Turkey Tacos

I hope everyone survived the opening day of Holiday hell.

Tacos
Turkey Tacos
Everyone loves a turkey taco
Sassy kids, finicky kids, kids that need a smack
Whiny kids, Ridlyn kids even kids with attitudes love
Tacos, turkey tacos.
The tacos kids love to crunch.

Ha ha, I wonder what creative meals show up using left over turkey? We were burned out on turkey after the sandwiches for lunch yesterday. I have been teasing the kids with turkey tacos and have grossed them out rather well.
For a change I did make Mexican food last night though. No turkey, lol. I just made beef enchiladas and beef tacos. I wanted something with turkey but used chicken instead. I invented a Mexican version of General Tsao chinese chicken which we ate on home made flour tortillas. I spiced it up rather well and it turned out to be a hit. The kids actually consumed all of it and the Ole Elpaso Taco filling went to the dog.

I'm thinking that today I will make some turkey soup even though I nwill probably be the only one to eat it.

Pumpkin Bread

One of my favorite memories of a food while growing up was my mothers pumpkin bread. I have tried many recipes through the years and never had much success making it. It didn't matter how long I baked it or the heat, for some reason I could never get it right and always ended up with a gooey center.

I finally came up with  a recipe that produces the best pumpkin bread and I made several loaves yesterday. I wasn't home when my daughters came home from school to find when I did arrive that most of one loaf that I had made in a bundt pan has almost been entirely eaten. I asked them how the pumpkin bread was and they gave me that surprised look, "pumpkin Bread, like we thought it was carrot cake". I didn't know whether to be offended or honored because I know that they love carrot cake. I also knew that it definitely had a very nice pumpkin flavor.

The recipe

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

 



       Ingredients

  *   1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
    * 1 cup vegetable oil
    * 4 eggs
    * 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    * 3 cups white sugar
    * 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
    * 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
    * 1 1/2 teaspoons ground allspice
    * 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
    * 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    * 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
    * 1 teaspoon baking powder

   

DIRECTIONS

   1. Combine pumpkin, oil and eggs. Sift together dry ingredients. Combine the two mixtures, blending thoroughly.
   2. Pour into 2 greased 9 x 5 x3  inch loaf pans and bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 1 hour.

I didn't have a 9"x5"x3" bread pan. Mine is 9"x5"x5" and I filled it 3/4 full. I had enough of the mix left over to also fill a bundt pan half way. After baking for an hour I checked them and put a skewer into the one in the bread pan and it wasn't done. The one in the bundt pan wasn't either. I baked them for another ten minutes and the one in the bundt pan was done but not the one in the loaf pan. I baked the one in the deep loaf pan for a total of 1 1/2 hours before the skewer came out clean.

The reason for liking this recipe.... If anyone has seen my NY Apple cake recipe, besides for the pumpkin pie spices, it's almost the same recipe.

It Takes Fifty Years To Learn...

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved and never will achieve its full potential, that word would be "meetings."

3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

5. You should not confuse your career with your life.

6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

7. Never lick a steak knife.

8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.

9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.

12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.

13. A person who is nice to you but rude to a waiter is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)

14. Your friends love you anyway.

15. Men are like fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.

Thanksgiving around a ping-pong table

Must watch! How Obama Got Elected.com "Informed" Obama voters

If you have the time to watch this I would really appreciate your feed back.Be nice.

This Is For All You Turkey Hunters Out There

Southbank - Turkey Shoot

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Five Levels Of Lucky

The next time you think you were lucky because you spotted a quarter on the ground think of what these people may have thought afterward.

United States Military Veterans Day Tribute

I am sure that most of us Veterans can relate to this.

ADVICE FROM AN OLD TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN MAN

Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered... not yelled.
Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies.  It messes up their heads.
Do not corner something you know is meaner than you.
It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel, or unkind word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.
Don't judge folks by their relatives.
Remember silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older
and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that
comes from bad judgment.
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
Live simply Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
Leave the rest up to God.

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Chicken Ala King, Help!

Many years ago I had a recipe for Chicken Ala King. For the sauce part of the recipe called for tempering in a few egg yolks which gave the sauce a really nice yellow color and rich texture. Does anyone have a recipe that resembles this?
I have had a request for a chicken and homemade pasta dish for dinner and have been wanting to make Chicken Ala King for awhile now.

Waffles

I finally bought a nice Belgian waffle maker. I have a regular waffle iron but have always been disappointed with the little thin waffles it makes. The new waffle iron makes nice thick waffles so of course it has been getting some use. I made up a batch a few days ago with a homemade batter with the egg whites folded in for some nice airy waffles and served them with some nice hot apples and cinnamon that I cooked up real quick and whipped cream.
This morning I am going to make some regular waffles and some corn bread waffles. The regular waffles are going to get blue berries and the corn bread waffles are going to have sausage gravy over them.
The sun is shining today for the first time in 5 days so I am thinking that a nice breakfast will make the day a bit more enjoyable. After breakfast I think I will just stare out the window at all the leaves that have fallen this week and just wish them gone. lol. I'm thinking that they need a few days to dry out some so that will be my excuse for not raking today. Have a wonderful Sunday everyone.

A First In American History

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Yes my friends, the title that brought you here , A First In American History.

For the first time in the History of the United States we have had an election and someone different has been elected to become the President. President Elect Obama is Hawaiian. I am sure that all people of Hawaiian Decent are cheering around the world and in the streets at this out come.

I do believe that Hawaii  became the 50th state to the United States in 1959. I am sure that adult Hawaiians told their young ones that there was no way  one of them could ever be elected as the President of this country but the ground breaking news is that one has. If only Don Ho was alive to see this day

Now the question is, how many other Hawaiians will be asked in to fill the positions in President elects administration? I can't think of very many Hawaiians but am thinking that the WWF wrestler the Rock, a Samoan could probably do a pretty good job as secretary of defense. Who else, who else, who else? Oh yeah, Thomas Magnum could be used to crack down on all these banking scandals taking place as a Federal Prosecutor Against Corruption and Dano from Hawaii 5-0 could be his lead Federal Investigator. Things are looking up already.

This is an amazing event for Hawaii. I don't really think much has happened in Hawaii to bring it such Stately Bliss. Oh, there was the time that the Brady Bunch spent the week there and that's about it to my recollection.

So fellow Americans, I say I am congratulating the state of Hawaii for making history. I must not forget one other fact, congratulations to Delaware too. For the first time in history a Delawarean has been elected as Vice President. Congratulations Delaware.

Attachment: Don Ho - Tiny Bubbles.mp3

Grease Babies

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A Hero And True American

I woke this morning with the feeling of sadness and disappointment because I know in my heart that a terrible wrong has been done to someone I hold a very deep respect for.

A number of years ago the Carpenters Union that I am a member of  held it's 100th anniversary in Chicago Illinois. At this convention I had met and listened to John McCain  address myself and fellow union members numbering in the Thousands. He told us his experiences  as a prisoner of war and of what he had to do to over come what he had to go through. He talked politics and discussed issues regarding Unions in America and where he stood on issues concerning the building trades. When he finished making his presentation not a single person there did not stand and give him a standing ovation.

I realized at that point that there before me was a true American Hero and there are not many today that can be called that. Times have changed and heroes are seemingly becoming a thing or status from the past. Children need heroes and this man was definitely someone who should be looked up to.  I was honored to have been able to shake his hand.

I must note that at this convention In Chicago, where Obama lived, he did not attend this event. During this political campaign, the Carpenters Union turned it's back on John McCain and did nothing but bad mouth him and where he stood on issues regarding the trades.

As these years have passed I had started watching  the career of this man. Certain bills would come up for a vote and at times I would wonder why he wouldn't vote the way I would have wanted him to and why he would take the stance of being on a fence and never getting off on one side or the other but learned that he would vote the right way. He wouldn't play a political game just because he belonged to a certain party and believed that the rights afforded to us through the constitution should be changed because of a bill being pushed through by any party.

A big push by John McCain in the past concerned monies spent during political campaigns. For this reason he had to stick to his guns while running for President. Only Public funds would be used for his campaign.Obama agreed to do this also. That agreement didn't last long with Obama though. Obama floored the McCain campaign by out spending 3-4 times the amount of money, much of which came through private funds.


It has always saddened me to see the amount of money any politician will spend to win an election. I would think that that money could be put to so much better use. I as many Americans have, noticed how the media has backed the Obama campaign. It's not a question of why, the answer is all the money he was spending. People including the net work executives like that money and making money is their business.

Information regarding Obama's relationships which included his America hating Minister  of some  20 odd years, (how long has Obama lived in the Chicago area anyway?) His relationship with known domestic terrorist whom may have helped Obama start his political career, his relationship with a Jew hating Palestinian Terrorist, the people working with him on his campaign that made hundreds of millions of dollars from golden parachutes after leaving Freddy Mac, was never really addressed but it was more important for the media to attack Sarah Palin for her cloths and shoes and Joe the Plumber for asking Obama a simple question. Money talks and Obama sure knew where to spend it.

John McCain may not have been the perfect person to be the President of this country but again, who is? No one person can please everyone but as a person that met the man, (met the hero) I personally feel that he was the person for the job and earned the right to become our next President.

I am very worried about what is to come next. Our country now has an inexperienced leader for the rest of the world to see. We have a stock market that reacts to investors being taxed, we have businesses that will look else where for employees. Incomes are going to start falling dramatically. Money will start to disappear. Work and services will be done for cash, goods sold for cash, workers paid under the table. At least illegal workers will get free health care.  "God Help Us All"...

An Interview With God

My wife sent this to me and I thought it so beautiful and had to share it. It's very inspirational and the pictures used are beautiful.



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