zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, corn and cucumbers. Your story is better.... lol.

Patti in Seattle

The dirt here is awful. Georgia likes to lay in her kiddy pool and cool off as she gets a drink so the new pooch thinks you have to be in the pool while drinking. SHe just stands in it but then they pick up a lot of dirt. What a mess they make! They have a favorite damp spot near the apple tree that they like to nap. I just put out some shredded bark there to see if that would help. Gosh they are messy girls. Cats here keep the coffee table dusted so the dogs get off of that duty. : ) Taria, like others around here a casual housekeeper!

Leslie & The Furbabies > Awwww, Taria! I wouldn't have to mop the floor if I'd just throw down some

Your recipe is great. Also, I love the recipe posted earlier this year for snack cakes - 1/2 C cake mix, 1/4 C water - zap in the microwave for 1 1/2 minutes. My family loves these little snack cakes. We had lots of them in June when we had strawberries by the buckets full!

Donna in Idaho

ROFLOL! Val, that's priceless!