tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69660470407165156532024-03-13T08:03:56.771-07:00The Friday FriendsSome food, some books, some random thoughts. Life is good.Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.comBlogger1727125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-3694549414899556432024-03-03T15:24:00.000-08:002024-03-03T15:24:45.636-08:00Friday Friend recipe #352<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV785130SM-Zmt5uizWI-jE-eFu3VLZHNnIXkKIYijOvrPeNPdAmXHiEi9r23q6sx6qWniITpfBN7yZGbMco42kLOWWxcao-7wJyM6YcfIomwze9f8iKbSHxXjdSrBLvE1_bZhumvCZwZ7QzvLRQ5-zdkPPGsvyY7LAyrU7h7EDGnut_gmpcYWvnt7oX9s/s4032/674488DA-F13D-4B24-9814-BE0D4706A976.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV785130SM-Zmt5uizWI-jE-eFu3VLZHNnIXkKIYijOvrPeNPdAmXHiEi9r23q6sx6qWniITpfBN7yZGbMco42kLOWWxcao-7wJyM6YcfIomwze9f8iKbSHxXjdSrBLvE1_bZhumvCZwZ7QzvLRQ5-zdkPPGsvyY7LAyrU7h7EDGnut_gmpcYWvnt7oX9s/w480-h640/674488DA-F13D-4B24-9814-BE0D4706A976.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Making my way thru my </span><a href="http://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Friday%20Friend%20Cookbook" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">Friday Friend Cookbook</span></a><span style="color: black;">, one recipe at a time.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">What is the Friday Friend cookbook? </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">I once had about 50 of my closest friends and family </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;">(from all over the county)</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"> on an e-mail forum which I called the Friday Friends. At first, most of them didn't know each other, (they knew me) but over the past 24 years, we've answered and shared silly--and serious---questions, exchanged Secret Santa Christmas gifts, had a dieting contest in which we paid a $1 a week and that money went to a scholarship fund for a Friday Friends son's memorial scholarship, and we went on a great vacation for my 52 birthday.</span></span><i><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"> (plus, so much more....) </span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><i><u>AND</u></i></span></span><span style="font-size: 18.06px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"> we contributed recipes for a cookbook.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px;">this happened to be a question on the Friday Friend forum once---does your spouse/partner know you better than you know </i><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><i>yourself? Said</i></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">, "you'll never, EVER do that."</span></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;">WELL---maybe I'll show him! Maybe I will.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>My favorite mother-in-law's</b></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Chicken in Gravy </b></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgi7zLKjRN_zemNC_ox2X9w1pPm9pp22tjKKH4NUD71sAL9Wcw0xTiRpOfLgtNZbrHY5vbHrl73-FudO_cB5pE_TsAt-GYdrTLubPk5KqcZMOBQ4MbGr_PB3XmahtT2h3iqeVf_ECRgpABfvBiphyphenhyphenR_h-VJTYmyxoR9qM9cjEqYn2gI5l_VumVecs5YHm/s4032/9272CB4E-5578-4C9F-8D57-FC924B02806D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3085" data-original-width="2005" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhr0yVZT4oMVqIlajQzFx36G8ARf7060PW_EIA795C4ntjaHtG4FkAfcROgSSsKbWN_fr_OOIhzt-QHI03Fp5iY9kQ5FuTEZAlgts0ZwSIPzcr6i1e9ndj5qmP7ifWJrQPYRGcuxBgdvDWDqoZAflF5gM1Ts-3vts3vzX__sbQfV78bPYm27d1KesYrMc/w416-h640/5418AAE6-0AEC-4A9F-8FD9-D92CA9A741BA.jpeg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you've been paying attention, you might think this looks a lot like the recipe I just made--Barb's Australian Breasts in Wine Sauce.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is almost exactly the same. If I <i>had </i>been paying attention, I would have spaced these further apart, but I am down to 6.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>SIX! 6! Six! </b>Recipes to make and post. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, there isn't much room to space anymore. (as if YOU cared anyway 😉)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The difference is there are mushrooms added here and not as much wine and no bacon or almonds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkYU-WAfIhxtZp10cl3Cc3W8DNVWjRXP0dYWDJpighVprvTrtyH3RaYDura3QgPFFzhZ2o-E7dqgZ_lcrlW0oa_xvxvfNj-lFa6JY_cIjgExMZsjjgYf66QdnhkufNF8p5ste6d31vsOiTEs5_fmn8oe69ouEFZtHOikCP0GDSzlht68cNgsQRoLzpMR0/s4032/32126EDE-8758-45B4-ACFC-C204F764B37C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkYU-WAfIhxtZp10cl3Cc3W8DNVWjRXP0dYWDJpighVprvTrtyH3RaYDura3QgPFFzhZ2o-E7dqgZ_lcrlW0oa_xvxvfNj-lFa6JY_cIjgExMZsjjgYf66QdnhkufNF8p5ste6d31vsOiTEs5_fmn8oe69ouEFZtHOikCP0GDSzlht68cNgsQRoLzpMR0/w480-h640/32126EDE-8758-45B4-ACFC-C204F764B37C.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is my mother-in-law's 15th recipe in the countdown--and her last.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My mother-in-law was alive and well when I began this countdown 10 years ago, but she passed away 4 years ago— March 16, 2020.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I adored her and she adored me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I've said it before and I’ll say it again… I am so lucky. I feel like I belong to the Handyman's family. Like I am one of them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m not so sure they feel the same way 🤣</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, let me tell you her last story--oh and if you want to see all her recipes and read all her stories, just <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/MomB" target="_blank">click here. Right here. </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is my mother-in-law, Teresa Marie Solaro-Stone- Belcher and my father-in-law, Philip Belcher. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQfk4RYSnZZI_fkJ9PvYDWNq9uP8iTWeWFLuq2-Y8Ec0cCwIpgpDN3zdRZK_SAverUAdqUEU_yarhuCqLsF1UyMXu2Af1FpnzVQTUZlvFTSUak7kak14BBvbBnXE0wCE2UUY-5XIrYwgp5_fgpoZuKjrag1ws0q8eUznr6sDUEeZMRTg3Y5rMDMlCKv1L/s2594/2D038466-055F-4CE1-B39C-18068AFDE1C8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2594" data-original-width="2256" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQfk4RYSnZZI_fkJ9PvYDWNq9uP8iTWeWFLuq2-Y8Ec0cCwIpgpDN3zdRZK_SAverUAdqUEU_yarhuCqLsF1UyMXu2Af1FpnzVQTUZlvFTSUak7kak14BBvbBnXE0wCE2UUY-5XIrYwgp5_fgpoZuKjrag1ws0q8eUznr6sDUEeZMRTg3Y5rMDMlCKv1L/w556-h640/2D038466-055F-4CE1-B39C-18068AFDE1C8.jpeg" width="556" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In June 2004, my mother had a knee replacement. So, I went up to our hometowns (the Tri-Cities, Washington.) </span><span style="font-size: large;">To help my mom. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">After I had been there a few days, I called my in-laws. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My father-in-law, Phil answered, so I asked him how it was and told him I would be coming out for a visit on Friday around 10 AM. He said OK.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On Friday at 10 AM… I am late — but was doing stuff for my mom. I called my in-laws in this time my mother-in-law answers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I say... hi I’m not gonna be there until 11 so don’t worry about me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She says... OK. I am so excited to see you!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I called back about 15 minutes later to ask her something about my mom. And my adored mother-in-law says, oh, are you there with your parents?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I say… Yes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She says… I am so glad you were able to come up to me with your parents.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I say… Me too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She says… Guess who’s coming to visit us today?!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I say… uh, me?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She says (pausing a bit) you’re coming to visit today?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I say…Uh, yeah.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She says… Oh, good. Guess who else is coming to visit around 11?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I Say… um, me?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She says…(pausing again) did you just call us an hour ago and tell Phil you would be here at 11?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hi, say… Yes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She says… <i>That, damn Phil!! He can’t get anything straight!!</i> (she’s yelling at Phil now) <b><i>Phil, it’s Debbie who’s coming to visit. Not Chris!! So you can stop hiding</i></b>. (Chris is Rich’s ex-wife. 🤣) but now Debbie, I’m really excited to see you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By this time, I was laughing so hard-- so hard!! I think I had fallen on my bedroom floor. My parents came rushing in to see… My mom hobbling with her new knee and my dad right behind her, to see what was the matter… I was laughing so hard. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was laughing at my favorite mother-in-law, who was trying to backpedal and telling me why she would’ve been excited to see my husband's ex-wife.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Chris had had that stomach bypass thing and had lost 70 pounds and my mother-in-law was looking forward to seeing her)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> They remained friendly with Chris until they died. And it’s OK. We’re friendly too, the Handyman and I. With Chris, his ex-wife.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Laughing at my in-laws and their antics that day was such a stress reliever for me. It was great!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I always loved laughing with them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And now---no more recipes from her. At least in the Friday Friend Cookbook countdown. (did I tell you that I took her recipe boxes when she died? Don't tell her daughters!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It makes me sad to say goodbye.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This photo below is in front of my in-law's house in Prosser, WA.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When she turned in the recipe for Chicken in Gravy, she lived in this house. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm pretty sure that Phil knew who he was waving goodbye to. 😄</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love this whole extra family I got when I married Rich. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I knew he was good for something.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And that my friends is recipe #352!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have 6 more to go!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm gonna get this done. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really am.</span></div><br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-17237887893121206182024-02-27T17:15:00.000-08:002024-02-27T17:15:31.930-08:00Friday Friend Recipes #'s 350 and 351<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNlk07f9KsuTcODnYSpHrrmVCJ8kqAW-ZsJuVxPjKVLYlRViWrlkkIvJ3Ony3FpYpoI2s567TatsKKqVYpqD35I9zUA1gK7oZFNN7gsz0Uiv2C9xauMOncW9XBbV4qNC03WqGJBoL2FcELcsPLe0L3XsqmFg8-i9hJszBjAXwg3BgD7EwaajXpIEMIIWI/s2354/DD59A9D9-FD46-47F8-A589-D5E3124168BD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2354" data-original-width="1545" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNlk07f9KsuTcODnYSpHrrmVCJ8kqAW-ZsJuVxPjKVLYlRViWrlkkIvJ3Ony3FpYpoI2s567TatsKKqVYpqD35I9zUA1gK7oZFNN7gsz0Uiv2C9xauMOncW9XBbV4qNC03WqGJBoL2FcELcsPLe0L3XsqmFg8-i9hJszBjAXwg3BgD7EwaajXpIEMIIWI/w419-h640/DD59A9D9-FD46-47F8-A589-D5E3124168BD.jpeg" width="419" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">...about 24 years ago, 50 of my closest friends and family, who had been on an</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> e-mail forum with me, sent in recipes in different categories and we compiled a cookbook.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I decided to count those down!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why?</span></span></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">because one night I was looking thru the cookbook and I said, "I should make every recipe in here for my blog."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Handyman/Mayor, who thinks he knows me better than I know myself, said "you'll never EVER do that."</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, maybe I will! Maybe I'll show him!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Which brings us to why I have a photo of Barb here.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Well--it's Barb's last appearance in the Friday Friend Cookbook Countdown. because</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I ONLY HAVE 7 LEFT---SEVEN</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> after this. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Barb has been there since the beginning--she typed out the original.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Anyway---let's say goodbye (it always makes me so sad) to Barbara Brown.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(okay, there is a chance she might make a reappearance in the Grand Finale` but this is the last post/story about her)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And we have </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">recipes #350 and 351</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> Barb's Australian Breasts in Wine and</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mexican Chicken Casserole</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrMhSPEvQjwS8NR_Hl0RsPoSvJ_QNmB9Jn7tY0QDoHNFIT3gJIFKshT_UBUs3itSPVHmP8KFyWTdMXnM_kFBRu3bcPk-jHfUV_QM6DwkvE8mLpFpNR3Qp5XlY_bHyIqnhJ7aVNumJ8oWnYlwsqhW4Usn4JWlbTP9tGYfyOP7gfHQsxKT85ZS1z7ebfx9Z/s4032/DF25647B-3BDC-4F3A-8A76-3C32E2FD81C3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxKiy_ugi7lPG2sJZPsQSHV5rRo5vv7EtqGk8c4fBp4lfVO8cZjG03kI0jj8egHwyrfGdVVP2sFtwPnCbrb4D2FsZyVhuGefmeCrQ0d8nbsGQVHrNil5YPL3lmFvUOHbS07yi6U-gRHOxffuOVWh0hE-6JSByPUcKlCJxCC31qs7HOqo4hsoGcQ4mmNcH/w480-h640/D09F3F79-48A0-4663-91F0-1F4961F2AA5C.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There it is! There is the original typed Friday Friend Cookbook in the upper left. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is worn and well used. Most pages splattered--all written in. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Well loved. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Australian Breasts in Wine</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(the Handyman did ask how we were going to get some chicken from Australia) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3mKn8GvE-J43X2hDg9m-fX4TmPVSRp9X6YbGQyq1MHjE8TOV0dprMcPI6WVyWd-biHXgaNQs3in3pfC3S2q07u0eB5C7-s3rjSg0-QNOcEtE1pRQt9Ed6NyxzgwQLagq3dGk2aIGg6yj0Dtmn3akrQg89upBVGCQIdBf8rdEs3TT6MSx4c9hxRcjviVh/s4032/0EC07D80-3DF5-43B1-AF34-ACC1AC22132F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPoKgAIyYVTWdOnVHIb8haVVNJvypfFnCDyEElgzG_shAWKv035bOY6OL998KP_ITErFF5FIJj_nnf58IJRrfJH15tPpfcedtFaxkUM2XUGUCphdsy93muVI_9-BH9khKKW-R115yuI6GHKJ98USDigqiRiC4d0oWs32nqnQK4AXd2LuXwmVWLmDiTcAM/w480-h640/D5EAAE2F-989C-4652-8F5F-B9722917627B.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, that my friends are 64 and 65 of Barbs recipes. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's been hard towards the end to think of a 65th story (and a 49th story, etc.) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But I did it! I did it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you want to see all her recipes <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Barb" target="_blank">(and I'm sure you do) click here.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are great memories of great friends!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How did our friendship begin?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You might remember that she was friends with my husband first. Very good friends.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They were career colleagues. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I will give you her version and then mine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Because I have the memories saved from the Friday Friend Forum times. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Barb's exact words... (she was writing to me)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The first time we 'met' was in Konocti (near Ukiah, CA) when Rich and I went to our very first meetings as brand-new store managers. Actually, I don't remember being introduced, but I vaguely remember a woman (that would be you) standing quietly by Rich's side that evening when some of us were being rowdy and playing pool. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I do remember Rich as he was seated right next to me at that first manager's meeting, and I don't think he said one word to me the whole time. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>So, we made up for that at all the rest of the meetings in our JCP career--to the point that they had to keep us separated, because we had too much fun. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>But the first time I REALLY met you was at another meeting in Reno. The store managers had gone to Susanville, and then the "males" stayed to play golf. Rich let me and Ceci driver his car back to Reno and he got a ride with someone else later. Anyway, Debbie and the 3 boys had driven from Winnemucca for some reason, and we met them in the lobby of the hotel. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I remember staring at Luke and fascinated that he looked exactly like his dad (at that time, he must have been about 10) And then Debbie saw us and asked us to give Rich a card that she had for him---probably something all mushy--and that was that!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>When they finally moved to Los Banos, CA is when we finally got to know (and love) Debbie. Well...I know that Doug does. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Me/Debbie again--</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>YES! Doug does love me. And so does Barb, even tho that is a word she finds hard to use. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Doug and me.</b></span></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHb6A7DYQ4Qpk1OWlSP3DZZ-E43M87Oylb1_sHDT4BvXnl-UhMJ2WzHkytJdZq-hj_vx8KLXBWg4_w44H7tNrrxSP6KVQUMiXxODlkDuJXmXCnZhyR_RGpKw3PPRu1-REiA2ZqvK__omGQY6W2whleGIDFeMVFp8NxANhlLLpoqteDgcORgZiZoTAB20C/s2812/5F3953BE-AB67-4F3A-A55A-D58AA37D1C34.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2093" data-original-width="2812" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHb6A7DYQ4Qpk1OWlSP3DZZ-E43M87Oylb1_sHDT4BvXnl-UhMJ2WzHkytJdZq-hj_vx8KLXBWg4_w44H7tNrrxSP6KVQUMiXxODlkDuJXmXCnZhyR_RGpKw3PPRu1-REiA2ZqvK__omGQY6W2whleGIDFeMVFp8NxANhlLLpoqteDgcORgZiZoTAB20C/w640-h476/5F3953BE-AB67-4F3A-A55A-D58AA37D1C34.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>And these are the troublemakers below--the ones they had to separate at manager meetings.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Barb and Rich.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>You know, they are not huggers either and it's weird, but I have tons of pictures when he has his arm around her. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Like I said, weird. </b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBogsStMOr3YhWX-6ZUlOEPCJr9ExfE8Mi92J1opkfkGcNjfNIDNQUWa7b9gI2RUr8rbeFPVGy0iKoq818hnz-UHLz-gUltROhZhuOjIBnDERyu1Lvl8Iw7BqySZtl2dxbKDzjo6cIoi7kopxxFcaxO474f3B2sFEV69g9guff3DpdlOBzMDmlZTeNBeGa/s2802/99A4C37E-D7C3-477A-838B-D6BBF87BDE2A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1768" data-original-width="2802" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBogsStMOr3YhWX-6ZUlOEPCJr9ExfE8Mi92J1opkfkGcNjfNIDNQUWa7b9gI2RUr8rbeFPVGy0iKoq818hnz-UHLz-gUltROhZhuOjIBnDERyu1Lvl8Iw7BqySZtl2dxbKDzjo6cIoi7kopxxFcaxO474f3B2sFEV69g9guff3DpdlOBzMDmlZTeNBeGa/w640-h404/99A4C37E-D7C3-477A-838B-D6BBF87BDE2A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now for my side of the story (taken from the same Friday Friend Forum files)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>I first met Barbara Brown at the JCPenney meeting at Clear Lake, CA</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>And then I did run into her at the Peppermill Casino in Reno, while trying to deliver a mushy love note to Rich with my three little boys in tow. It was very intimidating meeting two career ladies, who were dressed in business attire and then me in jeans and a T-shirt and snotty nosed kids, but I had wanted to surprise him with a mushy note. (I'm romantic like that. hahaha)</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>But the first GREAT memory I have of Barb was when we went to their house in Monterey for the weekend. </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>We were pulling into the driveway, and I was wishing I were someone else (someone with much more personality and good looks) and she comes running outside of the house laughing and waving her arms! (It's how she usually is--laughing). She was so happy because she had won the bet--they made a bet on what time we would arrive. That set the tone for this very good, very long friendship with the Browns.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Everything is always a game. </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now... I also had asked her daughter Kim the exact same question (I asked all the Friday Friends at the time)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and this is what Kim said:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Oh jeez, you expect me to go back to when I was 6 or 7 years old and remember How I met you? I don't! But I think it was when you and your family came to stay with us in Monterey for the weekend. I had to play with the boys while the adults played games all weekend long. From the times I do remember, you seemed a little reserved to me, and not as "vulgar", per say, as Mom, Dad and Rich were. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Okay,,, me/debbie again.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>There you have it! </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Not as VULGAR! </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>HA!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>And it is proven by this photo below. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Check out innocent me---just holding my golf club, looking adoringly at my husband.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>And then look at the rest of them.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Vulgar!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Tasteless, crass and unrefined there were.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>You can only imagine what they were saying. Look how the guys are holding their clubs! Tawdry!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>And look at Barb---holding Doug's---</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>(shame shame)</b></span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF18eHSRslt7ShVa6rEoDQWTKVAxKeh3K1SKNo7qGl1ocXutGTZtXO48JrE1haK_cuyWLZf4WFQp3x1dKhfN62AWS9RAR5107MRPbHmzthxuPCtYM12lJjISeiBZ4RFXqE9Eb4_ueNF2fj3iv39VHqo72RM3RU6JWT3DsNzdmQtj9XAkMX0w7tHLYlN6hb/s2637/46696DFF-9CAD-4C3C-B98D-273F2F6A9914.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2637" data-original-width="2506" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF18eHSRslt7ShVa6rEoDQWTKVAxKeh3K1SKNo7qGl1ocXutGTZtXO48JrE1haK_cuyWLZf4WFQp3x1dKhfN62AWS9RAR5107MRPbHmzthxuPCtYM12lJjISeiBZ4RFXqE9Eb4_ueNF2fj3iv39VHqo72RM3RU6JWT3DsNzdmQtj9XAkMX0w7tHLYlN6hb/w608-h640/46696DFF-9CAD-4C3C-B98D-273F2F6A9914.jpeg" width="608" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And that's my story!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Innocent me. Reserved me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The me who thinks we need to make some more memories!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Goodbye Barb. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(my heart is breaking just a little bit.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BUT</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>7</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>seven</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ONLY</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>SEVEN</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">more recipes to go. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-30944609614619361892024-02-18T22:45:00.000-08:002024-02-18T22:45:59.959-08:00Friday friend recipe number 349… Theda's Easy Chicken<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bIKEvnpZSIDsvFUPSixmX8m7NlrHWQWW0C8hRWA9hPtncT9P93Arvc-OK8uC5pB3LyaMQ-GcGzG2JMAzoExrxBmDAds3XpCoe2vnVR4v59RGCNpF5a9J9rBmntSyyW9fnMtknx6msggGQ6eNOwJWBqZOaV-QQdbOdHTtVPIGvoCgxjtqK6omu__a-5RZ/s4032/E61DDBC4-1D92-4C97-8286-B11C19C33DAE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bIKEvnpZSIDsvFUPSixmX8m7NlrHWQWW0C8hRWA9hPtncT9P93Arvc-OK8uC5pB3LyaMQ-GcGzG2JMAzoExrxBmDAds3XpCoe2vnVR4v59RGCNpF5a9J9rBmntSyyW9fnMtknx6msggGQ6eNOwJWBqZOaV-QQdbOdHTtVPIGvoCgxjtqK6omu__a-5RZ/w480-h640/E61DDBC4-1D92-4C97-8286-B11C19C33DAE.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">and you know all the whys and wherefores of this countdown, right? Homemade cookbook, friends contributed, Handyman said I couldn't/wouldn't do it, I'll show him, yadda yadda yadda....</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; 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line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>...and the rest is cookbook history!</i></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><i></i><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Just remember, the countdown is not all about pretty food and food design---it's about the people and the stories.</span></i></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">And (the most important thing) proving my husband wrong--and that I </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">can and WILL</b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> make every recipe in this </span></span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>cookbook.</i></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Which brings me to recipe #349</span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Theda's Easy Chicken</span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYLYLAvHXd4aNkF3JFuyrJttXKVJvBF-F91JrNva9UgRIvD7_JoNmsBawwLkkHcCZxi-doI343vmI-XeGGEy-vFDWTYJ6EBPf5U7N5HFLbbucL4CgTY_w3XcUyxSkhZQcglTUbBdGznXYruwu0ohq21cbs4B6UtUYHmQNDLnd0uoxqXw9E0Rafc1Xrspe/s4032/5D87A716-C1C0-4F67-A972-54360EAD5158.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERpXZCESTPfOpcItaXztRijAYmq-qp1byYo-dUdkdezr2hf6vqx1DFpL6faPPNuTl9tec4-ZlU_CGaplgqz5ah8Y-gPHQe4HDAjAIkuDuwTMYMzT5A_5fryZkng1Bf2M1Bf6Xqg6BVzM0sfVREEIi0v3WIZDT9S59H7AMGjBpIh1uRZlNXuLRSzOzjOHD/s1280/Theda's%20chicken.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1076" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERpXZCESTPfOpcItaXztRijAYmq-qp1byYo-dUdkdezr2hf6vqx1DFpL6faPPNuTl9tec4-ZlU_CGaplgqz5ah8Y-gPHQe4HDAjAIkuDuwTMYMzT5A_5fryZkng1Bf2M1Bf6Xqg6BVzM0sfVREEIi0v3WIZDT9S59H7AMGjBpIh1uRZlNXuLRSzOzjOHD/w538-h640/Theda's%20chicken.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGiszHWajuQqp9L2w0HLMn3J13adE3MAoVWLV7qEyTJPgQSsdLG-n273FRXMnICLs6QbMZmJ82NuWwQbCRllANKeTNfZy3zu8I4LV2RWKg0ifFDYwb1OKj52-2Jmma-wINARbGNPTF7ks66U7z12KdFY3acmwAKte6SuGpcoB1vbI9OmR-5r2RQZU9xQj/s4032/F0161B86-D02F-4593-8524-8946E2081AD1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGiszHWajuQqp9L2w0HLMn3J13adE3MAoVWLV7qEyTJPgQSsdLG-n273FRXMnICLs6QbMZmJ82NuWwQbCRllANKeTNfZy3zu8I4LV2RWKg0ifFDYwb1OKj52-2Jmma-wINARbGNPTF7ks66U7z12KdFY3acmwAKte6SuGpcoB1vbI9OmR-5r2RQZU9xQj/w480-h640/F0161B86-D02F-4593-8524-8946E2081AD1.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is Theda's 19 appearance in the Cookbook Countdown.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">You can check out all her recipes and my stories about her by clicking </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Theda" target="_blank">here. Go ahead--click here.</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Now for the sad part--this is Theda's last recipe. And remember how I always complain about not having any more stories about my friends? Well, all of the sudden--I have TONS of her that I want to tell. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>Tons!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But first, here are some photos of us this past summer (June 2023) when we met at our cabin for a retreat. A Family Tree/Ancestry retreat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Why? Because we might be a bit nerdy. But honestly, we are just really into Family History. And I wanted her to show me all she has done and how she keeps track of things. She's much mo betta than me </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">😁</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">when it comes to technology, researching and the organizing of files and photos on the computer. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She's got quite the complicated family history, but I know it all and I love to hear her stories and see all she has found out as she tries to uncomplicate some things. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We had the best time--we visited cemeteries (to find ancestors) and old neighborhoods and went thru notebooks and family ledgers, Letters, yearbooks, old newspapers and told stories and looked thru memorabilia.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It was a great retreat!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But again--I am sad to be 'ending' her story in the Friday Friend Cookbook Countdown. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It's like a little death.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Okay, I'm being a bit dramatic. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But all the memories I won't get to write about! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I mean I was there with her, trying to ditch work when we were 16 (we both worked at Kentucky Fried Chicken), and she called (we had to find a phone booth) and told our boss that we were stranded at Sacajawea Park because her mom had dropped us off on her way to Walla Walla to get her uncle's teeth and she hadn't come back yet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Seriously have you ever heard a better fake excuse?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It was the greatest of all fake excuses for calling into work ever!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>To get her uncle's teeth---hahahaha!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2llKYSrg7SvwGeou0imQekjNRMf6RX73uyWO2rb2KfneQ6HTG0ipu6Oc6sf4BbEPwmhEZLSvFhh-u_yWd_wIttGPM3IwuzTIBC9GLGo60GVRUSgPr0unbvU0vN6UfgTkfvPRiPBl0tW00ikd7hbMo8Zzmt2xko8pUtSZMf-U6sDdKvjccMaD3aLM9wRY/s3088/E541EE2F-C027-4DA3-9494-D1C5FD9B78F3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2llKYSrg7SvwGeou0imQekjNRMf6RX73uyWO2rb2KfneQ6HTG0ipu6Oc6sf4BbEPwmhEZLSvFhh-u_yWd_wIttGPM3IwuzTIBC9GLGo60GVRUSgPr0unbvU0vN6UfgTkfvPRiPBl0tW00ikd7hbMo8Zzmt2xko8pUtSZMf-U6sDdKvjccMaD3aLM9wRY/w480-h640/E541EE2F-C027-4DA3-9494-D1C5FD9B78F3.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The truth was---we were with BOYS and having a fun picnic at Sacajawea Park in Pasco, Washington. We were playing games--Frisbee, and all of the sudden we look up and there is our boss driving in --he had come to get us, to go to work. He thought he was helping, rescuing...<i>since we were stranded and all.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">One time we snuck out of our houses at night to go see the movie <i>Carrie </i>with boys--the same boys we were playing frisbee with in Sacajawea Park--Danny and Wayne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She had to sneak her dog Fifi (yes, Fifi was a poodle) out too, so that Fifi didn't wake her mom. This was back when all the movies and showings at 5, 7, 9 and 11. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We went to the 11pm one. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Fifi stayed in the car. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Theda's mom woke up. Theda's mom called the police. Police called my house and woke up my grandparents (my parents were in Hawaii and my grandparents were staying at my house). Police called Danny and Wayne's parents.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We ate popcorn and milk duds and red vines and chocolate covered peanuts and drank cokes...and watched Carrie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Fifi stayed in the car.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">When we drove up to Theda's house at 2am, the lights were on, cars in the driveway. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We were BUSTED!!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ppW9TxXDwJAUgGXnujLwzky2PeJ_3h9Hldds0HA6bebjj0xq1HOpmr45Z7LsbWML59LKSUtm2mc9ctl4HBHSelb6QukP3nJ4tKsxoCHV3wjC2oB10kCLzQrMh61B0xkjiz_l9bGA5T6ZCkoCjed9BXl8uRsLKyHH7baGN3fzBTgPb6K_1TO0mp2Bcxp6/s4032/C913316B-096C-4662-A202-FAE45C29C74C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ppW9TxXDwJAUgGXnujLwzky2PeJ_3h9Hldds0HA6bebjj0xq1HOpmr45Z7LsbWML59LKSUtm2mc9ctl4HBHSelb6QukP3nJ4tKsxoCHV3wjC2oB10kCLzQrMh61B0xkjiz_l9bGA5T6ZCkoCjed9BXl8uRsLKyHH7baGN3fzBTgPb6K_1TO0mp2Bcxp6/w480-h640/C913316B-096C-4662-A202-FAE45C29C74C.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TJCuiJimpJDbSjBFmO0Wb4JUqPuRldiMwpivvqx5o6IrxsCTbgE-mdeM2fH6HQO_jNGHa4TfIBv2vHERGF1pJcFiWYlE3bfveB7-Zpo5Mflbd_v-BbNJeKHbfrmwtKsiYLFH7D3chRXi1tF7tVwZ0S3tGiFKr4KgES9lnSxNk1xUM4-dGFiwyGbihFW6/s4032/A0AA755F-1059-463F-9623-EEC73BFAE31A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TJCuiJimpJDbSjBFmO0Wb4JUqPuRldiMwpivvqx5o6IrxsCTbgE-mdeM2fH6HQO_jNGHa4TfIBv2vHERGF1pJcFiWYlE3bfveB7-Zpo5Mflbd_v-BbNJeKHbfrmwtKsiYLFH7D3chRXi1tF7tVwZ0S3tGiFKr4KgES9lnSxNk1xUM4-dGFiwyGbihFW6/w640-h480/A0AA755F-1059-463F-9623-EEC73BFAE31A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Theda is my partner in crime...we committed a felony together. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I got a speeding ticket. She went to court with me. I wanted to get the ticket reduced. While the judge was busy calling up other defendants, we began to clean out our purses. We were 17, so...???</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Theda was done with her purse before I was---they called my name, but I was in the middle of purse cleaning! I looked at her and raised my eyebrows, she shrugged and walked forward and got "my sentence". By the way, she DID NOT get my ticket reduced.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Anyway--it is a FELONY to impersonate another person to a judge. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Who knew?!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwHNkGnByvuWlFuuSPFdAsjc1ml2FE8XwCWgMkism9iAYB87LDzxQw58rpCJIqky9J_LqzQWMHZKYomDDuj7jqFIITGndR5oHKHkn4uTgcTLotO63vdRJAKogk1_615DqMnIg6oYv4xDkt8bWZY6yR5TimD7XAarbTyUCEfChKcVf6Oj8aFhZc6BzEKfS/s3088/52420495-4A57-4C06-A3CC-9402B6250906.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwHNkGnByvuWlFuuSPFdAsjc1ml2FE8XwCWgMkism9iAYB87LDzxQw58rpCJIqky9J_LqzQWMHZKYomDDuj7jqFIITGndR5oHKHkn4uTgcTLotO63vdRJAKogk1_615DqMnIg6oYv4xDkt8bWZY6yR5TimD7XAarbTyUCEfChKcVf6Oj8aFhZc6BzEKfS/w480-h640/52420495-4A57-4C06-A3CC-9402B6250906.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We never did get caught for impersonation, but my parents did find out about my speeding ticket.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">You might be able to pull one over on the old judge, but not the old parents!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShkDnspu3GHpuajweee02Jv1Mbca3pR7Xc1LkKey35otjnvimN5nL9PwUNr__gj5Gmdw4NZbq_gO650umNcGfo5gJG7gz4H3T4oN6v9c150deww4F6eosuofmNp05s1TiUdossscn5lEaFTT3FenZ2NAHsMJ2A-ypWfvtpR0Hf2PYkiaWP3K1MMk5GQZc/s4032/459BEF2E-BA0F-48C9-98CA-8EB8C11385B6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShkDnspu3GHpuajweee02Jv1Mbca3pR7Xc1LkKey35otjnvimN5nL9PwUNr__gj5Gmdw4NZbq_gO650umNcGfo5gJG7gz4H3T4oN6v9c150deww4F6eosuofmNp05s1TiUdossscn5lEaFTT3FenZ2NAHsMJ2A-ypWfvtpR0Hf2PYkiaWP3K1MMk5GQZc/w640-h480/459BEF2E-BA0F-48C9-98CA-8EB8C11385B6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I haven't even got to the "she taught me everything I ever needed to know about sex" story! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The one where she illustrated with a Kleenex box and a tennis shoe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(we were 16 and not quite as savvy in the 1970's as teenagers are today)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But when she showed me, the Kleenex box was on top, and I was confused for years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The point is, tho, that I could go on forever and ever! And I'm sad that I can't. She only turned in 19 recipes and this is it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Oh...the chicken? Yeah, it's good. And Easy--hence the name. But again--what do you think this is, a recipe countdown or something. You want info on the recipe?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It was good Okay!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I am so lucky to have her as a life-long friend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Blessed is more like it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Here's to many more adventures Theda--funny though how it went from committing felonies to strolling thru cemeteries. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In the blink of an eye.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7N8wf42DRaeuQZjzWqnXOWNUcTQJHY-xXmOvst8YivoV_Lvt6woK0X7Fp5-p0233H1B4COJZapL-JRXPamgz19E9hpKQd6xTB2WgTg8ClQm35-cNteiOXznxWhR15AWWiBkRIW2LG4aPnmxBZEt5qbc0dnjP07TLTRFGDB1F_X73LQ5e2Nz0mNMswi20v/s4032/07C4D682-844A-411A-A944-463EDE587FA3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7N8wf42DRaeuQZjzWqnXOWNUcTQJHY-xXmOvst8YivoV_Lvt6woK0X7Fp5-p0233H1B4COJZapL-JRXPamgz19E9hpKQd6xTB2WgTg8ClQm35-cNteiOXznxWhR15AWWiBkRIW2LG4aPnmxBZEt5qbc0dnjP07TLTRFGDB1F_X73LQ5e2Nz0mNMswi20v/w640-h480/07C4D682-844A-411A-A944-463EDE587FA3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Look how close I am!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2023 will be the year!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Will it really tho?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(I'm slow going) (soooo slow)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But maybe, I am feeling the challenge!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">That above<span> </span><span>ꜛ</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I copied and pasted it from my last post. 😕</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As you might have guessed, it won't be a goal that I'll meet this year. BUT--January? You betcha!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Oh my gosh! Not even January--it is now the middle of February 2024!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">But the good news is--- this is recipe 349 out of 358!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">9 more to go!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe it's taking me so long because I don't want it to end?</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-19753545589178169022023-12-27T15:18:00.000-08:002023-12-27T15:18:08.016-08:00Friday friend recipe number 348<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWV3ZqTKbQcVG-_iuytrxWgThJ6y1E2gKHXiFOlD4zcn6ry3cuLSQEAzkJZm7y0Q57G4bFc9cAzYFRdeAoDEVjTP_oaNk2mowtfXEgHzMDnFEeAqgmA76bmG8s_2zEVW_8FH8GIhVRy9Fizk53iuJhmDfeJQNm_zW-cx4zrRZtdqZPbul8f_4_xjuR8uu/s4032/54E19356-FDB1-42FC-BDD4-A3E5D14C882F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWV3ZqTKbQcVG-_iuytrxWgThJ6y1E2gKHXiFOlD4zcn6ry3cuLSQEAzkJZm7y0Q57G4bFc9cAzYFRdeAoDEVjTP_oaNk2mowtfXEgHzMDnFEeAqgmA76bmG8s_2zEVW_8FH8GIhVRy9Fizk53iuJhmDfeJQNm_zW-cx4zrRZtdqZPbul8f_4_xjuR8uu/w480-h640/54E19356-FDB1-42FC-BDD4-A3E5D14C882F.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Making my way thru my </span><a href="http://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Friday%20Friend%20Cookbook" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black;">Friday Friend Cookbook</span></a><span style="color: black;">, one recipe at a time.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">What is the Friday Friend cookbook? </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">I once had about 50 of my closest friends and family </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;">(from all over the county)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"> on an e-mail forum which I called the Friday Friends. At first, most of them didn't know each other, (they knew me) but over the past 21 years, we've answered and shared silly--and serious---questions, exchanged Secret Santa Christmas gifts, had a dieting contest in which we paid a $1 a week and that money went to a scholarship fund for a Friday Friends son's memorial scholarship, and we went on a great vacation for my 52 birthday.</span></span><i><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"> (plus, so much more....) </span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><i><u>AND</u></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"> we contributed recipes for a cookbook.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 18.06px;">this happened to be a question on the Friday Friend forum once---does your spouse/partner know you better than you know </i><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><i>yourself? Said</i></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">, "you'll never, EVER do that."</span></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;">WELL---maybe I'll show him! Maybe I will.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; 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font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>My</b></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Pollo En Mole Verde</b></div></div></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhyphenhyphendHJ7aTBpXvsnYQ9-hUeGpJ0Qi-EM87E-YUiXKUzWCO0XM2_jTpsf4Ic-XEFaMc_BlKXg5DDyqt4zuTXBCxZE8oOTDOCXPRHGVTd4rxJU6T7SCaGMuQhvOECaB5r5SlT7DRljm7i_MdIe0pihUw5e-uDAVoEdgp9WPMmvteKGY2M5gUOmnLxdFGmGRI/s3610/341D42C9-79B2-4269-81EC-A671BD1CDE86.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3610" data-original-width="2632" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhyphenhyphendHJ7aTBpXvsnYQ9-hUeGpJ0Qi-EM87E-YUiXKUzWCO0XM2_jTpsf4Ic-XEFaMc_BlKXg5DDyqt4zuTXBCxZE8oOTDOCXPRHGVTd4rxJU6T7SCaGMuQhvOECaB5r5SlT7DRljm7i_MdIe0pihUw5e-uDAVoEdgp9WPMmvteKGY2M5gUOmnLxdFGmGRI/w466-h640/341D42C9-79B2-4269-81EC-A671BD1CDE86.jpeg" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a really good green sauce to put over chicken or anything at all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had some leftover and put it in a jar in my fridge and used it over other meats and I did put it on my rice. It's really good. </span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfTcqxBZfobPR-4efYhCKlAUCtTM49pgg_ix_n4C66cwqU247I5Vh2Mj7nI5ke-tFm5Gps1MtX4FSGttzBB8sfxNaJ5RUa70xhIQseT5jef3ICY5vI3TJOjIq_UMOqPYojUuSw3JTFp38b8a2GoUwy3GZ5rTaXZtYNq0ip89VVyZ5Ib0ReFzVz7CT-o_P/s4032/8C2F17DC-C9A7-4E96-9AEC-F9F2EB51046B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfTcqxBZfobPR-4efYhCKlAUCtTM49pgg_ix_n4C66cwqU247I5Vh2Mj7nI5ke-tFm5Gps1MtX4FSGttzBB8sfxNaJ5RUa70xhIQseT5jef3ICY5vI3TJOjIq_UMOqPYojUuSw3JTFp38b8a2GoUwy3GZ5rTaXZtYNq0ip89VVyZ5Ib0ReFzVz7CT-o_P/w480-h640/8C2F17DC-C9A7-4E96-9AEC-F9F2EB51046B.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I got this recipe from an old friend, Letty Rodriguez, whom I have lost touch with--which is very odd for me. I am a keeper of friends. I've only lost contact with a couple of people in my 64+ years on this planet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This friend group below (the one I'm showcasing even though they have nothing to do with this recipe ) </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> is very important to me-- I will never lose touch with them, altho we aren't as close as we used to be--for a good many years we did everything together (one example, every Friday at 10am, coffee at one of the local coffee shops, then lunch, then cards in the afternoon.--We were like the Yayas from <i><u>Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood</u></i>, but we were more like Yoyos 😁), then time and life happened, as it does, and we slowly stopped doing everything together. Kids grew, jobs changed, people moved.... life happened. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We are still great, great friends, we just don't see each other as often. Isn't it funny how that happens in life?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh, sure, tell me you are great friends with everyone in your past, and nothing has ever changed that!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love these friends!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Neither, snow, nor rain, nor heat nor dark of night will keep me from them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just some time, distance and lifestyle changes is all.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Photo from left to right</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">standing: Mitzi (who moved away to Minnesota 9 years ago) Lisa, April, Cindy (who moved away to Colorado 3 years ago)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">sitting: Gina (has dual citizenship, Idaho where they have a 2nd home and here in Nevada), Shelly (who moved to Idaho 2 years ago), Me and Julie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOy9kTWW9ly2LN2yDmCIxD8SpMfzlGq7PLn7UntB9XKviqIAdT0cPnJ5Sa41iVyYJvWWiHK-cCmjiO8xF_Mak-P7Egy2RNG1teAzH_aGVTO9m6Zt1VCAOgGhekcp0wnh-1Ey-T6KPI7LWyKymgdsngJztdlVulOmt2a_mJN-Xcy-_TSrmRcLdXPjDMmzC/s1280/0DA6EE84-0012-4B57-8F7E-B66F84586830.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOy9kTWW9ly2LN2yDmCIxD8SpMfzlGq7PLn7UntB9XKviqIAdT0cPnJ5Sa41iVyYJvWWiHK-cCmjiO8xF_Mak-P7Egy2RNG1teAzH_aGVTO9m6Zt1VCAOgGhekcp0wnh-1Ey-T6KPI7LWyKymgdsngJztdlVulOmt2a_mJN-Xcy-_TSrmRcLdXPjDMmzC/w640-h480/0DA6EE84-0012-4B57-8F7E-B66F84586830.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Whenever we had a dinner, or a get-together, we would do a group photo. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This was in April's backyard--her husband was building a shop (background)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oJxbFOxYHEjcNxf-Uhr9WDcEibad-ueem1U7ymRaME4DP4NiwaY9loPHGmpiIolz0r5nMXedRIVMl0liwtyxtspMjdqvN4iJeKhjsjII0eOehZ3gx2P-b7MsrZmS1AQqdePhCHnCmtB-BThJX_wHoakB96ToVKp4w_iRUpOg9l2v0OBaz8YCc_GXq0jZ/s2748/2FE23D51-25C9-45A7-9C30-3BA470AA1BA6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1819" data-original-width="2748" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oJxbFOxYHEjcNxf-Uhr9WDcEibad-ueem1U7ymRaME4DP4NiwaY9loPHGmpiIolz0r5nMXedRIVMl0liwtyxtspMjdqvN4iJeKhjsjII0eOehZ3gx2P-b7MsrZmS1AQqdePhCHnCmtB-BThJX_wHoakB96ToVKp4w_iRUpOg9l2v0OBaz8YCc_GXq0jZ/w640-h424/2FE23D51-25C9-45A7-9C30-3BA470AA1BA6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We had a pajama birthday party at Lake Tahoe when we went to the Shakespeare Festival at Sand Harbor. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For some reason Mitzi forgot to pack underwear and had to go commando all weekend. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ahhh---the things we remember!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She also said, "I can't wait till Debbie dies and we can read her journals".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think this was a compliment that I was keeping track of our lives and not a wish/threat for my death. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I hope so anyway.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytU-K2t0B-3uS74skQ5Xeta9PmKXo6j5k074UtzWSAG2cVOT6rVn2cSG3ALUEJ0kik6mQE0zWgQlFVMiKRbx0t4Dh-7QU6lPJv3DRuZ6ybtIqroXVH6ACi_tStdPYSA841-SJZd52EGWqCcpoYDCqk8HbODi3ijd0KEi5IdfH4bk39kDKYcd765qEXXy_/s2963/4D08E7E0-001E-478B-A08E-DB7F4A7D5F17.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="2963" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytU-K2t0B-3uS74skQ5Xeta9PmKXo6j5k074UtzWSAG2cVOT6rVn2cSG3ALUEJ0kik6mQE0zWgQlFVMiKRbx0t4Dh-7QU6lPJv3DRuZ6ybtIqroXVH6ACi_tStdPYSA841-SJZd52EGWqCcpoYDCqk8HbODi3ijd0KEi5IdfH4bk39kDKYcd765qEXXy_/w640-h314/4D08E7E0-001E-478B-A08E-DB7F4A7D5F17.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's fun to see the hairstyle (and color) changes over the years!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflPM_2YyviKaGoDooY81xKtGncfw412Sa4DT85MnFnUOExSb5qKjpBBImDEWPXTFkhhhWb83PLY670f5BHRC2wfukanTorot0uYeTj7nStccGgrx17T5BxpIDmsdQKcMo1FQJejGe8pmtuNetEJQ6enaQyy31Wyc0oMySOxovPBXkL42javu-AaSoFR-T/s3493/93C6144B-BEEA-4F06-8A01-6E355E24E4EA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2679" data-original-width="3493" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflPM_2YyviKaGoDooY81xKtGncfw412Sa4DT85MnFnUOExSb5qKjpBBImDEWPXTFkhhhWb83PLY670f5BHRC2wfukanTorot0uYeTj7nStccGgrx17T5BxpIDmsdQKcMo1FQJejGe8pmtuNetEJQ6enaQyy31Wyc0oMySOxovPBXkL42javu-AaSoFR-T/w640-h490/93C6144B-BEEA-4F06-8A01-6E355E24E4EA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Super bowl parties at Shelly's were always a big thing! One time, Cindy won the football pool every quarter. We always wanted to take her gambling with us after that.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(that is, if any of us went gambling. When you live in Nevada, that's usually the last thing you want to do!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not sure why I am giving the finger. It had to be an accident!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXjANQczVoaDSzZ7BGEY6yQ-jlPon8L7TUgkgL_Wm0Nq8kDNtjFbzkJT1pNuT6NtbLxAaKybstm5AP22BlZoSDwtPogpYn2N64Ls7HdL06b207wxpRRCIgSFQDDfpJoZZhp1KrJMS2_IW1BT58vC0xrO9m99CL1Na-XQeE6wCgheZ-zXC0k_WePPwnoER/s2048/106299C8-5E72-492B-BC39-1F22B6A7FBFD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXjANQczVoaDSzZ7BGEY6yQ-jlPon8L7TUgkgL_Wm0Nq8kDNtjFbzkJT1pNuT6NtbLxAaKybstm5AP22BlZoSDwtPogpYn2N64Ls7HdL06b207wxpRRCIgSFQDDfpJoZZhp1KrJMS2_IW1BT58vC0xrO9m99CL1Na-XQeE6wCgheZ-zXC0k_WePPwnoER/w640-h480/106299C8-5E72-492B-BC39-1F22B6A7FBFD.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are 17 kids between us all--- we went thru a lot of ups and downs with them all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now there are 29 grandchildren (so far) and this time around, we get to have all the fun with them and not the stress and worry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Right? <i>RIGHT?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EJ_uqGOGrAqwDqH9Ba-fS78VpmP4VwOtMZZZRSq2KZLzdt6JnLdNtGqDtJe9V-MSSOhnADt8vbyYj_1cyrboQz3kumCGzV7mtwpsyCwG6z_pKUjuCXKBTH5Ak7EW2KA2aehMozAclwBKRY5jS6j7btFfBDqhDZiIwR_KWRx1TgYfEeBagrsoYg5cviBe/s3261/96217911-4700-44FA-932B-5AA5BF45F19E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1885" data-original-width="3261" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EJ_uqGOGrAqwDqH9Ba-fS78VpmP4VwOtMZZZRSq2KZLzdt6JnLdNtGqDtJe9V-MSSOhnADt8vbyYj_1cyrboQz3kumCGzV7mtwpsyCwG6z_pKUjuCXKBTH5Ak7EW2KA2aehMozAclwBKRY5jS6j7btFfBDqhDZiIwR_KWRx1TgYfEeBagrsoYg5cviBe/w640-h370/96217911-4700-44FA-932B-5AA5BF45F19E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Christmas was always a fun time--GIFT EXCHANGE </span><span style="font-size: large;">from friends who knew you well was always a blast. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(sometimes girlfriend gifts are better than husband gifts--shhh, don't tell)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEiEURRfNebHGFSEPavk3C_55R4hW2spZtF5m7UJk18SGOlUeOwD7WyRFvN8winkHInu-Iz3Jc1Ez6tEt2tMYzog4BQsGlFHAVXhTFOgLF5iN_Pto9uYcgxxMlBKnggou4XxD3AntvG_sgm9PIz0w3z_1wv0_AJyFC0z-q2iIAc454NLrAM9UmQa_FJCb/s1280/A76B56AE-E7CC-404E-91CE-FB50C6238BE6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEiEURRfNebHGFSEPavk3C_55R4hW2spZtF5m7UJk18SGOlUeOwD7WyRFvN8winkHInu-Iz3Jc1Ez6tEt2tMYzog4BQsGlFHAVXhTFOgLF5iN_Pto9uYcgxxMlBKnggou4XxD3AntvG_sgm9PIz0w3z_1wv0_AJyFC0z-q2iIAc454NLrAM9UmQa_FJCb/w640-h480/A76B56AE-E7CC-404E-91CE-FB50C6238BE6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For a while there, someone's kid was always graduating (or getting married), and we had many parties to go to. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv17qkAnyQooQlMsaPbZSR5VQPcwLRU3fom0WIzaVrCql6eiQBzJDVay_uzbjCdk3z_zUYXn6Cf7xo7ztXdkv8ZyuKMS09_ZVR1kqouw3t9fc1aPfz_Fpq74k99GwUvyedGDY6H-REV1BS8G75i4A7pI9U8bYHk_y7fLYXb5kpLYh3-09rsYxUgP7jq0_r/s2301/B7D29112-BE1F-4643-85A5-1906A5C2DEAE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2301" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv17qkAnyQooQlMsaPbZSR5VQPcwLRU3fom0WIzaVrCql6eiQBzJDVay_uzbjCdk3z_zUYXn6Cf7xo7ztXdkv8ZyuKMS09_ZVR1kqouw3t9fc1aPfz_Fpq74k99GwUvyedGDY6H-REV1BS8G75i4A7pI9U8bYHk_y7fLYXb5kpLYh3-09rsYxUgP7jq0_r/w640-h428/B7D29112-BE1F-4643-85A5-1906A5C2DEAE.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> April was staring in a community theater play--Arsenic and Old Lace. Or maybe she was turning 50 here. And her husband bought her a cemetery plot for her birthday.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> (this is not a joke--but it was funny)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3FW_hoo_0e_UyHmHiVCcZH6hR6D4LvbUyTjunQsbKhbfNXN1JSBspuZtWVYrJGKCkI_UtsiDOezY0cjD1UaIMRU9yKJrAqHpZr_4WD2ppN59pxdkscjoHBFQ38ybnfDl-_7UHWnBbP3T6pY04xTW5dLJ4LxqZUdiO7psJaLsOk4Cup7UQlbW-LtjgM1K/s2665/C25209DB-DE98-4E93-B9FE-FAE09126F8F3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1670" data-original-width="2665" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3FW_hoo_0e_UyHmHiVCcZH6hR6D4LvbUyTjunQsbKhbfNXN1JSBspuZtWVYrJGKCkI_UtsiDOezY0cjD1UaIMRU9yKJrAqHpZr_4WD2ppN59pxdkscjoHBFQ38ybnfDl-_7UHWnBbP3T6pY04xTW5dLJ4LxqZUdiO7psJaLsOk4Cup7UQlbW-LtjgM1K/w640-h402/C25209DB-DE98-4E93-B9FE-FAE09126F8F3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And one of us got married! Gina! It was Gina. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here we are with all of our husbands. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gina's new husband, Mark looks so happy--but I'm sure he was wondering what he got himself in to. Not with Gina, but with us!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(also Mitzi was 8 3/4 months pregnant here)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3F6Mhe1N9dhwytEIDmrc6WoTL_iji3NCq8jzrw8069fkW0eJ40YDCsoUIlBRQn78SDCHgJPHnXZFa1f2p7eb-kfoaO2TpCSJrwOVXMC3DWRXGkuZVO1xuuOYKMwXQPg0_T-VLtlGDmiIvyOeh3Dvqc4NXzE-r5xt4q1lpmF9i3BGwaOEEQj-cqoeBKLq/s760/E4C33070-C3C8-4072-B669-D53BF612DB6A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="760" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3F6Mhe1N9dhwytEIDmrc6WoTL_iji3NCq8jzrw8069fkW0eJ40YDCsoUIlBRQn78SDCHgJPHnXZFa1f2p7eb-kfoaO2TpCSJrwOVXMC3DWRXGkuZVO1xuuOYKMwXQPg0_T-VLtlGDmiIvyOeh3Dvqc4NXzE-r5xt4q1lpmF9i3BGwaOEEQj-cqoeBKLq/w640-h526/E4C33070-C3C8-4072-B669-D53BF612DB6A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And then--just us.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think we were heading out to dinner one evening.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We did lots of diners--lots of lunches. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Food and friends--they go together somehow. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You laugh at lot over a meal with friends and I loved laughing with these women.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We still do whenever we get together--even if it's not as often as it was. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I 💖these people!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5Pg6pkDPhc3CR1UgV3jbwvNRgwswzOUFvHVi0ftjwuhyugaexerT7i9-UyWD-8hS0zNWONg20unBr6FEUSZZEjtGEiWPYLjRx93EPoIgY33Qpf9lMQOZPHycy5jJbL2bN00m_irLgGDeSKJv-pDYt-zBK3qLXaQdBYWZe54fZvoZJb_lCjshWbAG0BsI/s3526/E6AF1D4C-B5AE-467F-974B-06A541E0492A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2630" data-original-width="3526" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5Pg6pkDPhc3CR1UgV3jbwvNRgwswzOUFvHVi0ftjwuhyugaexerT7i9-UyWD-8hS0zNWONg20unBr6FEUSZZEjtGEiWPYLjRx93EPoIgY33Qpf9lMQOZPHycy5jJbL2bN00m_irLgGDeSKJv-pDYt-zBK3qLXaQdBYWZe54fZvoZJb_lCjshWbAG0BsI/w640-h478/E6AF1D4C-B5AE-467F-974B-06A541E0492A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.2px;">So, friends, </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">My friends! This is recipe #348</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">out of 361. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Look how close I am!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2023 will be the year!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Will it really tho?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(I'm slow going) (soooo slow)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But maybe, I am feeling the challenge!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">That above</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">ꜛ </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">I copied and pasted it from my last post. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">As you might have guessed, it won't be a goal that I'll meet this year. BUT--January? You betcha!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">And the extra special good news is---that again I have counted wrong and only have 358 in the cookbook, SO only 10 more to go after this!!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">Ten! 10!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">Wow!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">I never went in a linear fashion--but jumped all over the place, so tonight when I was mapping out how many more to make and the timeline of when I should make them, etc. I only had 358 in the cookbook. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">I've counted again, and again and again.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">10 more to go!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-64485449199978372652023-12-08T10:42:00.000-08:002023-12-08T10:42:21.889-08:00Friday Friend Recipes #345, 346, 347, Barb's Chicken Penne, Cheese Chicken Enchiladas and Easy Oven Lasagna.<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoBHN17i9Dg_WK5FkFQkc-eMj3N6f2s8X53aTqe8gYWCBIaDCTSSS2n4uFO-LVvpHB5RGgfZebI__F0YL2Uypu0vDFz2D9vRFsrcRzJ4KCtJamTgIN9s6VCU6ExLaNh2s6I2Cwj2-B8FQtUWfEb_qQTGMsSe18MDU-uAXx7D5hN_6WNc3U_FX1WlWsACQ/s4032/2FFB5863-67FE-4C7B-B77F-BAE8C795D594.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoBHN17i9Dg_WK5FkFQkc-eMj3N6f2s8X53aTqe8gYWCBIaDCTSSS2n4uFO-LVvpHB5RGgfZebI__F0YL2Uypu0vDFz2D9vRFsrcRzJ4KCtJamTgIN9s6VCU6ExLaNh2s6I2Cwj2-B8FQtUWfEb_qQTGMsSe18MDU-uAXx7D5hN_6WNc3U_FX1WlWsACQ/w480-h640/2FFB5863-67FE-4C7B-B77F-BAE8C795D594.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I must get this done! At least to prove something to myself if not the Handyman...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">because...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">...about 23 years ago, 50 of my closest friends and family, who had been on an</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> e-mail forum with me, sent in recipes in different categories and we compiled a cookbook.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I decided to count those down!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why?</span></span></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">because one night I was looking thru the cookbook and I said, "I should make every recipe in here for my blog."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Handyman/Mayor, who thinks he knows me better than I know myself, said "you'll never EVER do that."</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, maybe I will! Maybe I'll show him!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Which brings us to recipes #345, 346 and 347 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> Barb's Chicken Penne di Genoa</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Cheese Chicken Enchiladas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">and</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Easy Oven Lasagna</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAtzkGz20Bofm0A4CpkMJV6LEwRyXwEm4ynucijN52n4TpzqNZIhoMqeBNXPCHYQPlVoLCZ5ek9qaCslaGIAbcttHKOMUujQ2GnGX2Jb4D2tIPHCT_nVFMh_RRH_Zub94NAfOCe7SPOiWkvEZ2QgBF4S8N6SUosqLy8jj4pDqTLp26xDSV-MP1c5EON5l/s2654/43F876A5-2173-4F68-AFA7-797CF8289C8F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2654" data-original-width="1905" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAtzkGz20Bofm0A4CpkMJV6LEwRyXwEm4ynucijN52n4TpzqNZIhoMqeBNXPCHYQPlVoLCZ5ek9qaCslaGIAbcttHKOMUujQ2GnGX2Jb4D2tIPHCT_nVFMh_RRH_Zub94NAfOCe7SPOiWkvEZ2QgBF4S8N6SUosqLy8jj4pDqTLp26xDSV-MP1c5EON5l/w288-h400/43F876A5-2173-4F68-AFA7-797CF8289C8F.jpeg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">(and please remember--I'm NOT a food photographer. And it's not about the photos but about the friends.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pasta is my friend. My heart's friend anyway--- not my thighs friend OR not my literal heart's friend---but my emotional heart's friend. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Pasta is my emotional support food!!</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yeah, that's it.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmgqprLWXh70wgUtMXKIcueAWpWAyUkILhVlZ1Z1cjN15qSI5oz-qLoq2y0D-MfT2EzSNcmMU8vvttDhEXLPXn1NxNhsvBo2VeYMSzlAvyTYSLb2nPb-IDe1qoh2IeG_6o6bZg7s_tr2_t9UsYcf3Tg8RkUHQGrew4VwFbCALZa9MsvSYxLLCAM_-h2Wt/s4032/406FDDD4-CDC3-4926-AB38-BFA8C902293D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmgqprLWXh70wgUtMXKIcueAWpWAyUkILhVlZ1Z1cjN15qSI5oz-qLoq2y0D-MfT2EzSNcmMU8vvttDhEXLPXn1NxNhsvBo2VeYMSzlAvyTYSLb2nPb-IDe1qoh2IeG_6o6bZg7s_tr2_t9UsYcf3Tg8RkUHQGrew4VwFbCALZa9MsvSYxLLCAM_-h2Wt/w480-h640/406FDDD4-CDC3-4926-AB38-BFA8C902293D.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Moving on to some cheesy chicken enchiladas. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So... as you know, the Handyman had a heart attack in March, and he's been eating a pretty good diet since then. Mostly chicken, beef once a week, more salads, getting more exercise, etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But he sees the word chicken in this recipe and thinks it's fair game! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's not Handyman--it's not.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> thanks Barb--- his bad eating habits for the evening are on your shoulders. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmHuJTxGVOEMYB_JQ4T-6srgOEYsgnFAnKcGHVRqJknHqt3aQvntI1HmUSkkD25hIahPbQolGFl5C0Gd4qNnP96ZsRl0HHHTs-9fQergC0ISNRMANOSFxSrI39dQp76D4l3Ws9kIZTtM0bn-mS8T4MKV01x0vuCyo4zNxRxeMduzD7tFhyz8maxbvn_DI/s1821/6001D1D0-1249-49B0-A2F7-4C7217DC02F6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HwHdvlQ3cEDwQYpYUf6Xu_QUEiSSRQp6VUK9Ohos8VZjb3NxEmu4hk-dM4MJ2TSAKu6v6-lNkiaV2oUn_2BqDSWzKggs9BU-n9RYCtvpjhI-YTSsn1TVpW2ClR55_dEraCmWRm00oH4TUNvP8OgdGXTRIDeAjUYq-TB5ex20PyDRIDdeGrmW_LQzrDn1/s2488/8D2D115C-A4C5-466F-B946-A671963EB08A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2488" data-original-width="2128" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HwHdvlQ3cEDwQYpYUf6Xu_QUEiSSRQp6VUK9Ohos8VZjb3NxEmu4hk-dM4MJ2TSAKu6v6-lNkiaV2oUn_2BqDSWzKggs9BU-n9RYCtvpjhI-YTSsn1TVpW2ClR55_dEraCmWRm00oH4TUNvP8OgdGXTRIDeAjUYq-TB5ex20PyDRIDdeGrmW_LQzrDn1/w342-h400/8D2D115C-A4C5-466F-B946-A671963EB08A.jpeg" width="342" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's really hard when you are not a food photographer--to take food photos in the evening on a cold winter's night. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Really hard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But you know what wasn't hard? Eating this lasagna. It was yummy and went down really easy. </span></div></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDXXvoqHAGoJFTefUYJ2HyoVX1yMWiAWUHK-l5ZG9zKhjI_TOlg2iVoGvIMPBgl-ARZDWyq5KVtWldrmj6J1oHJW2PGXWKR8kudchtolBVx108adrcmWdGBKlNSSh6tG8VuxSGaMAJ1jjjrBPd0nWfd1lqc4sVTFW2lJTOYbuB_zrI0slchtKGvIKmDwB/s4032/5E90BE35-AD90-4368-8112-BB74EC642166.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDXXvoqHAGoJFTefUYJ2HyoVX1yMWiAWUHK-l5ZG9zKhjI_TOlg2iVoGvIMPBgl-ARZDWyq5KVtWldrmj6J1oHJW2PGXWKR8kudchtolBVx108adrcmWdGBKlNSSh6tG8VuxSGaMAJ1jjjrBPd0nWfd1lqc4sVTFW2lJTOYbuB_zrI0slchtKGvIKmDwB/w480-h640/5E90BE35-AD90-4368-8112-BB74EC642166.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvfwwRajL1BFo309mqsqCfWhdNM-B4XfEjNf9sgmZX5ZpmkllP0Acd07WmZiHhwzjPUvmaovXQw1FCAlU5DPgPl7ZjYIUxJByICzHiJxEF0LvSGdvnJW_n1yTaNMhNb87h67n7FpKSvBtRpa-fUvTlV0Ppaw8TL246iy5WwK6bESpwtZIlCbP9AfJ34zP/s4032/FA26ECC2-8E0E-4D87-9908-E0060A5DD2E7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvfwwRajL1BFo309mqsqCfWhdNM-B4XfEjNf9sgmZX5ZpmkllP0Acd07WmZiHhwzjPUvmaovXQw1FCAlU5DPgPl7ZjYIUxJByICzHiJxEF0LvSGdvnJW_n1yTaNMhNb87h67n7FpKSvBtRpa-fUvTlV0Ppaw8TL246iy5WwK6bESpwtZIlCbP9AfJ34zP/w480-h640/FA26ECC2-8E0E-4D87-9908-E0060A5DD2E7.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are 62 posts with Barb's recipes (you can<a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Barb" target="_blank"> click here to check them out</a>) but since there are 2 and sometimes 3 (like today) recipes on each post, there is not telling how many recipes you are going to end up with. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, imagine trying to come up with 62 or more stories about Barb!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's impossible!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So, I was looking thru some old FF Forum correspondence and saw this, from Barb's family. I had asked what everyone was doing for Christmas. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Christmas 2004</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From Mike Erovick, Barb's son: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>This year I shall spend Christmas alone. Thanks for depressing me. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From Kim Brown, Barb's daughter (who was working at Disney World in Orlando at the time): </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I'll be working 12-8. And constantly asking, "would you like a pretzel/turkey leg to go with your holiday beer?" Merry Christmas Everyone!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And from Barb herself, who was working at Walgreens at the time:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I will be working 9 til 5.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Joy to the World.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">DO NOT feel too bad for any of them. They all worked on purpose and then got together for "after Christmas."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mike would give me a bad time no matter what I had asked. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kim LOVED working at Disney World--a dream come true for her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And Barb? Barb began working at Walgreens part-time for something to do after she retired. AND since she and Doug (who must have been golfing and didn't answer me) didn't have any kids at home, <i><u>VOLUNTEERED</u></i> to work Christmas Eve and Christmas day, so someone else could stay home with their children. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*********************</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You know... after 62 posts of Barb--and not having seen Barb in person for a few years now--- I don't have many photos that are new or unseen on this blog. So sometimes I stalk her Facebook page to steal a photo or two.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I've had good luck in the past doing this. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But now...all I can find are pics like this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafJuLsQcqEzZiJKYoDpnRYN3deInJ6N6ijUvwX_m51Vq05IuHwc8ThWhTjjksYFUBOMpC3ZSrvr3h-fRkHaHGNKddUKlLF2FauhBG2TLGa2RyeStHJg3Y3CEnEdPZflUFHsbplXNdHfdtE3uxEgWFK4eQL5F3S11MDKZ-Ancs1SUMbsX5zEl9tlE1JIYU/s1437/A1C27295-57F6-4666-AD7B-EB67DEE1E79C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1437" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafJuLsQcqEzZiJKYoDpnRYN3deInJ6N6ijUvwX_m51Vq05IuHwc8ThWhTjjksYFUBOMpC3ZSrvr3h-fRkHaHGNKddUKlLF2FauhBG2TLGa2RyeStHJg3Y3CEnEdPZflUFHsbplXNdHfdtE3uxEgWFK4eQL5F3S11MDKZ-Ancs1SUMbsX5zEl9tlE1JIYU/w522-h640/A1C27295-57F6-4666-AD7B-EB67DEE1E79C.jpeg" width="522" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVzijMfD28XpTO208ztRnoWAitxAejgGgegOKV1ozMwEB7AePxgJhXN8pYpXLWim7MBoE1nv8BD_Imax0Q9szEdaRWaFkmWUOCwOsyyFYB19dJGHQaHc7OJ5uyM629cvFEhMx6DOlcHcELyntm16X1ZTmUvgGnzv1UD7bw-GX5kJ9DpFcka0o-THrmVW3/s1490/CD26EDDA-2140-4FD0-A5B1-37053C0CAF1D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVzijMfD28XpTO208ztRnoWAitxAejgGgegOKV1ozMwEB7AePxgJhXN8pYpXLWim7MBoE1nv8BD_Imax0Q9szEdaRWaFkmWUOCwOsyyFYB19dJGHQaHc7OJ5uyM629cvFEhMx6DOlcHcELyntm16X1ZTmUvgGnzv1UD7bw-GX5kJ9DpFcka0o-THrmVW3/w502-h640/CD26EDDA-2140-4FD0-A5B1-37053C0CAF1D.jpeg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">😍😍😍</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a good thing! Fun to see her enjoying her cute as can be granddaughter!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13.2px;">So, friends, </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">My friends! These are recipes #345, 346 and 347</span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;">out of 361. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Look how close I am!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2023 will be the year!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Will it really tho?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(I'm slow going) (soooo slow)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But maybe, I am feeling the challenge!</span></div></div><br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-85417944877981793572023-12-04T16:16:00.000-08:002023-12-04T16:16:28.424-08:00Friday friend recipe #344 -- Gloria's Meatballs (spaghetti sauce #25) <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fNkgeK5hfq7F4huUiwdQM3MEZxNMQ5nqZ8ehtH_X4J0F1fMmWxiEDu4ztk0xfzde8n8SM3VLi9BkybCFCVejpnFEs3x8LVbaoemvHsphNAWkCX3TFyape9BnDn3NZt2oT78LTCnVbQ_VZ7eHtAuj3vook7fwrYSdK3QBlAZj6c3U-ePkcJnHBngZ3HVk/s2016/FD1F2210-2711-43C9-937A-97BB85A0BF4D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fNkgeK5hfq7F4huUiwdQM3MEZxNMQ5nqZ8ehtH_X4J0F1fMmWxiEDu4ztk0xfzde8n8SM3VLi9BkybCFCVejpnFEs3x8LVbaoemvHsphNAWkCX3TFyape9BnDn3NZt2oT78LTCnVbQ_VZ7eHtAuj3vook7fwrYSdK3QBlAZj6c3U-ePkcJnHBngZ3HVk/w480-h640/FD1F2210-2711-43C9-937A-97BB85A0BF4D.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">and you know all the whys and wherefores of this countdown, right? Homemade cookbook, friends contributed, Handyman said I couldn't/wouldn't do it, I'll show him, yadda yadda yadda....</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>...and the rest is cookbook history!</i></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><i></i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Just remember, the countdown is not all about pretty food and food design---it's about the people and the stories.</span></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">And (the most important thing) proving my husband wrong--and that I </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">can and WILL</b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> make every recipe in this </span></span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>cookbook.</i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Which brings me to recipe #344</span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Adria's Spaghetti</span></b></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">And her mother-in-law's meatballs</span></b></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(This is also Spaghetti Sauce #25)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPJpsEX7oIdsv7yioQ3i28sUDzXr-TySmlrH1PV7eK4QOAk7l5xR6vLwO0VS5YB0OHRqGSaig8dN3wy5WXZo6aeGhIm9s2ixTFPyfJWamsGcVSa5ycwiAscN-oGhkZ8t_ctXJkzNVxfmLzaQuVKVngaBSgTtoIOf3vTHwhYIC-RFLQdLV8B-6wIzJILr6/s1280/FDA5215F-ABE8-4E62-A403-83644FC857C1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="891" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPJpsEX7oIdsv7yioQ3i28sUDzXr-TySmlrH1PV7eK4QOAk7l5xR6vLwO0VS5YB0OHRqGSaig8dN3wy5WXZo6aeGhIm9s2ixTFPyfJWamsGcVSa5ycwiAscN-oGhkZ8t_ctXJkzNVxfmLzaQuVKVngaBSgTtoIOf3vTHwhYIC-RFLQdLV8B-6wIzJILr6/w445-h640/FDA5215F-ABE8-4E62-A403-83644FC857C1.jpeg" width="445" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You all know I have an affinity for spaghetti. And meatballs are just icing on the top. Or meatball on the top. Or whatever.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sometimes when we go to Olive Garden, I will order the spaghetti and meatballs. It's just so--good.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This recipe is good too. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Tic0y6nQCyzAsW1m-mcaFxKzWC1kTLMp6FkDt4Y6sLX4wCmmrGtTzhVuMG0m9uP4Tw2hKeH4Yd7OIMBwwJWfhtLQUtZwi7b0cfRSc_VqiLGUPePV3UzcvT5EPiT13EWxLcbicWoQ69x6Hen1zHU9grO00wWNToVxEsJhrFXdJV734XbJrFuOQsHn26bd/s2016/223E5125-85CE-4443-ACD9-9685C3EE18FB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Tic0y6nQCyzAsW1m-mcaFxKzWC1kTLMp6FkDt4Y6sLX4wCmmrGtTzhVuMG0m9uP4Tw2hKeH4Yd7OIMBwwJWfhtLQUtZwi7b0cfRSc_VqiLGUPePV3UzcvT5EPiT13EWxLcbicWoQ69x6Hen1zHU9grO00wWNToVxEsJhrFXdJV734XbJrFuOQsHn26bd/w480-h640/223E5125-85CE-4443-ACD9-9685C3EE18FB.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I always make a cookbook countdown recipe when we go to the cabin in the fall. I can tell by the dated marbled pink countertops (which are actually updated from the original). And my favorite wine glass that looks like I'm drinking from a tulip. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkge-NVIDGHgY-5gL8JdwI4dMRZVBRZP-qV00ltIJDUQB_LflXbZvDFT_hqu935b2Q2-wU3dhtpH8qoKX9LwqcF1yoh66SRpxd38W_IlhFO5OGdRlQWC8LK6Vbxp8_pgULOYQxuGXCeVeV5zmItMwEoTithvkbIKORLS2rbc0_ghQAwyvDjZulIOW3sz-L/s2016/8D01D7BE-9926-402C-9CAE-C40946EB6E92.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkge-NVIDGHgY-5gL8JdwI4dMRZVBRZP-qV00ltIJDUQB_LflXbZvDFT_hqu935b2Q2-wU3dhtpH8qoKX9LwqcF1yoh66SRpxd38W_IlhFO5OGdRlQWC8LK6Vbxp8_pgULOYQxuGXCeVeV5zmItMwEoTithvkbIKORLS2rbc0_ghQAwyvDjZulIOW3sz-L/w480-h640/8D01D7BE-9926-402C-9CAE-C40946EB6E92.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What do I say about Adria? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Good-bye? It's sad to me, when I am saying goodbye in the countdown. It's not like I can't just pick up the phone and talk to her anytime. But still... we don't do that as often as we should.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Adria did not turn in many recipes for this countdown.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can see all (3) of them here: <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Adria" target="_blank">Just click here.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But the ones she did are really good. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We were neighbors and saw each other almost every day. We did a couple of field trip chaperoning for 2nd, 3rd, 4th graders.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> We were the cub scout den mothers for our kids -- and only one other boy whose name was Jimmy Jones. Yes, only 3 boys in our den. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the summer of 1994, we decided to be in charge of the cub scout day camp. We figured what the heck, if we could handle 3, we could handle 33, as more 'dens' joined us for the day camp. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Adria and I worked our asses (sorry for the profanity) off and had a dunk tank, platforms in trees (to drop science experiments) and obstacle courses to run, and so much more.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>We didn't know it then, but we were preparing to have grandchildren! Because that's what we do now-- we might as well have a dunk tank, platforms in trees and run obstacle courses. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Grandkids are more exhausting than running that 4-day day camp in 1994. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BUT</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> it's a lot more fun too!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But I digress--- Day camp '94 culminated in a sleep out. Neither of our husbands could make it, so there we were on a Friday night after surviving all that 33 10-year-old boys could throw at us (figuratively and literally) ---almost in the dark--trying to put a tent together. We could handle a dunk tank and platforms in trees--- but a </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">tent? You would have thought we were the 3 stooges! And there were only 2 of us. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It all worked out in the end, I guess. My memory ends with all of us sitting around a campfire telling ghost stories. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I don't see her or talk to her very much lately. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I need to retire and remedy that. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Good-bye Adria (and her husband Tim)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3Vwn7EMfPJtqBG7QZ4H3Y6ZvZCVM25z73hUv1LTCscsXIJwzvQFZLZpMnbrGqV4sOkeBxtslZP7HoMr4cmGyu3E924fv1YB7b9YZu5RxSngIv7ymeIPLLecbImhnrwSXRzPaZYW26jPpqGnIXt2jMWU1NItWPk1gjhJ-pqQCElXu9vFuZ5_noiKm3ppb/s1170/adria%20last.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1170" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3Vwn7EMfPJtqBG7QZ4H3Y6ZvZCVM25z73hUv1LTCscsXIJwzvQFZLZpMnbrGqV4sOkeBxtslZP7HoMr4cmGyu3E924fv1YB7b9YZu5RxSngIv7ymeIPLLecbImhnrwSXRzPaZYW26jPpqGnIXt2jMWU1NItWPk1gjhJ-pqQCElXu9vFuZ5_noiKm3ppb/w640-h442/adria%20last.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, friends, </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">My friends! This is recipe #344 </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">out of 361. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(I'm 99% sure I have all the math down pat now)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> (it would have helped if I had gone in a linier progression instead of jumping all over the place)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Look how close I am!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2023 will be the year!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Will it really tho?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(I'm slow going) (soooo slow)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-78440713257117699342023-11-29T19:30:00.000-08:002023-11-29T19:30:31.419-08:00Cooking Club—Italian<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8K0OkEGcoHUTlsu7y1cvwPazvonYJEVZUZcBXs6fLgMjl-MLJT1TtMbkcTXO4wnJdQ6xjvwjxHZYXCeqxMNdCHQ92eVaI_8B6VrYQzQFTvhXKbdfiiw02JT-w09h8p28e2oDg6KHSO4P9mWcN0PiJWrvioN8uCPQcK_jET8kSMwnnkEqnzsoITV-y2qx/s508/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="508" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8K0OkEGcoHUTlsu7y1cvwPazvonYJEVZUZcBXs6fLgMjl-MLJT1TtMbkcTXO4wnJdQ6xjvwjxHZYXCeqxMNdCHQ92eVaI_8B6VrYQzQFTvhXKbdfiiw02JT-w09h8p28e2oDg6KHSO4P9mWcN0PiJWrvioN8uCPQcK_jET8kSMwnnkEqnzsoITV-y2qx/w400-h268/Picture1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">“Friendship is the butter on the bread of life.” </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">Cooking Club-- October 2020.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1e293b;">If you recall, we last met a mere week before the pandemic broke out worldwide, on February 28th, 2020.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1e293b;">We waited patiently for there to be a break in COVID so we could get together again.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1e293b;">But...it was not happening.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1e293b;">So, we bent the rules. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1e293b;">We chose to become rule breakers--we are a wild and crazy bunch of cookers and even tho the government and health departments all over the US were warning us to stay away from each other still, we just couldn't do it. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">So we gave in and had Italian food.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1e293b;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1e293b;">And as Sally said, "we'll never again take for granted the company of good friends and good food."</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXO1bp0fgR-kY3n6Vv0v127CFgIuvWoWAQQpauTvSZJmDTnhY_CDmuQ_YRKicg92VQ_d83khKYesTmxnFkEOecjUByxiYB4N2DH-OCWG7YcLD4TQLsxPzHGo7YxjdBEf9U03alMWK0l8JL/s2048/A37F4532-E837-4E2B-864B-256869A4319C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXO1bp0fgR-kY3n6Vv0v127CFgIuvWoWAQQpauTvSZJmDTnhY_CDmuQ_YRKicg92VQ_d83khKYesTmxnFkEOecjUByxiYB4N2DH-OCWG7YcLD4TQLsxPzHGo7YxjdBEf9U03alMWK0l8JL/w480-h640/A37F4532-E837-4E2B-864B-256869A4319C.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It never fails---one of us always buys a new cookbook for cooking club.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is just one thing--and this has nothing to do with the table or the food, but rather, our hearts were sad because our friends, Shelly and Lorin were actually in the process of </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">making a move. A move to another state. It won't happen for another year, but being the future thinkers that we are, we invited Mike and Theresa Mavity to be the new 'substitutes'. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWB9zkMhfSkI8x1VdfZ4O4fAvFxqaWLNxjmtkT7l3G3cHNNotOLaQA6oFXxSiKbutEcVoKQpKLLH-PxNmAZAI8r0cHPv7yKUtH8IVRnaREaAIbMs6SYk_NF_Das8AtsZl7e7GeJcJaZxpp1rqDxHRFPnEUTeIB0f4CmRtYdu6yUW-YUpTsVcYKQBdUzV8/s2016/aacooking%20club.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWB9zkMhfSkI8x1VdfZ4O4fAvFxqaWLNxjmtkT7l3G3cHNNotOLaQA6oFXxSiKbutEcVoKQpKLLH-PxNmAZAI8r0cHPv7yKUtH8IVRnaREaAIbMs6SYk_NF_Das8AtsZl7e7GeJcJaZxpp1rqDxHRFPnEUTeIB0f4CmRtYdu6yUW-YUpTsVcYKQBdUzV8/w640-h480/aacooking%20club.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4dmtk8auTp0a2fMKO8EhJy7EQDfAZEmuVOTMhXgtf7m9kIeqkyDTrb6dLCjG9w6bmL2qR7f2bhs3P_-I_BGzpfzBVdMrxNTXTnmce_b-VvHwBIkqUB8YKWvExxqsYgZvL4K69UFL2TUoPVRg-GshV70JKkm2TczxXY_8Kbgl3E3oIYfG_dJL7_e7u3t0/s2016/aacooking%20club4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4dmtk8auTp0a2fMKO8EhJy7EQDfAZEmuVOTMhXgtf7m9kIeqkyDTrb6dLCjG9w6bmL2qR7f2bhs3P_-I_BGzpfzBVdMrxNTXTnmce_b-VvHwBIkqUB8YKWvExxqsYgZvL4K69UFL2TUoPVRg-GshV70JKkm2TczxXY_8Kbgl3E3oIYfG_dJL7_e7u3t0/w480-h640/aacooking%20club4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“The love of good food and the love of good friends are two of the simplest yet greatest pleasures in life.”</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It's so true!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It's so simple, and yet the best thing in the world.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This--THIS--is my kind of gathering. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Food and friends. In someone's home.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The new people laughing and having fun! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDa9ShAvAmajyrDq9B2nBnYa-Rnl3XaF56-zS9lbFk11UlVMk2SZhBe7-6Lre1aH7GEUw843yXX9mYhHhdJ5Y3Fkv2Eh4OeE-vwJPW4n1mCSoyH732aNC1V7Gy2Cw-7vvdS-94NH9Qx-KbVU7iyZ-vOIwimu1o4g9s01L5lytgvsSP4ZJCqhN8nA8KgpZ/s500/cooking%20club3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="351" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDa9ShAvAmajyrDq9B2nBnYa-Rnl3XaF56-zS9lbFk11UlVMk2SZhBe7-6Lre1aH7GEUw843yXX9mYhHhdJ5Y3Fkv2Eh4OeE-vwJPW4n1mCSoyH732aNC1V7Gy2Cw-7vvdS-94NH9Qx-KbVU7iyZ-vOIwimu1o4g9s01L5lytgvsSP4ZJCqhN8nA8KgpZ/w450-h640/cooking%20club3.jpeg" width="450" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Actually, there are only new to this group. We've all known each other for years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">AND they are happy to be the subs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkREVwUSrGD2lCu3-7PoMaTdLCwKtZ-ki_5AgB7bxXDt6q995sw8qYB2tf-o65gqyXXtUV2oqYldMbFP6zEQXgAQ_UUf35EserT7AlN9rrkGtaocg0d884o87JZh5fehbAt6DXJestfdsfg-ccV3Q9AJYrtjssy-KrQ_nzRnaSIlRPVuqx0qPvkEua9Ukv/s2016/aacooking%20club5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkREVwUSrGD2lCu3-7PoMaTdLCwKtZ-ki_5AgB7bxXDt6q995sw8qYB2tf-o65gqyXXtUV2oqYldMbFP6zEQXgAQ_UUf35EserT7AlN9rrkGtaocg0d884o87JZh5fehbAt6DXJestfdsfg-ccV3Q9AJYrtjssy-KrQ_nzRnaSIlRPVuqx0qPvkEua9Ukv/w640-h480/aacooking%20club5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">See! Theresa is so happy being a substitute---she's thinking "there is no way I'm making something that time consuming and complicated." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX56_yvz4cy1W5rSb0uCU7QFR2lyois970y0iJ9nAy5ZTaAqHrUC7sxhER0Rp_S7ThbKyyk1RlVnug7nJYgLSDDkRel7ag-iX-Vp0wtWylKHSIWahVjYRlW8Ke7pvN4549fslQiez97-ZC/s2048/830B091C-7004-46AF-9BB9-5E75BA1CEB04.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX56_yvz4cy1W5rSb0uCU7QFR2lyois970y0iJ9nAy5ZTaAqHrUC7sxhER0Rp_S7ThbKyyk1RlVnug7nJYgLSDDkRel7ag-iX-Vp0wtWylKHSIWahVjYRlW8Ke7pvN4549fslQiez97-ZC/w640-h640/830B091C-7004-46AF-9BB9-5E75BA1CEB04.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had lasagna and an antipasto salad and gelato and Neapolitan cookies...and </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">other Italian dishes all made from scratch. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lots of good food.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(lots and lots of carbs)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then enjoyed the evening with good conversation and d</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">iscussions about Italy and food.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-decoration-line: none;">Cajun Cooking</a></span></b></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking Club #3 - <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2015/09/cooking-club-3.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Let's all go to Hawaii</a></span></b></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking Club #4 - <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2015/10/supper-club-or-cooking-club-4.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">American Regional Cooking --Great Lakes Region, featuring: SUPPER CLUBS!</a></span></b></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Cooking Club #5 - </b></span><a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2016/04/sunday-post-and-other-things-music-and.html" style="color: #cc6611; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Famous </a><span style="color: #cc6611; font-size: medium;"><b>Chefs (</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>long post with other stuff mixed in, but just trust me)</b></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Cooking Club #6 -</b></span><a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2016/04/sunday-post-and-other-things-music-and.html" style="color: #cc6611; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Meatball Madness -- or something </a><span style="color: #cc6611; font-size: medium;"><b>round (</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>long post combined with Famous Chef's. Scroll thru some stuff to get there)</b></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking Club #7 - <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2016/08/breakfast-or-lets-just-call-this-brunch.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Breakfast for dinner</a></span></b></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking Club #8 - <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2016/09/cooking-club-cookout-slow-cooking.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Slow Cooking</a></span></b></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking Club #9 - <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2016/11/cookbook-countdown-95-cactus-paddle.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Mexican Street Food</a></span></b></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking Club #10- <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2017/07/cooking-club10-little-late.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Your Christmas Cookie Heritage</a></span></b></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking Club #11 - <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2017/10/cooking-club2-lables-back-of-box-can-or.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Cooking from labels/back of box, can, or carton</a></span></b></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking Club #12 - <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2018/05/cooking-club-12-its-all-greek-to-me.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">It's all Greek to Me!</a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking Club #13 - <a href="http://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2018/06/cooking-club-rootbeer-tasting-party.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">A Root Beer Tasting Holiday</a></span></b></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking Club #14 - <a href="http://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2019/10/cooking-club-thai-food-and-maybe-tmi.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Thai Food</a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Cooking Club #15-<a href="http://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2018/05/cooking-club-pizza.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> Pizza</a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cooking Club #16- <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2018/06/cooking-club-pnw.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pacific Northwest</a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking Club #17 - <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2022/01/cooking-club-christmas-2018-scavenger.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Christmas Scavenger Hunt</a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Cooking Club #</b><b>18 <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2019/09/cooking-club-or-supper-club-milk-street.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Milk</a></b><b><a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2019/09/cooking-club-or-supper-club-milk-street.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> Street Mania</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Cooking Club #19 - <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2019/11/cooking-club-9x13-cooking.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">9x13 Cooking</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Cooking Club #20--</b><a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2020/02/cooking-club-jewish-deli-food.html" target="_blank">Jewish Deli</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Cooking Club #21--Italian Dinner </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>Coming Soon --</u></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Cook from a Movie --CHEF</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Fondue Party</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>End of summer rhubarb party</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Paella </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Fermentation, </b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b>pickled</b></span><b>, raw, clean </b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b>food.</b></span><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Indonesian</b></span></div></div></div><br /><p></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-43482525903264324592023-11-29T15:10:00.000-08:002023-11-29T15:10:21.799-08:00Friday Friend Recipe #342 and 343-my mom's chicken casserole and Mexican Lasagna <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxj_M5Hp0CsNqZeR3onCIpb2HhsRjp0N9wrS7UUSrTgi-ZCumNzKgWbD-OcDM9ahLY6E6576Si43ye_XakybW2iVniqZQR9t2RDhIWFJPzmmfy9UidaxJuOpjSH0QRQ8aZL9IYMPCaVITRJzIMg21sVSKoUzJF0X8yGHt6F6K8xiaGZ9mJbEuJUCqSg/s2016/ff%20cookbook%20mom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxj_M5Hp0CsNqZeR3onCIpb2HhsRjp0N9wrS7UUSrTgi-ZCumNzKgWbD-OcDM9ahLY6E6576Si43ye_XakybW2iVniqZQR9t2RDhIWFJPzmmfy9UidaxJuOpjSH0QRQ8aZL9IYMPCaVITRJzIMg21sVSKoUzJF0X8yGHt6F6K8xiaGZ9mJbEuJUCqSg/w480-h640/ff%20cookbook%20mom.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Making my way thru my </span><a href="http://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Friday%20Friend%20Cookbook" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black;">Friday Friend Cookbook</span></a><span style="color: black;">, one recipe at a time.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; 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At first, most of them didn't know each other, (they knew me) but over the past 21 years, we've answered and shared silly--and serious---questions, exchanged Secret Santa Christmas gifts, had a dieting contest in which we paid a $1 a week and that money went to a scholarship fund for a Friday Friends son's memorial scholarship, and we went on a great vacation for my 52 birthday.</span></span><i style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px;"> (plus so much more....)</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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Said</i></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">, "you'll never, EVER do that."</span></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;">WELL---maybe I'll show him! Maybe I will.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>My mom's</b></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Chicken Casserole</b></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>and</b></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Mexican Lasagna </b></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitasz1nbI-Tu1fgqa0TDeVrgQ461sjqUTs-aPBUx470PQE7HuFUrsKHrF8w91d7UEMXzmWssKpPmi0XsSaRdnBVCer8dFoU-lWqslR-5BcE2IvKvTa2w2Emwue-mNSEnEKHkQ59YX_MTCj257-usItxDP3Onhih4ZOZgzT5Au0ESX-wPRJ1neQWlET7g/s1509/ff%20cookbook%20mom4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="1301" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitasz1nbI-Tu1fgqa0TDeVrgQ461sjqUTs-aPBUx470PQE7HuFUrsKHrF8w91d7UEMXzmWssKpPmi0XsSaRdnBVCer8dFoU-lWqslR-5BcE2IvKvTa2w2Emwue-mNSEnEKHkQ59YX_MTCj257-usItxDP3Onhih4ZOZgzT5Au0ESX-wPRJ1neQWlET7g/w552-h640/ff%20cookbook%20mom4.jpg" width="552" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LM76N8_Eeh5D_mtJOOdpkzI304ttbda2ChbP8p4Q6r_tCI_IHSvVww0HcD6YFzZt9Sa72eQaQMg4C2hQapZYYbUEWetU4vBstYd8nZRGlq7bKBzsW4Ad5P7nfAIrM3jll44iWSFAltkkr8tTBlU0l4Thd3nGpOYZKgVtgFH20xHIkfIcUi_a__D0TA/s2016/ff%20cookbook%20mom2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LM76N8_Eeh5D_mtJOOdpkzI304ttbda2ChbP8p4Q6r_tCI_IHSvVww0HcD6YFzZt9Sa72eQaQMg4C2hQapZYYbUEWetU4vBstYd8nZRGlq7bKBzsW4Ad5P7nfAIrM3jll44iWSFAltkkr8tTBlU0l4Thd3nGpOYZKgVtgFH20xHIkfIcUi_a__D0TA/w480-h640/ff%20cookbook%20mom2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My mom had a well 'cheesed' rotation of recipes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You know--that rotation of mainstay recipes you have routinely? Well, I do believe that my mom's all contained cheese. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">One can't really go wrong with cheese tho.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These recipes are both really good. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajnj4tCArR5cbZYGLgg1kytfmJOEQ0r8ASoJ3GR6ztd7F9vtPJYkjtDIJESOiEScGDEbJ9hLlhfeESjAg5pLAHeK9NicP45wP-_n_OsT2CaXXqW_Ycc-gsZdGajHhIoVgCg_HkShglbJt8tsSfmyI58vfqeBYz0cJDVRzhy0TxZxxDEMABQE7doKN4gAu/s1280/dad%20water4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajnj4tCArR5cbZYGLgg1kytfmJOEQ0r8ASoJ3GR6ztd7F9vtPJYkjtDIJESOiEScGDEbJ9hLlhfeESjAg5pLAHeK9NicP45wP-_n_OsT2CaXXqW_Ycc-gsZdGajHhIoVgCg_HkShglbJt8tsSfmyI58vfqeBYz0cJDVRzhy0TxZxxDEMABQE7doKN4gAu/w534-h640/dad%20water4.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMav4F2qNy-4n18DUBP4E7VqFCZO2TESc2lRiXqY-MTV0I7gM09oE3ceBoaCkbFIML_aXfhnd04ysrzFj-Y2QS9rjHsNV93poITHQY4qiCZgsxIbTFEhOl2tigXLHOo9VgMYzp2z8VyLo8spF6zfD5K9XGD-FxmMAgipNoyb3eMbx3kRbqqLEOq7j4mg/w480-h640/5A505C66-3070-4D72-963A-FAFBD8001FEE.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As I'm drawing nearer to the end of this cookbook, I am finding it hard to come up with more stories, so today instead of featuring my mom--I thought I'd make fun of my dad.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My dad:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He was a marine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He was a policeman.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He was in charge of security for Hanford patrol (nuclear stuff--part of the Manhattan project in the 40's, etc. Of course, he wasn't there in the 40's but rather the late 80's)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He had his own Private Detective agency as his last career move.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He ran the Bloomsday 12k one year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He traveled the world, was a huge football fan, swimmer, Shriner, church goer, loved his family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But one time---<i>the one time in his life</i> he is clueless of what he is doing--we had to document it for prosperity. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why would we do this? What could we possibly do with this documentation?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well---here it is! For the world to see.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBCs4vVfQBWkkvEzk-Gh7PGk61ykcQv_ubGD6egasipq8LmkDvxtcn3qMNAiUENMaemfwUnyNrfPDJCSref4MYqz3DRyb4E0mMNN1_cFAoz8WnGxnqAWp0Y89E88RWCxX0ZWYLkHegoLlmwcFOIvxZETLyFNG2SSSx5ZKTMVF4mK-dgX7LE_KZFAoUfud/s1512/dad%20water3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1512" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBCs4vVfQBWkkvEzk-Gh7PGk61ykcQv_ubGD6egasipq8LmkDvxtcn3qMNAiUENMaemfwUnyNrfPDJCSref4MYqz3DRyb4E0mMNN1_cFAoz8WnGxnqAWp0Y89E88RWCxX0ZWYLkHegoLlmwcFOIvxZETLyFNG2SSSx5ZKTMVF4mK-dgX7LE_KZFAoUfud/w640-h435/dad%20water3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was in the summer of 2007, Phoenix, Arizona and we were getting things set up for my son's wedding reception. We were all busy with odd jobs--we, as in the whole family--many hands make light work and all that. But it left my dad with not so much to do. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, he leaned against the wall--or thought he did-- to visit and oversee the job.</span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxEvL2Hux723rBLWKNUhWkePTGWsla6LARrAjDEp_odus2ChAN4-dsThGFwvxJUO_Ih9rQNdYrhXqQTyODIHfTi8J0v6oJ1iEmNPO46R2KoT6_mcRpX3Q2slYWCNTY5SG2Og7qYZcZ1MwFBjC2gPYFdpw8eyFWejfNnan0BaQTfWxUc_AGIvLuJvKoE48/s1280/dad%20water.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="1280" height="573" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxEvL2Hux723rBLWKNUhWkePTGWsla6LARrAjDEp_odus2ChAN4-dsThGFwvxJUO_Ih9rQNdYrhXqQTyODIHfTi8J0v6oJ1iEmNPO46R2KoT6_mcRpX3Q2slYWCNTY5SG2Og7qYZcZ1MwFBjC2gPYFdpw8eyFWejfNnan0BaQTfWxUc_AGIvLuJvKoE48/w640-h573/dad%20water.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unbeknownst to my dad, (but not to anyone else) he had leaned against a water fountain (or drinking fountain, or even bubbler if you're from Wisconsin) and turn it on. His butt was hitting the press button each time he leaned back against it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And because we are a kind and loving family, never to humiliate or make a joke out of someone's misfortune, we (his kids and grandkids) would all walk by and ask him a question in a low voice, so he'd have to lean forward to answer. Then he'd lean back, and the water would come back on.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvC6_iIbwxXHVLrF1-blTbbihRRFQg1qjAvrwrwLgbVB3sjFf_FGWiZ5ZOlRdgptxPjozQBWRXCi04HJ9tYHWgdPHE84NT1eenvh-kgqogxXisopQH-LeYo4mKc-5Z0wl_kWooSFspupvhc8rfgnB6tyQrMlhkIB3Nf76kS1m1E6BlkvNJtph8tNa3vNk/s1280/dad%20water2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1280" height="483" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvC6_iIbwxXHVLrF1-blTbbihRRFQg1qjAvrwrwLgbVB3sjFf_FGWiZ5ZOlRdgptxPjozQBWRXCi04HJ9tYHWgdPHE84NT1eenvh-kgqogxXisopQH-LeYo4mKc-5Z0wl_kWooSFspupvhc8rfgnB6tyQrMlhkIB3Nf76kS1m1E6BlkvNJtph8tNa3vNk/w640-h483/dad%20water2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My mom was taking pictures the whole time and the rest of us would ask him a question and then laugh and laugh.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He had no idea what was going on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not sure he ever knew.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But now--you do!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Below is a picture of me and my dad in better times.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As in, me not teasing him.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But you know---if you do the crime, you pay the fine. Or do the time. (??)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's fitting I think, as his whole career was based on a life of crime. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just in the good </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">way 😄</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqVaoxeWUWZMmv4qOGeAYZGYGA5pPWSl81YzmFL7GT02NvcT-K4Yrqh9BLM4oRWNDAToNEzcPiKShCGsKGVFy4dVq7DMyhnBw6olgTxuQjlESLcXxcWq6XYxeTQ0149GHLfrfsF4_ZFA4b_ItZv5z9H6GexTS0FW-fSMCENbYCac7oU6q1gxnSIDPDhdk/s960/dad%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="960" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqVaoxeWUWZMmv4qOGeAYZGYGA5pPWSl81YzmFL7GT02NvcT-K4Yrqh9BLM4oRWNDAToNEzcPiKShCGsKGVFy4dVq7DMyhnBw6olgTxuQjlESLcXxcWq6XYxeTQ0149GHLfrfsF4_ZFA4b_ItZv5z9H6GexTS0FW-fSMCENbYCac7oU6q1gxnSIDPDhdk/w640-h428/dad%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, friends, </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">My friends! These are recipes 342 and 343</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">out of 361 (I'm 99% sure I have all the math down pat now) (it would have helped if I had gone in a linier progression instead of jumping all over the place)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2023 will be the year!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Will it really tho?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(I'm slow going) (soooo slow)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-15169223647686177122023-11-09T16:22:00.004-08:002023-11-09T16:40:05.145-08:00Friday Friend Cookbook Countdown #341 Hot Apricot Punch<p></p><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUCmI_fHSb3kqfIhUreAaExIxppOMSR3Ug07p_3XUy_m2AktyzdmlxmEoqwnWHg8jQo49YsG8ZGhyA0GJLYK4tupuY4vfQ2Zhu5VKt7Oup5vm1Rr45GYpPGorRwSfHgTZJ-oIr4abg2UI2NfspMKzcWSQf8sMg6Lg2UF_x85aA37jSb24jMfUX2CcZA/s4032/DD47A23F-8C11-4722-863A-CA04487BC98A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUCmI_fHSb3kqfIhUreAaExIxppOMSR3Ug07p_3XUy_m2AktyzdmlxmEoqwnWHg8jQo49YsG8ZGhyA0GJLYK4tupuY4vfQ2Zhu5VKt7Oup5vm1Rr45GYpPGorRwSfHgTZJ-oIr4abg2UI2NfspMKzcWSQf8sMg6Lg2UF_x85aA37jSb24jMfUX2CcZA/w300-h400/DD47A23F-8C11-4722-863A-CA04487BC98A.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I must get this done! At least to prove something to myself if not the Handyman...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">because...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">...about 22 years ago, 50 of my closest friends and family, who had been on an</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> e-mail forum with me, sent in recipes in different categories and we compiled a cookbook.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I decided to count those down!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why?</span></span></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">because one night I was looking thru the cookbook and I said, "I should make every recipe in here for my blog."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Handyman/Mayor, who thinks he knows me better than I know myself, said "you'll never EVER do that."</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, maybe I will! Maybe I'll show him!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Which brings us to one of my recipes--Hot Apricot Punch. Number 341 on the countdown.</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH91aLD66Czf76KhdOcb68mcdhWSRipsCT3tdLhgFh5tQ_WrNcNMTu1FUnbNmYUvvwmLz9TOiNb0-r8glj0kZh2_rPKvemw-l039MkX0XYNKkMvgi4I0kZEt9XdivS5PBOMQUaE-BW108IqeMJjXxTfHLmi8UQDeOEMg69jFkYnNocYjpAfwf4Z0pJip3t/s2038/6841389A-3CA6-459C-A062-F93DB540B4AC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2038" data-original-width="1727" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH91aLD66Czf76KhdOcb68mcdhWSRipsCT3tdLhgFh5tQ_WrNcNMTu1FUnbNmYUvvwmLz9TOiNb0-r8glj0kZh2_rPKvemw-l039MkX0XYNKkMvgi4I0kZEt9XdivS5PBOMQUaE-BW108IqeMJjXxTfHLmi8UQDeOEMg69jFkYnNocYjpAfwf4Z0pJip3t/w338-h400/6841389A-3CA6-459C-A062-F93DB540B4AC.jpeg" width="338" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I searched high and low for apricot 'nectar'. </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnem_rMgN_jHiMs8LCDMNb4Ak48oCQWNwljRduCwPBYXWnOwLtvzoISz69NQ8_8U5BqdPZsFLtCZn7TWYl6LszZBkANp3CVcLTyyEWKbKwVpJ_tVBQ5HhPt6sOMJOEgqcFFkBt2qklt60InzWyI6A2ESDl-VAJP3u7OfbWAt-ROOX6JyH_gkNpxHqXcg/s4032/5387416D-093F-4CCB-8F23-8AE6FF3269E4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnem_rMgN_jHiMs8LCDMNb4Ak48oCQWNwljRduCwPBYXWnOwLtvzoISz69NQ8_8U5BqdPZsFLtCZn7TWYl6LszZBkANp3CVcLTyyEWKbKwVpJ_tVBQ5HhPt6sOMJOEgqcFFkBt2qklt60InzWyI6A2ESDl-VAJP3u7OfbWAt-ROOX6JyH_gkNpxHqXcg/w300-h400/5387416D-093F-4CCB-8F23-8AE6FF3269E4.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77MkjAlJ8_mRohCMrYiOyTwwszp0nlCwA-7Cc8WNNNZFIIZ2HWXekps2VTR1YjcYogOh9RHoEHuelSGqEvh9lwdZASlJ457eubEPeA3ruxGtBIbUDVzGW4mCozjC81f8SU0oGevyWUwsjlPfyKGD5D7nJgFbZ-VccvXywCgE89uVSSWC7wOj_HHOV9Q/s4032/72E2A50F-1A61-4798-AE50-CFF0CDFC141B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77MkjAlJ8_mRohCMrYiOyTwwszp0nlCwA-7Cc8WNNNZFIIZ2HWXekps2VTR1YjcYogOh9RHoEHuelSGqEvh9lwdZASlJ457eubEPeA3ruxGtBIbUDVzGW4mCozjC81f8SU0oGevyWUwsjlPfyKGD5D7nJgFbZ-VccvXywCgE89uVSSWC7wOj_HHOV9Q/w300-h400/72E2A50F-1A61-4798-AE50-CFF0CDFC141B.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Here is the deal--I turned this in to our Friday Friend Cookbook countdown editor (Barbara Brown) as one of my favorites--because that's what we were supposed to do--turn in our favorites.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">But I have no recollection of every having made this in my life!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">None.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">It was good, but the first time I have ever had it or tasted it was when I made it for this countdown.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I must have imagined it would be good.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6wY5i95X_24IZb5Is3hQzb4QuNaX1LoltLvtwBGwH7YAKXu7OoutK0HEiVL1svBzDjROm_4cGJQZkpa9Ow7Ue4rQ4jyv-7HIhQhEzU64pGXoMgW5R_LywZDdiWcwK8JA0zo_mnyJfYFKU9Y4kF4EVHoZ3e1LPqlC4_HSEoTl-AeljhvxTAXOCE4ZwVYx/s169/shoulder%20shrug.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="169" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6wY5i95X_24IZb5Is3hQzb4QuNaX1LoltLvtwBGwH7YAKXu7OoutK0HEiVL1svBzDjROm_4cGJQZkpa9Ow7Ue4rQ4jyv-7HIhQhEzU64pGXoMgW5R_LywZDdiWcwK8JA0zo_mnyJfYFKU9Y4kF4EVHoZ3e1LPqlC4_HSEoTl-AeljhvxTAXOCE4ZwVYx/s1600/shoulder%20shrug.jpg" width="169" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">So, let's do some more imagining.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Go back with me, if you will, 22.5 years ago, when, at a graduation party for my middle son, Dustin, I went around to all the guests and asked them what their dream job was.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Now let me just say--it was late in the party and there might have been some alcohol involved. Maybe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">BUT--YES, I have saved this handwritten list for 22 years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In case you doubt me?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ACMKon46aIhnYxzShjOBb4rsdsvA0t6yxvRUJkBv-rj6FbHZXAhLsoHrQncP2lGmqQkfA7iiqzJTd-IG4mwRyiU9If6XVuCwLXtsfgcRMuk7zzf5WBlJOKe2l3-oGda8fkAJf2guv5msZ6Vk9WUw1yyFQa9Ro4tYTjW0uCyar2mq2kCjBVDZ8BfJr_mu/s4032/260C9BD8-18D7-4C11-849E-5B8B2117280D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ACMKon46aIhnYxzShjOBb4rsdsvA0t6yxvRUJkBv-rj6FbHZXAhLsoHrQncP2lGmqQkfA7iiqzJTd-IG4mwRyiU9If6XVuCwLXtsfgcRMuk7zzf5WBlJOKe2l3-oGda8fkAJf2guv5msZ6Vk9WUw1yyFQa9Ro4tYTjW0uCyar2mq2kCjBVDZ8BfJr_mu/s320/260C9BD8-18D7-4C11-849E-5B8B2117280D.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I couldn't put a photo of everyone who told me their dream job---that would be way too many photos, so I chose a select few from the party. Where alcohol <i><u>might</u></i> have been involved. Not saying it was or wasn't. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">But let me start with how the party was going---</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0e5Imxwkx4_ZYdEIH6X4ZpmGppcUh2tbJFtAx3tsZlA0-PkzLzJqC8kv1X2v_yjIYx3F9PbRiyrpKTWxAApb6qGZGH1JHWNE83tyslJJ576sctuFekur_NdQJSn8UDArDqgGZ6JRfPSjXby-u4ugGUDrCueRHiE0JWIQYcj9YntIV57xANADSURzCRmUy/s2838/29D74A0D-5475-486A-BD32-C3CB2D72617B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1850" data-original-width="2838" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0e5Imxwkx4_ZYdEIH6X4ZpmGppcUh2tbJFtAx3tsZlA0-PkzLzJqC8kv1X2v_yjIYx3F9PbRiyrpKTWxAApb6qGZGH1JHWNE83tyslJJ576sctuFekur_NdQJSn8UDArDqgGZ6JRfPSjXby-u4ugGUDrCueRHiE0JWIQYcj9YntIV57xANADSURzCRmUy/w640-h419/29D74A0D-5475-486A-BD32-C3CB2D72617B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">It was 'warmish'. It was only the 1st of June after all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The Pacific Northwest family (in the kiddie pool was one of my favorite brothers-in-law, Mike) was HOT.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The Arizona family/friends were loving the cool and being able to actually be outside in the sunshine. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The local friends and family were just happy it was a nice day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">And that there was alcohol. (did I mention there might have been?)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi826tR90D-a8d4ECDjffcDywMyD2XWqoNE0l5vJsJF1WPdQ9okeJH29ATOwvmxWok7IR_3HUolrdLCKZdVMItwycnJl0v2IkjMZeeIcxSbwf4807SE4IKrsjYqQkt93Ei38M3w2TkMoniCQ4mBqqN9gMI8MVMsi_pu9SuaWVr0pRJutFBdpRQbH9_ENYt/s2317/5DA4C349-1A78-4D59-8E20-42F4895D9BD0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1495" data-original-width="2317" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi826tR90D-a8d4ECDjffcDywMyD2XWqoNE0l5vJsJF1WPdQ9okeJH29ATOwvmxWok7IR_3HUolrdLCKZdVMItwycnJl0v2IkjMZeeIcxSbwf4807SE4IKrsjYqQkt93Ei38M3w2TkMoniCQ4mBqqN9gMI8MVMsi_pu9SuaWVr0pRJutFBdpRQbH9_ENYt/w640-h413/5DA4C349-1A78-4D59-8E20-42F4895D9BD0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Now for the dream job list!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Those cute people in the photo above?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Gina--dreams of being a famous figure </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">skater.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Larry--would have loved to have been a puffer fighter pilot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Mitzi--missed her calling as a famous watercolorist and veterinarian.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Another of one of my favorite brothers-in-law, Scott--would love to be the owner of a cruise </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">ship.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">And Barb just wants to be a singer on stage or a checker at Safeway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">These were lofty goals my friends! Too bad you fell short. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRczyOJHVgfGT5iiwum74nbVtrJ9OC9vot_dxyp-PRgYj9C12QbVj139Mm8aZhzcGz5dNDwZowsPuuO6Dyvyn59XuWeljQlRcy1JanfsXn9CPhYxGSreQk8rO0wenJ0MIhHrliD481ZaqoBZP5gL2ga9AZG3_R608WBLO-YLlnoozEFLcz7At1H5xzccp/s2001/6C57C217-4922-4592-8E8C-40FFEB4B42D7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2001" data-original-width="1987" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRczyOJHVgfGT5iiwum74nbVtrJ9OC9vot_dxyp-PRgYj9C12QbVj139Mm8aZhzcGz5dNDwZowsPuuO6Dyvyn59XuWeljQlRcy1JanfsXn9CPhYxGSreQk8rO0wenJ0MIhHrliD481ZaqoBZP5gL2ga9AZG3_R608WBLO-YLlnoozEFLcz7At1H5xzccp/w637-h640/6C57C217-4922-4592-8E8C-40FFEB4B42D7.jpeg" width="637" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Look, it's two of my favorite sisters-in-law.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">LeAnne always dreamt of being a Neonatal Nurse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Cherrie? A mistress to a wealthy person.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">(I did say alcohol, right?)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_UzcBHBYEKiutCMsF7rdmKqfciB5kKcHI14h_9HVv4lPNLWsbSZxW2KUijCscKYAzb1K2swuqHFYicXDC88Tn0mVVBPZLj1H-TlYN_5AmpBej0PbwwPr2_Bp4vwvlktEiXlzBFoHzUgiQsje5kSNYQjI02HsPZ9azt-0yN7GNN_ENN5uDIPfPu_jwD0V/s2024/61B77C42-D4E3-4D12-A5C7-474A5A3E771E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="2024" height="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_UzcBHBYEKiutCMsF7rdmKqfciB5kKcHI14h_9HVv4lPNLWsbSZxW2KUijCscKYAzb1K2swuqHFYicXDC88Tn0mVVBPZLj1H-TlYN_5AmpBej0PbwwPr2_Bp4vwvlktEiXlzBFoHzUgiQsje5kSNYQjI02HsPZ9azt-0yN7GNN_ENN5uDIPfPu_jwD0V/w640-h445/61B77C42-D4E3-4D12-A5C7-474A5A3E771E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">My good friend Peggy! She would have made a great traveling graphic artist.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">And one of my mothers-in-law, (I had two of them! this is the Handyman's stepmother) Pat wanted to be a head taster--at a Swiss chocolate factory. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynqc476a9Db6NfWZ_RQ1bT9BmwbajiO2KGTOf56tGQSTgEkhcWasPAFBE35E1CX8OCVZ-ycAjwBA_xKT2jbqATlGohZyGu1aONcozgK47EOl8NIcL0hYJXkh-sF6FlrXSOLxNrm1jBXSKKNXofM11ASrHrne8hbN09yaIPuoGeM_ccU-es-buS70xJB_b/s2335/9C7CA4DC-0B30-4A73-BD17-ACA4CAE1BE4A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2335" data-original-width="1692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynqc476a9Db6NfWZ_RQ1bT9BmwbajiO2KGTOf56tGQSTgEkhcWasPAFBE35E1CX8OCVZ-ycAjwBA_xKT2jbqATlGohZyGu1aONcozgK47EOl8NIcL0hYJXkh-sF6FlrXSOLxNrm1jBXSKKNXofM11ASrHrne8hbN09yaIPuoGeM_ccU-es-buS70xJB_b/w464-h640/9C7CA4DC-0B30-4A73-BD17-ACA4CAE1BE4A.jpeg" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">If I had two mothers-in-law, it stands to reason I have two fathers-in-law.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The one above? Phil? Since his younger years has always wanted to be the piano player in a whorehouse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">GEEZ LOUISE!! </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> I didn't even know he played the piano!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The one below (on the right) his name is Richard Stone (so is his son, my husband), well his dream is to be a wine taster or the center for the Lakers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The guy next to him is Mike, one of my favorite brothers-in-law, who is still to this day, 22 years later, trying to live his life-long dream of being a professional recreationalist. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikte-QXCmKTBEiwPmHvc9bafwTaGqIprX7Z93fbm3EZmf0hNPNxPUL7HgWL3Z15m-fkdF59oTNyE_K4Ub6oOf68n1NhJbi2DzpVpDpFHLQn9EVwkCytdxfrwTVRCUJom7oioLujDRpmpDXdrJbIXjm8vhd1VkGIQGwgGGuBtdiKH0BJDSdecee0M148RkU/s2407/B0C8D17A-4D04-491A-97A3-03F558F94DB3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2407" data-original-width="2362" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikte-QXCmKTBEiwPmHvc9bafwTaGqIprX7Z93fbm3EZmf0hNPNxPUL7HgWL3Z15m-fkdF59oTNyE_K4Ub6oOf68n1NhJbi2DzpVpDpFHLQn9EVwkCytdxfrwTVRCUJom7oioLujDRpmpDXdrJbIXjm8vhd1VkGIQGwgGGuBtdiKH0BJDSdecee0M148RkU/w628-h640/B0C8D17A-4D04-491A-97A3-03F558F94DB3.jpeg" width="628" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Below--</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is Barb again, singer or Safeway checker? You be the judge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Another of my favorite brothers-in-law, Greg, who has always wanted (every since I've known him, 46 years) to be a professional chef.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">And me-- a columnist. OR a cultural sociologist/anthropologist/</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">archeologist. My dream job. </span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1S42-pHt_1Lj70A8mJw3WRlVViFCWdQP9adgPF44KzKkGhsNTLJJJo4CyWHFbdJm9FJPd3RkvURBan3AMMuOMGRoAHNI7uT60iqu2ClrJ1KATpPutLFKOgFiV90VIolaD2wC4aiL0tu9ScBFcRAieedUBFI1g34bliWzkMCRVqxW4bbUOwa4uOMG5eA57/s3024/B711D323-F4FA-4212-8780-2C58C6873699.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2103" data-original-width="3024" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1S42-pHt_1Lj70A8mJw3WRlVViFCWdQP9adgPF44KzKkGhsNTLJJJo4CyWHFbdJm9FJPd3RkvURBan3AMMuOMGRoAHNI7uT60iqu2ClrJ1KATpPutLFKOgFiV90VIolaD2wC4aiL0tu9ScBFcRAieedUBFI1g34bliWzkMCRVqxW4bbUOwa4uOMG5eA57/w640-h446/B711D323-F4FA-4212-8780-2C58C6873699.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">and last of the photos but never the friends--</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">John and Robbie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">She always wanted to be a famous painter or sculptor. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">John's dream job would be to be a lawyer--another a-hole. (His words, not mine) (I did say that maybe alcohol was consumed?)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAS_3BZLM6lxvtDjFGOUFGiVRcdweWqP73SzsYSVY5Reyg36vxIEJUji3Ov4ShBvzjITtOyCoZcLKFcpOA6BfVDSRSHHOy0hP19qvlK74RfsUPfLP0ZNjpnqFMN5f8OLjlsmQ-9fcDEQfqdTowDy3NOmIK9l7DpRZkG5NSAmkwnKNzIjTWELz7LBWATQ-/s2280/CA9BD854-FF40-4B58-9961-62D12407743C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2280" data-original-width="1795" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAS_3BZLM6lxvtDjFGOUFGiVRcdweWqP73SzsYSVY5Reyg36vxIEJUji3Ov4ShBvzjITtOyCoZcLKFcpOA6BfVDSRSHHOy0hP19qvlK74RfsUPfLP0ZNjpnqFMN5f8OLjlsmQ-9fcDEQfqdTowDy3NOmIK9l7DpRZkG5NSAmkwnKNzIjTWELz7LBWATQ-/w504-h640/CA9BD854-FF40-4B58-9961-62D12407743C.jpeg" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Again, not room for photos of everyone, but dream jobs?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Here you go:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Leslie--a singer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Don--pro basketball player</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Ashley--worker at Disneyland</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">April--Cruise Director</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Mom B (my other mother-in-law) wants to be a </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">CSI.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">My mom--to work in a baby </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">nursery.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">My dad-- PI (</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">he said he's too old to dream.</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">He was a private investigator at this time</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">David-- a sports physician</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Charmie-- another CSI</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Jeff--audio engineer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Marisol--teacher</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Michael--a DJ</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Doug and Rich?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">one a playboy photographer and one a p--n star.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">You decide.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">And two of my children</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Luke (who was 21 at the time) wants to grow up to win the megabucks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Dustin (whose graduation we were all celebrating--with alcohol, did I mention that?) wants to inherit the Dry Cleaners!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">(we owned one at the time)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">There were more people at the party, but I started late, so only the hangers on got to tell me their dream job.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, friends, </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">My friends! This is recipe #341</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">out of 361 (I'm 99% sure I have all the math down pat now) (it would have helped if I had gone in a linier progression instead of jumping all over the place)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2023 will be the year!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Although I'm slow going) (soooo slow)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then what will I do?</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-8989078782274789192023-10-06T11:45:00.002-07:002023-10-06T11:45:49.243-07:00Friday friend recipes number 339 and 340<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqFPcU6D0mA13zLW5BjvFmwwieJovvI5u7lnqpRuwvINlx504wZt_U1WKAGoPMaSt7larp41g0vQ1UpanGPyqLGb6I8d1f2HPPnfgiQR8asNr5SbHmI1YjLYrzDPqSTRtqAYICaBgzr6rN8TjwBnz9Qyql62jkV2LaUOps0izHgQIFvBJBKCVx3mDbLA/s4032/49619E56-6010-4445-A21B-CC4C8E97C22C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>...and the rest is cookbook history!</i></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><i></i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Just remember, the countdown is not all about pretty food and food design---it's about the people and the stories.</span></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">And (the most important thing) proving my husband wrong--and that I </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">can and WILL</b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> make every recipe in this </span></span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>cookbook.</i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Which brings me to recipes #339 and #340</span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Ashley's Pecan Tartlets and Chicken Piccatta</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XZJQ_ypAsVxquhscC515u9pYvbPQUtj7fP8h435h0xpn47njqGl4hibDhYUAkqwCnHmYyt7CikrQl9aYEpUPWp24lpwpyjzYS9NLoCHDRC-6UIBmgX01anfuqM6DRT_933JeAG1r3Dk_SP0s-uvbgWWXA54_Zc9a6A4xlblmPPjICRI5R4doACOObQ/s4032/CE971F13-53FC-4406-A3CB-1254578F2C38.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XZJQ_ypAsVxquhscC515u9pYvbPQUtj7fP8h435h0xpn47njqGl4hibDhYUAkqwCnHmYyt7CikrQl9aYEpUPWp24lpwpyjzYS9NLoCHDRC-6UIBmgX01anfuqM6DRT_933JeAG1r3Dk_SP0s-uvbgWWXA54_Zc9a6A4xlblmPPjICRI5R4doACOObQ/w480-h640/CE971F13-53FC-4406-A3CB-1254578F2C38.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNdCVn9471x7WNPG1H9y1ok9zToJQM8zKlQabsLgfiTG5Y1udLSCAdq0OB09u3k65lKhtgesg-ed_9w1gkasGr3AxzODnh_UKGOtCwYFGD9dOLooP9C3XDFGAAbipMUKBbXbInrFCPTlrg2l4Si5hr3Kundgwki00AwRvBG8Uov3C6MJtI5Wm7qylu0rn/s1757/ashley%20picatta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1757" data-original-width="836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNdCVn9471x7WNPG1H9y1ok9zToJQM8zKlQabsLgfiTG5Y1udLSCAdq0OB09u3k65lKhtgesg-ed_9w1gkasGr3AxzODnh_UKGOtCwYFGD9dOLooP9C3XDFGAAbipMUKBbXbInrFCPTlrg2l4Si5hr3Kundgwki00AwRvBG8Uov3C6MJtI5Wm7qylu0rn/w304-h640/ashley%20picatta.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's like a slice of pecan pie you can just pop in your mouth!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yummy!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vuwyB9Pg_Lg9mvN4l0HJNdhinqxjPreS7x1IBfvm0nAr80le5_yVgyAC9v2ogKug2FfcLQ3f7xoPf9TxKFPSoWpLBB5NFSHmQLByiDEi_BFaDDTGgEdetT0_cpzXbgfcYavMhLBipf0Jhv_iUBHPAIsnVyCjtxb7TBs1K0S4wmEd6BGghg3zGV30_Q/s4032/EE053939-820F-4F61-AA8C-1A602C0E6240.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really would not make it as a food photographer. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">White on white on white?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is really good! I like artichokes and capers. Oh, and chicken. I like chicken---it comes out so moist in this recipe. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1SwPSypb8EVv6t0Jy4eNqXQ45y0yXDkO1mtFoGuU0jegCHf1I5MuNLrYGriZybfFM6_sgZlc4wY4rw6TEwZiZ7UpUWtgqmO8H7x_9hONN7d_ElMTdjY2kuVw7GszClmU1_OjisfJeI_SVl94pu2D8ZAv7nYJNiU1ik3pMQwmPFSoiyFyVgFp9dgKsA/s3209/0CD74B43-03AD-46BF-A6F1-4C2E398AE50E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3209" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1SwPSypb8EVv6t0Jy4eNqXQ45y0yXDkO1mtFoGuU0jegCHf1I5MuNLrYGriZybfFM6_sgZlc4wY4rw6TEwZiZ7UpUWtgqmO8H7x_9hONN7d_ElMTdjY2kuVw7GszClmU1_OjisfJeI_SVl94pu2D8ZAv7nYJNiU1ik3pMQwmPFSoiyFyVgFp9dgKsA/w604-h640/0CD74B43-03AD-46BF-A6F1-4C2E398AE50E.jpeg" width="604" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVDybfAQ3JCHtFP2nWS7qhs7LA2TRKQYaiCWR1bEgwpCyXP_27K9b69ndTk8iWH5H4YBUaCvS9PO_K3xIPWie45aapwBD9gG6vBvt1yYqvWVKx40m2evc6-1ca3u6oFKVII9i-F4DKgQl1LzzZTCa-pILBLJX06fyfMjuYQXkgwiPIz9pgHrmQAtgrQ/s4032/DF962834-8A81-4BA1-97AA-F9334313C0BD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVDybfAQ3JCHtFP2nWS7qhs7LA2TRKQYaiCWR1bEgwpCyXP_27K9b69ndTk8iWH5H4YBUaCvS9PO_K3xIPWie45aapwBD9gG6vBvt1yYqvWVKx40m2evc6-1ca3u6oFKVII9i-F4DKgQl1LzzZTCa-pILBLJX06fyfMjuYQXkgwiPIz9pgHrmQAtgrQ/w480-h640/DF962834-8A81-4BA1-97AA-F9334313C0BD.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And this brings me to the end of Ashley--her recipes anyway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe I'm going so slow at the end of this cookbook countdown because it feels like I am saying goodbye to my friends. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(yes I am sentimental)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(yes I know I can just call and see her anytime)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(but this is different 😉)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJwaLPV9OVKcjt-FvRUzlai3QtUNEaFaFsbkhrQRn7HWM9yKqne6nCQvj7qSVjEZ1ACiK6f6t8n8iS5NWHZIYu5P3xUJhdJTsI3p-oZu5EYARqC7_3OX-BVRwx1hJbOlaOu71yHoqUOcz_oiO_pqSYqK4z_QqhaHrnxxUeQREVug2JSa4cV22DVnKT8nR/s960/ashley%20ms6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJwaLPV9OVKcjt-FvRUzlai3QtUNEaFaFsbkhrQRn7HWM9yKqne6nCQvj7qSVjEZ1ACiK6f6t8n8iS5NWHZIYu5P3xUJhdJTsI3p-oZu5EYARqC7_3OX-BVRwx1hJbOlaOu71yHoqUOcz_oiO_pqSYqK4z_QqhaHrnxxUeQREVug2JSa4cV22DVnKT8nR/w480-h640/ashley%20ms6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ashley.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She likes all things Disney.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She likes baseball (specifically the San Francisco Giants)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She likes snowmen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She likes to cook.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She owns a few restaurants. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngj8-pW-YacrpmT40mJKIDITPg2QNWi6cjT-3rPyfowbtgfzB4EynXSbkf3ixZgOi_cukEnmrd4hsTXKuU-nLDrAMv1c-Am8v5oNzq-Hr81xt26hinbdeFNGxQI_n-9hfq8t0mYk6mnYtdGalmQw9RBKrKy5G49-SR5d097pQX9TwPvVXo97VziJzYSNg/s720/ashley%20last.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngj8-pW-YacrpmT40mJKIDITPg2QNWi6cjT-3rPyfowbtgfzB4EynXSbkf3ixZgOi_cukEnmrd4hsTXKuU-nLDrAMv1c-Am8v5oNzq-Hr81xt26hinbdeFNGxQI_n-9hfq8t0mYk6mnYtdGalmQw9RBKrKy5G49-SR5d097pQX9TwPvVXo97VziJzYSNg/w640-h640/ashley%20last.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of their restaurants, at the Griddle, the restaurant in Winnemucca (well, they are all named The Griddle--they just have 4 or 5 of them in different cities) I do love the meatloaf sandwich. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why am I randomly talking about meatloaf all of the sudden?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because I found this conversation from an old Friday Friend Forum folder. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOE6rHq-yoKF1-C2XPdsgQqlOuE9QEO3JvPzDZ0uDA7a6S-r7e2N7aVBabgr8AFLADBCaJZ3nqhpK0yg0evr39pRECnpx0Ilc_23BC9_zUcsWRMBKZvIhHLu5n7nLziVe1jmnylPFzoyk2PXnaUb42PpYL14GaKkpmCQOBfkd8wWrkyR4qsDCURMh9XWyK/s1675/ashley%20meatloaf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="1675" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOE6rHq-yoKF1-C2XPdsgQqlOuE9QEO3JvPzDZ0uDA7a6S-r7e2N7aVBabgr8AFLADBCaJZ3nqhpK0yg0evr39pRECnpx0Ilc_23BC9_zUcsWRMBKZvIhHLu5n7nLziVe1jmnylPFzoyk2PXnaUb42PpYL14GaKkpmCQOBfkd8wWrkyR4qsDCURMh9XWyK/w640-h150/ashley%20meatloaf.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Mmmmm-- it really is good on grilled sourdough with grilled onions and jack cheese. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can see all her recipes in the Friday Friend Cookbook countdown, <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Ashley%20Ferguson" target="_blank">right here. Just click.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's kind of fun to go back and see what all everyone made. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goodbye</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> my friend!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(at least in this cookbook world)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4y82s-B4QfG-m-OvJDa8oGBTW2uP3y4fX5RXyIru8LREHkEPWtIeVWANKBUivuqna05-Ro0JH0gZYl31ddhXN6qicokHEkUfN8XZOO1vVWV37OceXquxqD7Jo5i92U9ujXGKvOcC-mCUdxXfbhm0rUj5ODE43hw8i0fJ1N5M5fMHxDSqOsnag6vgp_JkV/s960/ashly%20last.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4y82s-B4QfG-m-OvJDa8oGBTW2uP3y4fX5RXyIru8LREHkEPWtIeVWANKBUivuqna05-Ro0JH0gZYl31ddhXN6qicokHEkUfN8XZOO1vVWV37OceXquxqD7Jo5i92U9ujXGKvOcC-mCUdxXfbhm0rUj5ODE43hw8i0fJ1N5M5fMHxDSqOsnag6vgp_JkV/w480-h640/ashly%20last.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">So, friends, </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">My friends! These are recipes #339 and 340</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">out of 361 (I'm 99% sure I have all the math down pat now)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2023 will be the year!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Although I'm slow going)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then what will I do?</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-48552513020372766152023-07-11T14:38:00.000-07:002023-07-11T14:38:59.991-07:00Friday Friend Recipe #338-Nicole's colorful spaghetti sauce<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhrSYeFwnGz51zZk6B8mA-bw8vTu3q_Vw7qskrSzNxJBcTSGbm5SO5sX3SAmnENfJY6BuwGeSHndOeFkFzVkJahK_iFTGSP4pK216oVL-iTo7SMdUlal-RefToOh1LjPaxi42pghmCrkZRauRuAsiCqQcKGiaoMV5S6Rj4Bi0dcoSIphHz3VzcSuF9g/s2016/ff%20cookbook%20nicole.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhrSYeFwnGz51zZk6B8mA-bw8vTu3q_Vw7qskrSzNxJBcTSGbm5SO5sX3SAmnENfJY6BuwGeSHndOeFkFzVkJahK_iFTGSP4pK216oVL-iTo7SMdUlal-RefToOh1LjPaxi42pghmCrkZRauRuAsiCqQcKGiaoMV5S6Rj4Bi0dcoSIphHz3VzcSuF9g/w480-h640/ff%20cookbook%20nicole.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Making my way thru my </span><a href="http://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Friday%20Friend%20Cookbook" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black;">Friday Friend Cookbook</span></a><span style="color: black;">, one recipe at a time.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">What is the Friday Friend cookbook? </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">I once had about 50 of my closest friends and family </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;">(from all over the county)</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"> on an e-mail forum which I called the Friday Friends. At first, most of them didn't know each other, (they knew me) but over the past 21 years, we've answered and shared silly--and serious---questions, exchanged Secret Santa Christmas gifts, had a dieting contest in which we paid a $1 a week and that money went to a scholarship fund for a Friday Friends son's memorial scholarship, and we went on a great vacation for my 52 birthday.</span></span><i style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px;"> (plus so much more....)</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">The Handyman--who thinks he knows me better than I know myself (</span></span><i style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px;">this happened to be a question on the Friday Friend forum once---does your spouse/partner know you better than you know </i><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><i>yourself? Said</i></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">, "you'll never, EVER do that."</span></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;">WELL---maybe I'll show him! Maybe I will.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; 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font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Nicole's </b></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Colorful Spaghetti</b></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Spaghetti Sauce #24</b></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As the Handyman says: we've tried a lot of different spaghetti sauces. Does he have a favorite so far? Yes, he does. But I'll wait till the end to tell you which one it is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's hard to narrow it down to one tho---because they are all spooned over (Or mixed in with) pasta and there is no going wrong with that combination.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This recipe seemed a little different from the others, but it was really good. IF you like peppers.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUp0nVygfBRHZVeicvjD-H1-3ANKSiboJ2kDXm1qJbU3LzOe18Z2dEKminrz2OO-eRnd82Vl5SFL6kZLVYcpifio84Twrbuf2fxqJgpEC4CgZHgSM2AExvZTmoP-psfDcVBWRXljn2tqGfz779_bYHJQfr-ffbbtrRN1j-5m0HEF9aOOwE8R2Z1QExw/s2016/ff%20cookbook%20nicole5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUp0nVygfBRHZVeicvjD-H1-3ANKSiboJ2kDXm1qJbU3LzOe18Z2dEKminrz2OO-eRnd82Vl5SFL6kZLVYcpifio84Twrbuf2fxqJgpEC4CgZHgSM2AExvZTmoP-psfDcVBWRXljn2tqGfz779_bYHJQfr-ffbbtrRN1j-5m0HEF9aOOwE8R2Z1QExw/w480-h640/ff%20cookbook%20nicole5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdS9nBDR2VQjqLh7ol_iaG9icq1Vtn3d9w4GXiuNOJ_cmfOylWxvRQcHb17ugS4bC0QzSeTGfhO9M3woZk5fx59hooLJ8Q8oee4z9_5MHA8LZeRabTyoOnyPMk1Upd7N_zUoKRlemH58u0DyOT_RBy6f75pw8OSrGLd481O5ivj81F5l28woNE7jzFA/s2016/ff%20cookbook%20nicole3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdS9nBDR2VQjqLh7ol_iaG9icq1Vtn3d9w4GXiuNOJ_cmfOylWxvRQcHb17ugS4bC0QzSeTGfhO9M3woZk5fx59hooLJ8Q8oee4z9_5MHA8LZeRabTyoOnyPMk1Upd7N_zUoKRlemH58u0DyOT_RBy6f75pw8OSrGLd481O5ivj81F5l28woNE7jzFA/w480-h640/ff%20cookbook%20nicole3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q7nNwyM5InB_SDf9ux4lWoni829r7Lqjcap17qjeLhm9cYfVTUbEDf-RGW0JmlYv4uuSbj9shSafpjP4JhG4xZRlESwq4FoBQg7JSsvs2wE8KHfUjqbj4ShGSUlSN7OJf7YGUff2uQ1Bia30BkV5Gv6se3_zMWXO6w-lifrb2qxPqQRC4LfP4Nxnww/s2016/ff%20cookbook%20nicole2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q7nNwyM5InB_SDf9ux4lWoni829r7Lqjcap17qjeLhm9cYfVTUbEDf-RGW0JmlYv4uuSbj9shSafpjP4JhG4xZRlESwq4FoBQg7JSsvs2wE8KHfUjqbj4ShGSUlSN7OJf7YGUff2uQ1Bia30BkV5Gv6se3_zMWXO6w-lifrb2qxPqQRC4LfP4Nxnww/w480-h640/ff%20cookbook%20nicole2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And this brings me to the last of my friend Nicole's recipes for the Friday Friend Cookbook.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She only turned in 2.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can see her other one here: <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Nicole" target="_blank">Just click right here.</a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On to a Nicole story. (Nicole and her son Ian with our friend Betty. You might recognize Betty from being in some of Ashley's recipe posts. You can see them here--again<a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Ashley%20Ferguson" target="_blank"> just click right here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Betty never sent in her own recipes, and she is a wonderful cook. Oh well, what's a girl to do?)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So here we have Nicole and her son Ian and Betty. It is an early 7:30am, cold November morning, getting ready for the Turkey Trot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We all did it, every Thanksgiving. It's a good way to begin the day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nicole and Betty also helped at the registration desk. This might have been the first Winnemucca Turkey Trot ever.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdAmqimF1Bxw2YjZLuBasGwduRkI_ueP_VsjS8-FTE07GkvdV-5qZkd16TEruJ8feWZj0kZIgawtNNZgZU0iTEr7WM_e0GmU2xq6ie2-_mmkv-jHo3_2uZkdXyx6ZTJxuPbNjaERp6f6rxIKsCtnQBFQcZ_z0PbClMb26bg_Jy6nHZU_pXWwRpunmUtYB/s960/nicole%20photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdAmqimF1Bxw2YjZLuBasGwduRkI_ueP_VsjS8-FTE07GkvdV-5qZkd16TEruJ8feWZj0kZIgawtNNZgZU0iTEr7WM_e0GmU2xq6ie2-_mmkv-jHo3_2uZkdXyx6ZTJxuPbNjaERp6f6rxIKsCtnQBFQcZ_z0PbClMb26bg_Jy6nHZU_pXWwRpunmUtYB/w480-h640/nicole%20photo.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nicole has always been involved in Health You programs. And then COVID hit and she ended up being hired by the county to keep all the stats on every COVID related. Every. Single stat. That you could every think of.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the past couple of years, my friend has been dealing with some of her own health issues and keeps a lower profile. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But before that she was involved in many of the 5k's for non-profits around the area.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Turkey Trot was for Alzheimer's.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She helped with Color the Mucc (a color run), which raised funds for a high school scholarship program. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And the Lorena Smith Bengoa "Run, Ride or Walk for the cure" (a local cancer foundation)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPz-7E361Di58OdTNLRXQVfE3xBiJejQi5jAdMtPJKGR2DwI8K0JtgrxYnVbIiCsb7pquHPTLfZYHVPSDl5LXRQ7wp5swQwUeNa90TUHE7GgV2qB1OJdfL7U7OpE_ulOIysuXoskyzfBk4RTY4VidX1wS1uiBfZA5X5po1kI0tCHPaeK1MKXYddlWYCDh/s768/Lorena%20Bengoa%20Run-Walk%20024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPz-7E361Di58OdTNLRXQVfE3xBiJejQi5jAdMtPJKGR2DwI8K0JtgrxYnVbIiCsb7pquHPTLfZYHVPSDl5LXRQ7wp5swQwUeNa90TUHE7GgV2qB1OJdfL7U7OpE_ulOIysuXoskyzfBk4RTY4VidX1wS1uiBfZA5X5po1kI0tCHPaeK1MKXYddlWYCDh/w480-h640/Lorena%20Bengoa%20Run-Walk%20024.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRthLXLgCeF3w2_k6MEYn5Bk7Tf8PzzADjXN9nFFxBrtXP1BeODX9ccLp5i68PiFO_mOT0Fyh6Zvvl-Y99_I8dLw3qG-WCqX7pFuGelF0UTbuWkVYfBsSXLG45HzJspIkFwOyGBLvDByNciSTYM05jwzamGIV0cpT_rdVUbrMspl93cod1nHhe0GJw6Vb/s1024/Nicolel%20Maher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRthLXLgCeF3w2_k6MEYn5Bk7Tf8PzzADjXN9nFFxBrtXP1BeODX9ccLp5i68PiFO_mOT0Fyh6Zvvl-Y99_I8dLw3qG-WCqX7pFuGelF0UTbuWkVYfBsSXLG45HzJspIkFwOyGBLvDByNciSTYM05jwzamGIV0cpT_rdVUbrMspl93cod1nHhe0GJw6Vb/w640-h480/Nicolel%20Maher.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I don't have many photos of Nicole at the races but this one <span style="text-align: left;">above.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">was taken at the Lorena Bengo race in 2014.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">People who participated in the race?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My daughter-in-law Jessica, my friend Robbie Milton (she her posts here. <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Robbie" target="_blank">Just click</a>) and her son's partner, Tami.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lovely ladies all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlQSBv3XQXbMbQCAb9TR7SVjuVMVINCWsRc3M2ScxD1KT7r0MACtyYg8hWoZwgvdJRWGFncoYk-EJ2OoEOclLLLaEONZZHkXpAffcDl2I2nHgn3BKfb5xPIwqMfVaedAX07rYVwZjcLdX-ahjCXo6YOBxTnrFFRHXFfjW9D-QxWknz7CtVaKPXBFLLZ5K/s737/Lorena%20Bengoa%20Run-Walk%20007%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="737" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlQSBv3XQXbMbQCAb9TR7SVjuVMVINCWsRc3M2ScxD1KT7r0MACtyYg8hWoZwgvdJRWGFncoYk-EJ2OoEOclLLLaEONZZHkXpAffcDl2I2nHgn3BKfb5xPIwqMfVaedAX07rYVwZjcLdX-ahjCXo6YOBxTnrFFRHXFfjW9D-QxWknz7CtVaKPXBFLLZ5K/w640-h534/Lorena%20Bengoa%20Run-Walk%20007%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And look! Once again, Betty sneaks in!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vKlio9_OjbKb90wYNzaicaBOSgwysXy4IRH95vXCW70PSrWYjDM6B5z4jzO5U5VXYT3pfzizcWO8HZMigyulHraIzbc1LPvQPoeo8T8VFiUxllHTWXVG_rHVhmE_AnGBepRH2L9wnywc1rHoPKmFgnSYkGNYdpb-KRB5G5odSKVpGVUtf_NPWznPari7/s677/Lorena%20Bengoa%20Run-Walk%20019%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="677" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vKlio9_OjbKb90wYNzaicaBOSgwysXy4IRH95vXCW70PSrWYjDM6B5z4jzO5U5VXYT3pfzizcWO8HZMigyulHraIzbc1LPvQPoeo8T8VFiUxllHTWXVG_rHVhmE_AnGBepRH2L9wnywc1rHoPKmFgnSYkGNYdpb-KRB5G5odSKVpGVUtf_NPWznPari7/w640-h592/Lorena%20Bengoa%20Run-Walk%20019%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I miss my friend Nicole's sweet face.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'll have to suffice by eating her cookies and making her spaghetti. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And then this is it for Nicole. No more recipes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As I told her a few posts earlier, it's sad to say goodbye. (to my friends in this format. 😏)</span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, friends, </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">My friends! This is recipe, #338</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">out of 361 (I'm 99% sure I have all the math down pat now)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2023 will be the year!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Although I'm slow going)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then what will I do?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-82634880726951416382023-06-05T10:36:00.000-07:002023-06-05T10:36:09.864-07:00Friday friend recipe number 336 and 337, MEGAN’s chicken, saltimbocca and baked zucchini<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdU8wM3faULUc7TylnNOWiYMcOsorJax6YmGTkEQwW0t529wQ6_6ELSYt151Y8meTvqOvoAcJnBW9pIvI-HSJ6qRdhfRXapRAZEIWeYIhxv773eS5xD7hcUQmzst6OSqPnvMWM35KzWEqxzXXlOuk9UYdBdE3g-UR5bZbTE9YBmZ3ojxtv1iqaywvjw/s4032/92267FED-7971-4AAD-8C9F-F91F8FE043D7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdU8wM3faULUc7TylnNOWiYMcOsorJax6YmGTkEQwW0t529wQ6_6ELSYt151Y8meTvqOvoAcJnBW9pIvI-HSJ6qRdhfRXapRAZEIWeYIhxv773eS5xD7hcUQmzst6OSqPnvMWM35KzWEqxzXXlOuk9UYdBdE3g-UR5bZbTE9YBmZ3ojxtv1iqaywvjw/w480-h640/92267FED-7971-4AAD-8C9F-F91F8FE043D7.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I must get this done! At least to prove something to myself if not the Handyman...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">because...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">...about 22 years ago, 50 of my closest friends and family, who had been on an</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> e-mail forum with me, sent in recipes in different categories and we compiled a cookbook.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I decided to count those down!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why?</span></span></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">because one night I was looking thru the cookbook and I said, "I should make every recipe in here for my blog."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Handyman/Mayor, who thinks he knows me better than I know myself, said "you'll never EVER do that."</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, maybe I will! Maybe I'll show him!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Which brings us to one of my favorite sisters-in-law, Meghan Stone's Baked Zucchini and Chicken Saltimbocca </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5_PX3HEogQodJUzSooNw3oeVZ41zaOPqw4YXQndT8iM4Wcht9o1C5gZFPQfjg2Itsjv_7EnxDbV17VpDDUfFeN0pGOORUyBm3zm5vduHHEd8YnLW7iZ-kHChcRzFxWIzaAucoMxh-wzGV3AaBbqOAasfWg-nB8LZ1nBBu6PDXF_oOPDIwWzjSIynqg/s4032/AF986CDD-4922-437D-8305-8C01531BFE75.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5_PX3HEogQodJUzSooNw3oeVZ41zaOPqw4YXQndT8iM4Wcht9o1C5gZFPQfjg2Itsjv_7EnxDbV17VpDDUfFeN0pGOORUyBm3zm5vduHHEd8YnLW7iZ-kHChcRzFxWIzaAucoMxh-wzGV3AaBbqOAasfWg-nB8LZ1nBBu6PDXF_oOPDIwWzjSIynqg/w480-h640/AF986CDD-4922-437D-8305-8C01531BFE75.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">These were both really great. My photos are not.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a class="l_ecrd_txt_lnk b_ignbt l_ecrd_txt_hover l_ecrd_hovblk_6_8 l_ecrd_hov_hitbox" h="ID=SERP,5695.1" hover-data="-" href="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=f3ac5d20304306dfJmltdHM9MTY4MjcyNjQwMCZpZ3VpZD0zMDg0ZTg1NS0zNDc0LTY5YjYtM2YwYS1mYWE2MzUxYjY4N2QmaW5zaWQ9NTY5NQ&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=3084e855-3474-69b6-3f0a-faa6351b687d&psq=chicken+saltimbocca+ina+garten&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVsdWN0YW50Z291cm1ldC5jb20vdmVhbC1zYWx0aW1ib2NjYS1yZWNpcGUvIzp-OnRleHQ9U2FsdGltYm9jY2ElMjBpcyUyMGElMjB0cmFkaXRpb25hbCUyMEl0YWxpYW4lMjBkaXNo&ntb=1" style="background-color: #f4f1ef; display: inline; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><p style="-webkit-line-clamp: initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; display: inline; line-height: 22px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="l_ecrd_txt_pln"><span style="color: #444444;">Saltimbocca is a traditional</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="l_ecrd_txt_hlt l_ecrd_txt_nound" style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: black;">Italian dish</span></span><span class="l_ecrd_txt_pln" style="color: #444444;"> that dates back to ancient Rome. The name saltimbocca literally means </span><span style="color: black;"><span class="l_ecrd_txt_pln">"</span><span class="l_ecrd_txt_hlt l_ecrd_txt_nound" style="line-height: 24px;">jump in the mouth</span><span class="l_ecrd_txt_pln">"</span></span><span class="l_ecrd_txt_pln" style="color: #444444;"> in Italian, which is fitting given its delicious flavor.</span></span></p></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So in other words, don't be swayed by my photos of the saltimbocca--just make it and taste it. It will jump in your mouth!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmC9mNCm812an2x_6UBtT7MmI1URIBtmbNUV1JZamUfnVP3DgflUUXwaYkrWp-rPDztkh8savSw7zJyYYCGOgyRdNa9j8c7mt2HkKhqATwoQX-kZbsnkxns39rigQCfRUsy-SG0ULs-jp-Z1VFGu73lDZNYSUojto_0PqrG4ZRZYby1EoJts5p09QDWA/s4032/9425355E-413B-466C-A154-3EFC320B17EB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmC9mNCm812an2x_6UBtT7MmI1URIBtmbNUV1JZamUfnVP3DgflUUXwaYkrWp-rPDztkh8savSw7zJyYYCGOgyRdNa9j8c7mt2HkKhqATwoQX-kZbsnkxns39rigQCfRUsy-SG0ULs-jp-Z1VFGu73lDZNYSUojto_0PqrG4ZRZYby1EoJts5p09QDWA/w480-h640/9425355E-413B-466C-A154-3EFC320B17EB.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaoxIqhp9-kAJK3KDDL3tV6T0f8qM4pvEIf4_ypyC-0boMvLIOTxPmqzZe1fU96QvJyffwpwbRTQ-0wjaNkvraJDmyNPjbLLGoOtCxX4E4H9N2gsxxXXteNlz0iv3JB3yA3O4smi_ggvN3gdE4MY8wKNt7GRQMjrpQ-O0L8I4cuTD1mQ0aDu_MGRngg/w480-h640/1BE311DD-CD18-42F6-96A3-91C7388F2DF5.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And again-- since I am getting closer to the end, these are the last recipes of Meghan's that I'll be posting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We're saying goodbye.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">(</span><i><span style="font-size: large;">the Handyman just walked by, and I said (</span><span style="font-size: medium;">with tears in my eyes) --</span><span style="font-size: large;">we're saying goodbye to Meghan now and he said WHY? I said--it's her last recipes in the FF Cookbook.)</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the Handyman's youngest brother Mike and his beautiful wife Meghan.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4CEvtPvY-LKChss6h0jRtgIZRDXogzFfBcJQmf6rJ-6PgGLCeBZ00v1JnCJ2vw70CszStVeJRFOGxLoYDEYtx7W2sUxdLygogf2qtCHapNrQpTcTz3eRgGWUpuRC4qYDoAjw3tg4LOHj-wsN_jw3qqvC5VD9JOoVpDMsUbe2HgepmJn5fCsvCLTAeQ/s1280/ff%20cookbook%20meghan1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1280" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4CEvtPvY-LKChss6h0jRtgIZRDXogzFfBcJQmf6rJ-6PgGLCeBZ00v1JnCJ2vw70CszStVeJRFOGxLoYDEYtx7W2sUxdLygogf2qtCHapNrQpTcTz3eRgGWUpuRC4qYDoAjw3tg4LOHj-wsN_jw3qqvC5VD9JOoVpDMsUbe2HgepmJn5fCsvCLTAeQ/w640-h626/ff%20cookbook%20meghan1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQ01qMvxWTPEIiBe_2ceWWgZTfBMwu3vX5YBvHo2fU7yLXBMU-OfzqnvUDl3oARXpDL-d-bd3nvRMm3qJRiwaO_DVzwkMpF0omzjSCPs7cT7Vy03acXoNUjKuOfpCoVBYGaiOUdCg78sj2Kh8tvgGeOxantYaN0NlR6NsJpiHi96uD-Tn0dpQrxUHEQ/s1280/ff%20cookbook%20meghan2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="986" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQ01qMvxWTPEIiBe_2ceWWgZTfBMwu3vX5YBvHo2fU7yLXBMU-OfzqnvUDl3oARXpDL-d-bd3nvRMm3qJRiwaO_DVzwkMpF0omzjSCPs7cT7Vy03acXoNUjKuOfpCoVBYGaiOUdCg78sj2Kh8tvgGeOxantYaN0NlR6NsJpiHi96uD-Tn0dpQrxUHEQ/w494-h640/ff%20cookbook%20meghan2.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The story? Ohhh, the story!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you know I've saved a few answers from the Friday Friend Forum of years ago. (</span><span style="font-size: medium;">some I probably shouldn't share - <b><i>yikes</i></b>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But here I go, giving Meghan's answers to life's pertinent questions.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Once I asked about Homecoming--</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She said: <i>I always liked school dances. Prom. Homecoming, winter formal. The Best Homecoming year was when I was a Pom-Pom girl and there was a flurry of activities and rallies leading up to the big game and dance. I am sure the worst wqas probably my Freshman year--the Jr/Sr Prom. I liked a Junior. He was taking someone else to the dance. He did not know I liked him. Found a friend to let him know and we started dating after that and he was my boyfriend all through high school. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Me: Well, it's a good thing it didn't last past high school--otherwise you'd be with someone else's family!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>And then once I asked about Voodoo. I asked if you could use a Voodoo doll to hurt someone, who would it be?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She said: <i>Voodoo...in reality, no, but in fantasy land, where this question was written...ANYONE who crosses the path of my kids or husband--POKE POKE!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ME: But my favorite answers of hers, were her little quips when I asked a food question. She ran a catering business for quite a few years, and she is great cook, so they always struck me as funny.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I once asked about the famous, legendary, one and only, first and foremost Diner Foods--the open-faced hot roast beef sandwich. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>She said: Not a fan...even au jus. I need a toasty roll, quick dip and shovel it all in. I prefer bread stuffing on the bottom of the roast beef and gravy pile, that I could dig.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Christmas eve dinner, once upon a time.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Meghan: I am making spinach salad, and supposedly in charge of the roast (!!??) My mom is having cracked crab and cold shrimp--with minestrone and spinach salad. I am doing the salad and the minestrone....and maybe the shrimp. So, my mom is doing crab. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Should I just throw this hunk of meat in the crock pot and call it good?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>And on eating alone:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The only time I eat alone is when the kids are at school...a lot of times I don't eat till lunch and then may dine out or grab something (UNHEALTHY) to go.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I'll have the leftovers from the night before for breakfast. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>*******************</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know that wasn't really a Meghan 'story', just great memories for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The way I met her was thru emails. We became fast friends over the internet. LOL And then she became family and then we met in person!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These are some of my favorite people/family members ever. They are adorable. Just look at them!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-nnXOvVjmQdXS-9yGt4YzvPmwfdYpWytvkFkQyo99_HoEGkKb5V6EWIh62vKwu2WhS8KwkTNZsf7_xDUcLeC6Vz9ySdFkqVTZdyMSKAd0vKbnQbEKeeiDBVXZXz3Fh0-pIglPGHH3YEto7ZrX_AtgpS8JXjuq0fWofMb5hNjWsUP812BU5wjf6m90A/s1170/ff%20cookbook%20meghan3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="1170" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-nnXOvVjmQdXS-9yGt4YzvPmwfdYpWytvkFkQyo99_HoEGkKb5V6EWIh62vKwu2WhS8KwkTNZsf7_xDUcLeC6Vz9ySdFkqVTZdyMSKAd0vKbnQbEKeeiDBVXZXz3Fh0-pIglPGHH3YEto7ZrX_AtgpS8JXjuq0fWofMb5hNjWsUP812BU5wjf6m90A/w640-h476/ff%20cookbook%20meghan3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, friends, </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">My friends! These are recipes, #336 and #337</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">out of 361 (I'm 99% sure I have all the math down pat now)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2023 will be the year!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Although I'm slow going)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then what will I do?</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can check out all of Meghan's recipes <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Meghan" target="_blank">here. Just click it.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-85765868818027655692023-04-30T12:57:00.000-07:002023-04-30T12:57:21.405-07:00Friday friend recipe number 335<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirI6Q1F81wT87GBVJkmzOueNn4JnWRAXfxTPBinz08HrW4dgAukFk-7cBBmBQd5l8zQOQn_uM5uahDKWgb67gD98gzhTRicxaLpxT82FG2RBhwFVKL3BTX_h0aOoEqBbT5wtLhZUUMZx7jlpn1t7GPLfvjDoZibCF3mNHwSQDnJ1xD83lSxSGLM0nXg/s4032/ECA37EB6-3509-4C18-AA26-396510DE387C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirI6Q1F81wT87GBVJkmzOueNn4JnWRAXfxTPBinz08HrW4dgAukFk-7cBBmBQd5l8zQOQn_uM5uahDKWgb67gD98gzhTRicxaLpxT82FG2RBhwFVKL3BTX_h0aOoEqBbT5wtLhZUUMZx7jlpn1t7GPLfvjDoZibCF3mNHwSQDnJ1xD83lSxSGLM0nXg/w480-h640/ECA37EB6-3509-4C18-AA26-396510DE387C.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">My Friday Friend Cookbook Countdown #337</span></span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; 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Homemade cookbook, friends contributed, Handyman said I couldn't/wouldn't do it, I'll show him, yadda yadda yadda....</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>...and the rest is cookbook history!</i></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><i></i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Just remember, the countdown is not all about pretty food and food design---it's about the people and the stories.</span></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">And (the most important thing) proving my husband wrong--and that I </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">can and WILL</b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> make every recipe in this </span></span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>cookbook.</i></span></span></div></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have this entered in the FF Cookbook as a dessert. Barbara Brown (the publisher aka typist of the original) entered it as a salad.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You be the judge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Both are yummy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2015/10/friday-friend-recipe-77-pretzel-salad.html" target="_blank">Click here to see her recipe.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is mine:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-6i-bzhPJKs4tVa8x5h3oStDXtWb5SKsMWWmhjmyjAkMnopL6jubD9cKQWEvTlAEg7TzeZB0vLvwzySFpZ50t752FsLaYnlfeCRjgT3DZf--7B1sS0OgZ6kfSWdWy9TncWaCa5rYTqpgJgzGjiECEnXQyeqqxLOpgKyIreLNZvERCyrv34j9Irlp6g/s1629/ff%20cookbook%20sylvia6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1629" data-original-width="1090" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-6i-bzhPJKs4tVa8x5h3oStDXtWb5SKsMWWmhjmyjAkMnopL6jubD9cKQWEvTlAEg7TzeZB0vLvwzySFpZ50t752FsLaYnlfeCRjgT3DZf--7B1sS0OgZ6kfSWdWy9TncWaCa5rYTqpgJgzGjiECEnXQyeqqxLOpgKyIreLNZvERCyrv34j9Irlp6g/w428-h640/ff%20cookbook%20sylvia6.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUk9MxOEff925KjS1sjyBGSd-fuyDY2x2m6qkie3mBlquMJcE_MQ2-3kVpMmG5fazqK-zMYttxs3TY5IyKdqC-gLufTG8xCV_3TCmKxq1RpF1wfw_i2QDX-gSPS470oi6F0rojcnwQcFDJmbkAEMjhikfOtXHk-uqKCM5NG4Nz7T4_-b69UscyZXLCg/s4032/A2C4D243-52D7-417E-817A-B9338BECC737.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUk9MxOEff925KjS1sjyBGSd-fuyDY2x2m6qkie3mBlquMJcE_MQ2-3kVpMmG5fazqK-zMYttxs3TY5IyKdqC-gLufTG8xCV_3TCmKxq1RpF1wfw_i2QDX-gSPS470oi6F0rojcnwQcFDJmbkAEMjhikfOtXHk-uqKCM5NG4Nz7T4_-b69UscyZXLCg/w480-h640/A2C4D243-52D7-417E-817A-B9338BECC737.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you know already, I adore my sisters-in-law. I am lucky that way. Especially since I have a gazillion of them-- or maybe only 13. Seems like a gazillion. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And since this is my recipe, I can 'spotlight' anyone I like, right? (no need to answer, because I'm going to do what I want)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sylvia didn't enter very many recipes in the FF Cookbook, but you can see what she did here. <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Sylvia" target="_blank">Just click.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But since I'm saying "goodbye" to everyone, I thought I'd </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">say,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> so long/farewell to her too. One of my absolute favorite sisters-in-law.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My brother Kevin, Sylvia and my nephews, Jason and Jeff.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They were attending a family reunion on Guam when this photo was taken.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaL841W1lI2s6qFahlQeTjd9UlIx-CVGIMNsHKW1KjBeAP47pbJ4yJu08DkGXKBWaG_TghFlIfaI0p-dz054pdBsAXwsdgmDomx8PJE9fTwHs7v3aVV_5PYwhz0KkghGob9zXI3st055hrcPj2QFEbsMgmr80Hb_rtZC-BJm5WCUom8EGTCVnL2M92gg/s1442/6D66AA5C-1AB0-46C2-9473-3466C2795C6F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaL841W1lI2s6qFahlQeTjd9UlIx-CVGIMNsHKW1KjBeAP47pbJ4yJu08DkGXKBWaG_TghFlIfaI0p-dz054pdBsAXwsdgmDomx8PJE9fTwHs7v3aVV_5PYwhz0KkghGob9zXI3st055hrcPj2QFEbsMgmr80Hb_rtZC-BJm5WCUom8EGTCVnL2M92gg/w520-h640/6D66AA5C-1AB0-46C2-9473-3466C2795C6F.jpeg" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And my funny story?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, I was working in a school library in Los Banos, California and one of the new teachers and I were visiting--he was from Guam--and he asked my sister-in-law's name, I said Sylvia Delgado (her mother was a Fujikawa) and he said, I think I know them. They had a band. Her dad and uncles.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was shocked--and I knew, I just knew he was wrong. I said no, I don't think it's the same family. I had never heard about this musical side of Sylvia's family before, and she had been in our family for about 7 years by then.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I called her later, I found out that they did indeed have a band, and they made an album or two. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Also, she had gone to school with the teacher.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fast forward 15 years and I'm at a funeral in Winnemucca, Nevada and the priest is from Guam (and you know, as common ground for conversation, I say so is my sister-in-law). Well, guess what? Soon the priest is telling me about this band in Guam--the Delgado Brothers. 😊</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7jRXpgfrgY_PIfvkqWhjzb9EZz8xveNY1cqqo-G1rlQQOt1QtDN_8aeMJ6DG6cTLLRQ3vxiv0AZpic4-FMpu8r79gEchwELEFPiiDQEXefNHwbj0EnqmUTHxb_pABOykA0LZT59pGtrqs_LwWgGBYxgUy-sKKcJLLvbjeWJFc_mv4KuYeB2odQnULA/s2016/ff%20cookbook%20sylvia7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7jRXpgfrgY_PIfvkqWhjzb9EZz8xveNY1cqqo-G1rlQQOt1QtDN_8aeMJ6DG6cTLLRQ3vxiv0AZpic4-FMpu8r79gEchwELEFPiiDQEXefNHwbj0EnqmUTHxb_pABOykA0LZT59pGtrqs_LwWgGBYxgUy-sKKcJLLvbjeWJFc_mv4KuYeB2odQnULA/w640-h480/ff%20cookbook%20sylvia7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I asked my sister-in-law if she had a copy of the album. and She sent me this picture. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>from Sylvia:</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">so,</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> this was their first album-Para si Juan. In English, the literal translation for John.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The album was dedicated to their brother John, the first in the family to pass away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My dad is the farthest on the right.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JVZ-m4XlvDWLUkJNNuii_OCy_DsKZsw-jAS7REgmOH_9LBBSA7FeG8nPEYxeC01kk-wa1-er-YJV1v-WGjJm6mkHKMT9WkmC3QT1dT3nssbw58eZ8WCJXnrJsS-MRT-UXpHBO80R5TqMAb1b-49FyuFgGQ9BPK8QPeUap-s1fC5BHMry98dHt0ZdFw/s1280/ff%20cookbook%20sylvia8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JVZ-m4XlvDWLUkJNNuii_OCy_DsKZsw-jAS7REgmOH_9LBBSA7FeG8nPEYxeC01kk-wa1-er-YJV1v-WGjJm6mkHKMT9WkmC3QT1dT3nssbw58eZ8WCJXnrJsS-MRT-UXpHBO80R5TqMAb1b-49FyuFgGQ9BPK8QPeUap-s1fC5BHMry98dHt0ZdFw/w640-h480/ff%20cookbook%20sylvia8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">from the left on the tree: my uncles, Joe, Gus, Tony and in front my uncle Jess.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They got a local sponsor who knew a recording company in the Philippines. So, my parents and aunts and uncles would fly to the Philippines to record. They made two more albums, a Christmas album and another one. I only have this copy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My mother would say "it's a small world" because of the coincidence of me running into the teacher and the priest (<i>that sounds like the start of a joke--a teacher and a priest walked into a bar....</i>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I told her to find that Christmas album, lickedy split! And to tell her boys this story about the band, about this part of their family history before they have to hear it from a teacher and a priest!</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16jYfmRhtvSDSDC7we4Et68xh7gI2O9gFId-nIpIv2T-fJMKVLY3sW-K6N-t2y9Hs8iTPGDyI0gwOfudGWoENcOVhd0FML4cxz1Pa_OgS5sMfqXfLnz0psmLRLEUPZ5jsItnDn8_tKYdBTdGKodn-FeXv-ILUbiVswlctwJeaJHS0L_CP1wmo8UZJ7A/s1539/C0CDE21C-8BA6-4885-8CCE-FCB7C2F3A9DC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16jYfmRhtvSDSDC7we4Et68xh7gI2O9gFId-nIpIv2T-fJMKVLY3sW-K6N-t2y9Hs8iTPGDyI0gwOfudGWoENcOVhd0FML4cxz1Pa_OgS5sMfqXfLnz0psmLRLEUPZ5jsItnDn8_tKYdBTdGKodn-FeXv-ILUbiVswlctwJeaJHS0L_CP1wmo8UZJ7A/w486-h640/C0CDE21C-8BA6-4885-8CCE-FCB7C2F3A9DC.jpeg" width="486" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And that is my Sylvia story.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The end.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because this is goodbye.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, friends, </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">My friends! This is recipe, #335 out of 361 (I'm 99% sure I have all the math down pat now)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2023 will be the year!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Although I'm slow going)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then what will I do?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-53589185502665457682023-02-28T11:02:00.000-08:002023-02-28T11:02:54.273-08:00Friday friend recipes #332, 333, and 334<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7VbfHTbCRgW-njIFTcCueozQrbus_FHOQi1AFVwDiuQYr6F1e5_xFe1QBHbJ8wsLe5_5dMLHLoFlVyS3Hp3d91V_mBkvTr4c-ouDj9aJegK-BewYd5LG-ZPRWguZHRT24R6RZbZKfvrpKkQPUNbiJa7nNsPHLC72ZBfb0YVmfkIkKoblMkw_mJKmUQ/s4032/6817C534-0071-4D01-93DB-857678AEBF88.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7VbfHTbCRgW-njIFTcCueozQrbus_FHOQi1AFVwDiuQYr6F1e5_xFe1QBHbJ8wsLe5_5dMLHLoFlVyS3Hp3d91V_mBkvTr4c-ouDj9aJegK-BewYd5LG-ZPRWguZHRT24R6RZbZKfvrpKkQPUNbiJa7nNsPHLC72ZBfb0YVmfkIkKoblMkw_mJKmUQ/w480-h640/6817C534-0071-4D01-93DB-857678AEBF88.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Making my way thru my </span><a href="http://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Friday%20Friend%20Cookbook" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">Friday Friend Cookbook</span></a><span style="color: black;">, one recipe at a time.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;">(from all over the county)</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"> on an e-mail forum which I called the Friday Friends. At first, most of them didn't know each other, (they knew me) but over the past 21 years, we've answered and shared silly--and serious---questions, exchanged Secret Santa Christmas gifts, had a dieting contest in which we paid a $1 a week and that money went to a scholarship fund for a Friday Friends son's memorial scholarship, and we went on a great vacation for my 52 birthday.</span></span><i style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px;"> (plus so much more....)</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">The Handyman--who thinks he knows me better than I know myself (</span></span><i style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px;">this happened to be a question on the Friday Friend forum once---does your spouse/partner know you better than you know </i><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><i>yourself? Said</i></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">, "you'll never, EVER do that."</span></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;">WELL---maybe I'll show him! 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font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Barb's</b></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> Green Noodles and Veggies</b></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><b>Zucchini</b></span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"> and Hominy</b></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Jumbo Vegetarian Pasta Shells</b></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37ZoKoXWPlrcd6_3JXFUMWA4KZeahVEnnX-D8mqLLOZoQ9wxUHQsvisicw1Ypq0xN_NNljjnxbaUcqCMm4215KJpjBvayLyUhtFqY6aoglMkk28xJvb7xE9MYZVYym-2ZpiJs5SdenqC9a-ugPPKlvglJLWr85gghprSa_FQLet9wj1IAmhwOpjizUw/s4032/AA678B94-C04F-476B-8F99-FF8F292EBDEB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37ZoKoXWPlrcd6_3JXFUMWA4KZeahVEnnX-D8mqLLOZoQ9wxUHQsvisicw1Ypq0xN_NNljjnxbaUcqCMm4215KJpjBvayLyUhtFqY6aoglMkk28xJvb7xE9MYZVYym-2ZpiJs5SdenqC9a-ugPPKlvglJLWr85gghprSa_FQLet9wj1IAmhwOpjizUw/w480-h640/AA678B94-C04F-476B-8F99-FF8F292EBDEB.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I only had parmesan shavings and not anything grated. They were good on this pasta/side dish. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This had an interesting flavor and texture-- green pasta in a velvety butter sauce.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5imPWEZcSlvU4eeddQ8rKCvCZPu5ts3iaZAAbwugd0htwNHLt_QI4kYQ8RN83wq6p1VS6AmpVxupRB0LDx0eo6zLSgMI92hBql1iMfxy-dSvU18xopEf-bBRt3FbnQI8djWyLQn4kU2_brpidIR-CStCTXdIohdVXOPNT5zyT5UHYD-A9dysVoMYQg/s4032/7F5FED18-AD96-4D47-9DAF-3AD4FB0CEC42.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5imPWEZcSlvU4eeddQ8rKCvCZPu5ts3iaZAAbwugd0htwNHLt_QI4kYQ8RN83wq6p1VS6AmpVxupRB0LDx0eo6zLSgMI92hBql1iMfxy-dSvU18xopEf-bBRt3FbnQI8djWyLQn4kU2_brpidIR-CStCTXdIohdVXOPNT5zyT5UHYD-A9dysVoMYQg/w480-h640/7F5FED18-AD96-4D47-9DAF-3AD4FB0CEC42.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And then came the zucchini (good) and hominy (also good), put them together and you have a hearty vegetable side dish.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like all the ingredients, but if you don't like hominy especially, then this might not be for you. 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(we only have 3 grocery stores) So I used some manicotti shells and tried to make them look like 'sea' shells. HEY! what a minute---it doesn't say 'sea' shells anywhere in this recipe. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Imagine that----I'm not on the hotplate anymore. I used pasta shells---manicotti shells!!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxCaky8Py9VglDUXU40Gk4inwpAz2hNX1smJzgvUs15uz3VoMx7OgpN4ZTI1XUU9CVzsZVF8yKuFmMy_fOgRlu2Ao0a6CdIsxoN_3JyHY4DxYs771MK5TgPrjWuiqdOJJNqE4EBEJuwwfRE6pqvOgkBq9vjtSBvId4sgUXQNYvzlOyf9yU0xXno-VQw/s2630/CA1A9432-D46D-4EB1-BF5B-1D3B91223499.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2630" data-original-width="1911" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxCaky8Py9VglDUXU40Gk4inwpAz2hNX1smJzgvUs15uz3VoMx7OgpN4ZTI1XUU9CVzsZVF8yKuFmMy_fOgRlu2Ao0a6CdIsxoN_3JyHY4DxYs771MK5TgPrjWuiqdOJJNqE4EBEJuwwfRE6pqvOgkBq9vjtSBvId4sgUXQNYvzlOyf9yU0xXno-VQw/w467-h640/CA1A9432-D46D-4EB1-BF5B-1D3B91223499.jpeg" width="467" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These were yummy, but as I might have mentioned before, one cannot go wrong with pasta and cheese and sauce. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzyetMBuEKOpQ08UwX3X2mo7ZOV0t4sYwXKVSuiSFCY3HKeKediVdNpP4Oy2_t2o6SEOwbuWI_rGak_Pn2h5kZdJzmCokQ0vb09Q7kfLJ6yS-q4TaTGmp4VRuAArSZNgVh8HPUCHcqpomAFhpg84XfhldTRuR2OY36a2X3nxjyqiFVLj-EeN17oYZdA/s4032/E073CF2D-A57B-4733-8C20-CED5FBE5FE37.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzyetMBuEKOpQ08UwX3X2mo7ZOV0t4sYwXKVSuiSFCY3HKeKediVdNpP4Oy2_t2o6SEOwbuWI_rGak_Pn2h5kZdJzmCokQ0vb09Q7kfLJ6yS-q4TaTGmp4VRuAArSZNgVh8HPUCHcqpomAFhpg84XfhldTRuR2OY36a2X3nxjyqiFVLj-EeN17oYZdA/w480-h640/E073CF2D-A57B-4733-8C20-CED5FBE5FE37.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This posed a bigger dilemma for me than choosing a pasta shell, other than 'sea' shell.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">White or Yellow Hominy?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or Mexican style which looks like a blend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm pretty sure I did the blend.</span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ15x_z0107_yCLHIx6MFGhcbNLl0H1z313ShRtpajxnljDUxhG-QUuKiMAaudUw4rncwZOlxJ8mEAssNm5sIipysLiVysQR8j99OxuSJyPI2d61tcRISJg00_y-_rlnEALukEOQ03vAdhm0nVLHGh0cVVm6lysJAHLi-bOPoMIMXnbW-hAt89kzSXzA/s4032/230B2355-B2AE-475F-B616-B3B0A1EBC367.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ15x_z0107_yCLHIx6MFGhcbNLl0H1z313ShRtpajxnljDUxhG-QUuKiMAaudUw4rncwZOlxJ8mEAssNm5sIipysLiVysQR8j99OxuSJyPI2d61tcRISJg00_y-_rlnEALukEOQ03vAdhm0nVLHGh0cVVm6lysJAHLi-bOPoMIMXnbW-hAt89kzSXzA/w480-h640/230B2355-B2AE-475F-B616-B3B0A1EBC367.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So---Barb and Doug.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">True lovers for a long, long time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">for reference----</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Long ago:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkVetkEL_VKaHZYWK0etVNPX_DawUhu4y5v3zA8LfvkHF1mWTE_k62eBmATNGq9nVBUGvALZYduEbLZ6nYKvDXxOIZkQuP_Qyyuj5ByKBgck8oh-us5slNYN5sGpm5olRDeCntUin_RfsSvGfba8duM6zgDf5u0CEo6alDLz37eUy3NH3hVIltH9qtA/s689/Barb%20and%20Doug3%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="689" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkVetkEL_VKaHZYWK0etVNPX_DawUhu4y5v3zA8LfvkHF1mWTE_k62eBmATNGq9nVBUGvALZYduEbLZ6nYKvDXxOIZkQuP_Qyyuj5ByKBgck8oh-us5slNYN5sGpm5olRDeCntUin_RfsSvGfba8duM6zgDf5u0CEo6alDLz37eUy3NH3hVIltH9qtA/w640-h514/Barb%20and%20Doug3%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">6 years ago:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxErdIt-z1cAIATZ_zEmn6in_ZmxVb_jdM3KyHtGpw45MNagFnHsJ0LYgg32acmlVpEtPl5ZR7S602Zc0m9uKbqj5wgfbHE_co2FzVJI38zwoZ_H1MErhNzOsWZPsgZ3o1gRLW398WXmX6vHgJtVhGAhsFdxdo3VaM-s_Ft5P3tEU9LeSYIlPeQI6H3Q/s1404/7D9B1B7C-E000-4FDB-B548-4B54091DA77D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1169" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxErdIt-z1cAIATZ_zEmn6in_ZmxVb_jdM3KyHtGpw45MNagFnHsJ0LYgg32acmlVpEtPl5ZR7S602Zc0m9uKbqj5wgfbHE_co2FzVJI38zwoZ_H1MErhNzOsWZPsgZ3o1gRLW398WXmX6vHgJtVhGAhsFdxdo3VaM-s_Ft5P3tEU9LeSYIlPeQI6H3Q/w531-h640/7D9B1B7C-E000-4FDB-B548-4B54091DA77D.jpeg" width="531" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We spent a wonderful weekend with the Browns in Tahoe 6 years ago.</span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2nlh4Ou2o7M_9vhXtrzgwwTgCWlu3vYj2vPHX6gvsgiZxr9Y5odLelThbR_gpmaBN_qKuThp2VElHpRKBsy2nCUTFn6vz2o8H5nCXHhdlNA9PKXkMHO_dofN3MdAS7wi3tN55P9DB30fuAld6VU2eq3Ac_si0o1lgA5juhHf8lMBcVcmkNICNNEvKg/s1446/C8365FB7-87D0-47C7-A1EC-928B90B7ED4A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Seriously. From when we did the Friday Friend Forum. I knew these confessions by Friday Friends would come in handy </b></span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>someday) I</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"> got this email....</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">From Barb: </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I don't want to gloat, but... When I got home from work yesterday, Doug had a bubble bath ready, with a heart candle and a drink. After I soaked for a while, he got me my white terry robe to lounge in. Then once I was comfortable, I got a foot/leg/neck rub with lotion. Maybe I need to keep working?? <b>NOT! </b> I'll take my chances that he will continue to do this. Isn't he great?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Then later in the month-- I was invited to a Pampered Chef party. I went with April. When I dropped her off at home, she sighed and said, "I have to go paint a wall. Want to come see which one I'm painting? We walked in and it smelled like fresh paint to me..and guess what? HER DOUG, had painted the wall, so that she could get her new (antique) buffet situated there on that very wall. He HATES to paint. But he did if for her.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Now I really, really want a Doug of my own! Dougs seem so nice.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">From Barb: </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now I sound like an ingrate but go ahead. He's yours for a while. I will learn to live with the temporary dust. Doug took it to a ridiculous level this morning. He was awake before 5, so the smell of coffee made me get up around 5:05. He had already read the paper and had a cup. So--while I am trying to do the same---he is starting a load of laundry, dusting the furniture, swiffereing the floors, getting the vacuum out, etcetcetc. Not that I don't appreciate his help, but does all this need to be done befoer 7am??!! And the smell of all the cleaning solutions does not go well when one is trying to enjoy their coffee. I finally gave up and took my shower and got cleaned up just to get away from him. On the bright side, since he has done practically every chore possible, I might just be able to enjoy my coffee and Sunday paper tomorrow. It's supposed to rain (in buckets/hard) later today, so I can hardly wait to lie on the couch, with my book and listen to the pitter patter of drops. Unless Doug decides to move the furniture or something.......</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Awwwww--true love! </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I found something interesting in going thru my boxes--of classified Friday Friend material---I found this from Doug (Barb's Doug) It's his list of top 5 favorite movies.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQU5rRkHCjnvJJoPYnOKSdsXF_gB2-xUf3I-PT4cNE8SSMZDGvb8fUQqiVpgYAFZ3V34RlRya99J_AqdDO-HQeZh5E7UZ5VM_joyZGBw0AzWsWWwKvBJWp0uFIOFdL3TUCHz9DEudUGUcMu0zT4NQiTy5P5f1794weRwmA2qwCKUu3jt023H2khfRVA/s1758/Barb%20and%20Doug's%20great%20adventure.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="1758" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQU5rRkHCjnvJJoPYnOKSdsXF_gB2-xUf3I-PT4cNE8SSMZDGvb8fUQqiVpgYAFZ3V34RlRya99J_AqdDO-HQeZh5E7UZ5VM_joyZGBw0AzWsWWwKvBJWp0uFIOFdL3TUCHz9DEudUGUcMu0zT4NQiTy5P5f1794weRwmA2qwCKUu3jt023H2khfRVA/w640-h134/Barb%20and%20Doug's%20great%20adventure.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Wait? What? There is a movie version of Barb and Doug's Great Adventure?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Hmmm, Barb might have some 'splainin' to do.</span></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The other Doug--April's Doug (and one of my favorite sisters-in-law, Cherrie) and Barb.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1S_D--kHahCgSxzm1wgwh9OIeO4e4tlCIayiSCpS5Xt6iyHxEQAqNeyZXtTn5cV_f7F0KTPjpZbN50RKHdd3bjZ86nG8Tt-vjHYlmdfuBNCtNfrpYSYRtGerLJe94_r5p-IjOJ9Wd8bGG9zIryxLODspWyuk64hNQFGQuqAyjz7vyw12UauJP4xCDw/s4288/Barb%20.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="4288" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1S_D--kHahCgSxzm1wgwh9OIeO4e4tlCIayiSCpS5Xt6iyHxEQAqNeyZXtTn5cV_f7F0KTPjpZbN50RKHdd3bjZ86nG8Tt-vjHYlmdfuBNCtNfrpYSYRtGerLJe94_r5p-IjOJ9Wd8bGG9zIryxLODspWyuk64hNQFGQuqAyjz7vyw12UauJP4xCDw/w640-h426/Barb%20.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, friends, </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">My friends! These are recipes, #332, 333, and 334 out of 361 (I'm 99% sure I have all the math down pat now)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2023 will be the year!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Although I'm slow going)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then what will I do?</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;">You can<a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Barb" target="_blank"> check out all of Barb's Recipes here.</a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Cherrie%20Lou%20Who" target="_blank">Cherrie Lou who's recipes here. </a> ( just cuz she's right there and she's cute)</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="280" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBp6l2rGQVc1u3cauMlPkSOo-9z64xV9metujoZR8xv_V8K-k7e-QDa72HPqB7BXvc609zU-ivArnxi07SEFLRIT8l5yugzWQdg6rWNpdmo34fAleWb5hAYtNCnCGA8iINLnye8IJPjlS8odjcZ2tk_8vLrcQgGZfRid67ZlqWfU4CBfQ1IJ1qgfgSA/s1600/cooking%20club.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think we need a cool name. Cooking club---Supper Club.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They sound boring to me. So, I looked up cool cooking club names and thought perhaps we could borrow one?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are a few interesting ones:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Zesty Chefs</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Tasty Temptations</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gourmet Goddesses</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bad to da Bone Cookers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not sure what fits us. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We are a small group of friends who get together on a semi-regular basis to take on a large cooking project--or--explore an unfamiliar cuisine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This was a bit unfamiliar to us--</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jewish Deli food.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And-- I am so far behind; we did our Jewish Deli food in March of 2020. Early March, right before the world went crazy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And let's face it--it did go crazy for a while, and at first it was very scary. And then, it wasn't. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But I digress.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sally and Paul made corned beef and Pastrami from scratch!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2PUy9ohQEp8sa0sVmCjszbncZiZe5d4yuPalFjrZPp6j2YEbTftMRxX6bVWZaILpn6pGEyRBMNP85o0XlE6nvIskOKuuUJUjMSRhduiFr7w5RZZ5L77Aq6_gUOmfOeqMdYZjdnqe2F6ijthOw-PUgc8PNsAKlfDgFdDeZMD8-rj7ny0KnYt18F7p5g/s320/jewish92%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2PUy9ohQEp8sa0sVmCjszbncZiZe5d4yuPalFjrZPp6j2YEbTftMRxX6bVWZaILpn6pGEyRBMNP85o0XlE6nvIskOKuuUJUjMSRhduiFr7w5RZZ5L77Aq6_gUOmfOeqMdYZjdnqe2F6ijthOw-PUgc8PNsAKlfDgFdDeZMD8-rj7ny0KnYt18F7p5g/w480-h640/jewish92%20(1).jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">It was the centerpiece of the meal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And it was oh-so-good.<br /></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cooking and meal sharing is trendy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've done both and while the meal sharing (we called it dinner swap and only once a week was I responsible for making dinner--for four couples. And dropping it off on their doorstep. My day was Wednesday and then on all the other weekdays, someone would drop off on my doorstep. Or kitchen counter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We did it Monday-Thursday for 6 months. It was so nice to have dinner prepared for us.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I loved it. And I would do it again, but if I had to choose, I'd choose this cooking club, the one where we eat with our friends. We get to talk and laugh together. You share a bond with people when you gather to eat on a regular basis.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I feel comfortable saying that I love this one, this cooking club the most, because half of the dinner swap people are the same as cooking club people.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But anyway--- let's get back to our Jewish Deli party night!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had a test!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, a test!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8qTzPMhavX0M4uEeolgm7jRdFfDQoUcjdIYL0aySZUTfysizokpCingpwMHThq70FbU1d73LTHgthEnaKKUZHZTviSFmK-kPC7RfOQt7ZTcFSYwyYBiaBKI2PvSODJgd9wQW3xNBPkPzP9P4wM1E_zwLjJJ_jfbZlebnemRBPup04OMN1nTNb3Jb9A/s1280/jewish10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8qTzPMhavX0M4uEeolgm7jRdFfDQoUcjdIYL0aySZUTfysizokpCingpwMHThq70FbU1d73LTHgthEnaKKUZHZTviSFmK-kPC7RfOQt7ZTcFSYwyYBiaBKI2PvSODJgd9wQW3xNBPkPzP9P4wM1E_zwLjJJ_jfbZlebnemRBPup04OMN1nTNb3Jb9A/w640-h480/jewish10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I think I am so smart, but I failed this test!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We began our evening with some pickled things. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pickles</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Olives</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beets</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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They were probably in Hawaii in March but let this picture (of them missing) be a foreshadowing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The end!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This was the best cooking club ever!</span></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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Scroll thru some stuff to get there)</b></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"></span></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooking Club #7 - <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/2016/08/breakfast-or-lets-just-call-this-brunch.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Breakfast for dinner</a></span></b></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; 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<br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-36871217164803971042023-02-27T10:48:00.000-08:002023-02-27T10:48:33.879-08:00Friday friend recipe number #331 Chicken Cheese Enchiladas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cr30ek6THqG_R9sHpDww0BBXMGEhw6jeUeGxl7EPvd1ZuKkwms-F_aOmZu3IPXh8s3kGLEmYfRiy-3Jw9XHTzXBq2ymDGMvISJU0FKFjiRpUibgeWitUSKTHGMAQN9L6Jeo2N-fDR5dsFe6klle0TkEU_OrO9F8eWXBwcygBYHbDxHkme2dn8Yj4Bw/s4032/B758259D-917D-408E-B02F-573E51C50A7A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cr30ek6THqG_R9sHpDww0BBXMGEhw6jeUeGxl7EPvd1ZuKkwms-F_aOmZu3IPXh8s3kGLEmYfRiy-3Jw9XHTzXBq2ymDGMvISJU0FKFjiRpUibgeWitUSKTHGMAQN9L6Jeo2N-fDR5dsFe6klle0TkEU_OrO9F8eWXBwcygBYHbDxHkme2dn8Yj4Bw/w480-h640/B758259D-917D-408E-B02F-573E51C50A7A.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">and you know all the whys and wherefores of this countdown, right? Homemade cookbook, friends contributed, Handyman said I couldn't/wouldn't do it, I'll show him, yadda yadda yadda....</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>...and the rest is cookbook history!</i></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><i></i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Just remember, the countdown is not all about pretty food and food design---it's about the people and the stories.</span></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">And (the most important thing) proving my husband wrong--and that I </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">can and WILL</b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> make every recipe in this </span></span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>cookbook.</i></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKw6ENa30Co0ww6CuJZc9MmNgw8uDUk-fS2qwwGlNBdT74tZTa8jVf_H8kS1-wkbNGD9dm4WQqq-V9FULFHdXKtAC_BVmWUNRjkvsfl8zfUIMHIV9YtQe-3yaXVMQCnQjN8B0Ymt44nbgdywGxZBAyy-EOLskM4JyFFPVQToif_33yK2Z1omP8pvmug/s4032/6731765C-BB33-4EE5-8AD4-6D83FDADBA54.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKw6ENa30Co0ww6CuJZc9MmNgw8uDUk-fS2qwwGlNBdT74tZTa8jVf_H8kS1-wkbNGD9dm4WQqq-V9FULFHdXKtAC_BVmWUNRjkvsfl8zfUIMHIV9YtQe-3yaXVMQCnQjN8B0Ymt44nbgdywGxZBAyy-EOLskM4JyFFPVQToif_33yK2Z1omP8pvmug/w480-h640/6731765C-BB33-4EE5-8AD4-6D83FDADBA54.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tex-Mex at its finest. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am always debating over corn or flour tortillas, and usually, USUALLY (there are always exceptions to the rule) original Mexican food uses </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">corn tortillas and the more Americanized Tex-Mex will use a flour tortilla.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, here you go---Tex-Mex enchildadas.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">And they are good!</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmx4cWf3HmDpUs2bI8CRccvCSSZvE95S_W7yowp1ueubh37CocJrMyZ8o6nVzAoxVbqTSdVli5JKaXhkU07ayJt6UwrnnfeExA9kVq6y0I7K88BmyGudL0Kii6It61oqIIb6a25wZz7fVozVNtHBNg5vFDIhqYE20kf9AhHWcc2fulHvuxEGmXSyKJjQ/s4032/2E0A5AF9-5C60-44F3-BDD7-16CAD2810123.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you know, if you've read past Friday Friend Cookbook Countdown posts, Traci was my daily person. We communicated via email (cuz we're old fashioned like that) throughout the day while we worked. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then Traci retired and I haven't heard from her since.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Okay, that's not true. But she is off doing fun things and I am working.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fun things like going to baseball games? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday I sent her a text asking a couple of random questions to try and get a little funny story for here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">First,</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> I asked her "What is the most ridiculous dream you've ever had?"<br />It was like pulling teeth to get her to tell me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">First,</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> she says: </span><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Wow, that is a weird question for sure. I don't really remember my dreams, but it was about my kids and something they did. Funny dream, not scary.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then I had to ask again--but what was it about?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She said, </span><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Don't remember, that was a few months ago.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">So,</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> then I had to switch tactics and ask her about baseball.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Traci doesn't watch much TV--we both would rather read a book--so I asked if she watched the baseball games with Larry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She said: </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I will watch sometimes while I 'm reading. but to sit and watch a whole game--so NOT interested. We go to one live game a year tho. Live yes, TV no.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And Wah-LA! I found evidence of she and Larry at a baseball game.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The San Francisco Giants--he is an avid sports fan, but his team is San Franciso anything.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 different years. OR two different men with Traci?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A mustache changes the look so much! </span><span style="font-size: medium;">(but it's really him!)</span></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyjSMQJL44wSX1MD4Ugv1uFAuJO6RNuci4aQRwIso-OcdC8qWK2JtcO_WZLvDFlMUeawRFuhaDbGuNNJqixTdXxDWlIOaTkEM3q__2NLvBKnq9Mgz6y2Cw6h86aUnSSbXTPgCYrW_nn_R7FuP-edsHqZp4yXJicoa8xQRr8SNgOCRZcABFEDnrkUE5Q/s1170/AFD850EF-1A5A-4D2F-9BFD-92D31719E496.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="1170" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyjSMQJL44wSX1MD4Ugv1uFAuJO6RNuci4aQRwIso-OcdC8qWK2JtcO_WZLvDFlMUeawRFuhaDbGuNNJqixTdXxDWlIOaTkEM3q__2NLvBKnq9Mgz6y2Cw6h86aUnSSbXTPgCYrW_nn_R7FuP-edsHqZp4yXJicoa8xQRr8SNgOCRZcABFEDnrkUE5Q/w640-h470/AFD850EF-1A5A-4D2F-9BFD-92D31719E496.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSS24qbFpFuTIJajbP562_SuEb6wZdVLIqW_FgmY0eTOotgG6_T7NIIedqTiJF4eAGaudTDgxtJCZP8Ntfw3n2A5qQ4ffSzHueKCYYt3SwMUXdQ1RX29f4dknbPxyiIXtEwk5cm9BNcBQFyY9M85GIuZK9BpDEKoj4x0PNk86UoFxP6wcWsU44fd_gOw/s1170/F6EA6ACE-8503-4309-B8AB-9595A9EEE205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1170" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSS24qbFpFuTIJajbP562_SuEb6wZdVLIqW_FgmY0eTOotgG6_T7NIIedqTiJF4eAGaudTDgxtJCZP8Ntfw3n2A5qQ4ffSzHueKCYYt3SwMUXdQ1RX29f4dknbPxyiIXtEwk5cm9BNcBQFyY9M85GIuZK9BpDEKoj4x0PNk86UoFxP6wcWsU44fd_gOw/w640-h492/F6EA6ACE-8503-4309-B8AB-9595A9EEE205.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">During our conversation, in which, I am reminded once again that Traci does not watch TV, she says she is going to (different town) to watch her grandkids for a week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Later on in the day she texts me: <i> I'm getting so old; I don't know how to work their TV.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her son and daughter-in-law were gone by this time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is what we get for not watching TV! We don't know how to work stuff anymore.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thankfully she has adolescent grandkids who can help her figure all this technology out. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Go make these enchiladas now--figure out your TV and watch and old movie or a baseball game--opening day for the 2023 season is March 30th. Have a margarita. It'll be perfect!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My friends! This is recipe 331 out of 361 (I'm 99% sure I have all the math down pat now)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2023 will be the year!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Although I'm slow going)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then what will I do?</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Traci%20Marques" target="_blank">click here to see all of Traci's</a> recipes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-1186593255241754372023-02-18T13:34:00.000-08:002023-02-18T13:34:04.837-08:00Friday friend recipes 328 329 and 330 Linda’s Spaghetti Sauce, Shrimp and Chicken in Wine Sauce and Spinach Terrific <p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBQiv_kggPtmI7eg8QUmvsbWS8986VOxbjzOz6MAqqib6v-rg4Y2_h3uGxhDmd-KVGDrSloup3BH6tD7UuG9UmP1r0YrIrzhUj3SuhW0skRUt0KH4TwIKelXUNfSNvU7OzGyDqVuSlf7i8Y9S7frxzAe7LRHIPdsdah7VLINhV4KbCSZMFR_ws2eG-A/s4032/5CBE3A61-03F9-4428-93BC-D6039611619B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBQiv_kggPtmI7eg8QUmvsbWS8986VOxbjzOz6MAqqib6v-rg4Y2_h3uGxhDmd-KVGDrSloup3BH6tD7UuG9UmP1r0YrIrzhUj3SuhW0skRUt0KH4TwIKelXUNfSNvU7OzGyDqVuSlf7i8Y9S7frxzAe7LRHIPdsdah7VLINhV4KbCSZMFR_ws2eG-A/w480-h640/5CBE3A61-03F9-4428-93BC-D6039611619B.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I must get this done! At least to prove something to myself if not the Handyman...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">because...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">...about 22 years ago, 50 of my closest friends and family, who had been on an</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> e-mail forum with me, sent in recipes in different categories and we compiled a cookbook.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I decided to count those down!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why?</span></span></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">because one night I was looking thru the cookbook and I said, "I should make every recipe in here for my blog."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Handyman/Mayor, who thinks he knows me better than I know myself, said "you'll never EVER do that."</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, maybe I will! Maybe I'll show him!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Which brings us to my cousin Linda's Shrimp and Chicken in Wine Sauce, Spinach Terrific and Spaghetti </span></span></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYI3wPYV48ibvhGE__5smPASXUeArCz4xvvJWN_u_MBcr3x1Mdc3bCLxGiwhYrc4YSZQ--iq_cWIcEPN37kWyuW-F04bxRJqwOcqGRkn-R3lVTLE-uDtJ21lY8BhplQD-z16QEqx0j5Mh9jn35OSzZdA-6EO-rl0dVVDDQRY6LUVmfDAmEeAhnKm4IQ/s4032/7CC48A99-99AC-49C7-8C23-6A9386AEDC7D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYI3wPYV48ibvhGE__5smPASXUeArCz4xvvJWN_u_MBcr3x1Mdc3bCLxGiwhYrc4YSZQ--iq_cWIcEPN37kWyuW-F04bxRJqwOcqGRkn-R3lVTLE-uDtJ21lY8BhplQD-z16QEqx0j5Mh9jn35OSzZdA-6EO-rl0dVVDDQRY6LUVmfDAmEeAhnKm4IQ/w480-h640/7CC48A99-99AC-49C7-8C23-6A9386AEDC7D.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Yum to the shrimp and chicken. It was good.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In fact, maybe I'll make it tonight!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjVqVM73A4dhVzzF_zWpNhpnF9eKxCBZsfe5GPaXbPOpR_rkTDJzsPye2sHlbGbvzNh8Flwmt8hAo24556sSgCrwLJ-k6hXukcG1ZCSNdgztzZ21Az4iPTbVZui6tGjTpkZkgKX_-TiiTvYHtwGY5GJkAr6X-se932oACKukSms04gzPCK9O5VYfzCQ/s1993/B0608054-5354-4387-87F5-9F03270296E4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1993" data-original-width="1717" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjVqVM73A4dhVzzF_zWpNhpnF9eKxCBZsfe5GPaXbPOpR_rkTDJzsPye2sHlbGbvzNh8Flwmt8hAo24556sSgCrwLJ-k6hXukcG1ZCSNdgztzZ21Az4iPTbVZui6tGjTpkZkgKX_-TiiTvYHtwGY5GJkAr6X-se932oACKukSms04gzPCK9O5VYfzCQ/w554-h640/B0608054-5354-4387-87F5-9F03270296E4.jpeg" width="554" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The spinach was a fun twist on creamed spinach--which I like. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Do you?</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcr9SJpuxEiBgVVVI-jIXoIZxzg-osVp_v5GOZAO04ZJolL4XLuwqMcqIa92TCbb8taZk35FDuBXjP3PImdIkOaVXTkRnTaQTXeQODXKqQKgmPXatQDotrRf1bzyJ5YEmitwDbaMiOJhr6G-UzZoTQQKKwaoDJNCZPkXqRFdMaVSVDPXqPQZNFoqEyg/s4032/79A0452E-CE9B-4EC8-95F2-DBCE7F7DA32B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcr9SJpuxEiBgVVVI-jIXoIZxzg-osVp_v5GOZAO04ZJolL4XLuwqMcqIa92TCbb8taZk35FDuBXjP3PImdIkOaVXTkRnTaQTXeQODXKqQKgmPXatQDotrRf1bzyJ5YEmitwDbaMiOJhr6G-UzZoTQQKKwaoDJNCZPkXqRFdMaVSVDPXqPQZNFoqEyg/w480-h640/79A0452E-CE9B-4EC8-95F2-DBCE7F7DA32B.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqx_JoIp0nm5ut-1DbN1g7aDI1G3xTOOPa23RFovmHJs7OOvlXggpTeouvvbFMIgurTvuxsWZ-F3KQdbQoubIf9IiJVjLm8Z6WXFNetj7SQkiWb99cUDs4Cv-ixkGRWKE7BQTp6qG3hT5NLrDJfkH-bN7crpHUXrB-g7f4tWdo_y-R0uj_iaO5lzDXrA/s1725/B0103297-346D-4013-A78E-6A3CE0B43E60.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="1725" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqx_JoIp0nm5ut-1DbN1g7aDI1G3xTOOPa23RFovmHJs7OOvlXggpTeouvvbFMIgurTvuxsWZ-F3KQdbQoubIf9IiJVjLm8Z6WXFNetj7SQkiWb99cUDs4Cv-ixkGRWKE7BQTp6qG3hT5NLrDJfkH-bN7crpHUXrB-g7f4tWdo_y-R0uj_iaO5lzDXrA/w640-h634/B0103297-346D-4013-A78E-6A3CE0B43E60.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGU8xmxAJXqyVDYgWQQUwnQWSDCX_Om-RyxtSBV9Evi3fctpY12mM3hRVh3P7XveHBPEsjf3tkestkIMDoN9IeZgK7qfa3sMLfMcrsBOyGCyZRbTVJ_UGCQPFZUnbjxWMYbRr_A-KAPopwu_BGHDdDhZpTZxCwuLH-ZAnrIvBHlX3BgpzIhQxt7pN6g/s4032/5213C0B9-5247-4A7A-A44E-8800D7995949.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGU8xmxAJXqyVDYgWQQUwnQWSDCX_Om-RyxtSBV9Evi3fctpY12mM3hRVh3P7XveHBPEsjf3tkestkIMDoN9IeZgK7qfa3sMLfMcrsBOyGCyZRbTVJ_UGCQPFZUnbjxWMYbRr_A-KAPopwu_BGHDdDhZpTZxCwuLH-ZAnrIvBHlX3BgpzIhQxt7pN6g/w480-h640/5213C0B9-5247-4A7A-A44E-8800D7995949.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Before I go any further, I must explain how weird the Handyman is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">For example, he has no free will in choosing his clothes. When I wash and fold, I leave his T-shirts lying on the bed, he puts them away by putting them under the T-shirts which are already on the shelf. When he gets dressed, he grabs the first T-shirt. He calls it the rotation--so they all get equal billing/wearing. I said to him, what if you don't want to wear that shirt? He said it doesn't matter--it's first up in the rotation.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">He does his coats/jackets like that too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I had no idea. 45 years in and I am still learning new things. We keep it happening--keep the love alive with new discoveries. (sigh)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Anyway... we had some salad with our spaghetti, and he lined up the salad dressings by expiration date, telling me (and pointing) which one we could eat first.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It was the first blue cheese, of course. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I went out on a limb and grabbed the French (which I really didn't want, but I was being stubborn) and watched him cringe. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUBalnQzLkz__e9K5C_e1b9SmRl_EK_knLcjDqk2buBvhkooQwbzZ6x2UJLp4WEqH6wQgeoYqbUXJkoV_v6q0dxn5tLPtQYWqutuD35gC_OCfVxaMd4-zpCTy2_N_lomCFOGFSrd9xDQg/s4032/7F7E2297-6440-475D-8DAC-F4127406EB24.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUBalnQzLkz__e9K5C_e1b9SmRl_EK_knLcjDqk2buBvhkooQwbzZ6x2UJLp4WEqH6wQgeoYqbUXJkoV_v6q0dxn5tLPtQYWqutuD35gC_OCfVxaMd4-zpCTy2_N_lomCFOGFSrd9xDQg/w480-h640/7F7E2297-6440-475D-8DAC-F4127406EB24.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OucyIapzeO3XP6K8u-AznhahfjFlCRkNyxM6MXexz0zNO2GspM1p_H-oixUAnzAV57hp8xDHR8boUgdQLuxdgrbRhfijlabMWWrET7W3Bu4cAcHOlGp53hPS9I0M0FVKuwj1nOuMohMsHiBXCvNw3AnZjrnMIf0yYkWPEhh0ldI0UWE-56ACSLeVSA/s4032/239FAAA3-68B5-4FDE-8888-44957F10A113.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OucyIapzeO3XP6K8u-AznhahfjFlCRkNyxM6MXexz0zNO2GspM1p_H-oixUAnzAV57hp8xDHR8boUgdQLuxdgrbRhfijlabMWWrET7W3Bu4cAcHOlGp53hPS9I0M0FVKuwj1nOuMohMsHiBXCvNw3AnZjrnMIf0yYkWPEhh0ldI0UWE-56ACSLeVSA/w480-h640/239FAAA3-68B5-4FDE-8888-44957F10A113.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is a really good spaghetti sauce--and as Rich said, we've eaten a lot of spaghetti sauces during this countdown. I believe this is spaghetti sauce recipe #23.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The only thing is--I feel the 1 <b>tablespoon </b>of crushed red pepper was a typo. I'm sure it meant 1 teaspoon. But I can't prove it. Rich said I had to follow the recipe --exactly, because that's what I do. BUT I only put in 1/2 tablespoon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It was very spicey, but very good.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I would make it again---just for the good smell in my house all night long.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Seriously in the middle of the night, I woke up and it smelled like heaven.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Or spaghetti sauce--which is kind of like heaven. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I used ground beef and turkey.</span></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kzGSt7iLKEWJW-iambOkz0BcyZ4FASmZY8Non6tfO6rP4MYRwGQLoujvnedBLGkZGh3ZuGsqPVTq2BdC-10wjN68cvYCiYA6OHhHhGNhZ-ejdQn68ywOmQWlx6yWyuc6bwCw634h0A0shemzAaiGb17PHHMe2gcHCF3huJqpLDZpsME2iuWct4gxYQ/s4032/8EA75491-EFBB-440B-B101-06BF0737B20D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kzGSt7iLKEWJW-iambOkz0BcyZ4FASmZY8Non6tfO6rP4MYRwGQLoujvnedBLGkZGh3ZuGsqPVTq2BdC-10wjN68cvYCiYA6OHhHhGNhZ-ejdQn68ywOmQWlx6yWyuc6bwCw634h0A0shemzAaiGb17PHHMe2gcHCF3huJqpLDZpsME2iuWct4gxYQ/w480-h640/8EA75491-EFBB-440B-B101-06BF0737B20D.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoWmgG84sU7VIVl8G46XqshedtqL545b8dxX8-THRVWLww7R5XkdDTsQZyx21s294eLMKrh4zmJbp4Q9uNzjXwNWTsu-Ptk-Ak73T2hS85Q70GVpwoWjbUgt-BGC3gBywTVj7G0RjsJ4FNq6Ac2ll_9inyA45Ni6TJMF4CDePvF913ABWRki-zHMmWQ/s3192/C10B3E7C-B7B0-410F-A46E-57267694E9D8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3192" data-original-width="2338" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoWmgG84sU7VIVl8G46XqshedtqL545b8dxX8-THRVWLww7R5XkdDTsQZyx21s294eLMKrh4zmJbp4Q9uNzjXwNWTsu-Ptk-Ak73T2hS85Q70GVpwoWjbUgt-BGC3gBywTVj7G0RjsJ4FNq6Ac2ll_9inyA45Ni6TJMF4CDePvF913ABWRki-zHMmWQ/w467-h640/C10B3E7C-B7B0-410F-A46E-57267694E9D8.jpeg" width="467" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9WSzeCY0wU2AQmO-cptVuaxysMLu0Gx7xVI4_qIhor-q7XNSwuLjcX4bK8tsIgL2l9QF5LMPzPeY4eTYXwljSnJj_42jegief7SlUAd9SGWIg_bHlRHGgc5A3QHBPdTpMLxyp6-hqWwt9S6x5EIsSjL2Mi3yxzLKLVLtOvW1zNTz1ScQbTUzU1XGyA/s4032/A3A2D3C1-21B8-4569-B3A4-A892444A11AE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9WSzeCY0wU2AQmO-cptVuaxysMLu0Gx7xVI4_qIhor-q7XNSwuLjcX4bK8tsIgL2l9QF5LMPzPeY4eTYXwljSnJj_42jegief7SlUAd9SGWIg_bHlRHGgc5A3QHBPdTpMLxyp6-hqWwt9S6x5EIsSjL2Mi3yxzLKLVLtOvW1zNTz1ScQbTUzU1XGyA/w480-h640/A3A2D3C1-21B8-4569-B3A4-A892444A11AE.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This will be the last post about my cousin Linda. It's always sad to go say goodbye (even if she's not really gone)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Linda was one of the most prolific contributors to the Friday Friend Cookbook--</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">you can check out all of her recipes <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Linda" target="_blank">here (just click).</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is a photo of my mom and me and Linda and her daughter, Jennifer, taken at a wedding. (it was her son's wedding--and it was about 17 or 18 years ago, I think)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzREU0Uu2Ka9sASRb1Df7gydxG3RZkk4tk9MOXITSt-fqM68fvsfKmdcZ3-nuVO2uBEU3kDjMix-2Js98GBQem9vYDydJd6Q2Dj6XfZ-dJl2l0y6i4bNSNKTKjLtHGZNyijNsK_IERZ0_1I81IRQ6phHKi8VSFnfCgOj5NnNYQHImf10YPkZGi92M_Q/s3024/37DD5229-9C23-4B33-AA28-40B49BC2BBDC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2324" data-original-width="3024" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzREU0Uu2Ka9sASRb1Df7gydxG3RZkk4tk9MOXITSt-fqM68fvsfKmdcZ3-nuVO2uBEU3kDjMix-2Js98GBQem9vYDydJd6Q2Dj6XfZ-dJl2l0y6i4bNSNKTKjLtHGZNyijNsK_IERZ0_1I81IRQ6phHKi8VSFnfCgOj5NnNYQHImf10YPkZGi92M_Q/w640-h493/37DD5229-9C23-4B33-AA28-40B49BC2BBDC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Anyway, it was a wedding! Weddings are always happy affairs, and I have a little memory of my own wedding, 45 years ago.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And LOOK! Here is little Jenn 45 years ago, at (and in) my wedding to the Handyman.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGiAvcC5ny-tZ9r-SlaGA0UV7SRzV1Diaq0_MTjhnLTlyIHiOH_Uaua-TVkPFQ5VwTwAXbIK4ycBCkB_xVo11_ev9VdIlhnox1ADSGGcxjxv6veZZBK67xykToCnUa9ciI0oqhwWHsULuzE0a2yH4jkp3OYeo-WuMv-kLVgk-rpdkiE-pxL4b8Y5RqQ/s3632/4ED556C6-DA29-4A79-907E-015D05ED03D6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3632" data-original-width="2300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGiAvcC5ny-tZ9r-SlaGA0UV7SRzV1Diaq0_MTjhnLTlyIHiOH_Uaua-TVkPFQ5VwTwAXbIK4ycBCkB_xVo11_ev9VdIlhnox1ADSGGcxjxv6veZZBK67xykToCnUa9ciI0oqhwWHsULuzE0a2yH4jkp3OYeo-WuMv-kLVgk-rpdkiE-pxL4b8Y5RqQ/w406-h640/4ED556C6-DA29-4A79-907E-015D05ED03D6.jpeg" width="406" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Forty-Five years ago, there were no cell phones and pictures weren't as plentiful--anyway, I cannot find a picture of Linda and I at my wedding. I don't know what was up with that!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But in my wedding book, I have poems that she wrote for Rich and me. In her own handwriting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucxXiycmt1Uokh4mzxixUgTtPPuCNNB63ex_-mDxmSM_NiOUw1Wm1d00L8JtJOILO5I1boUZBMapWSTVpdLuLPTvcQiRHQ9fs_lGzasOP9qa07rMqEFynFxCYbMYhQrQBZfEOZ5xxlFq68BgRU9YHOqZGj3VNxIqZ8dE4pj_wcina56XqdOWy2HXz6Q/s3918/7A5C92CE-59D5-4B72-8E8C-148796D9BBCE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3918" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucxXiycmt1Uokh4mzxixUgTtPPuCNNB63ex_-mDxmSM_NiOUw1Wm1d00L8JtJOILO5I1boUZBMapWSTVpdLuLPTvcQiRHQ9fs_lGzasOP9qa07rMqEFynFxCYbMYhQrQBZfEOZ5xxlFq68BgRU9YHOqZGj3VNxIqZ8dE4pj_wcina56XqdOWy2HXz6Q/w494-h640/7A5C92CE-59D5-4B72-8E8C-148796D9BBCE.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A snapshot of me before the wedding.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHoE2fmsC5xpF9Kcmj-47b6UYsWqLfcGzzGjpsYvHQ0fc613uvNbi1-zxx-R7aE8X9_j8U3IqZHuWf-ArWOvtehr6NfYrXnWu0LcsIVJmjg7iwU-7NnHHlbh420vALvyXya4PvwIfovnPRnmErBTw5lyIC3sYRVkWa6hWEJOTzsjqVwNjGHq04bIfRg/s2780/F28DD2F9-7E9D-47A7-842E-C9159D4AFBA8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2780" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHoE2fmsC5xpF9Kcmj-47b6UYsWqLfcGzzGjpsYvHQ0fc613uvNbi1-zxx-R7aE8X9_j8U3IqZHuWf-ArWOvtehr6NfYrXnWu0LcsIVJmjg7iwU-7NnHHlbh420vALvyXya4PvwIfovnPRnmErBTw5lyIC3sYRVkWa6hWEJOTzsjqVwNjGHq04bIfRg/w461-h640/F28DD2F9-7E9D-47A7-842E-C9159D4AFBA8.jpeg" width="461" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2yio4PlF0L9rCikFpXi-CnNqIKNYgXZQq6DfEKdXjFphNulgqKcF7ALQg3yaZPfZcJEKJ9nFVLIOJ8bfKPDyi-h00HfuXr4sgpa_xwQlU7OGpfTkPrjntkv_3UEvIDBVQrn4xPciXyYgVkB7OVEqGs4pYql1wr3qVCkQ4AoBh2tbPtax-L5l1mgz8g/s3877/69D765DB-F3DB-40AA-A12C-7E74EA897845.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3877" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2yio4PlF0L9rCikFpXi-CnNqIKNYgXZQq6DfEKdXjFphNulgqKcF7ALQg3yaZPfZcJEKJ9nFVLIOJ8bfKPDyi-h00HfuXr4sgpa_xwQlU7OGpfTkPrjntkv_3UEvIDBVQrn4xPciXyYgVkB7OVEqGs4pYql1wr3qVCkQ4AoBh2tbPtax-L5l1mgz8g/w500-h640/69D765DB-F3DB-40AA-A12C-7E74EA897845.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A snapshot of Rich outside the church, before the wedding.</span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBkbp5i3MT1o_j_KMGWjP4Mqik8_4aEtTLhWCxBSWTAFwBSlAONohW9_eSEi-mz3c8y4jF_WVJHxHISLym3yhMAeVpo2wJm8nNlzUWaUgwLEk184ATkudv-JBoi8tsa1PpwKRK7tAegBM326QOjMU2POxSBjpuWwn5MKBbdBrQ9ldyXc-d8ZgM8rzRw/s3050/FE8E8BA4-3E17-4979-AB4B-21E3DF955F15.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3050" data-original-width="2291" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBkbp5i3MT1o_j_KMGWjP4Mqik8_4aEtTLhWCxBSWTAFwBSlAONohW9_eSEi-mz3c8y4jF_WVJHxHISLym3yhMAeVpo2wJm8nNlzUWaUgwLEk184ATkudv-JBoi8tsa1PpwKRK7tAegBM326QOjMU2POxSBjpuWwn5MKBbdBrQ9ldyXc-d8ZgM8rzRw/w480-h640/FE8E8BA4-3E17-4979-AB4B-21E3DF955F15.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">One thing I'll say--</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We haven't changed a bit!!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcF1V2XBxP30V8Ukb-YNZrvSyFsE2CFOdDbGtgf8hBXJXm5Gv2SFfgR5hWd57wd8OrWbs_4o9ZPXj4sy4MgvxWBMdCr1pqBeAFWJU0lHlE53KRLxJeX7PWqwbcZz_mFVdQ-xL_oTou3f-duvWV3DHhcF9robaRKbnosA5TUh-ttRaFWh2TH9LjaJSGQ/s1399/B5E002D1-AB77-435C-9281-1B026649CA5B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcF1V2XBxP30V8Ukb-YNZrvSyFsE2CFOdDbGtgf8hBXJXm5Gv2SFfgR5hWd57wd8OrWbs_4o9ZPXj4sy4MgvxWBMdCr1pqBeAFWJU0lHlE53KRLxJeX7PWqwbcZz_mFVdQ-xL_oTou3f-duvWV3DHhcF9robaRKbnosA5TUh-ttRaFWh2TH9LjaJSGQ/w536-h640/B5E002D1-AB77-435C-9281-1B026649CA5B.jpeg" width="536" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">My friends! These are recipes #328, 329, and 330 out of 361 (I'm 99% sure I have all the math down pat now)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2023 will be the year!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">(although I'm slow going)</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then what will I do?</span></div></div><br /><p><br /></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-55596860254802223922023-01-27T13:48:00.000-08:002023-01-27T13:48:05.743-08:00Friday friend blog number 327--Bourbon Slush<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlu6UjUjJ0l4E0C1qX9W_TGz5u7Od0mukTo6oMUib5SExYjmI_f7l-kLm-Uvad8OXkkhXq3BjIE2qaB_OkoZDPR3T5gdVW5SfNj7y3ARYNmJ42YdLh-Gmo0ZnkRrDZxQ-wg8IuTCouAyNARvVhQ-koKoRhmPW2jm2B8SvNhanC8xLXUJwVvADkhtP72g/s320/bourbon%20slush.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlu6UjUjJ0l4E0C1qX9W_TGz5u7Od0mukTo6oMUib5SExYjmI_f7l-kLm-Uvad8OXkkhXq3BjIE2qaB_OkoZDPR3T5gdVW5SfNj7y3ARYNmJ42YdLh-Gmo0ZnkRrDZxQ-wg8IuTCouAyNARvVhQ-koKoRhmPW2jm2B8SvNhanC8xLXUJwVvADkhtP72g/w480-h640/bourbon%20slush.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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At first, most of them didn't know each other, (they knew me) but over the past 21 years, we've answered and shared silly--and serious---questions, exchanged Secret Santa Christmas gifts, had a dieting contest in which we paid a $1 a week and that money went to a scholarship fund for a Friday Friends son's memorial scholarship, and we went on a great vacation for my 52 birthday.</span></span><i style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px;"> (plus so much more....)</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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Said</i></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">, "you'll never, EVER do that."</span></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;">WELL---maybe I'll show him! Maybe I will.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Cindy's Bourbon Slush</b></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMWRQhYODZjQRgxABtozrS8dqc140wahc0RABpKeE_HJgsEsUB5kTxQhs8_XJG-SmaY3q5xGEi8TC3gxW_GuoWpb-8IVbFJ3KTaHfIECpYGtWErt4UEcYEt1xIHmya2lwnTRGqylIVoduzQbuSJ2iGd2JEPNiXLR3zZXdpDRFAACxrx374UQWBrB65A/s2572/CCAB401A-11E9-4933-BBDF-06679D8615A3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2572" data-original-width="2260" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMWRQhYODZjQRgxABtozrS8dqc140wahc0RABpKeE_HJgsEsUB5kTxQhs8_XJG-SmaY3q5xGEi8TC3gxW_GuoWpb-8IVbFJ3KTaHfIECpYGtWErt4UEcYEt1xIHmya2lwnTRGqylIVoduzQbuSJ2iGd2JEPNiXLR3zZXdpDRFAACxrx374UQWBrB65A/w562-h640/CCAB401A-11E9-4933-BBDF-06679D8615A3.jpeg" width="562" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It seems that the Handyman and I are always eating chips and salsa and playing cards with a cocktail.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What can I say--we are wild and crazy like that. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXBBmUhR9XVark07L0dDJ9YO-VLfLDC81sddCg5FDWuvGtFEuZSguJnGXp884vsKVfJcAkdw6YMvsYzuuGWn7dOE7q7ebEPye9mTnvhHPeq36XccDjHqc56vZurmH0US_gn1cumnMD8mLuZsA35nSJ9hdEYoxBaX33cfJieNBqI53HWTJsbMoEzktvw/s4032/BC21B33D-A80C-4773-93DD-92D362C61626.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXBBmUhR9XVark07L0dDJ9YO-VLfLDC81sddCg5FDWuvGtFEuZSguJnGXp884vsKVfJcAkdw6YMvsYzuuGWn7dOE7q7ebEPye9mTnvhHPeq36XccDjHqc56vZurmH0US_gn1cumnMD8mLuZsA35nSJ9hdEYoxBaX33cfJieNBqI53HWTJsbMoEzktvw/w480-h640/BC21B33D-A80C-4773-93DD-92D362C61626.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now days it's easy to go buy a single serve slushy in a foil packet to stick in your freezer for anytime you want to enjoy it. There is none of the mixing and freezing and stirring and waiting as in the olden days. But you know what? It was kind of fun doing all the buying and mixing and stirring and waiting--- waiting is half the fun, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Look at all the bubbles from the 7-up! This is a great summertime slushy. (Although I made it in November and stuck it in front of a cornucopia--still good!) </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJWjPn3yudI_TtUklXObwGQZH2kpxGyp4NHDbTl_3XyMrtY3r3T6Bw4CVJxFwSk_kwXeZuZm6G9TcqM3h1MulOT0ah0Kn2SBLB70AEv6j6tHyCC6TgxF7jS9u4venLGAE1dlWlNQFoaoebZdHA1kFcrmMc_BmVuUWXLQrLWVI4HxzfD5L8AUacLGtDQ/s4032/A0F912D6-3DD1-4785-A126-D81D13FA4DBA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJWjPn3yudI_TtUklXObwGQZH2kpxGyp4NHDbTl_3XyMrtY3r3T6Bw4CVJxFwSk_kwXeZuZm6G9TcqM3h1MulOT0ah0Kn2SBLB70AEv6j6tHyCC6TgxF7jS9u4venLGAE1dlWlNQFoaoebZdHA1kFcrmMc_BmVuUWXLQrLWVI4HxzfD5L8AUacLGtDQ/w480-h640/A0F912D6-3DD1-4785-A126-D81D13FA4DBA.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is where my story gets hard--</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My friend Cindy Borchgrevink (in the middle) only had two recipes in the cookbook countdown.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">See her other recipe and story<a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Cindy%20Borchgrevink" target="_blank"> here. Just Click.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So I am saying goodbye to her in the cookbook---the hard part is that Cindy passed away last summer, from a fast type of early onset Alzheimer's. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(this photo is of me, Cindy and Debbie E about 21 years ago.) </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir24u-d7aELjdsOQlMFcrPHpwsqwQI7QrUAVwU22hlCkx0ePLw5zpxkXQtILaIJmhgfFlQYsFjPDOLz5xcAaEZ9OfL6TUE_9W8-uRI-rngm9dM1hqMZRYzcIC9KmnFzGcEt34IW9RPvAlQg-zVegRJPbD1oX1-crzJKhNjQansgWQLSsSmyBWDqIrF_g/s3024/5CCE978D-2091-4FD8-9666-843F4246F7B2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2111" data-original-width="3024" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir24u-d7aELjdsOQlMFcrPHpwsqwQI7QrUAVwU22hlCkx0ePLw5zpxkXQtILaIJmhgfFlQYsFjPDOLz5xcAaEZ9OfL6TUE_9W8-uRI-rngm9dM1hqMZRYzcIC9KmnFzGcEt34IW9RPvAlQg-zVegRJPbD1oX1-crzJKhNjQansgWQLSsSmyBWDqIrF_g/w640-h446/5CCE978D-2091-4FD8-9666-843F4246F7B2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cindy and her husband Larry came thru town in January of 2021 and surprised me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I got a phone call early one Saturday morning and I saw her name pop up on my phone. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She said they were driving thru Winnemucca on their way home to Wyoming and wanted to see we if could meet them for breakfast.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I said, of course, and then she said they were staying at the Model T and then she asked me if I knew where that was.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Strange question because, it's a small town and everyone knows where that is and also, I work for the Chamber of Commerce, so I have to know where. (It's a hotel/Casino) It's on the main street--everyone knows where it is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I just laughed and said yes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We had a nice breakfast--she went to the restroom early on and her husband told us what was happening with her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then the Model T question made sense. And it put a whole different vibe on the visit--for me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's sad to lose a friend--and while I hadn't lost her yet, I know from experience what a long, painful road dementia and Alzheimer's can be.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They were making a trip--a trip to see old friends--in essence to say goodbye. Her husband was taking her on a big loop around some western states to say goodbye to people while she still could. That's what she wanted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She passed away about 15 months later.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had the Handyman take a picture of us--even tho I wasn't at my best.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That's the thing about friendship-- we see each other thru thick and thin, thru best and worst, good and bad-- and it's worth it, worth every minute even if the end is not fun.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Good friends are worth their weight in gold.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1B934MmTNdyfvb-DAQ04JHBc22gr0YoufzdaIGV8zscD0pYZJV7CWPZ4iqau277q0TRrOtK_um22BxGXBH2dnEN1GwSCYKlPWGYGuevn_90lFj3et8-_cexwHgCloY3NR-A8KyN0gFsSZvj8XJlXY8M2vyuuinyHfyrBK-_teT_OIYX79A-34U-41HQ/s1491/8977BED5-F5AD-4A1C-9A5B-93744846DE74.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1491" data-original-width="1169" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1B934MmTNdyfvb-DAQ04JHBc22gr0YoufzdaIGV8zscD0pYZJV7CWPZ4iqau277q0TRrOtK_um22BxGXBH2dnEN1GwSCYKlPWGYGuevn_90lFj3et8-_cexwHgCloY3NR-A8KyN0gFsSZvj8XJlXY8M2vyuuinyHfyrBK-_teT_OIYX79A-34U-41HQ/w502-h640/8977BED5-F5AD-4A1C-9A5B-93744846DE74.jpeg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My friends! This is recipe #327 out of 361 (I'm 99% sure I have all the math down pat now)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2023 will be the year!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then what will I do?</span></div><br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-69095398819350328252023-01-17T15:36:00.002-08:002023-01-17T15:36:58.813-08:00Friday recipe 326--Homemade Rootbeer<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWtiaKOWohGzo88zQRDb1gG2IzQq2JN4JSX13M-yapnvnKxSAFAq6wkUUqlSUEsvM0qhG2OqrEMM3Wj0nf3c9MM_RoAnL3IN0Ld7gq7vKB6iwsOpSi7K74xgUf_Eh8wvZOc3vkey4GJJBvY_fs_JwdVJ-HPEalgDn3yQ0xUecvaw0dkJTG9aBPF_4qg/s4032/FDC16C6D-784F-4C2A-8695-4FAEDFECCAFA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>...and the rest is cookbook history!</i></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><i></i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Just remember, the countdown is not all about pretty food and food design---it's about the people and the stories.</span></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">And (the most important thing) proving my husband wrong--and that I </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">can and WILL</b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> make every recipe in this </span></span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i>cookbook.</i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;">Dry Ice.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;"> I had to wait till it was 'in season' to buy it around here. Because in small rural towns, it has to be spooky season, I guess.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;">And--I had to buy it twice! Because little did, I know that you can't store dry ice in your freezer for too long as it just disappears. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;">It evaporates!</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;">My son and his family with their spooky look on. </span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimU2Rd9kZIHKOaX93p8hDltbKzujmP1v0zK1N7t8RydEQn2qK006hZ_d8a35cjWwK2hExf239wltn0WJSeCdAGL2-JNLYWOCgVYLvndzM-8I9i5rilJIB_A1f4ZRNZkAn1Yfix-63dStpcuLXf6zIrVobZJ-B8jGAMhjt_UD0MbSedVFxBfr9K3J5uaw/s4032/F49D00F6-2B67-4A02-803B-BB2FDC56865C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimU2Rd9kZIHKOaX93p8hDltbKzujmP1v0zK1N7t8RydEQn2qK006hZ_d8a35cjWwK2hExf239wltn0WJSeCdAGL2-JNLYWOCgVYLvndzM-8I9i5rilJIB_A1f4ZRNZkAn1Yfix-63dStpcuLXf6zIrVobZJ-B8jGAMhjt_UD0MbSedVFxBfr9K3J5uaw/w480-h640/F49D00F6-2B67-4A02-803B-BB2FDC56865C.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuhLFT9Ibe3vRW-vrwLsi2PEQ9IF6bUq2q0A21rL02VULDHanDXO38JakpeTitvap4g8JBa-tMpYZDtxgSh7LLguWxgLVaWgKSvcJBZhcu9WTFtKq9cr7YTl1mKHfTgaFobr6yOeQQytcLvlKD6Md0NyShZwcvfBp6v42aTzWV50Vn5V_HUF0o2UUCw/s320/root%20beer.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuhLFT9Ibe3vRW-vrwLsi2PEQ9IF6bUq2q0A21rL02VULDHanDXO38JakpeTitvap4g8JBa-tMpYZDtxgSh7LLguWxgLVaWgKSvcJBZhcu9WTFtKq9cr7YTl1mKHfTgaFobr6yOeQQytcLvlKD6Md0NyShZwcvfBp6v42aTzWV50Vn5V_HUF0o2UUCw/w560-h640/root%20beer.jpeg" width="560" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Handyman had to wear gloves to handle the dry ice--- and kept mentioning that he doesn't ever remember his mother making root beer. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I cut this recipe in half, and it still made a lot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was really good, but once the dry ice melted (or whatever it does) there was no carbonation, so it was flat. I had a gallon in my fridge for a while--- it tasted good, but more like root beer flavored juice.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was fun tho!</span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGcF5u5slRGvxVXGW8J_zV_nkk3ZIC3FRWBIZ_6VZ9mVrMGZ-UBkyKI2IDj6xKp64XJd_N5-4uiOMq9wKmRQ_NzH7rHK1b0Cme85_zWi71cLCMcWtAqNxLKvao9wI4GzebYbO0TxvOI5-kgv9chCPEpTWjqrHZbtq6FXJbaEpxzgSn61e_zTTwsjpFg/s320/root%20beer2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGcF5u5slRGvxVXGW8J_zV_nkk3ZIC3FRWBIZ_6VZ9mVrMGZ-UBkyKI2IDj6xKp64XJd_N5-4uiOMq9wKmRQ_NzH7rHK1b0Cme85_zWi71cLCMcWtAqNxLKvao9wI4GzebYbO0TxvOI5-kgv9chCPEpTWjqrHZbtq6FXJbaEpxzgSn61e_zTTwsjpFg/w480-h640/root%20beer2.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEm6_Ta7IjuzzQ1ljM2SMf7Jsu6iSd__g2JEUpVRg1IOGqKvCUdi44EnmQB9jd8wJ9KC6eidtIE8us07yfrqLd5qKZOiZBM5GuGWEpx6oKWChW1Z6ZzWPhzBczwkm0aTbcM3fo1F43sAZxUwNDiVmT8QzJ5uJibxhtXwFaxvOTaoqGZI1spyOqubKWQ/s4032/A6F338AB-4C30-4CBA-9AE9-1EF673B24589.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEm6_Ta7IjuzzQ1ljM2SMf7Jsu6iSd__g2JEUpVRg1IOGqKvCUdi44EnmQB9jd8wJ9KC6eidtIE8us07yfrqLd5qKZOiZBM5GuGWEpx6oKWChW1Z6ZzWPhzBczwkm0aTbcM3fo1F43sAZxUwNDiVmT8QzJ5uJibxhtXwFaxvOTaoqGZI1spyOqubKWQ/w480-h640/A6F338AB-4C30-4CBA-9AE9-1EF673B24589.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVA6XQBLCeKpuClIoJTJOiH6UNY0mkuwoX1ZT-oHfdbF5vcHR58Fgj1IFVPWQKBMSkO91PWVwUhCiCDK09RwWr5Rp3GtqxGDLz48ysy7DwJjyrwvxAjffY6rWg3ARcR7aR0NokrUkv03rUzQIxy3Bq92QvjhScIgeG-Ii6LFvcQGjYdkJ2nZOqKvTl8w/s4032/6B09DB17-9A1C-41D9-9866-0EE62FC25641.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVA6XQBLCeKpuClIoJTJOiH6UNY0mkuwoX1ZT-oHfdbF5vcHR58Fgj1IFVPWQKBMSkO91PWVwUhCiCDK09RwWr5Rp3GtqxGDLz48ysy7DwJjyrwvxAjffY6rWg3ARcR7aR0NokrUkv03rUzQIxy3Bq92QvjhScIgeG-Ii6LFvcQGjYdkJ2nZOqKvTl8w/w480-h640/6B09DB17-9A1C-41D9-9866-0EE62FC25641.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So now, my mother-in-law, Teresa Marie Solaro Stone Belcher, there was never a better mother-in-law on earth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That's what I believe. (even, and especially with all her eccentricities)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can look at her past recipes (and stories) <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/MomB" target="_blank">here..Just Click</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This will make her 14th recipe in the countdown, and I've mentioned before that I'm having trouble now thinking of stories about her, so I'm just going to tell you--that one time I made fun of her (re-read ECCENTRICITIES above)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Can you believe it? I tried to get a laugh at her expense!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of my kids (not the one above) was graduating from high school and we were having a big party. Friends and Family from near and far were coming and I wrote a little </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">'Cast of Characters' describing who would all be there and sent it to Barbara Brown, the editor of the first edition of this cookbook, just so she would know what to expect. I think it was the first time she'd met everyone.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Later she was adopted in a ceremony by the whole family, so she is a sister by extension. But before that I thought it imperative that she understood who she was dealing with when she came to the party. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>*a disclaimer. I might have described everyone in the family. But that paper got lost somehow, this was the only part that has survived the past 25 years. Seriously.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>**also a disclaimer. I might have exaggerated certain things. I might have taken literary license when writing up descriptions. Might have. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is what I sent to Barb:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsn7coeykM9S64PcUQxskLYtN3cdAnBxVz6H7JzG_crwapjSnmmACePLPfqj4Cy2wbEiF0fXsTjVINY_CTJvLDgEsR36mySsiwduOofrZY-Hd_L3MlOtr8bej6v6J2WMl-LIV57ZTU2nr-3NVi37iTak2uEkyu0Bk_-7eXNrA5copR2UZdx83hQYjuhw/s320/rootbeer3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="320" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsn7coeykM9S64PcUQxskLYtN3cdAnBxVz6H7JzG_crwapjSnmmACePLPfqj4Cy2wbEiF0fXsTjVINY_CTJvLDgEsR36mySsiwduOofrZY-Hd_L3MlOtr8bej6v6J2WMl-LIV57ZTU2nr-3NVi37iTak2uEkyu0Bk_-7eXNrA5copR2UZdx83hQYjuhw/w640-h348/rootbeer3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And then I also sent this to her. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(the last, very last, only remaining page of family descriptions!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoSZqr0fY9kG7scy8Y8iWEThSZFxz0X7of_dvbM15Q9dwsH7-spaGRrQ-e59ZS2v6nd-FrWLtfkitijyz1K1fmwNzPZhfLeubLHOnzF52M8YXg2UOPai0kFYx8HZTsCsmjIDagL3OzulCCPZNB-3PBopv4aim8-8Cl0C8WFo7F0ofdxK8mxhVmuCLHKw/s320/root%20beer4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="313" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoSZqr0fY9kG7scy8Y8iWEThSZFxz0X7of_dvbM15Q9dwsH7-spaGRrQ-e59ZS2v6nd-FrWLtfkitijyz1K1fmwNzPZhfLeubLHOnzF52M8YXg2UOPai0kFYx8HZTsCsmjIDagL3OzulCCPZNB-3PBopv4aim8-8Cl0C8WFo7F0ofdxK8mxhVmuCLHKw/w626-h640/root%20beer4.jpeg" width="626" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's too bad (sigh) so very sad that I don't have those other pages describing everyone. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I sure wish I did. But I don't---I DON'T. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By the way, here is a photo of Teresa and her 2 husbands.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The one who looked like George Gobel (kind of), Richard,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and the other one. (the one she loved till the end of her life--Phil)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was the queen of candid shots when no one was lookin--and this was back in the day of 'film', so I couldn't ever do a redo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCP4EkZImrA2hPm_JOAqsHBQPkUFqqUSDC15kAg0oK3NTxLbGKhlth_EYQPdPFkU6w00iEEzcIVacmaa1RTnS-y19vHi13bjwpNqeyH2VsYFswIbNZB1uNUii94DfY08tzM4_9-RNrHStezkWNPYbV1k6GgKArMAVJa58ARgVdM7IoA_mxWOOOGMNFKg/s640/root%20beer5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="640" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCP4EkZImrA2hPm_JOAqsHBQPkUFqqUSDC15kAg0oK3NTxLbGKhlth_EYQPdPFkU6w00iEEzcIVacmaa1RTnS-y19vHi13bjwpNqeyH2VsYFswIbNZB1uNUii94DfY08tzM4_9-RNrHStezkWNPYbV1k6GgKArMAVJa58ARgVdM7IoA_mxWOOOGMNFKg/w640-h638/root%20beer5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Phil told me one time, , that he hated their California King bed, because he missed being able to reach out and touch her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">oh.... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">💓💕💖💘</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dang! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vYsmm7OTZewJxSpqWnvWL4VJyDd2mHaB6H4uXGHYNBJ2DLJqMY1wHXyHHGFKz3RsVnqr43-RTc4wHRCAM9pnhAPHYrHSgjdTRtlhnUdVXUFamn2Ro3dzsG612SXDMLBuRiYlEeDKR0JfJMtpIbN6JQbePqvKSrcblX5zmC_l38t3V9GMIc6Zg1cV-Q/s3024/5A3D2223-4485-4FF1-A228-E1D025BBF279.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2624" data-original-width="3024" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vYsmm7OTZewJxSpqWnvWL4VJyDd2mHaB6H4uXGHYNBJ2DLJqMY1wHXyHHGFKz3RsVnqr43-RTc4wHRCAM9pnhAPHYrHSgjdTRtlhnUdVXUFamn2Ro3dzsG612SXDMLBuRiYlEeDKR0JfJMtpIbN6JQbePqvKSrcblX5zmC_l38t3V9GMIc6Zg1cV-Q/w640-h556/5A3D2223-4485-4FF1-A228-E1D025BBF279.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The only</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> reason I might have used her as a comic sidekick (in the description to Barb) was because she would laugh at herself too!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And she really wasn't all that bossy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(shhhhhheeee really was. shhhhhhhh</i>)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfK0OVgX45QTBIfcV8gaTtWssxg9PnULE9qjf0f96erhPGtfJ1nZiecjxagiPCfIVaQWrx6jSSQA51UftaDhTltCe3JQZX3CcXtVfN4tbgPqk8QC2-Aq-nmwRQ7SUQc9RlucrVmVADO0dPhM3Gj3VKtuEH9j58KuOsN1TlyLBvET7st9Z4ILP2MgK5Q/s2948/63EBCEE4-8BE2-41AB-8AA3-C0E6AEEE2A54.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2948" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfK0OVgX45QTBIfcV8gaTtWssxg9PnULE9qjf0f96erhPGtfJ1nZiecjxagiPCfIVaQWrx6jSSQA51UftaDhTltCe3JQZX3CcXtVfN4tbgPqk8QC2-Aq-nmwRQ7SUQc9RlucrVmVADO0dPhM3Gj3VKtuEH9j58KuOsN1TlyLBvET7st9Z4ILP2MgK5Q/w640-h318/63EBCEE4-8BE2-41AB-8AA3-C0E6AEEE2A54.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(having lunch in Capitoal, CA with my favorite in-laws and my 3 sons. Can you guess which one is the middle child?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And that is recipe #326 from the Friday Friend Cookbook Countdown.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Getting closer all the time.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-18204011400141631162023-01-14T18:27:00.002-08:002023-01-15T08:47:04.975-08:00Friday friend recipe #325–Tomi’s spaghetti <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EVdPtAi8W6J_q65wUdw-BlQP4I9nZ_kaiETVdoJh6hBoAuWR4EnDvCxQsxk5H5BTCR79akQNNonYXdGC3hPQc7TtcXBF2MfHVrtsjqbP3cjrbNyUr32jq-x_ty21I5kC0vpHhKxlIMq2kRmdgWZBw1AprZjxf36D_W4wPUbx1JbWQL8azXuqHhS8hw/s4032/D4ED2961-742D-4C91-8A15-0CF678176E9A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EVdPtAi8W6J_q65wUdw-BlQP4I9nZ_kaiETVdoJh6hBoAuWR4EnDvCxQsxk5H5BTCR79akQNNonYXdGC3hPQc7TtcXBF2MfHVrtsjqbP3cjrbNyUr32jq-x_ty21I5kC0vpHhKxlIMq2kRmdgWZBw1AprZjxf36D_W4wPUbx1JbWQL8azXuqHhS8hw/w480-h640/D4ED2961-742D-4C91-8A15-0CF678176E9A.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I must get this done! At least to prove something to myself if not the Handyman...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">because...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">...about 22 years ago, 50 of my closest friends and family, who had been on an</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> e-mail forum with me, sent in recipes in different categories and we compiled a cookbook.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I decided to count those down!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why?</span></span></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">because one night I was looking thru the cookbook and I said, "I should make every recipe in here for my blog."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Handyman/Mayor, who thinks he knows me better than I know myself, said "you'll never EVER do that."</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, maybe I will! Maybe I'll show him!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Which brings us to Tomi's 'Easy Easy Spaghetti Sauce'</span></span></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2pFWZLc1xleowqkg2OAFLMnOpxY8DgHtMUSlfmRatrYT3fM6aNnJ4MUX4sfGbYHRunPa4uBxTcJPAriBlhqfkAuAc1CKjY3J0ZSOl7MoOCE2Q_9ZRhkWIuDH9AL8UQ_W5vCdDA5CByjHKGy2WSF-Sf5INsuVe5oR8Dluxb1J2y32kraHo212zhZ-iA/s4032/CDCE905C-B398-4639-9E89-2FB2FCAE190D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2pFWZLc1xleowqkg2OAFLMnOpxY8DgHtMUSlfmRatrYT3fM6aNnJ4MUX4sfGbYHRunPa4uBxTcJPAriBlhqfkAuAc1CKjY3J0ZSOl7MoOCE2Q_9ZRhkWIuDH9AL8UQ_W5vCdDA5CByjHKGy2WSF-Sf5INsuVe5oR8Dluxb1J2y32kraHo212zhZ-iA/w480-h640/CDCE905C-B398-4639-9E89-2FB2FCAE190D.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tomi does not drink, but I do, and spaghetti sauce just seems to beg for red wine, doesn't it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Too bad I don't drink red wine. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know what else to say about pasta and meat sauce. It's good. You can't go bad, putting the two together. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's like the corn song ---</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>--f</i></span><i style="font-size: x-large;">or me, I really like pasta. It's pasta! It has the chew--have you ever seen anything more beautiful?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: x-large;">It's pasta--I mean look at this thing--long thin noodles with sauce.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: x-large;">It's got the sauce!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">You get the drift, right? Now I hope the corn song is not stuck in your head.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But pasta---it's the most beautiful thing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisk-WhB1WhoYsNoR-maF2GFjlIJsazrHT31kYIGQT0yhqJMbCimk0L_aQfbZP8TsCOgRURHb2ip_q4WSbtUO21vR0mbHLbZL765ZCFamODlogWtqR2Q9c3Rx87xgAQRtg49BjvwZNA57n23-uGuA8-occjYaTaBA6c84EIqQQFiGBAVhrbRjg0QyLEog/s1972/3DFEA8F8-6F57-4A8D-AB2F-F759AFB11359.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1972" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisk-WhB1WhoYsNoR-maF2GFjlIJsazrHT31kYIGQT0yhqJMbCimk0L_aQfbZP8TsCOgRURHb2ip_q4WSbtUO21vR0mbHLbZL765ZCFamODlogWtqR2Q9c3Rx87xgAQRtg49BjvwZNA57n23-uGuA8-occjYaTaBA6c84EIqQQFiGBAVhrbRjg0QyLEog/w640-h430/3DFEA8F8-6F57-4A8D-AB2F-F759AFB11359.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And Tomi-- well, this is her last post in the cookbook countdown.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is her 6th recipe. You can check out all her stories and recipes <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Tomi?updated-max=2016-11-19T10:19:00-08:00&max-results=20&start=2&by-date=false" target="_blank">right here. Just click.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>LAST POST THO---LAST POST!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm saying goodbye to my friends!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yeah, go ahead and roll your eyes, the Handyman did.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So on to a story. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tomi and her husband Stuart where game playing friends--board games, cards, etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We were all young, we were all poor, we all had small children, whom we just put to bed in at each other's houses. We couldn't afford babysitting and believe it or not, (when you see the photos) we weren't drinking. Well, Tomi wasn't drinking--the rest of us? Who knows. This is too far back to remember.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was circa 1984.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had a murder mystery party. Do you remember when they were all the rage in the 80's?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were 8 suspects, so Tomi invited 4 couples. The sad part is that I can't remember who the 4th couple was/is. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The other two, still friends to this day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Murder was afoot at the class reunion!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The suspects were:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The preppy and the nerd</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(<i>Stuart and Tomi)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA43R2FzodYcFby3uzQLpbqlHUxaY_HL9UDiV61ebOvRUGenSyaQhWxzuWDmEdTseXnjYJyEaFydox-hew0TMmvY8rSpGo7JwKcuBr6snIvYn49XtxjavB7J-VvZcCM8jGTx7U3_RabdkAOFLcSQtS7VMzT1HV6DL3sBAG3MSHhdGNWOE-GEYsPdWkBg/s2803/2B4C8BD8-4491-4B3C-AA08-7D0300F5FC7E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2452" data-original-width="2803" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA43R2FzodYcFby3uzQLpbqlHUxaY_HL9UDiV61ebOvRUGenSyaQhWxzuWDmEdTseXnjYJyEaFydox-hew0TMmvY8rSpGo7JwKcuBr6snIvYn49XtxjavB7J-VvZcCM8jGTx7U3_RabdkAOFLcSQtS7VMzT1HV6DL3sBAG3MSHhdGNWOE-GEYsPdWkBg/w640-h560/2B4C8BD8-4491-4B3C-AA08-7D0300F5FC7E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The 'pregnant' cheerleader and the hood</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>(Dink and Cash)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>(he really was a naughty bad-boy)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hood later married pregnant cheerleader and they had another child and lived happily ever after. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiI7_FBmLd1or3MzoLEDVrMqU6MfQARWuOMrbC9I_hUDz7L2BEdvoPNA_PG3LDvqksnObcwaPRTjWq8tykn1Y_NmxdnV-DNjjUQGuxFNIv9fWWDkpW_QDb9CKKfWVwgJI7_YZhMupBkfNmsyLHG5KEbxxaDDkQg0LmH8QskEkhlgUi1nMfKH-3ZRhiVA/s3281/1E354B9D-115B-45C6-BEE8-38B6BDD50E3F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3281" data-original-width="2398" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiI7_FBmLd1or3MzoLEDVrMqU6MfQARWuOMrbC9I_hUDz7L2BEdvoPNA_PG3LDvqksnObcwaPRTjWq8tykn1Y_NmxdnV-DNjjUQGuxFNIv9fWWDkpW_QDb9CKKfWVwgJI7_YZhMupBkfNmsyLHG5KEbxxaDDkQg0LmH8QskEkhlgUi1nMfKH-3ZRhiVA/w467-h640/1E354B9D-115B-45C6-BEE8-38B6BDD50E3F.jpeg" width="467" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The teacher and the floozy</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>(Rich/Handyman and me/debbie)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgj42o2pty81OK5hzW8flOxTBSML3MOZAC3-AzS6F1FI8CoVWpTjpGFdB3o1o3sclOh-dFmUqIoshtBjBqG1DdEqoVo3ibvfUusyGAW2thO8X2SyNwd9HrsHQaEMtf09DgFcru_p5oDF9GlunERx0cRfGSelgAZmBEm5gRv_yOS5tRSz72cNlnOxqvw/s2588/AE59E9F1-11CA-4281-B08C-EDBABB782F3B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2441" data-original-width="2588" height="605" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgj42o2pty81OK5hzW8flOxTBSML3MOZAC3-AzS6F1FI8CoVWpTjpGFdB3o1o3sclOh-dFmUqIoshtBjBqG1DdEqoVo3ibvfUusyGAW2thO8X2SyNwd9HrsHQaEMtf09DgFcru_p5oDF9GlunERx0cRfGSelgAZmBEm5gRv_yOS5tRSz72cNlnOxqvw/w640-h605/AE59E9F1-11CA-4281-B08C-EDBABB782F3B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The girls</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and I feel so bad at not remembering the girl on the right.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Man! This really happens at reunions, right?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(I was most likely that girl, so I only went to one reunion)</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZ8sXDM1fT7SczPVDIAlChgnnqOvEUY0nIpYtyIeCfegd6eRUnk3VWbplqd5s5SZlLQ_-ZfrwGeoPCwxeR3AZdaW3VAyO7xfsn1OB_VgHaLWV9Pga1-3M2NiHIg6rpnvmSgUW02h2diDcO-Nd7wOiuru5Y57NK2PGYbZxku8RnWQo6mXueSGPdfdhsg/s2752/5C3C1784-0720-4398-873C-799D1D3D57B0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2210" data-original-width="2752" height="515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZ8sXDM1fT7SczPVDIAlChgnnqOvEUY0nIpYtyIeCfegd6eRUnk3VWbplqd5s5SZlLQ_-ZfrwGeoPCwxeR3AZdaW3VAyO7xfsn1OB_VgHaLWV9Pga1-3M2NiHIg6rpnvmSgUW02h2diDcO-Nd7wOiuru5Y57NK2PGYbZxku8RnWQo6mXueSGPdfdhsg/w640-h515/5C3C1784-0720-4398-873C-799D1D3D57B0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>That 'hood' that 'rebel without a cause' </b></span><b style="font-size: x-large;">thought he was so cool! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Too cool to show his face. </b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tomi the perky/preppy school spirit girl, looks the part. </b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hivYUk2DAJ1jczYAJuSnkGF8Vz4_aozFNGPIje3E_Iq6kH0aThVLMYWdZmbZYnZsjQyGl2PPCNcexwIShloQhnnyQYExTvK_Dgk92ZLkUbrWHQex_w5FgM2D4H8ST3oaBBKN9-mJYaxtn9zdWMT6R097DEji7iYrsojpxlQrTkAw5u39zxIdSw4Ubw/s2686/692E7B66-7A7C-43A7-A4BB-B60D586DD600.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2054" data-original-width="2686" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hivYUk2DAJ1jczYAJuSnkGF8Vz4_aozFNGPIje3E_Iq6kH0aThVLMYWdZmbZYnZsjQyGl2PPCNcexwIShloQhnnyQYExTvK_Dgk92ZLkUbrWHQex_w5FgM2D4H8ST3oaBBKN9-mJYaxtn9zdWMT6R097DEji7iYrsojpxlQrTkAw5u39zxIdSw4Ubw/w640-h490/692E7B66-7A7C-43A7-A4BB-B60D586DD600.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And look, the hood/bad boy is drinking! I think that is a beer in his hand anyway. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xOTQRpVKoWBgcvIXZTOabeZD2v6EUF2-eaKdI4xbOlVlqXCkgOmDmw9dVF7oHbG2oPuyfMpUEQxEdTPkNhPxq9Dtfg0ACoRJU2eRNZK0OWFCaE6pQuEQGqFxOUgIdRXLxwsjOkVW6faE5JZVd02_uI1itIY3Ows8zRCC3i4oTJzMkXQmifX1JZoytg/s2918/A8FC61B3-BD5A-4458-BC70-6554743610C3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2058" data-original-width="2918" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xOTQRpVKoWBgcvIXZTOabeZD2v6EUF2-eaKdI4xbOlVlqXCkgOmDmw9dVF7oHbG2oPuyfMpUEQxEdTPkNhPxq9Dtfg0ACoRJU2eRNZK0OWFCaE6pQuEQGqFxOUgIdRXLxwsjOkVW6faE5JZVd02_uI1itIY3Ows8zRCC3i4oTJzMkXQmifX1JZoytg/w640-h451/A8FC61B3-BD5A-4458-BC70-6554743610C3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fast forward 20 years and here are Tomi and Dink again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGn9-EWgPVr2eFwf28oPBPecOZYr-r5zUzX31CncMH59fySahddws9MLI5S1lbW08iUZfRvzB2tTzIC_UmjZ-c1SxbX8Sbmr8UDEZs7B812Y0t9Gx8h3HOhA26EQDHxx7UP8CGW8p_igmr7kO-sBebPyQA05YlZha7J_LJEdGdb1k_YlAAY6XgWyYHCA/s2499/2EA572CB-56CC-4B7E-BCBA-7C5EDE20D8B5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2499" data-original-width="2497" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGn9-EWgPVr2eFwf28oPBPecOZYr-r5zUzX31CncMH59fySahddws9MLI5S1lbW08iUZfRvzB2tTzIC_UmjZ-c1SxbX8Sbmr8UDEZs7B812Y0t9Gx8h3HOhA26EQDHxx7UP8CGW8p_igmr7kO-sBebPyQA05YlZha7J_LJEdGdb1k_YlAAY6XgWyYHCA/w640-h640/2EA572CB-56CC-4B7E-BCBA-7C5EDE20D8B5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fast forward another 20 years (<i>OMG!! how did that happen? 40 years in a flash.</i>) None of us live in the same town anymore. We are apart by miles, but distance is just distance, it's not separation, because in our minds we've never really left each other.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hmmm.... that sounds a lot like dementia. Well, 40 years, who knows!?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But good friends are good friends are good friends!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm glad to have them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And that, my friends is recipe #325.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Eating!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-57810366898243654612023-01-09T19:26:00.002-08:002023-01-09T19:26:37.010-08:00323 and 324 Friday friend countdown<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBc3zjfjBzWFt0uliEVt1Yrl1V1MLpcFFsNXgQm7tKTa5D-TO8VI24L24NsqCyrLdWWfPfsgIuHmYR2Ml6rhgLstuyAbUH3G625qQ1QRtykOLy1BrmE4QJQnEwlVf9vQLg29CJSJlS75zLvgI5kz2c09PGMI4yDF3vyjkrR4YGoq8_7UCabUYxGjU9g/s200/long%20island.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBc3zjfjBzWFt0uliEVt1Yrl1V1MLpcFFsNXgQm7tKTa5D-TO8VI24L24NsqCyrLdWWfPfsgIuHmYR2Ml6rhgLstuyAbUH3G625qQ1QRtykOLy1BrmE4QJQnEwlVf9vQLg29CJSJlS75zLvgI5kz2c09PGMI4yDF3vyjkrR4YGoq8_7UCabUYxGjU9g/w480-h640/long%20island.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">What is the Friday Friend cookbook? </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">I once had about 50 of my closest friends and family </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;">(from all over the county)</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"> on an e-mail forum which I called the Friday Friends. At first, most of them didn't know each other, (they knew me) but over the past 21 years, we've answered and shared silly--and serious---questions, exchanged Secret Santa Christmas gifts, had a dieting contest in which we paid a $1 a week and that money went to a scholarship fund for a Friday Friends son's memorial scholarship, and we went on a great vacation for my 52 birthday.</span></span><i style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px;"> (plus so much more....)</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; 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Said</i></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">, "you'll never, EVER do that."</span></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;">WELL---maybe I'll show him! 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>My Mom's Long Island Iced Tea and Honey Mustard Chicken</b></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKP_lAyElqmCeeOrqLWtDCq3cZZfbUQ3W7hP7f21MkHtA1yqEVGgJsEvL7Lq8Nu66iafkIjoAFz63RRIhgXjrE0H_dWlW04DaxbUUZxTvvbK46T3BvNX7_bh7MVpnMgV0uBVkx0V_EUEpmMr7spMBgWgjwY6hmfiRt-TSDJYfrd1CSfD6OOJXNEmEACw/s4032/404A6AC5-E5D3-492C-9064-D8AC7BCD1025.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKP_lAyElqmCeeOrqLWtDCq3cZZfbUQ3W7hP7f21MkHtA1yqEVGgJsEvL7Lq8Nu66iafkIjoAFz63RRIhgXjrE0H_dWlW04DaxbUUZxTvvbK46T3BvNX7_bh7MVpnMgV0uBVkx0V_EUEpmMr7spMBgWgjwY6hmfiRt-TSDJYfrd1CSfD6OOJXNEmEACw/w480-h640/404A6AC5-E5D3-492C-9064-D8AC7BCD1025.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This is what we do when we're waiting for dinner (Honey Mustard Chicken) to bake--we drink Long Island Iced Tea and play cards.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">And we do it no matter what is cooking. In the winter, we play at the dining room table, in the summer on the patio table.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I don't know if I've said this before, but, my family (mom's side) were huge card players and my mom jokes about being conceived while her parents played cribbage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We have no way of knowing if this is true or not as her parents are deceased. As is she.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">No one to corroborate the story. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">BUT I do know that I remember staying at their (my grandparents) house and waking up to the sound of cards being shuffled--because they played cribbage every morning at breakfast. So, she has a persuasive argument.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I once, tried playing cribbage every morning with the Mayor (handyman, husband, honey--I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL HIM. ANYMORE!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Anyway, it didn't work well because he was still working, and we ran out of morning time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It defeats the purpose of fun, when you are yelling up the stairs every morning--<i>get down here we have to play cribbage now!!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The Handyman and I play cards together a lot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">But none of our kids were conceived while doing so.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">In my family, this game is called Nertz. But if you are in the Friday Friend Cookbook editor's family (remember Barbara Brown originally typed these all up) it is called Bolshevik. </p><p style="text-align: center;">There are a few slight differences, but none that matter.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvpnHXLKGyusUSs8JONRaIQ-xFdQqAa5ktXjgC95C4OX0RfxotbUf5tg5wu2a-s5v2GO3xi4cdbc5uNwXiIIANwVS9787ARRx2aJ3-_s_DMZYFd6R6H9_ngkqGhN7DBn6L6UnYNRwRCJfW1n0iTm2NLpGhq-GcH7By6hnYOTqSBrtTPv_ZX_fTnayig/s4032/9090A58D-AC8C-4F70-AE01-F4A92460BDE9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvpnHXLKGyusUSs8JONRaIQ-xFdQqAa5ktXjgC95C4OX0RfxotbUf5tg5wu2a-s5v2GO3xi4cdbc5uNwXiIIANwVS9787ARRx2aJ3-_s_DMZYFd6R6H9_ngkqGhN7DBn6L6UnYNRwRCJfW1n0iTm2NLpGhq-GcH7By6hnYOTqSBrtTPv_ZX_fTnayig/w640-h480/9090A58D-AC8C-4F70-AE01-F4A92460BDE9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Playing cards passes the time, while waiting for meals.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And imbibing a bit is okay too!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJILYvgU5jlCX8U837N1rlKr4dpFpMt4MRQhs2V_Rh_4RatwDB_nMHr8FgfnlOW7vf1P-F2eaZNaEV6zzZlhA80aBwQRpokqZqg6AA3U87T10VxxzBK7qYvUH-ioby9Y5AXu4cmCK8PvdZAnNUPLnk49tzHodwpZhicRpoAOh-Xpp1_dLVE4A0z3piCg/s2735/Long%20island2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2348" data-original-width="2735" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJILYvgU5jlCX8U837N1rlKr4dpFpMt4MRQhs2V_Rh_4RatwDB_nMHr8FgfnlOW7vf1P-F2eaZNaEV6zzZlhA80aBwQRpokqZqg6AA3U87T10VxxzBK7qYvUH-ioby9Y5AXu4cmCK8PvdZAnNUPLnk49tzHodwpZhicRpoAOh-Xpp1_dLVE4A0z3piCg/w640-h550/Long%20island2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8RWmwxEe1wL-LKQz0qxe5WMTgMAnN8woKmcbIsCMmoEh6woT7il79e2Nm8ah_26pgcBuPkJ36iA6gI_wFplNhKy3CZgeCysNUlb9FW-qivk_y-eSv43cXD2yIABAIiGj_fd06QyWSpi6Hu52NpJ_nJfKN5x7f93bN8DCDuO6TOi-Hd5O0BP6Azwf7VQ/s3024/long%20island.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="3024" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8RWmwxEe1wL-LKQz0qxe5WMTgMAnN8woKmcbIsCMmoEh6woT7il79e2Nm8ah_26pgcBuPkJ36iA6gI_wFplNhKy3CZgeCysNUlb9FW-qivk_y-eSv43cXD2yIABAIiGj_fd06QyWSpi6Hu52NpJ_nJfKN5x7f93bN8DCDuO6TOi-Hd5O0BP6Azwf7VQ/w640-h610/long%20island.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is a lot of alcohol involved in Long Island Iced teas.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJ66CCAIyMIjq0SttvMNqwzFtZg5FNpmAhkC4MMScIBZtKEC_jZAgMnuc3bGzsTRLhh7TXzR0qiCmYcOxRAKBP1kOH6SYqJIaknNoIFIdH2DBpJixhPKFp7ZClxbgGUEZsuUOjnXfOBkKegj3Ikmc0Gnshy9z5oS3BXNT_t_H4jnfR9k9m8fywyzonA/s4032/ED395CD2-C039-4D3F-B537-55B475A7EC3E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJ66CCAIyMIjq0SttvMNqwzFtZg5FNpmAhkC4MMScIBZtKEC_jZAgMnuc3bGzsTRLhh7TXzR0qiCmYcOxRAKBP1kOH6SYqJIaknNoIFIdH2DBpJixhPKFp7ZClxbgGUEZsuUOjnXfOBkKegj3Ikmc0Gnshy9z5oS3BXNT_t_H4jnfR9k9m8fywyzonA/w480-h640/ED395CD2-C039-4D3F-B537-55B475A7EC3E.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So much alcohol!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And the funny thing is, my mom never drank when I was little.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She would order orange juice so people would thing she was having a drink--because back in the day, people could not let you get by without a drink in your hand. (It seemed un-hospitable or something. different times--what can I say?) So, she was an orange juice drinker.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then, in the middle of my high school years, something happened, and she discovered 'slow gin' and 'peach schnapps' and drank things called 'slow screws' and 'fuzzy navels'.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She still was never a huge drinker, and it was rare to see her overindulge, but there are a couple of times I remember, and those were funny.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe not as funny as this time?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I came across these photos when I was searching for a story about my mom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She was always one for a celebration! Not sure if this was for the Fourth of July</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Memorial Day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">President's Day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Flag Day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Labor Day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Veterans Day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">OR</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Their hockey team was "The Tri-City Americans" and they did sell 50/50 tickets with their friends during intermission, and they might have had a little too much fun. And they might have dressed up in costume? Who knows.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And now there is no one to ask.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrAd1GYwtxm-dkT8qPa1tz20eNJwB6TTj28XnHu1Fgjt-aILrNxfBMZ7QOyejScc5A3rsF-8mZkQhF6oNKpCoMjzXZQgPTtFG-CAlkV9k8U2CUIJ-wQCat2L7fbwHtfuKkFBtDmjA6JfNGQbi3ZtrGNVgLCeovrrA_tKr65wYXBg0qb9glfeiJ0ypbQ/s2591/long%20island2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2591" data-original-width="2395" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrAd1GYwtxm-dkT8qPa1tz20eNJwB6TTj28XnHu1Fgjt-aILrNxfBMZ7QOyejScc5A3rsF-8mZkQhF6oNKpCoMjzXZQgPTtFG-CAlkV9k8U2CUIJ-wQCat2L7fbwHtfuKkFBtDmjA6JfNGQbi3ZtrGNVgLCeovrrA_tKr65wYXBg0qb9glfeiJ0ypbQ/w592-h640/long%20island2.jpeg" width="592" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xNEOD_TjC5uwnjbo50hoovYVjlkozf9wosYytw9Vq41PpqwPqpZIQT-lheh5h2M9fd9VW65gWJXaZLLAFaA1hE9I2DrJIGS24KwSvpc4azA8csd0EVpxGMSx5AHXg0qPgHF3xmDSvZ3Bysm7PykllxTafzs2JV0tkrCu-1RgkJfykHzq4lktO2ITMA/s3092/long%20island3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3092" data-original-width="3021" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xNEOD_TjC5uwnjbo50hoovYVjlkozf9wosYytw9Vq41PpqwPqpZIQT-lheh5h2M9fd9VW65gWJXaZLLAFaA1hE9I2DrJIGS24KwSvpc4azA8csd0EVpxGMSx5AHXg0qPgHF3xmDSvZ3Bysm7PykllxTafzs2JV0tkrCu-1RgkJfykHzq4lktO2ITMA/w626-h640/long%20island3.jpeg" width="626" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The thing is--- I now have this 'costume' in my dresser drawer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've never known what to do with it exactly. When or where to wear it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wish I could ask my mom. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">**<i>WAIT A MINUTE!</i> Look, my mom has her "orange juice" glass front and center. It's like she's mocking me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hmmmm---did I fall for the old "I don't drink I'm just having orange juice" line all my life??</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">😁</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My mom has 48 recipes in the Cookbook Countdown so far,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">only a couple more of hers to go (because you know I'm doing a slow roll to the finish line) and you can check them out <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/mom" target="_blank">here. (click here)</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These are recipes #323 and 324.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have 26 more to make to complete the cookbook countdown--anc counting the 8 I have in drafts--you'll only be seeing 34 more posts from me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Probably only 24, as I double up sometimes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But as Rich (the mayor, handyman, husband) reminded me tonight--until the next time you count them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have a good night!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><p><br /></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-69702503594593136192022-12-22T10:20:00.001-08:002022-12-22T10:39:48.626-08:00Friday Friend Cookbook Countdown, Recipe #322, Violet's lasagna<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3W20bOR3Q49yOBUyYnt5SsYAbsjs7cFjrpWj8_3MFKjuScoJVVLxcmWPVO6PwDwNfwUNvpta3sQo0P7MRNL3XSO78deTbGRZyaNsCnN2eBvAWtuokCwTNF8ZZCHHMJZIZxCOVjo9BoUylQeqBn5E-StuU1k5gHX6p4w1L_UUegDrQDQExw7cKCMtXQ/s4032/F6BC8327-B638-4799-8C8A-FF5BA25BBFD8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3W20bOR3Q49yOBUyYnt5SsYAbsjs7cFjrpWj8_3MFKjuScoJVVLxcmWPVO6PwDwNfwUNvpta3sQo0P7MRNL3XSO78deTbGRZyaNsCnN2eBvAWtuokCwTNF8ZZCHHMJZIZxCOVjo9BoUylQeqBn5E-StuU1k5gHX6p4w1L_UUegDrQDQExw7cKCMtXQ/w480-h640/F6BC8327-B638-4799-8C8A-FF5BA25BBFD8.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">My Friday Friend Cookbook Countdown #322</span></span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>...and the rest is cookbook history!</i></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><i></i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Just remember, the countdown is not all about pretty food and food design---it's about the people and the stories.</span></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">And (the most important thing) proving my husband wrong--and that I </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">can and WILL</b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> make every recipe in this cookbook</span></span></i></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiespJ4o8Hd8GaqEkncFRawL82_pP26jv9GPnFkrgDAqWBHSlS2G2YNd8OH4LmITa79UiVw9hSOP7hzJFRHZ14heDVp-BwZK4AobB3oCdPRwbFKrlc4D3A27RUuAv1R0nU0c__qquLyKW2FFlmwuot3-Zywv_MYJx5oHE9RRykMNQAuWj3q7E3AUyClAg/s1280/Violette's%20lasange.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1183" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiespJ4o8Hd8GaqEkncFRawL82_pP26jv9GPnFkrgDAqWBHSlS2G2YNd8OH4LmITa79UiVw9hSOP7hzJFRHZ14heDVp-BwZK4AobB3oCdPRwbFKrlc4D3A27RUuAv1R0nU0c__qquLyKW2FFlmwuot3-Zywv_MYJx5oHE9RRykMNQAuWj3q7E3AUyClAg/w592-h640/Violette's%20lasange.jpg" width="592" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have to tell you that I was hesitant to make this one---I always worry about the noodles not cooking. But they did and it was fast </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(<i>to put together</i>), easy and good. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I later made it for my son's family one afternoon while watching the grandkids.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They loved it too--or were just happy not to have to worry about dinner when they got home from work.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I made this lasagna earlier this fall while we were up at our cabin. (I always make a FF cookbook countdown when we are at our cabin in the fall) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I decided to ask Theda who Violet was. I mean, I know practically her whole family, but couldn't recollect Violet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(please disregard the top of my screen shot--I was getting a notification and didn't notice it. NOR did I edit before uploading here. Oh well.. start with Who is Violet..)</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOe2F8S_oP4QBvHjMab211uAHI_EBQ3GCcxwxLlpCMpnsbs1HVE9NpWnbUHZN1lbmTB50nWcVqiZksLj-8KwE4RIcoGtb8_875OZz94uYZB4UhLtnmM53PqjLulESSfuWS_2YvB8CwPhD7InWwn2ddCts8gyG7IRgYUqKB46xNxq--MF_smmya7p5EMg/s2532/9167E977-35D8-476C-AA65-7265AEAFCDD0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOe2F8S_oP4QBvHjMab211uAHI_EBQ3GCcxwxLlpCMpnsbs1HVE9NpWnbUHZN1lbmTB50nWcVqiZksLj-8KwE4RIcoGtb8_875OZz94uYZB4UhLtnmM53PqjLulESSfuWS_2YvB8CwPhD7InWwn2ddCts8gyG7IRgYUqKB46xNxq--MF_smmya7p5EMg/w296-h640/9167E977-35D8-476C-AA65-7265AEAFCDD0.png" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Freddy Fender cookbook! hahahaha!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really need to stop voice texting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Truly tho, this is super easy and super good.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetMDqwahQkscrgUr4I285wDo5WekAPU_IvqsdZmfs3BBEPDXEj_Wjlt51r-kKywtktHjlc3kEd6Zj5vpug7wXIw3dWvQyj-i4xEKg2OVXfNCAPSdQJq9Go9GLTZNJy1tircvgbos8dynn6Dge2sVLinBPMO8V2wdSmQU0XzNVvT33ztd6q5eG1_VAug/s4032/553C6074-0B4F-4A2C-BBAF-E97DE2CDC946.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetMDqwahQkscrgUr4I285wDo5WekAPU_IvqsdZmfs3BBEPDXEj_Wjlt51r-kKywtktHjlc3kEd6Zj5vpug7wXIw3dWvQyj-i4xEKg2OVXfNCAPSdQJq9Go9GLTZNJy1tircvgbos8dynn6Dge2sVLinBPMO8V2wdSmQU0XzNVvT33ztd6q5eG1_VAug/w480-h640/553C6074-0B4F-4A2C-BBAF-E97DE2CDC946.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4AFfR3gH2CCeS1tueVorivnJSVt0nTZaPnrQcRGwtNkEVwT2DZEvl69IeBz4If_SpnghjHragAcplAqp5ENROhqvA6fORjhk-kObzMOw3SfxsyAfLJ0LyuePY5Ag55gl6tZxb5CUK_IhdT4CfCmenmSSstP3rgcqmteRt_O-QuM28t9GaQ2YJZaw1w/s4032/1A8F3D09-BF28-4933-8EE8-0C3A1287A8E0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4AFfR3gH2CCeS1tueVorivnJSVt0nTZaPnrQcRGwtNkEVwT2DZEvl69IeBz4If_SpnghjHragAcplAqp5ENROhqvA6fORjhk-kObzMOw3SfxsyAfLJ0LyuePY5Ag55gl6tZxb5CUK_IhdT4CfCmenmSSstP3rgcqmteRt_O-QuM28t9GaQ2YJZaw1w/w480-h640/1A8F3D09-BF28-4933-8EE8-0C3A1287A8E0.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Theda. My oldest friend. (I love to say that) if you want to know why I love to say that, go back and reread my "Theda" posts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Theda" target="_blank">click here</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because I'm tired of telling you every time I post one of her recipes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Geez. I tell you every single time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Go read. Go ahead. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">😉</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is her 17th post, but I think 20th recipe in the countdown. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I double up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, Theda, my oldest friend (did you go back and read?), sometimes I run out of stories.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>(and sometimes you might think the stories are too long, or too personal, but it's my book, my countdown and my memories. So there! Who really reads this anyway?)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was going to talk about what a great cook she is--or the time we went to a culinary class together, or the time we skipped school and also called in to work that <i>'her uncle lost his false teeth'</i> (</span><span style="font-size: medium;">story for another time</span><span style="font-size: large;">) so we couldn't come to work either, or the time she missed my parents 50th wedding anniversary party because she was stuck up on a mountain top when the tram broke down (<i>up at the cabin/lake--where I made this lasagna</i>) (she of course, made friends with all the other strandees and traded addresses, for post cards, I'm sure) She is the post card queen after all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">BUT I thought I would share her Christmas card with you instead.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Theda and her husband John, recently went on a gazillion day cruise from Seattle, down the west coast of the US and Mexico thru the Panama Canal and then spent time on some Caribbean Islands and time in Florida before jetting out with the hurricane on their heels.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(</span><span style="font-size: medium;">really, it was on their heels, flights cancelled trying to get out of Orlando, no cars to rent.. They finally made it tho--in a round about way</span><span style="font-size: large;">)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xGb616VrZfVf7d2z-JbkKYwKl3rbmtlaqqRn5yX60LOlaoGPJsrbUQd6Vwu_V_EuBjE6ztLq3evZ-1-gd5ZP4RE51md9Gd3PTilwU-K-K2DotgEQUVboSlasq4Wf6y7EtxJRQT1Hl_u8loQXF0rDVY1lrbZB-rjZuyLSAh2aYCTxN10_CG0PAjrklA/s2016/violette's%20lasange3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xGb616VrZfVf7d2z-JbkKYwKl3rbmtlaqqRn5yX60LOlaoGPJsrbUQd6Vwu_V_EuBjE6ztLq3evZ-1-gd5ZP4RE51md9Gd3PTilwU-K-K2DotgEQUVboSlasq4Wf6y7EtxJRQT1Hl_u8loQXF0rDVY1lrbZB-rjZuyLSAh2aYCTxN10_CG0PAjrklA/w480-h640/violette's%20lasange3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her Christmas card is great! Such good photos of she and John at every port. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Remember above when I said she was the postcard queen?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's true--- <i>here are</i> <i>snippet samples of our texts while she was on her gazillion day vacation:</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><i><b>(all this makes my heart smile so much!)</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQzWvZ3aEIQ0R4z2hBq7DWLKU9RHE2YnkaS1KvCY-FSBrljfvNEOJfqxG9u5ZENf8PJpYE6ucFHjO-roTY4A1HR7eHdyvAqBvk1oXPQNDGBBi1SV3u_I2cjpv-GieTd6hfmZxM7hmhjIvze3veIjR2Rnn8NsuyiwvDvnaX6pj84-0BVI1q47WrPZoLg/s933/Theda%20post1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>me back to her--<i>in blue</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0SrAtXwb2vfdXVFOp39TIsbjr6lRdTIb4COAt6n37wFYSz2BaYUdEajqZMy23eqRTWwX5XIIjPxuShHBxbRJBbZq2305Ypojk8QRBnPe3zz4x3meqtUw10pn32U49Y9v7sBoY2eE7wOjfDk1Ml6k-SeQf-MHTMvIrs-M8DkAY9mko-RKhU5g-G_JTQ/s1590/post6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0SrAtXwb2vfdXVFOp39TIsbjr6lRdTIb4COAt6n37wFYSz2BaYUdEajqZMy23eqRTWwX5XIIjPxuShHBxbRJBbZq2305Ypojk8QRBnPe3zz4x3meqtUw10pn32U49Y9v7sBoY2eE7wOjfDk1Ml6k-SeQf-MHTMvIrs-M8DkAY9mko-RKhU5g-G_JTQ/w294-h400/post6.png" width="294" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She had a spread sheet--no kidding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She really is the Queen! The Queen of postcards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I love it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Love her.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But besides postcards, besties can also keep in touch thru other ways.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...would you believe bathrooms?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Her vacation seen thru the potty--</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrM5Z51k0uLeVyqJA3TmDNM5xtcqlsVpKe1Keys6weiLh3ySW7WUIts4W8sAFwOdZDwj_zA2jWb26L_kxO-BZEG8ij2zCI8STrxLX2xhjGPuBXDZGfMYN4kWX-t3wwkLYpsoUcEmlhzu_yXpLT4Rz3orC57oG0RYzKK6-y7M2bzikIzyNNDubDm8SrtQ/s978/Theda%20bathroom6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The next</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> day</span></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-bYM_JwRgwNcR1CmfP7Unq6RnrGxKUOQdFMwg02o3WmeyIK4aHKbi0qZPctmidLJa8CspsXEOzA-75beqsOt6IOsD_FYiDnPASWZO5pdAaycxexe6908Zt5rAl5U6CNW2qw30A58UvW3QmCFsbCFPbQzJDvfNkSfCI53sV3DLu6Ln2sZtexK-asouw/s974/Theda%20bathroom2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="974" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-bYM_JwRgwNcR1CmfP7Unq6RnrGxKUOQdFMwg02o3WmeyIK4aHKbi0qZPctmidLJa8CspsXEOzA-75beqsOt6IOsD_FYiDnPASWZO5pdAaycxexe6908Zt5rAl5U6CNW2qw30A58UvW3QmCFsbCFPbQzJDvfNkSfCI53sV3DLu6Ln2sZtexK-asouw/w400-h169/Theda%20bathroom2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm going to add one more cute little bathroom photo of Theda.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's Theda--at the cabin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the bathroom. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We were in high school. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> But see how this comes around?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Theda. recipe. I cook it at the cabin. Theda, bathroom photos. Theda in bathroom photo at cabin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I'm so good at this!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>😜</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>(it was summer 1976--began her fascination of bathroom photos, I guess. LOL </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Yes, I deliberately placed a white paper in the bottom right of the photo--she might have had a towel on, she might not have. We were 17--and 3 teenagers off for a vacation-- the first time ever--alone. Of course, my grandparents were 12 miles away, in town, <b><u>but we were at the lake!</u></b> </i><b>FREEDOM!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i> Hot curlers in our hair--putting on make-up, getting ready to go meet some boys!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlPmYFQLh2fe_Uht_VtH9sk1bY7GRYfUA7PitELAVShFNr_EWRxbH_bJBdk8XS3ncSD3MzmZSh8CTfH13HrvIdHFeykmCNgWzyQoxmPcdxa5np03zJyHFTPQipE27wiER6dHX1jQURcHunOtGB2OOmd6jxa-adIFVaDZAqzCxrd2Q8LVbc956PEVkIg/s1280/Theda%20bathroom7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1146" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlPmYFQLh2fe_Uht_VtH9sk1bY7GRYfUA7PitELAVShFNr_EWRxbH_bJBdk8XS3ncSD3MzmZSh8CTfH13HrvIdHFeykmCNgWzyQoxmPcdxa5np03zJyHFTPQipE27wiER6dHX1jQURcHunOtGB2OOmd6jxa-adIFVaDZAqzCxrd2Q8LVbc956PEVkIg/w359-h400/Theda%20bathroom7.jpg" width="359" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>and I had to get this developed at a one-hour photo place.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>No digital back then! so of course, she had a towel wrapped around her, right?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Except our friend Sherry worked at Washington Photo One Hour photo service, so she did the developing. That's Sherry right up there---Sherry would never have developed anything other than</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i> G-rated.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Right?</i></span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Anyway, this is recipe #322</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-19699652857978533992022-12-21T10:58:00.000-08:002022-12-21T10:58:21.556-08:00Friday Friend Cookbook Countdown #321 Easy Crock Pot Chicken<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUtaEojPRp8qt_Tix_E61FjdAa-_0YvDVV9xhNOqVsNnShcvyFsYbFakmhixcGsRr-huqrlTTDIyYcwwS2EDgxz9doKIScFu7YH_zVJhR_a3Q9zA-IKPcZBaAXGnub1eBhf9A69AJ2CEbjiDiOES2QIgMDA8_2zUdZDkfPlbq9kLTBzYnN8DRncfeCQ/s2016/diana7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUtaEojPRp8qt_Tix_E61FjdAa-_0YvDVV9xhNOqVsNnShcvyFsYbFakmhixcGsRr-huqrlTTDIyYcwwS2EDgxz9doKIScFu7YH_zVJhR_a3Q9zA-IKPcZBaAXGnub1eBhf9A69AJ2CEbjiDiOES2QIgMDA8_2zUdZDkfPlbq9kLTBzYnN8DRncfeCQ/w480-h640/diana7.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I am under 55 recipes* now--I must get this done! At least to prove something to myself if not the Handyman...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">because...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">...about 22 years ago, 50 of my closest friends and family, who had been on an</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> e-mail forum with me, sent in recipes in different categories and we compiled a cookbook.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I decided to count those down!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why?</span></span></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">because one night I was looking thru the cookbook and I said, "I should make every recipe in here for my blog."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Handyman/Mayor, who thinks he knows me better than I know myself, said "you'll never EVER do that."</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, maybe I will! Maybe I'll show him!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Which brings us to Diana's 'Easy Crockpot Chicken'</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">**********************************</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I just need to hurry up and 'get 'er done'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Then I'll show him!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><i><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">And as </b><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b>always, it's</b></span><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;"> not about the quality of the photos, it's about the family, friends and fun we have all had together!</b></i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveI7PGk4gdWKZYKTfhdZlHKI-Mb65K17nphlzlgYiBF8lJeqd16DhrMLwxwA2FEKsqDp1awg1iCk4aHTVSGmBoqBcPbt7WYNmGqb95Ct9_9-AipmOyBG2nuhje7CAtNPNyTlFVcpDLQscPfDspvRrcJI5aNDp5NIHcmi62jXhEfucF4ICZV7eQaWwVg/s2016/diana3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveI7PGk4gdWKZYKTfhdZlHKI-Mb65K17nphlzlgYiBF8lJeqd16DhrMLwxwA2FEKsqDp1awg1iCk4aHTVSGmBoqBcPbt7WYNmGqb95Ct9_9-AipmOyBG2nuhje7CAtNPNyTlFVcpDLQscPfDspvRrcJI5aNDp5NIHcmi62jXhEfucF4ICZV7eQaWwVg/w480-h640/diana3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This is a great chicken to throw in the crockpot and come home and have dinner all ready.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And you get a yummy sauce to put over rice or on mashed potatoes. A mushroomy sauce.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I'm pretty sure I used skinless thighs, which take a strange photo, BUT they are moist and delicious. </span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35du3ZkIEvtJJEfGW8OILBvefOPd9y0ZSDYVf-hnVFBtYJ-cUqpi43KVXYd3GMC3neWkD1WCvKm2WVdyuAdnANnVguwCJJi6VuofavoQvTn56pyaJTskzhcQjcR2lovL1lUc6AHizZvQBYMXJpD6zgAH9WApsylFJGifNKLMQUO4OJkORtlR0pMAboA/s1280/Easy%20crock%20pot%20chicken.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="1280" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35du3ZkIEvtJJEfGW8OILBvefOPd9y0ZSDYVf-hnVFBtYJ-cUqpi43KVXYd3GMC3neWkD1WCvKm2WVdyuAdnANnVguwCJJi6VuofavoQvTn56pyaJTskzhcQjcR2lovL1lUc6AHizZvQBYMXJpD6zgAH9WApsylFJGifNKLMQUO4OJkORtlR0pMAboA/w640-h492/Easy%20crock%20pot%20chicken.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8P3X86nnihl_x3YoIjYETvfHoA6chRG8J8O53bCnzgRqaqLySUqN6RJy5XJkSGzccD_hAuV2SKKxUcdgWsKTyy2y9utRbDe2cQzcEMkpYaiVA41n2GgXhshpf4sIpAMaJQDl4wFIg2xGzIxHFube_7Os8quyZ5dtOlYa1oisXmTxdYaC356iWQETbA/s2016/diana6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8P3X86nnihl_x3YoIjYETvfHoA6chRG8J8O53bCnzgRqaqLySUqN6RJy5XJkSGzccD_hAuV2SKKxUcdgWsKTyy2y9utRbDe2cQzcEMkpYaiVA41n2GgXhshpf4sIpAMaJQDl4wFIg2xGzIxHFube_7Os8quyZ5dtOlYa1oisXmTxdYaC356iWQETbA/w480-h640/diana6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Diana--her one and only recipe in this cookbook countdown.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hello--goodbye!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Diana moved away to Colorado about ten years ago. Our communication has been sadly, not so great.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But when Diana lived here in Winnemucca, we had such a good time together. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We traveled. For work. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Okay, we traveled in rural Nevada. For work.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">One fun place was the Bunny Ranch in Parhump, Nevada.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So, yeah--prostitution is legal is some counties in the state of Nevada.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I'm not here to argue yay or nay in support thereof, BUT once when Diana and I went to a tourism conference (Rural Round-up) we got to tour the Bunny Ranch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It's a brothel. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It was nice. And clean. And had some really interesting rooms.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Our conversation went like this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Me: Oh wow!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Diana: Holy Crap!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Me: This is nice!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Diana: What's that pole doing in the middle of the room? Where's the bed?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It went on from there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I will leave the rest of the conversation to your imagination. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I write Diana letters sometimes-- she is not a good snail mailer. (sigh) Maybe she'll read this and feel guilty.</span> 😂</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It's worth a try, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I don't have any photos of us together! That's a crime.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But here are photos I do have of Diana.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She and her husband Jeff, helping with the para-mutual betting at the mule races.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPaVcuYfLNLffZZVpXdNO-RlGCmJHR17PNmlByv7exGLwGH8Yx3ExqyVcJT2AIbCgsgPsAxtMOnmG17efI-U5rct0B5r8PmWu6ygVCSfv_5gi3CkXfcLqeTNyO4QXhYVSBlcW8oBtp5YhBKhJR1FyctNa-18F8EdHG2w0OQBp5tiAxLqNz2L3x9DHP3w/s1895/106A6721-8970-42B2-AD0C-168ED0D31F4E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1895" data-original-width="1732" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPaVcuYfLNLffZZVpXdNO-RlGCmJHR17PNmlByv7exGLwGH8Yx3ExqyVcJT2AIbCgsgPsAxtMOnmG17efI-U5rct0B5r8PmWu6ygVCSfv_5gi3CkXfcLqeTNyO4QXhYVSBlcW8oBtp5YhBKhJR1FyctNa-18F8EdHG2w0OQBp5tiAxLqNz2L3x9DHP3w/w584-h640/106A6721-8970-42B2-AD0C-168ED0D31F4E.jpeg" width="584" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Diana and her husband Jeff--motorcycle riders!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">At the Grand Canyon.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFiExDjyV2NMsYfXVqqWqLM6iRobqz_wM9o3AeZrjEf3IBA8X9NrmxmE1aH-wcUyEQ6TGdDi0XBRG4ECr-jmUWRdnqDMUdhrA7-rxrqVZiNWqZ2CCsqtR-3u8ldIWFjTcReHACXkLjzPQ1oJWw7rBsktQRfYdB_UIensDX40MsQwvR7QBqLOFcICviUA/s1170/33EE0C68-5A13-4B90-B841-5BCE31348C13.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1170" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFiExDjyV2NMsYfXVqqWqLM6iRobqz_wM9o3AeZrjEf3IBA8X9NrmxmE1aH-wcUyEQ6TGdDi0XBRG4ECr-jmUWRdnqDMUdhrA7-rxrqVZiNWqZ2CCsqtR-3u8ldIWFjTcReHACXkLjzPQ1oJWw7rBsktQRfYdB_UIensDX40MsQwvR7QBqLOFcICviUA/w640-h461/33EE0C68-5A13-4B90-B841-5BCE31348C13.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And just Diana, at her house--getting ready to make some Easy Crockpot Chicken perhaps?</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOtDY-XtIgy4q6EyuiRIVd7RBpYdGdDydSa3dS4HfAv4YHbgLA7bggzZnv_HMMHnwpxzkA50i4KJkxtTUgKqLvB8GQELv13yKqEDmFCHtz_ZgEyv56UArFQ386AKHC3F9WcdMxKNDXt0dfvoE2c63Lpj5AuQeN12oIEsaHsr0Fw3mafkncduF6MkZwA/s1405/FF01D443-2665-4A63-A406-D25E110AED2F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1405" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOtDY-XtIgy4q6EyuiRIVd7RBpYdGdDydSa3dS4HfAv4YHbgLA7bggzZnv_HMMHnwpxzkA50i4KJkxtTUgKqLvB8GQELv13yKqEDmFCHtz_ZgEyv56UArFQ386AKHC3F9WcdMxKNDXt0dfvoE2c63Lpj5AuQeN12oIEsaHsr0Fw3mafkncduF6MkZwA/w532-h640/FF01D443-2665-4A63-A406-D25E110AED2F.jpeg" width="532" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Here is the hard part...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Because I have miscounted numerous times, I feel untrustworthy to say how many recipes I have to post.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I think it's 35. Or 46. (I think I have 46 more to post, but 35 more to make)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(It would have been easy if I had gone in cookbook order, but no, I jumped all over the place and everytime I have to make a new one I have to flip thru all the pages--every single 'unnumbered' page, to find one that doesn't have a check mark!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">sigh.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Anyway, this is recipe #321</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Obviously, I didn't get this countdown accomplished in 2022, but I have high hopes for 2023.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">That's my story!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-54789397092180380212022-11-06T13:48:00.001-08:002022-11-07T10:26:06.201-08:00Friday Friend Blog posts #319 and 320<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTnMZX1U7NtZXDckr-cUq5x-UC-0YUe6pbkZm4u9IBQW_1xLpUMvEHNmKuI6zBoMrGwv8i-c7DhVJFSfDoC2argj_2PADFOUSQbz3uqwvP7Cl4_PBgh1sAML2_3e5OdFC8pX-ID2XEen1lQLXE-34uO0QlU6yhtVWC3jNtNNy83HYsQFePHM4Fs6BmA/s2016/strata92.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTnMZX1U7NtZXDckr-cUq5x-UC-0YUe6pbkZm4u9IBQW_1xLpUMvEHNmKuI6zBoMrGwv8i-c7DhVJFSfDoC2argj_2PADFOUSQbz3uqwvP7Cl4_PBgh1sAML2_3e5OdFC8pX-ID2XEen1lQLXE-34uO0QlU6yhtVWC3jNtNNy83HYsQFePHM4Fs6BmA/w480-h640/strata92.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">Making my way thru my </span><a href="http://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Friday%20Friend%20Cookbook" style="color: #cc6611; 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clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">What is the Friday Friend cookbook? </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">I once had about 50 of my closest friends and family </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;">(from all over the county)</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"> on an e-mail forum which I called the Friday Friends. At first, most of them didn't know each other, (they knew me) but over the past 21 years, we've answered and shared silly--and serious---questions, exchanged Secret Santa Christmas gifts, had a dieting contest in which we paid a $1 a week and that money went to a scholarship fund for a Friday Friends son's memorial scholarship, and we went on a great vacation for my 52 birthday.</span></span><i style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px;"> (plus so much more....)</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; 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Said</i></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;">, "you'll never, EVER do that."</span></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.06px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;">WELL---maybe I'll show him! Maybe I will.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.06px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.06px; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>My Vegetable Strata and Vodka Slush</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>(<i>and a good book to pass the time)</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKZ64APr4Dy4y2N9Ci2waLglhW9Em6P5rbTXCqyYWKjCHPtbYL5erDUfObWncWmomlzVWRGX_TiysuENj7Jrwhjizfm2jREWV607rSTXNIXPHfipj1qBCm-j1t9M8rdGZVuh08FPoyKl3vOmwLhTSxCequ9ASQuSID8lDSbkScpXgg1_pJXvLOTlJsw/s2016/strata9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKZ64APr4Dy4y2N9Ci2waLglhW9Em6P5rbTXCqyYWKjCHPtbYL5erDUfObWncWmomlzVWRGX_TiysuENj7Jrwhjizfm2jREWV607rSTXNIXPHfipj1qBCm-j1t9M8rdGZVuh08FPoyKl3vOmwLhTSxCequ9ASQuSID8lDSbkScpXgg1_pJXvLOTlJsw/w480-h640/strata9.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOPYaotjmVdvnu-6NQ4ufBUK18RlGH_XY0i0nLbjHCdYNMbsG2n4WeqBk7qejlw9OTdy1qK4CeEYqpz1cZo3aHlNxJEYtYAxQv_RqyumcPvwwOSwh-1WxVzxPfT4WEQ3ZsNIzCn1bVpUIVNBN8GPGsD56B5MRtW3bo1UWJ9v3uvW1wAEOzeN0-ZWHyg/s1280/strata.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1003" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOPYaotjmVdvnu-6NQ4ufBUK18RlGH_XY0i0nLbjHCdYNMbsG2n4WeqBk7qejlw9OTdy1qK4CeEYqpz1cZo3aHlNxJEYtYAxQv_RqyumcPvwwOSwh-1WxVzxPfT4WEQ3ZsNIzCn1bVpUIVNBN8GPGsD56B5MRtW3bo1UWJ9v3uvW1wAEOzeN0-ZWHyg/w502-h640/strata.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Truthfully, I don't remember ever making this vegetable strata before, BUT, make it I did, and I really liked it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I used fresh vegetables.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This would be a great meatless dish if you were doing a vegetarian dinner.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We added a pork chop to the menu and ate on the patio, and washed it down with this vodka slush. You can't go wrong with a slushy.</span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6rszCV3qLgXeD6Z5Z1J88Sz6NEiCFQFOzc423WJKedXDiqnXB24qfOREIKLdclEL1KHanyqVCOg7AoUmkA3GwocWQ7wd6UyN4zvtv1TKTq2XtbR5_K0AyhWLixxuca_QNSLYilBReyTZZDiMXywH6i65z06aOb7BC4QVvMj1_uVv8vcM3zKDaoOTEw/s2016/strata7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6rszCV3qLgXeD6Z5Z1J88Sz6NEiCFQFOzc423WJKedXDiqnXB24qfOREIKLdclEL1KHanyqVCOg7AoUmkA3GwocWQ7wd6UyN4zvtv1TKTq2XtbR5_K0AyhWLixxuca_QNSLYilBReyTZZDiMXywH6i65z06aOb7BC4QVvMj1_uVv8vcM3zKDaoOTEw/w480-h640/strata7.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0ZE2V99zJeCCY9tGwsu0GqBPfPadkZZtiJUKRwWbxe5Ax9QvoJi75KCddqVsdj7fviZmIBJN4U9_bune2EZXrElePOwxgfYsybpLINJl7ZT5aNVhMBDloTdCxzrAAXTSmhMhwKTFpZr2Jsj9SvlePyWOAdS_MkVBp3cNNWzz7Ge1g0zj1Mvm2KpFew/s3285/8A5BC50D-3C8F-4EBD-A9AA-0CC1D59BF834.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3285" data-original-width="2938" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0ZE2V99zJeCCY9tGwsu0GqBPfPadkZZtiJUKRwWbxe5Ax9QvoJi75KCddqVsdj7fviZmIBJN4U9_bune2EZXrElePOwxgfYsybpLINJl7ZT5aNVhMBDloTdCxzrAAXTSmhMhwKTFpZr2Jsj9SvlePyWOAdS_MkVBp3cNNWzz7Ge1g0zj1Mvm2KpFew/w572-h640/8A5BC50D-3C8F-4EBD-A9AA-0CC1D59BF834.jpeg" width="572" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I only have a couple more recipes in the countdown, which is weird, because I thought I'd never get this done and I thought I was running out of stories, but now I have all these memories running around in my head.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It's about to explode with tales to tell. I hope I can do them justice.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">First of all---<a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Debbie" target="_blank">click here</a> if you want to see any of my 25 recipes in the countdown. <a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Debbie" target="_blank">Here. Right here.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">My tale today is about one of my oldest and best friends Susie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I think she goes by Sue now, but I just can't. Because she is Susie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Susie actually has one official recipe in this countdown--it is FF recipe #5. Yes! Number 5. And now I'm on #320. Wow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Anyway,</span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> it is a cherry dump cake--- you can check that out <a href="http://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Susie" target="_blank">here.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Susie" target="_blank">Just click.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Since she turned in a dump cake as her only official recipe (she hates to cook) (although, I do have a couple cookie recipes of hers that are great and whenever I make chicken and noodles, I think of her), I am going to do a photo dump of she and I.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Since she lives in the Olympic rain forest of the Pacific Northwest and I live in the Great Basin high desert of Northern Nevada, AND she has three adult children, and I have 3 adult children and she has 10 grandchildren and I have 15 grandchildren, we don't get to see each other as often as we would like--Life happens and ---it happens fast and before you know it, some years have gone by and you haven't see one of your best friends in quite some time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I need to retire. (sigh)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">But wait! My photo dump!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Here is the last known photo of she and I together.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">She and her husband Kelly came down for our motorcycle festival/rally, Runamucca a few years ago.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">They rode their Harley.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJtjwaUcFwebXryjws78EPINgntSf8ny9ft_SooqBAvHLFsQsSnwRnxFbA3R1UP7Er5k_DOGLzfc5y9b8XfY3Ha8AFUF7gbZB69nvOLCRd5fpVQTIddbt72w4b-r3yX2ebuU5M6zMio9j31rpbnoMWER0Dq6tGU4t5hH2QPiWPhShsyom-UhLUISNqQ/s591/2F84805A-BCCB-48DA-BD8F-6169595A8654.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="591" height="595" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJtjwaUcFwebXryjws78EPINgntSf8ny9ft_SooqBAvHLFsQsSnwRnxFbA3R1UP7Er5k_DOGLzfc5y9b8XfY3Ha8AFUF7gbZB69nvOLCRd5fpVQTIddbt72w4b-r3yX2ebuU5M6zMio9j31rpbnoMWER0Dq6tGU4t5hH2QPiWPhShsyom-UhLUISNqQ/w640-h595/2F84805A-BCCB-48DA-BD8F-6169595A8654.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>And this is the first photo that I can find of us together. Circa 1980</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>On River Road, Wallowa Lake, Oregon.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>But the thing is---she has not changed one bit! Not one bit.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>I, on the other hand, am 2x the girl I once was. 😂</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtTvfVMGXa8ELiMSu4M2BPuKEp-QqFXZvYf1eJ2sHAnP7PZ5KZPDmWyU1XguQI1DeRdG1ZEFGv4sBedb-Ssmv3sw8D5Pzg1IoV-nLCcWnzC0HjbWOtw-n7k_SrfHhwN4RuoXlrvm9bA9lCmx5587hX0O8DTQ0CAAF2waUwMnWE6PTItOTC_mFTCqMLw/s2861/8A66FD30-2AC8-4C45-A8BD-2F5156339240.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2655" data-original-width="2861" height="595" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtTvfVMGXa8ELiMSu4M2BPuKEp-QqFXZvYf1eJ2sHAnP7PZ5KZPDmWyU1XguQI1DeRdG1ZEFGv4sBedb-Ssmv3sw8D5Pzg1IoV-nLCcWnzC0HjbWOtw-n7k_SrfHhwN4RuoXlrvm9bA9lCmx5587hX0O8DTQ0CAAF2waUwMnWE6PTItOTC_mFTCqMLw/w640-h595/8A66FD30-2AC8-4C45-A8BD-2F5156339240.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsT_CV4ahadspCkidHzzjE0KKQNJ4v9Ksq270j7fBw6OC9ChyiPLr1S54MN7cJ63FGdYhAKYxhVAG2co59wyaZXZ3vvJO7SvKLTYjb9mD-9xhWoAj8n9s29OW9vuia_fjcVzxZ5_5FwvCIJlPojXoJ3H6VejmSUdQOBUJlkwxpDWZca9OHWzw4-5AWFA/s2703/12D94015-CFF1-46A3-9B8D-148EF0D27305.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2515" data-original-width="2703" height="595" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsT_CV4ahadspCkidHzzjE0KKQNJ4v9Ksq270j7fBw6OC9ChyiPLr1S54MN7cJ63FGdYhAKYxhVAG2co59wyaZXZ3vvJO7SvKLTYjb9mD-9xhWoAj8n9s29OW9vuia_fjcVzxZ5_5FwvCIJlPojXoJ3H6VejmSUdQOBUJlkwxpDWZca9OHWzw4-5AWFA/w640-h595/12D94015-CFF1-46A3-9B8D-148EF0D27305.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDBCLWgXNzc93USHqn7C6hwDXDcbHVpKy3-sSLbzDuxHxeaNGgg7aSAWfOTOMT491OCvilbm2esBO3SuSBPJZOVoS0-Msn-wAXmwFzcRriMT0vN_GzNbIeNYgWQxBvo9jT5Fxc0zJV8MxlyYeknoMNjs8pxulh_fEOkLvdL837qJWuCVf5yhH7CRS0g/s571/6742D1F6-C7EE-438E-8459-FDBC37F8DF64.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="571" height="611" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDBCLWgXNzc93USHqn7C6hwDXDcbHVpKy3-sSLbzDuxHxeaNGgg7aSAWfOTOMT491OCvilbm2esBO3SuSBPJZOVoS0-Msn-wAXmwFzcRriMT0vN_GzNbIeNYgWQxBvo9jT5Fxc0zJV8MxlyYeknoMNjs8pxulh_fEOkLvdL837qJWuCVf5yhH7CRS0g/w640-h611/6742D1F6-C7EE-438E-8459-FDBC37F8DF64.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>We hike in the mountains--Wallowa Lake.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGNtQrg84bGZV7GvIGVFg2VW7Fp_72e0z-gQsbuHn8keLcoqe_CU72jjvuL2vXmJEe_skcmhEWYpqLrTeU5owidWuPutbJLI5eIPjU97W-nrpIH4S9XyUQjte1_YHdpjEZrKIgAZ-QjynV0oq3CPBPe5ogKRwRhfisveCLQkzTQfs1Pk3jmjAcwe6Fg/s3857/BC2117D0-BE91-4CAE-8006-B26E421EB21A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3857" data-original-width="2175" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGNtQrg84bGZV7GvIGVFg2VW7Fp_72e0z-gQsbuHn8keLcoqe_CU72jjvuL2vXmJEe_skcmhEWYpqLrTeU5owidWuPutbJLI5eIPjU97W-nrpIH4S9XyUQjte1_YHdpjEZrKIgAZ-QjynV0oq3CPBPe5ogKRwRhfisveCLQkzTQfs1Pk3jmjAcwe6Fg/w362-h640/BC2117D0-BE91-4CAE-8006-B26E421EB21A.jpeg" width="362" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We used to have these trendy maternity shirts in 1981 that announced our pregnancy to everyone! 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And Ricky and Fred.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">When she was going to the hospital to have her first child, her husband knocked on the wall and said, we're going to the hospital now.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">(I don't think we could really hear him thru the walls, that would be weird, but really, we did get a knock on the door)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We saved for a Disneyland vacation by charging our husbands $.50 each time we did 'it'--and we could never say no. That was the deal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We could never, ever say no.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I will leave the 'it' to your imagination, but we did end up going to Disneyland about 11 years after we made that deal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We have had so many trips and visits over the years, the lake, the ocean, each other's backyards, weddings, funerals, a concert.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">At bookclub the other night we were talking about a ride or die kinda friend--she's my ride or die. We may not see each other as often as we'd like, but if we needed each other--we'd be there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">She knows all my secrets.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">All. My. Secrets.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">And I know all hers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We have to take them to the grave. And I'm not kidding!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Just ask her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">(but she'll never tell)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Kelly, Susie, me and Rich</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfruZYJp-41EqOqeMxKtLjTQKyOskIReX5ZjtM7vUms47rCXWRdb0P1jb0wjpsj29n4wVWX1FnRCGjSDK6M0kLqAJISJKUy12FLumeub-bNbvVVpYAWbiIKd0a81NBwUJ5WMslRLw9VYDaBwI2JxEwfhp_xlHHuRsBBf2iCiAEpkxry8pbretwcoPXjA/s1169/DD70B54F-0C40-4C59-933A-1223ADB5A86C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1169" height="621" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfruZYJp-41EqOqeMxKtLjTQKyOskIReX5ZjtM7vUms47rCXWRdb0P1jb0wjpsj29n4wVWX1FnRCGjSDK6M0kLqAJISJKUy12FLumeub-bNbvVVpYAWbiIKd0a81NBwUJ5WMslRLw9VYDaBwI2JxEwfhp_xlHHuRsBBf2iCiAEpkxry8pbretwcoPXjA/w640-h621/DD70B54F-0C40-4C59-933A-1223ADB5A86C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I just have to add this side note:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">This wonderful guy, Susie's husband --- is the not Fred of the Ricky and Fred, Lucy and Ethyl living next door to each other in the duplex.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">(and I'm holding a dog toy--it took us all a while to figure out what that was)</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVd0tKUTBuC-cive4OX_PZB-UgE_VzG2dLOgvvEfVFk2GKlT1gTkkZjXsSxbItEgKJcvi4dzES3yIEbWh20HpBVBp0gPfVuGuu6dHMkD-d7nyPAGuhl0PiyY8D8jIV4s2MarZh3Ge0aDEbWlpxwikMRvr6Wtuo7ctpq2VluOGNeWRIsiU8uLS4ALQ3g/s1039/5D20E159-8523-43DB-93F3-6E930A5D6D79.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1039" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVd0tKUTBuC-cive4OX_PZB-UgE_VzG2dLOgvvEfVFk2GKlT1gTkkZjXsSxbItEgKJcvi4dzES3yIEbWh20HpBVBp0gPfVuGuu6dHMkD-d7nyPAGuhl0PiyY8D8jIV4s2MarZh3Ge0aDEbWlpxwikMRvr6Wtuo7ctpq2VluOGNeWRIsiU8uLS4ALQ3g/w640-h493/5D20E159-8523-43DB-93F3-6E930A5D6D79.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is---Fred. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Actually, it's Tom, Susie's first husband. He is the Godfather to my children. He is Rich's ride or die. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhTq_7e4IMY2BA1nwZH4jcmSWj2xqhkcz0ZfGFW_dEjMJdqv7jVr2xhcgmtqfAAWVy7TbJbPEMrguX6DXYS5mXho2u-dv7Eoh5ltclUxEYJBrK8Rsuu4PrcrjGpcE8pKaOPcqjpELgr65I7NnMXC7MCvptYvFQezkbe_p0TA21_BrfC36Lr5oqFyUlg/s3141/DD1E064F-A74A-4F6D-A73E-6A09BDB1F574.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3141" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhTq_7e4IMY2BA1nwZH4jcmSWj2xqhkcz0ZfGFW_dEjMJdqv7jVr2xhcgmtqfAAWVy7TbJbPEMrguX6DXYS5mXho2u-dv7Eoh5ltclUxEYJBrK8Rsuu4PrcrjGpcE8pKaOPcqjpELgr65I7NnMXC7MCvptYvFQezkbe_p0TA21_BrfC36Lr5oqFyUlg/w386-h400/DD1E064F-A74A-4F6D-A73E-6A09BDB1F574.jpeg" width="386" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are so happy to have kept them both in the divorce. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are both still are friends--and that doesn't happen often. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We love them both--and now we love Kelly too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I may not have those early memories with Kelly, BUT I do have a whole Elf story to tell sometime.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>With photos! Of Elf ears! </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Stay tuned.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I could maybe blackmail him with an Elf ear photo!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Oh wait-- his wife knows all my secrets.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Darn it!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfGSysESwqED8XdVwrHp2u19vHsMsNDDL4WBvels6Xfy-DFqNdgcZ-eCn5Y_tmVFha6lQofGaIBF_HKNT-HZT52oKwDs2D3-MweUHyiEqAWSkqcLn-r4AUM4i9CYFOq1q1qiOJpakO1uVg1QhlGqrn2rfZ8A_eADDavqOozpzAfjFycuEQnGI0spotg/s735/523AE29C-337B-401A-B399-936019DDD606.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">My friends I bring to you recipes #319 and 320.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 14.52px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-size: small; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-size: 14.52px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-size: 14.52px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 14.52px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-size: small; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-size: 14.52px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Only 47 or 36 left to go! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">(I'm so confused now! 😂)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Because if you remember, I counted wrong---but I'm 99% sure I only have 37 more recipes to post.)</span></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966047040716515653.post-90035491230917976262022-10-29T10:02:00.000-07:002022-10-29T10:02:12.169-07:00Friday Friend Recipes #317 and 318--Melissa's Italian Cheesecake and Yummy Braciolee<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>...and the rest is cookbook history!</i></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><i></i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Just remember, the countdown is not all about pretty food and food design---it's about the people and the stories.</span></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">And (the most important thing) proving my husband wrong--and that I </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">can and WILL</b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> make every recipe in this cookbook</span></span></i></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-FGvmG4JgkZWDGnunv3IPyw0aJuYZ_QITq6AXUs6Vk5ZHoaYiS1DuLcuI26kGyGo9D2zSKFc6oobMyf5uTaZ4qA4nl18J4SpLw8B-_QkP2AIdptuabH4Ip3PD3cPJ34TsiAsGDDvg6A7f1rPwipG_6mAuY_h5YLcNDxAq7kyV_tizqg_VglB_-XKugA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-FGvmG4JgkZWDGnunv3IPyw0aJuYZ_QITq6AXUs6Vk5ZHoaYiS1DuLcuI26kGyGo9D2zSKFc6oobMyf5uTaZ4qA4nl18J4SpLw8B-_QkP2AIdptuabH4Ip3PD3cPJ34TsiAsGDDvg6A7f1rPwipG_6mAuY_h5YLcNDxAq7kyV_tizqg_VglB_-XKugA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">And this time it's not about the photography AT ALL!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It looks like raw meat, but it's just tomato sauce that didn't spread. It tasted good, just didn't look so great--for me. I'm sure when Melissa makes it, it is stunning to look at.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">See? Here it is all ready to go into the oven---perhaps I should have drenched it in tomato sauce?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTExqDDLwxZKxR4r0lwAhKpdEghflCy2z9JsHRG8ORWtNWg0t5yHteqOKrI57THZaUSWxYScrm1SbVu7rf75MuwvGr2eTvtATxW2XqbXWtMLWG0os7QCPjHODd-3ILiaOYtgBQ9bO_4HQpsMBUvBA250heyJaxj_cXFlAWxnBIZkC90TTVzRGDEmp1DA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTExqDDLwxZKxR4r0lwAhKpdEghflCy2z9JsHRG8ORWtNWg0t5yHteqOKrI57THZaUSWxYScrm1SbVu7rf75MuwvGr2eTvtATxW2XqbXWtMLWG0os7QCPjHODd-3ILiaOYtgBQ9bO_4HQpsMBUvBA250heyJaxj_cXFlAWxnBIZkC90TTVzRGDEmp1DA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">....drenched in the sauce,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">So that it didn't come out looking like raw meat. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">But it tasted great and that's the most important thing, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">(</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>sigh--I do know that they say, you taste with your eyes first</i></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjX7beorgE0XyLS8lEvU3kYPx9LcelQvTv46f2JR1JOPRTVC2zUt572e-vtnPavIMXrvuECRn1cgkbIejU6Z-NzXJWMhrGb04Y7DonQYezP3jLJTNgc0AED7IJZh3tVSvccCx6b-d0wrB6nnkmF01nNL39bCt_jS0NKHoJYLRWOcuV0AQ-vrnyRvtqWDg=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjX7beorgE0XyLS8lEvU3kYPx9LcelQvTv46f2JR1JOPRTVC2zUt572e-vtnPavIMXrvuECRn1cgkbIejU6Z-NzXJWMhrGb04Y7DonQYezP3jLJTNgc0AED7IJZh3tVSvccCx6b-d0wrB6nnkmF01nNL39bCt_jS0NKHoJYLRWOcuV0AQ-vrnyRvtqWDg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2r8Nh7OSyIQ7MSpBgijcuN4oIWKtUTAPVin2DBkv5kqLo_ybEy1GsrM1LgMzkqx4dTFNHafEMt9FGgVyB-D9gHQG7KeMT9rqPfUIrZlwEO1lkI1nBkCjSSQ56rR-5ABZ9yZ9SW1rarBhrQr-eIYQy3fh6cv30kTur25N4bo9p4AYuRzXdbc6BJdtJQ/s2519/84387234-35CA-4435-BE86-74148E01E09C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2519" data-original-width="1908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2r8Nh7OSyIQ7MSpBgijcuN4oIWKtUTAPVin2DBkv5kqLo_ybEy1GsrM1LgMzkqx4dTFNHafEMt9FGgVyB-D9gHQG7KeMT9rqPfUIrZlwEO1lkI1nBkCjSSQ56rR-5ABZ9yZ9SW1rarBhrQr-eIYQy3fh6cv30kTur25N4bo9p4AYuRzXdbc6BJdtJQ/w483-h640/84387234-35CA-4435-BE86-74148E01E09C.jpeg" width="483" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalLYpMb_965OPB_qfMg8Jh5VhKnkOj98nfrmlKl-jNWXMyT8k4jsbcSVi5qtKwrCLh2EHSUnKkZUu3YR1FROuvHWINCkS5XSPRTnDSQXsGqky0nI7lQMJLIGZiyUNWbkVY7cclMXgjxGbP0Up52VvXwP9ZDkDZIDVxHqTdQDCBjOj5mdQxU5KAPJjYg/s3190/3AE6632D-B17B-4118-A7ED-73BE4BD6D8A9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3190" data-original-width="1991" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalLYpMb_965OPB_qfMg8Jh5VhKnkOj98nfrmlKl-jNWXMyT8k4jsbcSVi5qtKwrCLh2EHSUnKkZUu3YR1FROuvHWINCkS5XSPRTnDSQXsGqky0nI7lQMJLIGZiyUNWbkVY7cclMXgjxGbP0Up52VvXwP9ZDkDZIDVxHqTdQDCBjOj5mdQxU5KAPJjYg/w400-h640/3AE6632D-B17B-4118-A7ED-73BE4BD6D8A9.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This? This is the best!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">And the photos turned out great.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It really was yummy!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4KlJltGtfFcgoI17N3jLY951tEbH6H34tY7Fx7IS5bDfu0lkD-TNDiJnLeUxPgfCpeo09GBevSe1ZM9fD7tBV_Td5gEW0GOQTqhSq0UxgeDxSfmkrHiCsYGKc80hRMQoND4c5TuFTMPAg0K3ODEzOtnkMxyShF6MjCIZvVc3jqNNsPAKq9RcMMLa9Xw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4KlJltGtfFcgoI17N3jLY951tEbH6H34tY7Fx7IS5bDfu0lkD-TNDiJnLeUxPgfCpeo09GBevSe1ZM9fD7tBV_Td5gEW0GOQTqhSq0UxgeDxSfmkrHiCsYGKc80hRMQoND4c5TuFTMPAg0K3ODEzOtnkMxyShF6MjCIZvVc3jqNNsPAKq9RcMMLa9Xw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjil6GQ_mroMdsyWV2SfmEYU_YKY8gPc-1-RTKrr8EenC-qucjUKUjXwFx8CUZllCtRWZSxyrfME3TYWNmm8eZJLwcvBQ4_m6gGNzJ_hKRSBBRJwWgq8DJkosJ1EbEQSplpD1R4yYeIcdQ9joDG5sFCxuJlRCr7R4pW4umvXN--LejwdD2JVaafBxh7RQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjil6GQ_mroMdsyWV2SfmEYU_YKY8gPc-1-RTKrr8EenC-qucjUKUjXwFx8CUZllCtRWZSxyrfME3TYWNmm8eZJLwcvBQ4_m6gGNzJ_hKRSBBRJwWgq8DJkosJ1EbEQSplpD1R4yYeIcdQ9joDG5sFCxuJlRCr7R4pW4umvXN--LejwdD2JVaafBxh7RQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As I get closer and closer to the end, it makes me kind of sad---because now we will say good-bye to Melissa (in the Friday Friend Cookbook Countdown only)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But you can check out all her recipes he<a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Melissa" target="_blank">re. Just click here.</a> Do it. Do it now.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am surprised by how good her dishes are. (only an aunt can say that, right? Being surprised I mean. LOL)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(well, it's because I still think of her as a little girl, that's all)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now I need a Melissa story--</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She's a Vet-tech by profession, a single mom doing her best every day, and apparently a great cook. 😘</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But let me go back 3 spaces to the vet tech.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Most vets and vet techs love animals and usually have a few more than the average person. Dogs, cats, perhaps a Guinea pig or two. A rabbit, maybe?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not my unique niece!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, she has the pets alright --just not the kind you would think.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She has.... wait for it....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hairless Egyptian Cats (</span><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, plural)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh and some chickens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipM-BbaDtMat4kHUebj_V5WhcaJKoxRUwght8V6AbPfShLX8rwCfrqJ7jdm-jvLwtxv0Rezqh8tSgV0dq4_0xIRnsuvKjq0-hS1QGI4lwrtWPIZnbeL6sH9XtckIlZg103ph6cm6cACNND8TlzNltTRAn0JsAiGtjKTKgCTtE9Ed53H6YxPQ5wvcrArQ/s1016/12D031F4-A07B-4E77-A00E-E230CA2241EE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="1016" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipM-BbaDtMat4kHUebj_V5WhcaJKoxRUwght8V6AbPfShLX8rwCfrqJ7jdm-jvLwtxv0Rezqh8tSgV0dq4_0xIRnsuvKjq0-hS1QGI4lwrtWPIZnbeL6sH9XtckIlZg103ph6cm6cACNND8TlzNltTRAn0JsAiGtjKTKgCTtE9Ed53H6YxPQ5wvcrArQ/w640-h446/12D031F4-A07B-4E77-A00E-E230CA2241EE.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqkWq5p7UlS-GFAJY3UZSNv_uUG4VWDzmBWhs8Ji7PagZlgV2U9zjAU5kczktitfzWWbdmw5oSD98jrMikRpOoFSmO1FfuWbwWI7UBlxxI0Bii_Ydorr_HYsWlUSMiKcUAiwrZoFuk9pj6DM9dhDT5hY6pZWQPu00cTPRhK1a444jmNx1jPm7UrndPQ/s1493/56C7EBFE-FF8E-4716-8D3D-37A6C626731F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqkWq5p7UlS-GFAJY3UZSNv_uUG4VWDzmBWhs8Ji7PagZlgV2U9zjAU5kczktitfzWWbdmw5oSD98jrMikRpOoFSmO1FfuWbwWI7UBlxxI0Bii_Ydorr_HYsWlUSMiKcUAiwrZoFuk9pj6DM9dhDT5hY6pZWQPu00cTPRhK1a444jmNx1jPm7UrndPQ/w502-h640/56C7EBFE-FF8E-4716-8D3D-37A6C626731F.jpeg" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Come on, don't get so creeped out. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Someone's gotta love them, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And that someone is my niece, Melissa.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She's a lover of all things!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8swhVR-jqVojJyRny3aF8sFxm6jq4YgUZHzopCwIczWFgcZYLVMNtIbDX8onVgLjc5dYhOLZmr60xENvBnjvqjMTjVP3f7OavOGw_UYSh1GhaK7TGAf0CF4o1vUzZiTIDZnSjZQwb6BZBN5i3b_9VpDHIK4Nia41dcE7rq_-THdXfR07DByGBznwYHQ/s1880/8510BC55-2394-4B7E-A2C0-B5F1D8DEB658.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1880" data-original-width="1156" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8swhVR-jqVojJyRny3aF8sFxm6jq4YgUZHzopCwIczWFgcZYLVMNtIbDX8onVgLjc5dYhOLZmr60xENvBnjvqjMTjVP3f7OavOGw_UYSh1GhaK7TGAf0CF4o1vUzZiTIDZnSjZQwb6BZBN5i3b_9VpDHIK4Nia41dcE7rq_-THdXfR07DByGBznwYHQ/w394-h640/8510BC55-2394-4B7E-A2C0-B5F1D8DEB658.jpeg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1170" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov5OS9hOfvG5L9L0DD9OwkAkaWmTcYmq8768twrX0w3a1ktbFgoGa1z7ykT4-uFjoZ878LUSkFMle6NJVO-m_k-RtNWtnFv55tJI38CB5XxNKjRnbRlbHhvbOa9F0XJl2RG1Wg5tvBFdv4LePdX3FFMwBe99b3dZy2j9W8v2rwKCzun7aUn4Z_4FfHg/w400-h380/37E6BD31-6CAA-443A-801E-CEA876A8F45B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And see? Wikipedia says they actually make good pets.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">See, even I am holding one. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or letting it be upon my hand. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do I look scared? Freaked out? NO. (well kind of)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's just a harmless little hissing cockroach.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who, by the way, live in rotting logs in Madagascar and don't roam your house at night. (just to be clear--they are clean and friendly)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqCThnfiG_TUhGxQuYIcSpG1WkW0brHVPN-pYCmyajOqnegDV165InlO7vW3aPz3Slo6opHPDbCKAJshr4KoOhmr5XJ67GZ6qY8e3g2j1j7tLiMW4AF49HWLw_wORVg6rIUKYuD9BRsV7Ac-eM9_WDCe8cHN_3yB9NRfHbNypIDscwzp0i-hZPkw-3A/s1497/F217FEDF-89A4-47E4-8CBC-F8E1104A9339.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1497" data-original-width="1169" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqCThnfiG_TUhGxQuYIcSpG1WkW0brHVPN-pYCmyajOqnegDV165InlO7vW3aPz3Slo6opHPDbCKAJshr4KoOhmr5XJ67GZ6qY8e3g2j1j7tLiMW4AF49HWLw_wORVg6rIUKYuD9BRsV7Ac-eM9_WDCe8cHN_3yB9NRfHbNypIDscwzp0i-hZPkw-3A/w500-h640/F217FEDF-89A4-47E4-8CBC-F8E1104A9339.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The cats? Poor little hairless things--they still need loving-- LOL</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Actually, they're just like any cat, only they might have a bit more superiority complex. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4qnJ3RXJRz-JqFZb5dE1qxTFcS83-0qrnUbCKXy1YiW530B2_PzR-HikEOyK3e9CuS3d2_uvrvaBlPzAbXcpsIxs8L3jbH37o56DGnXY-qDA4BWmj9qxxG0hik0kZPeScIHLpBWytBAZdVeHZAUFWUY4IAgVBf_eC3tyKfQu5ZmG4ePUtxM58MbG8w/s1476/17471861-0BD8-4588-89BC-9520893A7F76.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1169" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4qnJ3RXJRz-JqFZb5dE1qxTFcS83-0qrnUbCKXy1YiW530B2_PzR-HikEOyK3e9CuS3d2_uvrvaBlPzAbXcpsIxs8L3jbH37o56DGnXY-qDA4BWmj9qxxG0hik0kZPeScIHLpBWytBAZdVeHZAUFWUY4IAgVBf_eC3tyKfQu5ZmG4ePUtxM58MbG8w/w506-h640/17471861-0BD8-4588-89BC-9520893A7F76.jpeg" width="506" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">And the chickens, are well, just chickens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJplYTfUkWBQMAL3DRS5E4_Mn53dHaRzBqQcyP0X2KoDz7ILi23PW2uYSpbyeboKjmOMxNHrfhC5rcYEqImde4eX-g9GptT41qTX0EVVUTibx7Nqj28SjJZJYzHq6CR3WDMJxLTck3d0j4T-805kS9Pnv8guYnkf8FQy6_UdClRUbRH4ib_AvU8zJb6A/s1499/2778CFAF-8C3D-4A46-BFF5-42EF207CCB2F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1169" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJplYTfUkWBQMAL3DRS5E4_Mn53dHaRzBqQcyP0X2KoDz7ILi23PW2uYSpbyeboKjmOMxNHrfhC5rcYEqImde4eX-g9GptT41qTX0EVVUTibx7Nqj28SjJZJYzHq6CR3WDMJxLTck3d0j4T-805kS9Pnv8guYnkf8FQy6_UdClRUbRH4ib_AvU8zJb6A/w499-h640/2778CFAF-8C3D-4A46-BFF5-42EF207CCB2F.jpeg" width="499" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She looks so normal!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Okay, we tease her, but we love her. And she loves us.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And apparently a plethora of unique creatures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They're all God's creations, right?</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbD2EkxRX8hVAeelHd1enrsuS6qBdI0KTUVdHNtFYbWWT1snl6cGBIRBMn9KTZTYmG_rGLJvbDwyB4rtaHn6zqgVTUCq4aLPslWqi6Pk_iApDcuJXuN7G_W38Xep7GjK6CAgvmMHdXRlh3wsi8fYXzrem41Y5BFVVe-RhhVrCoBJL5EOH2yA1iPbmJA/s1169/B3FA3163-DC82-4DF0-A638-A8473C60D8D2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="1169" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbD2EkxRX8hVAeelHd1enrsuS6qBdI0KTUVdHNtFYbWWT1snl6cGBIRBMn9KTZTYmG_rGLJvbDwyB4rtaHn6zqgVTUCq4aLPslWqi6Pk_iApDcuJXuN7G_W38Xep7GjK6CAgvmMHdXRlh3wsi8fYXzrem41Y5BFVVe-RhhVrCoBJL5EOH2yA1iPbmJA/w640-h624/B3FA3163-DC82-4DF0-A638-A8473C60D8D2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Again,</span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> I want you to check out all her other recipes--her complete series in the Friday Friend Cookbook Countdown, as we say so long</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://thefridayfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Melissa" target="_blank">just click here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">My friends I bring to you recipes #317 and 318.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.52px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-size: small; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-size: 14.52px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span><br style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-size: 14.52px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.52px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-size: small; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-size: 14.52px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Only 49 or 38 left to go! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">(I'm so confused now! 😂)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">(Because if you remember, I counted wrong---but I'm 99% sure I only have 38 more recipes to post.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299901133939166510noreply@blogger.com0