Happy Thanksgiving

My wish today for all of you.

 

Tea Stands for Tuesday 11/22/22

Hello and Happy Tuesday.  

Here is the tea I'm trying this morning.  I am familiar with Stash Earl Grey but this one with double bergamot is new to me.  I like it but not everyone I know is a bergamot fan.  As I said in a recent post, I am looking for new things in the grocery store.

Take a look at our Crab Apple tree in all its glory.  I showed the photo to someone who thought it was framed.  It is just the view from our covered porch.  See the bit of railing at the bottom?

Cicely Mary Barker

Do you think if we look close enough we might spot a Crab Apple Fairy?  I certainly hope so.  I have always been fond of Barker's art.

Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating this week.  Please join me at Elizabeth's blog for a cup of tea.

 

Veterans Day 11/11/22

Thinking of my Dad today.  He was wounded in WWII and spent quite awhile in the hospital.  Thankfully he made it home to us though.

Purple Hearts are a type of American military medal given to soldiers who were wounded or killed while serving in the US military. It’s the oldest military award still in use and was the first award given to common soldiers.

Lemon cake recipe

I had a request for the recipe for the cakes shown in my previous post.  This is an old recipe, probably from 1960 or so.  Enjoy!

LEMON JELLO CAKE 

Cake:
3/4 c. oil 
3/4 c. water 
4 eggs 
1 small pkg. lemon Jello 
1 pkg. yellow cake mix 

Stir the dry Jello into the dry cake mix . Beat eggs, oil and water together. Pour liquid mix over dry mix and beat well. Grease and flour pan.  Bake in a sheet cake pan, two 8x8 pans or 6 little loaf pans as I did recently. Bake according to time and temperature on cake mix box.

Glaze: 
2 c. powdered sugar mixed with 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice
Stir together and let stand while cake bakes.  I usually add a bit of lemon zest to the glaze at this point but that wasn't in the original recipe.

When cake is done but while still warm, poke holes all over the cake – a skewer works well for this but so does a small paring knife. Spread the liquid glaze over the warm cake. This will soak in and for the most part you won’t really see it.

Since it is so moist it keeps really well.  The cake freezes very nicely which is a bonus if you don't want a whole big cake all at once.

Tea Stands for Tuesday 11/7/22

 It is time to get the party rolling.  I'll bring food.  Today my post is all about the food.

You have seen my Nana Banana cup before.  Same cup, same coffee.

Have you seen the Land O'Lakes flavored butter?  I had that on a piece of toast earlier.  It was good, not to sweet.  I admit I could easily accomplish the same thing without the packaging.  Toast, butter, cinnamon and sugar.

Some tiimes I get so bored when grocery shopping that I would buy almost anything I haven't seen before.  Marketing people have me in their sights.  LOL! 

Never mind that stuff in the background, I will be making chicken noodle soup later.  Just lining things up.

To make up for all that foolishness I baked lemon cakes.  I used our own lemons picked from our tree this morning.  See there?  I can be thrifty,  I can get 6 small loaves out of my recipe.  They freeze really well and it is nice to have something on hand when the urge strikes.

That's me for today.  Lets all go over to Elizabeth's and bother everyone - or, er, - see what they are talking about.

Helpful Hints

 Time for some of us to turn our clocks back.

Second on the Second 11/02/22

 Elizabeth gives us a chance to re-post something from our blog every month on the 2nd.  My entry for this month is below.  You can find everyone participating HERE.  Thanks so much Elizabeth.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 02, 2011

Día de los Muertos

Día de los Muertos is widely celebrated in the latin community here.  I decided to make a talisman to recognize the day in my own way.

I think if you click on the picture you can enlarge it.

I really enjoy making what I call Rubble Art. Just the usual tin can lid, pull tabs, scrap paper and some beads. I actually found this string of beads in the gutter - maybe it was originally a bracelet. Anyhow, I knew I wanted to use them in some way.

Have you found anything interesting laying in the street lately?