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Category: HOLIDAYS
BBQ BAT WINGS & CAVE MOLD SAUCE ~~ HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN
BBQ BAT WINGS & CAVE MOLD SAUCE
BBQ BAT WINGS
2 pounds chicken drumettes
3/4 cup orange teriyaki marinade
CAVE MOLD SAUCE**
1 cup sour cream
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon crushed jalapenos (Penzey’s dry spice)
generous pour of Frank’s honey lime hot sauce 2 times
salt & pepper
- In a large ziploc bag combine the drumettes and marinade.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- Combine sauce ingredients in a food processor until smooth. I do a generous pour of the hot sauce and blend and then repeat,
- Season to taste.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cover a jelly roll pan with foil (for easy clean-up),
- Spray foil with PURE.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
**I like to make this a few days in advance for better flavor melding.
HALLOWEEN TREATS
Hello foodie friends, long time no see!
Since I haven’t been doing much with food blogging lately, I’d like to share some of the great recipes I’ve collected over at Pinterest for Halloween. If you’d like to see the recipes just click on the source link beneath each photo. Click HERE to see my entire Halloween collection.
Halloween Cheesecake
Pretzel Kiss Treats
Candy Corn Pudding
Don’t forget to visit my Yummy Food pinboard while you’re visiting Pinterest – if you’d like an invitation so you can start your own pinboards just leave a comment and I’ll send you an invite. It’s a lot of fun!
I hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween!
ALWAYS REMEMBER AND
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND! & FARMER’S BREAKFAST
This is another one of those recipes that has floated around for so long that I have no idea what I tore it out of. The paper has yellowed, the edges look like they have been gnawed on, but the flavor is the same and perfect for a long lazy weekend!
FARMER’S BREAKFAST
1/4 cup butter
2 cups small cubed uncooked potatoes
1 large bunch green onion, sliced thin
1 cup cubed ham
6 eggs
3/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack/Mild Cheddar combo
2 cups small cubed uncooked potatoes
1 large bunch green onion, sliced thin
1 cup cubed ham
6 eggs
3/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack/Mild Cheddar combo
- Melt butter in cast iron pan.
- Add potatoes and onions. Sprinkle with celery salt.
- Cover and cook over a medium high heat, stirring occasionally until evenly brown and golden, about 20 minutes.
- Add the ham and cook another 5 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to low.*
- Whisk together the eggs, salt, pepper and cream until well blended.
- Pour egg mixture over ham and potatoes, cover and cook until eggs are almost set, about 10 minutes.
- Occasionally run a knife of spatula around the edge to allow eggs to run down and not burn.
- Sprinkle with cheese and cover again until cheese melts.
- Cut into wedges and serve with toasted Oat Sunflower Bread.
*Using an electric stove, I switch burners and start with a cooler burner at this point since cast iron does not cool down as quickly. I like the cast iron though for the nice crisp edge to the potatoes.
Worth sharing – LET US PAUSE TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM
LET US PAUSE TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM
DEAR ABBY: Memorial Day is not about war; it’s about people. It’s about those dedicated individuals — most of them young — who died serving their country and their fellow Americans as well as future generations. In other words, all of us.
We Americans are at our best when we come together bonded by a noble purpose. And that’s the reason for the National Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day.
Abby, your patriotism and compassion have helped us in our effort to unite the more than 311 million Americans who live in this land of the free and home of the brave. Please remind your millions of readers to come together by pausing for a moment at 3 p.m. local time, wherever they are, to acknowledge the sacrifice of our fallen.
Unfortunately, too many of our citizens forget to remember. I am determined to find ways to help America continue to pay tribute to the nearly 2 million men and women who have died for us. Our freedoms should remind us of their sacrifice and our debt to them.
It is our duty to never forget them, to keep them in our hearts and in our actions. They were the best of the best — the pride of the USA. We owe them the commitment to reflect on what they did and to put remembrance into action. This means to give back to our country and to live honoring them every day, not just on Memorial Day.
Thank you for all you do to honor America’s heroes. — CARMELLA LASPADA, FOUNDER, NO GREATER LOVE
DEAR CARMELLA: You’re welcome. I hope readers will heed your request to offer a silent tribute this afternoon to the men and women who have given their lives in the service of this country. Considering the magnitude of their sacrifice, it’s the least we can do.
To all of my friends out there — please join me, as well as the iron workers, sheet metal workers, firefighters and painters unions and thousands of AFL-CIO members who have supported the Moment since its inception, in a moment of silence at 3 p.m. Today, as in the past, major league baseball games will stop, customers and staff will pause in more than 30,000 grocery stores throughout the country, and, of course, personnel serving in the military around the world will observe it, too. To learn what others are doing today, visit www.ngl.org.
May our fallen rest in peace; may our country once again live in peace as well.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
By Mike Elder of Black Sheep Custom Cakes
“I have no illusions about what little I can add now to the silent testimony of those who gave their lives willingly for their country. Words are even more feeble on this Memorial Day, for the sight before us is that of a strong and good nation that stands in silence and remembers those who were loved and who, in return, loved their countrymen enough to die for them.” – Ronald Reagan
And in honor of Memorial Day all you foodies go check out all the tribute cakes at CAKE WRECKS MEMORIAL TRIBUTE POST.
Always remember and never forget… & National Moment of Remembrance
Yesterday someone told me that Memorial Day no longer means as much because we have so many intermixed cultures in the U.S. now. I beg to differ. While it has become a 3 day weekend to most, it is NOT just about picnics, BBQ’s and swimming. Remember that without those brave men and women who died and are honored on Memorial Day, you may not have the rights that you do have. All of our freedoms came with a price for some and an observance for all.
Memorial Day is about honoring the countless individual acts of bravery and sacrifice. This holiday is also about honoring the brave men and women who make it home. That means keeping our promises to America’s veterans. This Memorial Day, we remember all the Americans who gave their lives in defense of America. They died so that we may be free – and we are forever in their debt. Too many people have lost sight of the meaning of this holiday. If you visit How to Observe Memorial Day you can read the whole article, but here is an excerpt that lists the highlights.
“…gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime….let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us as sacred charges upon the Nation’s gratitude,–the soldier’s and sailor’s widow and orphan.”
“The “Memorial” in Memorial Day has been ignored by too many of us who are beneficiaries of those who have given the ultimate sacrifice. Often we do not observe the day as it should be, a day where we actively remember our ancestors, our family members, our loved ones, our neighbors, and our friends who have given the ultimate sacrifice:
- by visiting cemeteries and placing flags or flowers on the graves of our fallen heroes.
- by visiting memorials.
- by flying the U.S. Flag at half-staff until noon.
- by flying the ‘POW/MIA Flag’ as well (Section 1082 of the 1998 Defense Authorization Act).
- by participating in a “National Moment of Remembrance“: at 3 p.m. to pause and think upon the true meaning of the day, and for Taps to be played.
- by renewing a pledge to aid the widows, widowers, and orphans of our fallen dead, and to aid the disabled veterans.”
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the civil war), it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action.
It is the
VETERAN, not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the
VETERAN, not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the
VETERAN, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the
VETERAN, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the
VETERAN,
not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.
It is the
not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.
It is the
VETERAN, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the
VETERAN, not the politician,
Who has given us the right to vote.
Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the
VETERAN
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who salutes the Flag,
It is the
VETERAN
who serves under the Flag.
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Always remember and never forget!
“The National Moment of Remembrance, established by Congress, asks Americans wherever they are at 3 p.m., local time, on Memorial Day to pause in an act of national unity (duration: one minute).The time 3 p.m. was chosen because it is the time when most Americans are enjoying their freedoms on the national holiday. The Moment does not replace traditional Memorial Day events; rather it is an act of national unity in which all Americans, alone or with family and friends, honor those who died for our freedom. It will help to reclaim Memorial Day as the sacred and noble holiday it was meant to be. In this shared remembrance, we connect as Americans.”
