Weekend is finally here!

I am happy that the weekend is here.  I love weekends because I have friends over and Lee don’t have to work..LOL….

I just wanted to tell you people that are subscribed to my blog and get an email notification that if you click on top of page it actually brings you to my blog site and it is alot more colorful than the email.

Anyhow, tonight I am going to cook a nice supper for Lee…..he loves it now that I am trying all these recipes out……he is getting a wider variety of foods than normal..

Seafood Florentine Bake:

Ingredients:

2 lbs fish fillets (I use cod but you could use founder, haddock etc)

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp pepper

1 can(10 – 11 ounce) condensed cream of shrimp or (cheddar cheese soup mix)

1 pkg (10 ounce) frozen chopped spinach, thawed & well-drained

2 cups Bisquick baking mix (I use this in many recipes)

1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese

1 cup milk

2 eggs

Directions:

Heat oven to 350º F.  Arrange fish fillets in a greased 13 x 9 x 2 – inch baking dish; sprinkle with salt, onion powder and pepper.  Spoon soup over fillets; top with spinach.  Beat remaining ingredients with wire whisk or hand beater about 1 minute or until almost smooth; pour over spinach.  Bake uncovered about 40 minutes or until top is golden brown.  Let stand 10 minutes before serving.  Makes 8 servings…..Serve this with a salad or some steamed veggies.

I am posting this recipe for a Figgy Duff because I like it so much that I can just cook it and have it as a snack……so easy to make!

Figgy Duff:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

1 egg

2 tsp baking powder

1 cup raisins

2 cups flour

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup milk or water

pinch of salt

Directions:

Combine dry ingredients and add milk and eggs.  Place in cloth bag for 1 hour in a pot of boiling water.  This can also be steamed in a pudding mold.

Household Hint of the Day:

Garlic Bread: Add a teaspoon of garlic powder to your flour when baking bread or biscuits and you’ll get a lightly flavoured bread that is delicious,  especially if you serve it warm or toasted.

Joke of the Day:

I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner.
I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars and asked, “If I give you this money, will you buy some wine with it instead of dinner?”
“No, I had to stop drinking years ago”, the homeless woman told me.
“Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?” I asked.
“No, I don’t waste time shopping,” the homeless woman said. “I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive.”
“Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?” I asked
“Are you NUTS!” replied the homeless woman. “I haven’t had my hair done in 20 years!”
“Well,” I said, “I’m not going to give you the money. Instead, I’m going to take you out for dinner with my husband and me tonight.”
The homeless woman was shocked. “Won’t your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I’m dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting.
I said, “That’s okay. It’s important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine.”

Newfoundland Jam

Good afternoon, I just got out of the kitchen where I have been making Rhubarb Jam….You can’t beat a slice of home made bread and jam….mmmmmmm.I also made a couple of bottles of Partridgeberry Jam for Lee….I think in his mind there is only one good jam anyhow and that is Partridgeberry.   I think Lee is only with me because I have access to these berries…..I will post the recipes I use for my jams at the end of this blog…..

Tonight I am having a nice Rabbit stew….we can now buy rabbits at our local Sobey’s store.  Mind you they cost a fortune but they are a must….If  only they would sell fat pork…..I have to get mine either shipped up from Newfoundland or get lots when I go home.

Rabbit Stew:

Ingredients:

2 rabbits, cleaned

2 cups water

1 onion, chopped

fat pork

3 tsp flour

1 cup turnip, diced

3 carrots, sliced

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup potato, diced

Directions:

Cut up rabbit.  Sprinkle with flour and brown in pork fat.  Add vegetables and cook for 20 minutes, or until vegetables are cooked.  Thicken gravy.  May be served with dumplings or pastry.

Now for my jams,  well first let me say that i don’t like adding other flavor to my rhubarb jam….like jello and stuff…so mine is pretty simple..

Rhubarb Jam:

Ingredients:

6 cups chopped rhubarb

1 1/2 cups  + 3 tbsp sugar

Directions:

Put rhubarb in large pot:  cover with sugar.  Place on minimum heat on burner.  When liquid reaches about 1 inch in the pot, increase temperature to medium heat.  Once boiled, turn on low, stirring occassinally for 1/2 hour.  Pour into sterilized jars.

Partridgeberry Jam:

Ingredients:

6 cups partridgeberries

3 cups sugar (taste and see if sweet enough, if not add a little more sugar)

Directions:

Cook berries in about 2 cups of water or enough to keep pot from burning.  After adding sugar, cook quickly for 15 minutes.  Put into sterilized jars.

Household Hint of the Day:

Onion smell on hands: To remove the onion smell from your hands carefully run your fingers along the flat part of the knife blade while the tap water is pouring over both the knife and your hands.  This also works with garlic.  Rubbing your hands with dry mustard will also get rid of onion and garlic odors.

Joke of the Day:

You remember the Original Hollywood Squares and its comics, this may
bring a tear to your eyes. These great questions and answers are from
the days when ‘Hollywood Squares’ game show responses were spontaneous
and clever, not scripted and (often) dull, as they are now. Peter
Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course.

Q. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.

Q. If you’re going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.

Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.

Q. You’ve been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man
or a woman?
A. Don Knotts: That’s what’s been keeping me awake.

Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and
you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if
he’s married?
A. Rose Marie: No, wait until morning.

Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.

Q. What are ‘Do It,’ ‘I Can Help,’ and ‘I Can’t Get Enough’?
A. George Gobel: I don’t know, but it’s coming from the next apartment.

Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your
hands while talking?
A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and
I’ll give you a gesture you’ll never forget.

Q. Paul, why do Hell’s Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

Q. Charley, you just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to
get any during the first year?
A. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I’m too busy growing strawberries.

Q. In bowling, what’s a perfect score?
A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.

Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist
camps. One is politics, what is the other?
A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures.

Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I’m always safe in the bedroom.

Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.

Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?

Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.

Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into
the habit of kissing a lot of people?
A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.

Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?
A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn’t neglected.

Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?

Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
A. Charley Weaver: I’ll lend him the car, the rest is up to him.

Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them
and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
A. Charley Weaver: His feet.

Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh.

Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his
head, what was he trying to do?
A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.

New Recipes

Good day to you all.

I am always interested in trying new recipes, so if you have any that you would like to see on my Blog please forward them to me at corinne@dilkie.com.

I will also be posting some nice Newfoundland pictures soon and if you would like to see one of yours on here please email it to me with the information of where it is and who is in the picture please….

I am very excited because I have this very very special friend Bonnie, she is  from Deleware and she coming to visit me for a few days in April…..I can’t wait!!!!

Todays recipe is for a lovely Macaroni Chili, I could eat macaroni 7 days a week.

Macaroni Chili:

Ingredients:

2 cups macaroni

3 tbsp olive oil

1 qt tomatoe juice

3 cloves garlic

2 tbsp chili powder

1/2 tsp oregano

1/2 tsp cumin

1 bay leaf

1 cup chopped sweet mixed pickles

2 lbs hamburger meat

1 – 28 oz can tomatoes

2 cups chopped onion

4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp tabasco sauce

1 – 19 oz can red kidney beans, drained

Directions:

Brown hamburger meat in oil.  Add tomatoes, juice, onions, garlic, salt, and seasonings.  Simmer, covered for 1 hour.  Stir in kidney beans and pickles.  Cook 1/2 hour longer.  Remove bay leaf.  Cook and drain macaroni.  Stir into chili.  Serve in bowls with some fresh bread rolls.  Makes 4 to 6 servings.

Another recipe that I am in the middle of making are some Beer Muffins, you have to try those..

Beer Muffins:

Ingredients:

3 cupos flour

5 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

3 tbsp white sugar

1 bottle of beer

Directions:

Measure dry ingredients into a bowl and pour beer over, stirring to blend.  Spoon into greased muffin cups and brush tops with butter.  Bake at 350º F for 15 – 20 minutes.  Serve hot.  A little grated cheddar cheese sprinkled on top of these before baking makes them that much better….

Household Hint of the Day:

Cleaning chrome furniture:  Club soda is great for cleaning all the chrome on your furniture.

Joke of the Day:

Divorce Letter:

Dear Wife:

I’m writing you this letter to tell you that I’m
leaving you forever. I’ve been a good man to you for seven years and I
have nothing to show for it.

These last two weeks have been hell. Your boss called to tell me that you quit your job today and that was the last straw.

Last week, you came home and didn’t even notice
that I had a new haircut, had cooked your favorite
meal and even wore a brand new pair of silk boxers.
You ate in two minutes, and went straight to sleep
after watching all of your soaps. You don’t tell me
you love me anymore; you don’t want sex or anything
that connects us as husband and wife.

Either you’re cheating on me or you don’t love me
anymore; whatever the case, I’m gone.

Your EX-Husband

P.S. Don’t try to find me. Your SISTER and I are moving away to West
Virginia together! Have a great life!




Dear Ex-Husband –


Nothing has made my day more than receiving your letter. It’s true
that you and I have been married for seven years, although a good man is a far cry from what you’ve been.

I watch my soaps so much because they drown out your constant whining and griping. Too bad that doesn’t work.

I DID notice when you got a hair cut last week, but the first thing that came to mind was ‘You look just like a girl!’ Since my mother raised me not to
say anything if you can’t say something nice, I didn’t comment.

And when you cooked my favorite meal, you must have gotten me confused with MY SISTER, because I stopped eating pork seven years ago.

About those new silk boxers: I turned away from you because the
$49.99 price tag was still on them, and I prayed that it was a
coincidence that my sister had just borrowed fifty dollars from me
that morning.

After all of this, I still loved you and felt that we could work it out. So when I hit the lotto for ten million dollars, I quit my job and bought us two tickets to Jamaica. But when I got home you were gone.
Everything happens for a reason, I guess.

I hope you have the fulfilling life you always wanted. My lawyer said that the letter you wrote ensures you won’t get a dime from me. So take care.


Signed,

Your Ex-Wife, Rich As Hell and Free!

Newfoundland Pictures:  This is a picture I took of downtown St. John’s from Signal Hill.

Newfoundland Cod.

Hi there, I sure hope it is warmer in Newfoundland than here in Ottawa, well today is not too bad, it is -6. I was talking to my father in-law in Florida and he says it is just freezing down there. They have the heat on day and night. Myself and Lee are suppose to be going down somewhere around the end of January….but I don’t know if I want to go and not wear shorts….

I would like to welcome home to my brother Darryl who have just gotten home from being out to Sea. Hopefully we can get together in Florida (too cold yet) or you can come up for a visit.

Anyhow my cooking is back on track now that the tree and all the trimmings are put away. Tonight I am cooking a Codfish Casserole, one of Lee’s favourites, after all it is the fish that him and dad caught this summer….

Makes it taste better knowing it is your own catch….

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Codfish Casserole:

Ingredients:

3 – 4 medium potatoes

bread crumbs

savoury

onions

1/4 cup bitter

salt & pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400ºF.  Cook potatoes and mash while hot.  Add to bread crumbs, savoury, onions(sauted in butter), salt and pepper.  Place dressing in bottom of a greased casserole dish.  Arrange pieces of cod on top of dressing.  Prepare Basic White Sauce(below).Pour over fish and bake at 400ºF for 20 – 25 minutes>  Grated cheese may be sprinkled over top during last 5 minutes of baking.

Basic White Sauce:

Ingredients:

2 tbsp butter or margarine

2 tbsp flour

1/2 tsp salt

few grains pepper

1 cup milk

Directions:

In a saucepan, melt butter or margarine, blend in flour, salt & pepper.  Gradually stir in milk.  Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened.  Makes 1 cup.  For this casserole, recipe may be doubled or tripled.

Household Hint of the Day:

Unclogging shower heads: If your metal shower head is clogged, take it off and boil it in 1/2 cup vinegar and 1 1/2 litres of water for 15 – 2- minutes.  Don’t boil your plastic shower head, instead, soak it in a hot mixture of equal amounts of vinegar and water.

Joke of the Day:

A cabbie picks up a Nun.

She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome
cab driver won’t stop staring at her. She asks him why he is staring.

He replies: “I have a question to ask you but I don’t want to offend you.”

She answers,”My son, you cannot offend me. When you’re as old as I am
and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I’m sure that there’s nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.”

“Well, I’ve always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me.”

She responds, “Well, let’s see what we can do about that: #1, you have
to be single and #2, you must be Catholic.”

The cab driver is very excited and says, “Yes, I’m single and Catholic!”

“OK” the nun says. “Pull into the next alley.”

The nun fulfills his fantasy, with a kiss that would make a hooker blush. But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.

“My dear child,” says the nun, “why are you crying?”

“Forgive me but I’ve sinned. I lied and I must confess, I’m married and I’m Jewish.”

The nun says, “That’s OK. My name is Kevin and I’m going to a Halloween party.”

New Start to A New Year!

Good morning!

Today is the beginning of my new diet!  My plan is to cut out all sweets, and have three meals a day, and to not eat after dinner…..No more snacks when we watch a movie….I am going to stick to this and I will keep you all informed at my progress.  For my baking I will be using splenda, actually I will be substituting splenda for everything.  My recipes that I post will say suger but I am using splenda.  I have cooked with it before and it has been quite successful.

Tonight for dinner I will have a Tuna or Shrimp Cashew Casserole, I will be using tuna.

Tuna or Shrimp Cashew Casserole:

Ingredients:

1 – 3oz jar chow mein noodles

1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted

1/4 cup water

1 cup chunk style tuna

1/4 lb cashew nuts, salted or unsalted

1 cup celery, finely diced

1/4 cup onions, minced

dash pepper

salt to taste

Directions:

Set aside 1/2 of chow mein noodles.  In a 1 & 1/2 quart casserole, combine rest of noodles with soup, water, tuna, nuts, celery, onions and pepper.  Taste, and add salt if nuts were unsalted.  Sprinkle reserved noodles over top.  Bake 40 minutes in 325ºF oven.  Makes 5 servings.  Serve this with fresh rolls.

Household Hint of the Day:

If your puppy likes to chew on the legs of chairs, chesterfields and tables, apply a little oil of cloves to the wood with a piece of cotton.  The oil of cloves, which has a small and taste offensive to dogs, is available at most health/drug stores.

Joke of the Day:

Thats Insalting:

Mensa is an organization whose members have an IQ of 140 or higher.  A few years ago, there was a Mensa convention in San Francisco, and several members lunched at a local cafe.  While dining, they discovered that their salt shaker contained pepper and their pepper shaker was full of salt.  How could they swap the contents of the bottles without spilling, and using only the implements at hand?  Clearly this was a job for Mensa!

The group debated and presented ideas, and finally came up with a brilliant solution involving a napkin, a straw and an emty saucer.  They called the waitress over to dazzle her with their solution.

Ma’am they said, “we couldn’t help but notice that the pepper shaker contains salt and the salt shaker….”

“oh, “the waitress interrupted.  “Sorry bout that. “She unscrewed the caps of both bottles and switched them.

heheheheheehee this is too cute!

Here is a poem that I jsut found in a book I have….

Newfoundland Holiday by: Dolly Krauss nee Stamp

If my heart took a holiday

I wonder where it would go

Of course it is no mystery

For surely I do know

It would pack it’s bags for Newfoundland

That’s an island to the north

Where smiling is a pastime

And laughing is a sport

Where he people are so friendly

It’s the only place to be

And the best thing about this holiday

My heart goes nowhere without me.

Do you have a poem or joke that you would like posted on this site?  If so then email it to me : corinne@dilkie.com

thanks!

Another Moose Recipe

Good morning!

Well here in Ottawa it is cold and light snow.  I am thinking I could be alot happier laying on a beach in Florida somewhere.  I find this cold cold weather really hard on me causing me to hurt all the time….(Rheumatoid arthritis).  We are planning a little road trip to Florida around the end of this month.  I can’t wait.  I am hoping that Darryl and Maria will be there around that time also.

I am going to post another moose recipe, because maybe Deanne can cook it for dad…hehe.

Sweet and Sour Moose:

Ingredients:

Moose

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup ketchup

1/4 cup vinegar

3/4 cup cold water

1 tbsp cornstarch

Directions:

Slice moose meat into thin pieces.  Fry until tender.  Boil together sugar, ketchup, vinegar, cold water and cornstarch.  Place meat in casserole dish and pour on sauce.  Bake at 350ºF for 30 minutes….Serve with your choice of rice.

Now for some Desert:

Paradise Partridgeberry Treat:

Ingredients:

2 3/4 cups cranberry juice

2/3 cup sugar

3 tbsp orange juice

2 envelopes unflavoured gelatine

1 1/4 cups partridgeberries (fresh or frozen)

1 pkg miniature raspberry jelly rolls

2/3 cup Carnation evaporated milk

2 tbsp lemon juice

*or you can use 1 pkg frozen pound cake, thawed and cut into 1/3 inch slices*

Directions:

In medium saucepan, combine cranberry juice, sugar, orange juice and gelatine.  Chop partridgeberries and add to saucepan.  Over medium heat, stir juice mixture until steaming hot, then pour into shallow bowl.  Stiring occasionally, chill mixture in freezer for 1 1/2 – 2 hoursor until it thickens to the consistency of unbeaten egg whites.  Line a 9 – inch spring for pan with plastic wrap.  Cut jelly roll into 1/4 inch slices.  Stand slices around inside edge of spring form pan.  Cover bottom of pan with remaining slices.  Set aside.  Pour Carnation milk into deep bowl.  Chill in freezer about 15 – 20 minutes or until ice crystals form around edges of bowl.  Beat with electric mixer until stiff (about 1 minute).  Add lemon juice and continue to beat 1 – 2 minutes.  Fold whipped evaporated milk into thickened jelly mixture.  Pour into prepared pan and chill 1 1/2 hours, until set.  Makes 8 to 10 servings.  Enjoy….

Household Hint of the Day:

Cooking cauliflower:  When cooking cauliflower place it head first in the cooking water and it will stay white….

Joke of the Day:

Turkey Penance

Ducking into confession with a turkey in his arms, Brian said, “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. I stole this turkey to feed my family. Would you take it and settle my guilt?”

“Certainly not,” said the Priest. “As penance, you must return it to the one from whom you stole it.”

“I tried,” Brian sobbed, “but he refused. Oh, Father, what should I do?”

“If what you say is true, then it is all right for you to keep it for your family.”

Thanking the Priest, Brian hurried off.

When confession was over, the Priest returned to his residence. When he walked into the kitchen, he found that someone had stolen his turkey.

Dad got his moose!!!!

Well dad finally got his moose.  The season started in October and ended today….But yesterday I got that message on facebook from Deanne that I long awaited…”DAD GOT HIS MOOSE”.  New years day, well what a way to start the New Year.  I called dad right away and he sure was excited and pleased……He said “Corinne, it is easy to get a moose once you see one”, “But I have not seen any before today”.  Well he saw a few cows but had bull only license.  One shot and he took that moose down….That is my dad!  Congrats dad, I am proud of you.

Today I am not cooking because I am taking a rest from eating…but if I were to cook and if I had a feed of dads moose here is what I would cook…..

Moose Pie:

Ingredients:

1 pkg French’s meat marinade

water (as required)

2 to 3 lbs moose

flour (as required)

olive oil

2 large onions, chopped

1 pkg fresh mushrooms, sliced

1 cup red wine

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp basil

1/2 tsp oregano

1/2 tsp seasoning salt

1/2 tsp thyme spice

2 cups beef stock

3 carrots, sliced

2 cups frozen peas

non-stick cooking spray

Directions:

Mix meat marinade according to package instructions (replace water with red wine, if desired).  Cut moose into 1 – inch cubes and marinate 12 to 14 hours in refrigerator. (i do this the night before).  Remove moose from marinade, dredge in flour, and fry on high heat in olive oil to brown, a little at a time, transferring browned meat to your roaster.  Add onion, mushrooms, wine and spices.  Bake at 300º F for 2 – 3 hours or until moose is tender, checking periodically to ensure it doesn’t dry out.  Add beef stock, carrots and peas and return to oven for 45 – 60 minutes.  Remove from oven and thicken with flour and water mixture, to make a thick stew….Place stew in 9 – inch casserole dish and start your pie crust…….

Pie Crust:

1 cup butter or margarine

2 1/4 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

4 or 5 tbsp cold water

1 egg white

2 tbsp milk

Directions:

In a large bowl, cut butter or margarine into flour and salt.  Using your hands, work mixture until crumbly.  Add water, one tablespoon at a time, until mixture begins to stick together, using only enough water to be able to form a ball of dough in your hands.  The less water you use and the less you work the dough, the flakier it will be.  On a clean and floured counter, pat the ball pastry down with your hands until it is in the shape of the casserole dish.  Place a large sheet of waxed paper over the pastry and roll it out until it will cover the casserole.  The pie crust may be thicker than usual but it’s nice to have a thicker pastry for a meat pie.  Folding the pastry in half, place it to one end of the casserole dish and unfold it6 to cover the stew completely, tucking edges into the side of the dish.  With a butter knife, cut six or eight half – inch slits in the pastry to allow steam to escape.  Bake at 425ºF for 20 minutes until almost done.  Beat egg white and milk mixture together, brush onto pastry and return to oven for 5 minutes or until pastry is golden brown.  Hope you enjoy this!!!!

While your pie is baking try making these no – bake marshmallow balls….

No – Bake Marshmallow Balls:

Ingredients:

25 marshmallows

1/2 cup sweet milk

1/4 cup cherries

1/4 nuts

1 cup coconut

Directions:

Soak marshmallows in milk, add cherries and nuts.  Form into balls.  Roll in coconut and let sit in a cool place for 15 – 30 minutes.

Household Hint of the Day:

Keeping Cheese longer: cheese will not dry out if it is wrapped in a cloth dampened with vinegar.

Joke of the Day:

A Newfoundlander, was walking home late at night and sees a woman in the shadows.   “Twenty dollars…” she whispers.  He’d never been with a hooker before, but decides what the  hell, it’s only  twenty bucks. So they hide in the bushes.

They’re going “at it” for a minute when all of a sudden a light flashes  on  them. It’s a police officer. “What’s going on here, people?” asks the officer.
“I’m making love to my wife,” the Newfoundlander answers  indignantly.
“Oh, I’m sorry,” says the cop, “I didn’t know.
“Well, neidder did I, til ya shined that light in her face.” says the Newfie.

New Year’s Day! 2010 click here

Happy New Year’s to you all!  I hope you had a wonderful time last night with family and friends.  I had a gig at the Stittsville Legion.  It was really nice.  There was about 60 people in all, lovely dinner and brought in a Newfoundland New Years at 10.30 our time here in Ottawa….then our own at 12 here.  Lots of dancing with some friends….We both had a good time.  It is hard not to have a good time when your partying with Lee….he is a blast!

Just wondering how many of you made new years resolutions?

Today I am cooking a jigs dinner which I already posted so I will move on to the best part ……the desert!

Newfoundland Snow Balls:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup margarine

1  can sweetened milk

3 tbsp cocoa

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cups fine coconut

2 cups graham wafer crumbs

1 pk medium-size marshmallows

Directions:

In top of a double boiler, melt margarine.  Blend in milk, cocoa and vanilla.  Remove from heat and blend in coconut and graham wafer crumbs.  Wrap each marshmallow with mixture. (a bowl of water nearby helps to keep hands moist).  Roll each one in coconut.  Place on a cookie sheet to freeze.  Keep in tightly covered tin in freezer.  The kids will love these…..

Below is a recipe for a Newfoundland drink…nothing like a good swally of newfie egnog….

Newfoundland Eggnog:

Ingredients:

1 bottle Newfoundland Screech

1 qt fresh milk

1 tin evaporated milk

6 eggs

1/2 cup white sugar

nutmeg

Directions:

Separate eggs and beat yolks with 1/4 cup sugar, and whites with 1/4 cup sugar.  In large container, combine entire bottle of Screech, fresh milk and evaporated milk.  Add egg yolk mixture. Beat for 2 minutes then top with egg whites.  Sprinkle with nutmeg.  It’ll blow your boots right off……..

Household Hint of the Day:

Whole wheat breat: whole wheat bread will rise higher and feel lighter if you mix in a tablespoon of lemon juice to the dough.  You will not be able to taste the lemon juice.

Joke of the Day:

Bedside Manners

Susie’s husband had been slipping in and out of a coma for several months. Things looked grim, but she was by his bedside every single day. One day as he slipped back into consciousness, he motioned for her to come close to him. She pulled the chair close to the bed and leaned her ear close to be able to hear him.

“You know” he whispered, his eyes filling with tears, “you have been with me through all the bad times. When I got fired, you stuck right beside me. When my business went under, there you were. When we lost the house, you were there. When I got shot, you stuck with me. When my health started failing, you were still by my side. “And you know what?”

“What, dear?” she asked gently, smiling to herself.

“I think you’re bad luck.”

New Years Eve!! Party Time!

Well New Years Eve is upon us.  I am sure many of you will be partying tonight.  There is a big New Years Eve Ball at the Lions Club in Hodge’s Cove.  I am sure that will be a good time, and I wish I was there.  I know of many people keeping it low key and others having house parties.  House parties are always fun.  I am doing a gig at the Legion, it is a nice dinner first and then a dance after that.  There will be a great bunch of people there.  I will be sitting at a table with a great bunch of people, a fun bunch and so I am sure that I will be having fun.  I am wearing dress pants and a nice top because I am up and down so often to the music that a dress would just be uncomfortable…I did think of wearing a nice floor length gown but changed my mind…*S*

So tonight I am not cooking dinner  but will pass on this yummy recipe for the best best best dinner, I just love it.

Seven Layer Dinner:

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef (I actually use 1 pkg sausages instead of beef)

2 onions, sliced

3 med potatoes, sliced

3 carrots, sliced

1 cup green peas (or corn)

1/4 cup raw rice

1 can tomato soup

1 can water

Directions:

Fry onions until tender but not brown and spread over bottom of a 2-quart casserole dish.  Add layer each of potatoes, carrots and green peas or corn(including liquid).  Sprinkle with raw rice.  Arrange ground beef (or sausages) on top.  Dilute tomato soup with water and pour over top.  Bake, covered, at 350ºF for 1 hour.  Remove cover and cook for an additional 30 minutes. I love this meal, it is filling and very easy to prepare.  Enjoy!

Household Hint of the Day:

Do you have dampness in your closets, if so, charcoal briquets, the ones you use for your barbecue absorb moisture.  Punch holes in four empty, one – pound plastic margarine containers and fill them with briquets.  Put one in each corner of your closet and they will get rid of the dampness.  (this works great!)

Joke of the Day:

Fred went to a psychiatrist. ‘I’ve got problems. Every time I go to bed
I think there’s somebody under it. I’m scared. I think I’m going crazy.’

‘Just put yourself in my hands for one year,’ said the shrink. ‘Come
talk to me three times a week, and we should be able to get rid of those fears.’

‘How much do you charge?’

‘Eighty dollars per visit,’ replied the doctor.

‘I’ll sleep on it,’ said Bruce. Six months
later the doctor met Bruce on the street.

‘Why didn’t you ever come to see me about those fears you were
having?’ asked the psychiatrist.

‘Well Eighty bucks a visit three times a week for a year is an awful
lot of money!

A Newfie cured me for $10 and a 12-pack. I was so happy to have saved
all that money that I went and bought me a new pickup!’

Is that so! And how, may I ask, did a Newfie cure you?’

‘He told me to cut the legs off the bed! -Ain’t nobody under there!

The Eve of New Years Eve

I guess some of you are getting ready for your new years eve party.  I have a gig that I will be doing but I still get to dress up and have fun.  Myself and Lee will bring in 2010 together…..Times have changed so much since I was a little girl where my mom would be getting ready for new years eve sitting at her sewing machine making a new dress….I can see her in her dress now, it was long, right to the floor and navy on the bottom with a peach bodice….Aunt Marguerite Peddle would be getting moms wig (everybody wore wigs back then) ready,washing it and curling it…….It was like a night of dancing for the princesss and princes of Hodges Cove….Oh how times have changed…..However some of us still dress up and feel like princess when we go to a ball….is it even called that now?

Let’s move on to some food….I tend to reminisce….alot!

Tonight I am having a favourite of mine:

Newfoundland Bologna Casserole:

Ingredients:

4 oz elbow macaroni

1 onion, chopped

1 green pepper, chopped

1 cup mushrooms, sliced

1tbsp butter or margarine

1 lb bologna, cubed

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400ºF.  Cook macaroni and drain excess water.  In a large skillet, saute onion, green pepper and mushrooms in butter until onion is tender.  Stir in bologna, macaroni and remaining ingredients.  Cover and bake for 30 minutes.  This is really good, i love to serve it with some fresh home made bread.

Household Hint of the Day:

A fabric softener sheet in the wastepaper basket will leave your bathroom smelling great or putting a dab of your favourite perfume on the lightbulb will enhance the aroma of your bathroom whenever the light is on….

Joke of the Day:

A True Canadian

It’s Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, and a man makes his way to his seat right at center ice. He sits down, noticing that the seat next to him is empty. He leans over and asks his neighbor if someone will be sitting there. “No,” says the neighbor. “The seat is empty.” “This is incredible”, said the man. “Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs and not use it?” The neighbor says “Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Stanley Cup we haven’t been to together since we got married in 1967.” “Oh … I’m sorry to hear that. That’s terrible. But couldn’t you find someone else, a friend or relative, or even a neighbor to take the seat?” The man shakes his head “No, they’re all at the funeral.”