EASY , QUICK (CHOCOLATE & BUTTERSCOTCH) FUDGE

SWEET  TOOTH,  craving  (CHOCOLATE & BUTTERSCOTCH) QUICK & EASY FUDGE<>1 CUP CHOCOLATE (CHOCOLATE CHIPS)<>1 CUP (BUTTERSCOTCH CHIPS)<>1 (14 oz. CAN SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK)<>1 TEASPOON VANILLA<>1 CUP PECANS<><>BUTTER a 9x9 in. BAKING DISH<>MELT (CHOCOLATE &  BUTTERSCOTCH CHIPS) and CONDENSED MILK in (DOUBLE BOILER on MED. HEAT) once SMOOTH, remove from HEAT and (ADD VANILLA and NUTS<>(SCOOP in BAKING GLASS DISH and CHILL in REFRIGERATOR until SET 10 minutes<> Then CUT in SQUARES!!    DELICIOUS for FIX on SWEET TOOTH!!!!

BACK IN the OLE DAYS with HAY RAKES!

A LIGHTHEARTED LOOK BACK in FUN and FASHION, and for some REASON or ANOTHER the HAY RAKE was TOPS' on a FARMERS LIST and TODAY "BOAST not THYSELF of TOMORROW for THOU knowest not WHAT a DAY may BRING FORTH" (THE HAY RAKE SITS IDLE but in the OLE DAYS the HAY RAKE was FUN and in FASHION)!!!!!!!

"OOH' & Ah's" (CHICKEN-FRIED) PORK CHOPS !

(CHICKEN-FRIED) PORK CHOPS<>6 PORK CHOPS, 1/2 in, THICK<>1 BEATEN EGG<>1 TABLESPOON MILK<>2/3 CUP DRY BREAD CRUMBS<>1/2 TEASPOON SHORTENING<>1/2 TEASPOON SALT<>TRIM FAT from CHOPS<>COMBINE EGG & MILK.<>DIP PORK CHOPS in EGG mixture, then in BREAD CRUMBS<>IN (HEAVY SKILLET, BROWN CHOPS on both sides in HOT SHORTENING<>SEASON with SALT<>ADD 1/4 CUP WATER.<>COVER and COOK over LOW HEAT for 30 to 45 MINUTES<>LIFT CHOPS and TURN OCCASIONALLY prevent from sticking<> makes 6 SERVINGS<> (SERVE with WILD RICE)  ooh's  & aah's !!!!!!

RAIN and WINTER'S STARS! in PAST DAYS

RELENTLESSLY CLINGING CRYSTALS EMBRACE (WINTER BENDING BRANCHES) SUNLIGHT (PATTERNS these GEMS IRIDESCENT they become TEARS)<>DROPPING one by one into EARTH's WHITE rolling breast GLISTENING THERE.<>SLOWLY rising UPWARD toward HEAVEN.<>SLENDER SILHOUETTES lift free from their TRANSLUCENT JEWEL-EXQUISITE burden<>peradventure YOU should CAPTURE a MELTING BEAUTY in your HAND<>and REFLECTED for an instant a STAR SAPPHIRE and TWINKLES before it JOINS YOU, beneath the RAIN and WINTER'S STARS in PAST DAYS!!!!!!!!(THESE are my MOMENTS in PHOTO;s  telling a VOLUME of WORDS!!!!!!!!

NEW YEAR (BRUNCH) EGG CASSEROLE! HAPPY 2012,

EGG CASSEROLE (GREAT for BRUNCH)<> 2 DOZEN EGGS<>1 lb. BACON<>MUSHROOMS SLICED<>1 CAN MUSHROOM SOUP<>1 PT. SOUR CREAM<>1 CUP GRATED CHEDDAR CHEESE<><>PREPARE EGG, as to scramble with milk<>SALT & PEPPER.<>COOK BACON until CRISP & CRUMBLE<>SAUTE MUSHROOMS.<>MIX (SOUR CREAM and SOUP)<>POUR EGGS into BOTTOM of 3 QUART DISH or 13x9 in PAN<>(TOP with mushrooms<>POUR (SOUP MIXTURE over THIS<>TOP (with CHEESE and BACON)<>BAKE @ 350 degrees F. for about 45 minutes or until SET<>  GREAT BRUNCH (EGG & CHEESE & BACON CASSEROLE)  oh's and ah's!!!!!!!

NEW YEAR (MIMOSA CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL)

MIMOSA CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL<>(FLUTED GLASSES and BOTTLE of CHAMPAGNE)<>uncork CHAMPAGNE and in FLUTE GLASS, ADD ( 1/2 oz TRIPLE SEC and 1 1/2 oz FRESH ORANGE JUICE and 3 1/2 oz CHAMPAGNE and (SLICE of ORANGE for GARNISH) <>this is a NEW YEAR (MIMOSA CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL) serve with BRUNCH it is sooooOH! DELICIOUS!!!!!

"AULD LANG SYNE" (NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS are MADE NOW)

MIDNIGHT STRIKES, (NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS are MADE,) HANDS are HELD and KISSES and an EMBRACE GIVEN and "AULD LANG SYNE" is SUNG<><>(SHOULD "AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGET and NEVER BROUGHT TO MIND?  SHOULD "AULD AQUAINTANCE be FORGET and "AULD LANG SYNE!<> FOR "AULD LANG SYNE", my DEAR, for "AULD LANG SYNE"   (WE,LL take a CUP O' KINDNESS YET! (FOR "AULD LANG SYNE")!!!  (robert burns<>AULD LANG SYNE)  <>TO WISH EVERY ONE (HAPPY NEW YEAR)  <>AULD LANG SYNE!!!!!!!!!2012