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1 c. sifted flour 2 T. sugar 1 t. baking powder 1 c. pared apples, diced 1 c. milk 1 t. corn oil 1/2 t. salt 1 egg Sift flour, salt, baking powder and sugar together.  Beat egg well, add milk and corn oil.  Add to dry ingredients.  Beat until smooth. ...

2 qts. cooked potatoes, diced 1 onion , diced 4 pieces of celery, diced 1 carrot, diced 6 hard boiled eggs, peeled and cubed salt to taste Combine and set aside.  Mix salad dressing ingredients and pour over potato mixture.  Mix well.  Refrigerate until ready to serve. Salad Dressing (cook): 2/3...

1 c. sugar 1 cube margarine 1 c. flour 4 well-beaten eggs 1 - 16 oz. can Hershey Syrup 1 t. vanilla Preheat oven to 375° Beat eggs.  Add rest of ingredients to the eggs.  Can add nuts if desired. Pour into a greased and floured 9 X 13" pan and...

Graham crackers Raisins Dried cranberries or gummy worms Sealable plastic bag Crush several graham crackers in a sealable bag and add raisins (to make "bugs").  The dried cranberries become "ladybugs." by Ruth Gomez

2 boxes of powdered sugar 1/2 lb. butter 1/4 cup milk 2 t. vanilla Heat milk and butter (don't bring milk to a boil).  Add 1 lb. of sugar and beat in with a mixer.  Mix remaining 1 lb. of sugar in by hand.  Add vanilla.  Shape and dip. Dip:  Melt...

While I was attending law school at Catholic University, the university had a prominent music department with noted actors and actresses playing in the theater department's monthly public plays. During this same time, Ed McMann was a student. After my graduation from law school and marriage to Florence Ksrazek (who also...

Our family owned a second home in Georgetown from 1967 to 1977.  Shortly after taking possession, our daughter brought some college girl-friends to spend a weekend in the 1867 home.  Somehow, she lost her car and house keys so she had to have her brother bring keys so they could get back...

1 lb. ground beef 1/2 lb. ground sausage or pork 2 c. cooked rice 1 can tomato soup 1 small onion 1/2 t. salt 1 egg 1/2 lb. sauerkraut tomato juice 1/8 t. pepper 1/8 t. paprika Lg. head of cabbage Combine meat with pepper, paprika, egg, onion, tomato soup, rice...

Travelling North It is said that home is where the heart is, and for much of my early life, home was my grandmother's cattle stud at Beachmere, about 50 miles north of Brisbane, Queensland. My sister, two years younger than I, was a sickly baby requiring a lot of attention from...

At times the tyranny of the urgent bullies its way to the top of the daily to-do list extinguishing even the most rudimentary kindness. Indeed, in our desire to conquer our categorized index of mandatory responsibilities, we often leave little room for even the most basic regard for the people in...

"I don't like it here!" declares Dana*, her measured pacing keeping tempo with her anxious words, "I want to go back to the other place?" I'm confused. It's not unusual for Dana to feel restless toward the evening hours, but this is mid-afternoon. "What other place, Miss Dana? This is where...

Like water to the thirsty is laughter to my soul. Without it I would shrivel and die. Life is heavy; times are hard. A hearty laugh lifts the spirit, lightens the load, breathes courage to a fainting heart. It's been said by some unidentified jolly soul that, "Laughter is a tranquilizer...

"Help. Help! Help!!" Like fingernails on a chalkboard his cry unnerves me. It's unrelenting, insistent, demanding. It requires a response but I don't know what that response should be. From the desk where I answer phones and direct resident traffic I can see that he is warm and dry, as comfortable...

It's been said, "I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time." On Tuesday I will be 55. Today I learned how to smoke. It's not like I woke up this morning and thought, Hmmm what vice can I add to my...

Down loaded a free  14 day copy of "iremember" for mac.  Graphics are nice. I also would like to try some of the vivid 3d images.For this first try:    * picked a background    * added photo    * added text box and story    * add titleElementary, but a start.I used iremember software...

Making Scones Grandma Jessie Wallace kept turkeys on the farm as she claimed they were an excellent warning system. Whenever a visitor's car turned off the Beachmere Road, onto the rough, corrugated, sandy track to the house, the turkeys started making their distinctive gobbling sound. This was the signal for Nan...

If I had only one day left to live, I would wish to spend that time with my children.  I'd take them to a park, spread a blanket on the ground and have a heart to heart with each of them.   It is important to me that I share things such as: ...

David came up to me as I was on the computer working on a Heritage Makers project.  In his sweet, two-year-old voice he asked, "Where's David's book?"  The next day we started taking pictures of David doing the things he likes to do.  The park was our first stop.  Soon we had...

Being brought up in a home with eleven other voices, I sometimes felt like mine didn't matter.  I'm sure we've probably all felt like that at times.  Some of us may have reacted in anger, some in bitterness and others still with little or no reaction at all.  Unfortunately, I was...

Jackie often told me that my little brown rocking chair was her little red rocking chair first. Then out of the blue Aunt Roberta started talking about Margaret's little rocking chair that she was so stingy about letting any one sit in. That confirmed it for me that my little red...