This is what happens when you post with insufficient caffeine. :smack: I’m glad I was able to amuse y’all.
My crazy cat (yes, some are crazier than others) just climbed up next to me on the bed - and peed. What the ever-loving heck? I think she disapproved of the 2 dogs and other cats already present, but I am Not Amused. She’s never done it before. I don’t like it. No sir, I don’t like it at all.
DeDe, I made fruitcake a couple of times for my dad and uncle. I like a good one, without the artificially colored fruits. Actually, I like more nuts than fruit.
ST, I never got the love for red velvet. I can taste the shang from the food coloring and there’s not enough chocolate in it to make it interesting.
butters, your mom’s cake sounds like a torte. And I agree, they are a delight.
The floor is vaccuumed, laundry is in the dryer, supper’s over and I’m fixing to do dishes. Then it’s chill time until the dryer stops.
Just finished building a beef stew for tomorrow’s supper. All the ingredients are in the crock pot and if all goes well, I’ll remember to put it in the base and turn it on before I leave for work. Since it’ll cook for 10 hours or so, I’ll put it on low - sure it’ll be hot enough to be done when we get home, right? Hope so… Worst case, I’ll dump it in a soup pot and finish it on top of the stove.
Dishwasher is doing its thang and Taz is crowding between me and the right side armrest.
**Sunny **- welcome to the peed upon club! Taz has done it to me twice, and that’s why I lock the bedroom door for the night. Stoopit cat.
Does this have something to do with Peedin, the Sith wannabe?
Google the cat pee thing. I vaguely remember that it has some specific cause.
Perhaps they desire to urinate on Spiderman comics. Ronan the Accuser beat the snot out of him Sunday. I hope that the link works for Spidey and other Lesser Mortals.
We did but we don’t do that or anything for the holidays anymore. I do cards but that is it. For some reason I just can’t drag the OW kicking or screaming into any recognition of anything from birthdays to holidays. Bugs me to no end but not enough to bother fighting for.
I am assuming it is still Monday. It must be ----- I hear Monday Night Football.
The fruitcake recipe in my family came from a newspaper article from a Buffalo, NY paper, in the 1940’s. My paternal grandmother, my father(a teen then) and two older sibs were living in Buffalo. The only change we ever made is to use pecans instead of almonds in the batter. It uses tons of fruits, and just barely enough batter to hold it all together. No alcohol in the mix. I’ve found I prefer fruitcake with no booze. If anyone wants a good recipe I can email it. We tend to make a BIG batch every other year, freezing some.
My mom buys cookies now, at local holiday events. She used to make tons of cookies, but age and a hand tremor has caught up with her, and now she can’t.
Speaking of my mom, if any of you pray can you send one up for her? She’s been to the doctor, after feeling poorly and finding a lump on the neck. Turns out it’s a blood clot on her jugular vein, she’ll be taking blood thinners to see if that works. I’m worried for her.
I don’t rightly remember. It’s most likely a conglomeration of several recipes I read looking for one I liked.
I have a vague idea that this started out as a crock pot recipe.
Probably.
Baker, I’d be interested in a boozeless fruitcake recipe. Can you PM me?
Gotta go now. Wifey just turned on Chicago Fire and the dirge like background music on that show makes me want to slit my wrists. Or somebody’s wrists.