OMG, Food!

[pyratelady]

I don't know how the rumor got out that Glenn and I were starving to death, but y'all can rest easy now... we have way too much food in the house, and 99% of it is in chocolate form! For pity's sake, between all of the gifts of chocolate-covered cherries and boxed chocolates and chocolate truffles and homemade cookies and sweets and MORE CHOCOLATE

Comments

[cellymcfae]

You certainly stay busy this time of year! I'm glad you're having a nice holiday now. Enjoy all the CHOCOLATE!!!!! *g*

[heleneotroy]

Singing nutcrackers is totally our new tradition. My parents have a huge collection of them and they march in regiments all over the piano at Christmas time.

[ceosanna]

Singing nutcrackers sounds like a fabulous new tradition!

By the way, would you be willing to share the ginger cookie recipe?

Martha Washington's Ginger Cookies

[pyratelady]

in one large bowl, mix
2 eggs
3/4 cup softened butter
3/4 cup Crisco
2 and 3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup dark molasses

in another bowl, sift
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. ground cloves
2 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. cinnamon
4 cups flour (white or wheat)

Add ingredients in the second bowl slowly to the first bowl
Chill dough.
Roll dough into 1-inch balls -- coat hands in oil for easy rolling
Put dough balls onto a well-greased cookie sheet

Optional:
Put some sugar into a bowl
Use a flat-bottomed drinking glass to flatten a dough ball
Dip the glass into the sugar, then flatten another dough ball

Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. They may look a bit underdone when you take them out. Should be a medium light brown and uniformly crisp.

Re: Martha Washington's Ginger Cookies

[ceosanna]

Oooh, thanks! These even look pretty easy to make.

[dawntreader90]

awwwww, a wheely trashcan! was it diamond encrusted with hot-glued diamonds for the romantic representation of your true love's story? :D

thank god you didn't get him a Rubik's cube though. it will be much harder for me to lose the trashcan. *g*

also? i LOVE THE TEA LIGHT LEG LAMP IDEA! that's hysterically funny. in a wooden crate no less. tee hee! you win at Christmas and Hairy Eyeball McScroogerton doesn't know jack.

[pyratelady]

awwwww, a wheely trashcan! was it diamond encrusted with hot-glued diamonds for the romantic representation of your true love's story? :D

No, but I hung a tree-shaped car freshener inside it.

[dawntreader90]

THAT'S the kind of love they don't make enough commercials about. yanno?

[3fingeredsalute]

I've always wondered. How does one dispose of an OLD trash can? I mean -- can you leave it curbside?

[tchwrtr]

You give it to your father-in-law, and don't ask what he does with it.

[3fingeredsalute]

I am *not* getting married just to learn how to take out the trash (can)!

[ironbeagle]

Actually, I just placed it in the new one. The trash guy took it this morning.