Q If your week were described as a Yoga pose, what would it be?
Foreward Bend: Utthita Hasta Padangstasana aka: Extended Hand-To-Big-Toe Pose: * Maintaining solid grounding through the standing foot helps keep you steady.
Q Who was your favorite original cast member of Saturday Night Live?
Gilda Radner
Q What is one of your favorite recipes or the name of a favorite cookbook for meals that are easy and fast?
I love my crockpot and I do have many recipes that are ready and on the table in 30 to 45 minutes. I love my Cooking Light Cookbook and magazine for new ideas.
Q It’s beginning to look like Christmas….How many of these holiday items are in your home?
* Christmas CD’s: Quite a few Christmas CD. I'm thinking about the new Josh Groban CD to add on this year. * Christmas DVD / VHS: Christmas Story, Miracle on 34th Street. There are probably more but they escape me at the moment Dinnerware / Stemware / Glasses / Mugs or Serving-ware with a Christmas motif: I have a set of Niko "Happy Holidays" dinnerware and various Christmas mugs that have been collected through the years. * Santa figurines: I have several Santa figures that I love. One is a Santa holding the Nativity and the other is my kneeling Santa over Baby Jesus.
Q What are 5 foods, drinks or combination that you associate Christmas with?
eggnog, fruitcake, Spritz cookies, Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Bonus Brain Teasers
? Try your luck at this trickle-down puzzle. Starting at the Top, Change One Letter of Each Succeeding Word to arrive at the word at the bottom:
TOOK
(FILL IN NEXT WORD)
(FILL IN NEXT WORD)
(FILL IN NEXT WORD)
BURN
? What do the letters SCUBA stand for
? In what state is Zion National Park?
? What best-selling author sometimes writes under the pseudonym, Richard Bachman
? In ballet, what is the bending-of-the-knees movement called
Geez, I misunderstood and thought you just wanted us to name some. These aren't particularly fast, but they're good for cold weather.
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Corned beef brisket, 4-5 lbs.
1 whole onion
4 cloves
6 peppercorns
1 bay leaf
1/2 teasp. rosemary
1 clove garlic
1 green pepper rings (optional)
1 stalk celery or 1 teasp. celery seed
few springs parsley or a little dried parsley
1 head cabbage
potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks (optional)
Place corned bee in large pot; cover with water. Add onion studded with cloves, peppers, bay leaf, rosemary, garlic, green pepper, celery, and parsley. Bring to boil, covered; reduce heat and simmer 4-5 hours. Wash cabbage. Cut into quarters; trim off core, leaving enough to hold cabbage together. 1/2 hour before meat is done, skim excess fat from top and arrange cabbage on meat. Simmer, covered, 30 minutes. Can also add cut up potatoes.
I do cook the potatoes. When I serve the meal, I serve hot canned tomatoes over the cabbage. Delicious!
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Fun questions, D-Deb! Thanks so much.
Friday Five!
~~Rhonda~~
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Friday Five!
Q If your week were described as a Yoga pose, what would it be?
Foreward Bend: Utthita Hasta Padangstasana aka: Extended Hand-To-Big-Toe Pose:
*
Maintaining solid grounding through the standing foot helps keep you steady.
Q Who was your favorite original cast member of Saturday Night Live?
Gilda Radner
Q What is one of your favorite recipes or the name of a favorite cookbook for meals that are easy and fast?
I love my crockpot and I do have many recipes that are ready and on the table in 30 to 45 minutes. I love my Cooking Light Cookbook and magazine for new ideas.
Q It’s beginning to look like Christmas….How many of these holiday items are in your home?
*
Christmas CD’s: Quite a few Christmas CD. I'm thinking about the new Josh Groban CD to add on this year.
*
Christmas DVD / VHS: Christmas Story, Miracle on 34th Street. There are probably more but they escape me at the moment
Dinnerware / Stemware / Glasses / Mugs or Serving-ware with a Christmas motif: I have a set of Niko "Happy Holidays" dinnerware and various Christmas mugs that have been collected through the years.
*
Santa figurines: I have several Santa figures that I love. One is a Santa holding the Nativity and the other is my kneeling Santa over Baby Jesus.
Q What are 5 foods, drinks or combination that you associate Christmas with?
eggnog, fruitcake, Spritz cookies, Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Bonus Brain Teasers
? Try your luck at this trickle-down puzzle. Starting at the Top, Change One Letter of Each Succeeding Word to arrive at the word at the bottom:
TOOK
(FILL IN NEXT WORD)
(FILL IN NEXT WORD)
(FILL IN NEXT WORD)
BURN
? What do the letters SCUBA stand for
? In what state is Zion National Park?
? What best-selling author sometimes writes under the pseudonym, Richard Bachman
? In ballet, what is the bending-of-the-knees movement called
Miss P
Friday Five!
Donna
~~Rhonda~~
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Deb/MN
Geez, I misunderstood and thought you just wanted us to name some. These aren't particularly fast, but they're good for cold weather.
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Corned beef brisket, 4-5 lbs.
1 whole onion
4 cloves
6 peppercorns
1 bay leaf
1/2 teasp. rosemary
1 clove garlic
1 green pepper rings (optional)
1 stalk celery or 1 teasp. celery seed
few springs parsley or a little dried parsley
1 head cabbage
potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks (optional)
Place corned bee in large pot; cover with water. Add onion studded with cloves, peppers, bay leaf, rosemary, garlic, green pepper, celery, and parsley. Bring to boil, covered; reduce heat and simmer 4-5 hours. Wash cabbage. Cut into quarters; trim off core, leaving enough to hold cabbage together. 1/2 hour before meat is done, skim excess fat from top and arrange cabbage on meat. Simmer, covered, 30 minutes. Can also add cut up potatoes.
I do cook the potatoes. When I serve the meal, I serve hot canned tomatoes over the cabbage. Delicious!
~~Rhonda~~
<
Donna
Miss P
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