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Loving online cheesecake

  • Posted on March 23, 2012 at 6:33 pm

Now that I can Order Cheesecake Online, I’m pretty much in seventh heaven. It’s a comfort food for myself and my whole family. My friends and neighbors also. Sitting at my wooden kitchen table, I will eat a little slice, and it’s enough to bring back memories of needful and meaningful talks, of solving some problems and talking the others away. Memories of celebrating and of course there were on occasion the bad times and tears.

The first cheesecake I ever made, was in my Nana’s kitchen. It was my Papa though, who taught me how to make a perfect rich, but simple cheesecake.  Complete with the taste and texture of the first bite, being one of those cheesecakes that you will not forget. Cheesecake loves will know what I mean. There are quite a few variety’s I’ve had that have had that, ” Yep, this is keeper in my book.” I don’t know if I think it is so good because of the fact, Papa taught me how to use the ingredients and I am just partial. OR, it indeed is a great tasting cheesecake. It has worked it’s magic around a few kitchen tables though and never failed being there when needed, considering this is the only kind of cheese cake I will make. The rest I gladly buy. And there are great savings and deals also!

I love sending away for a cheesecake another person has made. It’s an art, making “the” cheesecake, as far as I am concerned. When I first found out I can get cheesecake just by staying home and surfing the net for them, I was in awe. I’ve got a bucket list, just of various types of cheesecake I want to try, and who sells them. It’s a long one!

Any occasion chocolate

  • Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:06 pm

I have finally found a place where I can buy chocolate for any occasion and it’s made me a very happy person. Sometimes it’s hard to please everyone in my family, since their favorite chocolates are all different. And I have a big family. One year, I decided to write a list of everyone’s favorite flavor in chocolates. I must admit I had a very impressive list. Over the last few years, for various occasions and holidays, I just buy chocolate. My family are all chocolate lovers, sometimes I think more so than most.

My mom loves chocolate covered cherries, for Christmas. My sisters and brothers are into everything from hazelnut, to milk chocolate. It is the same with my kids. My oldest daughter as well as myself, love mint chocolate. My oldest son, peanut butter chocolate, youngest daughter and son, dark and mild chocolate, respectively.

This Easter, will be as easy as each over the last five years. I used to fill baskets with that grass (the kind that even at Christmas, despite of daily sweeping, for some reason a piece of the stuff is still around.)  I put various candy in the basket, eggs and of course the big chocolate bunnies. As I said, it is easy now. They just want a basket filled with their favorite chocolate, and I now have the list memorized.

Fat Tuesday

  • Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:20 pm

Mind you, I’m not much into discussing politics or religion. But when it comes to Fat Tuesday even though I don’t exactly know what it means, I know my husband will go to the best bakery in town and get dozens of Punchkis. To me, they are diabetes waiting to happen. That or a hypoglycemic coma waiting to strike.

These (never ever call them doughnuts or jelly rolls) Punchkis are filled with jelly of every flavor. My husband got the mixed assortments and there was apricot, strawberry, cherry, lemon, apple and blueberry filling. Also there was vanilla cream, chocolate cream and custard fillings.

I myself never ever eat much sugar. But the thought of a custard Punchki was tempting. Way too tempting. I got half of this sucker down and my teeth hurt from the sweetness of not only the glaze and sugar that covered the darn thing, but also the dough and the custard. I have to admit I loved the custard filling, but gave the other half to one of my boys. OMG… I no doubt gained at least three lbs, my doctor will no doubt give me hell for my glucose levels and I did have a stomach within ten minutes of eating just that half of the Punchki. I gave up worrying about my husband and his health on Fat Tuesday and other holidays. Heck, even in between holidays with his intake of sugar things. He doesn’t see the doctor often even though I beg him to, so…what else can I say?

Happy Fat Tuesday, All!!

Procrastination

  • Posted on January 8, 2012 at 7:25 pm

Procrastination is one of my main weaknesses. I put off going to the grocery store today when I should have gone. I just didn’t want to spend my Sunday going from store to store to find deals. And actually the prices of groceries depresses me. I just feel like dealing with it. I’ll go tomorrow.

By the dozens

  • Posted on December 17, 2011 at 7:55 am

By staying up most the night baking Christmas cookies for the kids to decorate, I realized that I have way too many than we will ever eat. This coming week, my daughter will be going to the old folks homes, as she calls them, to Christmas carol with her choir. I’m thinking about getting together small plates of cookies or little “bundles” of them for her and the girls to give out also. It would be nice to share them.