Coldwater Hound to the rescue! Fastest toungue in the West.
Happy Chinese New Year
haighr, I am guessing thats Candees pic, I cant hear her over the utter chaos in this place today!
Ok, the rest will be getting consolation prizes, there is a plate of cookies for each on the table!
Here is elle's cybergift! Its a giftbasket with a stuffted animal in it and some lovely beauty products! I think its a dalmation!!! LOL!My friend beautygirl made these up! She has them wrapped so nicely!
I'm still ROFL Candee.
Terri, I am out of gifts at number 5 so your gonna have to take over putting pressies up! Here is number 2 for Zany!!
Its another gift basket with beauty products tucked in!!
Here is number #3 for Candee! Drum roll please!!!
Oh good Lord, Geek, I said drum roll, not Little Drummer Boy, how did that get into the CD's? Leftovers from the Christmas party eh?!!
Well, looky here, its the FROG PRINCE in a gift basket with more beauty products!!
And the lucky number 4 goes to.......a-hem..ahem.....AHEMMMMM
ALVIN????? Jeez, now we got chipmunk music playing...
Geeeeeeek........get in HEYAR!
And our #5 cyber-pressie....goes to......TERRI!!!!
I will be passing out the recipe girls, for the cookies for the consolation gifts! Terri, if you have more cyber pressies, you will have to take over! I am not sure how many ladies missed a gift!
Happy Valentines day everyone, I a know I am a tad early, but my next holiday cheers appears to be either St Pattys day, Easter or Mothers day.. so I must get started!
And as promised...here is the recipe for the cookies...Todays special....
Chocolate Chow Mein!
1 bag semi sweet chocolate morsels (chips)
1/2 bag chow mein noodles
1/2 cup peanuts or Reese's peanut butter chips
Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler or by using a metal bowl over a sauce pan filled a couple of inches with water. Stir in half a bag of chow mein noodles. Stir in 1/2 cup of peanuts or my personal favorite Reeses Peanut Butter Chips. Drop tablespoon full of the mixture onto a cookie sheet or large plate covered in wax paper or foil. Put in the refrigerator to set for at least 30 minutes.
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Gotta run...ny office job is calling! Terri is in charge! (....makesure Coldwater washes his paws after he is done with the dishes ok!!? Wouldnt want to have to get a volunteer to do the floor agai!)
OMG, these aren't beauty products, there is a bottle of champagne and a bottle of white rum and I can't believe it baileys for my next cuppa! You are the man, blossom, just what I have always wanted and being delivered by Mr Froggy is just a hoot" or would that be an owl? Oh, I don't know, I have already had half the champagne.
Such great valentine gifts, how do you find the time. Already on to the next holiday for you and I haven't even given it a thought. Perhaps I can recycle the lovely basket this all arrived in?
I am not much for cookie baking I always burn the bottoms, so will gladly volunteer to scrub the floor this time, will just go and try to find that mop - surely can't ask Ms. Woodsy, she wouldn't know what a mop looked like if it jumped up and hit her in the head, oops hope she didnt' hear that.
Thank you for my basket Blossom, it's lovely. All the baskets are really pretty!
Chocolate chow mein to add to the menu, sounds interesting!!!!!
Thanks for leaving me in charge to make the rest of the presents....... I'd better get busy!
What was that about a catch Candee? LOL!!
Awwww, shucks. Thank you Blossom. My very own poopless puppy dog. lol
You rock! And thank you Terri for helping out. U Rok 2 This was quite a fun game. You are so thoughtful. Here, I made a red velvet cake for y'all to keep in theme of V-Day.
Ooo, Candee, I LOVE burnt bottomed cookies! Burnt popcorn, marshmallows, burnt fried potatoes.
Did someone mention BBCUPCAKES???
Ooh ooh! recipe time again....
BLACK BOTTOM CUPCAKES....
Ingredients:
BAKE AT 350 DEGREES...PREHEAT OVEN!
Break out the milk or coffee, this makes 2 dozen
COMBINE: in amixing bowl:
1 cup (8oz.) cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar and
1/8 teaspoon salt.
BEAT WELL!
Then, stir in 1 cup (6 oz.) chocolate chips
Preparation IN ANOTHER MIXING BOWL:
Sift together into bowl 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocao
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
THEN ADD:
1 cup of water
1/3 cup of oil
1 tablespoon vineager
and
1 teaspoon vanilla
FILL:
Muffin cups lined with paper baking cups
with 1/3 full of the chocolate batter.
THEN
top each one with a heaping teaspoon full of the cream cheese mixture.
to each cupcake with slices of almonds
and sprnikel with sugar
BAKE AT 350 degrees for about 25 to 35 minutes
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VARIATION:
If you wanna cheat on making this recipe, use a box cake mix for the chocolate part, be sure to add the vanilla. But dont cheat onthe white part.
And for more fun, put the chocolate batter in loaf pans instead of cupcake cups and use the white mix in it two. One receipe should make two bread loafs if you divide the batters equally!
COOL on a rack
AND Geek, please dont burn the bottoms!! Ee-yuk!!
And Coldwater does not get to lick the spoons or bowls.... he cannot have chocolate!
Ohhhhhhhh my, I just felt a button pop. Time for sweat pants.
Thanks for the recipie Blossom. Yum!!!
No worry with Coldwater getting any choc. ;) I think he's too full like me.
Thanks for the BBCupcakes Blossom, they are delicious!
I meant to say earlier, about your Dad and Hubby's stained glass, beautiful work! It's lovely to see other's work, much appreciated!
I shy away from stained glass myself, scared of cutting my fingers. LOL!
Plantgeek, may I borrow your stretchy sweat pants? My body warmer is a bit tight today!
Great job with the mop Candee, nice to see you mucking in !!! I had no idea Ms Woodsy only works the weekend, since when and why wasn't I informed? We need more staff ..... Oh no.... interviews again!!!!
elle and Zany, your baskets are here!!
snow stuff to do, laters gaters! oops I got Steven's window with a snowball!! SPLAT!!!
We haven't been in the cafe much since this new year so when we get back over there am sure Ms. Woodsy will fill us in.
Sounds like a great recipe, come on over and make it as I am tired! please.
Just came from the YMCA and likely should not indulge anyway right now would give me the toots!
Hi Candee, Have a nice chillaxing sit down after a long day at work.
If we don't get any more snow tomorrow, I'll be back at work too.
Blossom, I'm giving out the rest of the presents now. For you, a SNOW vase.
real snow!!! with tulips.
For Karma, a modern square SNOW vase.
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yellow chrysanth in the snow....
For Dianne, a round Snow vase....
it's windy!
Hey Terri - I LOVE my round snow vase. I was feeling a little sad when Blossom ran out of presents...so
Thanks so much for stepping up to the plate - you are making the most out of your "snow-in" day.
Blossom - thanks for the black bottom recipe. Since my right knee is bothering me, I may take part of the day off on Thursday and try my hand at cooking.
For LiliMerci, a snow vase,,,,,
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with chopsticks!
Oh Hi Dianne, Glad you like your snow vase, thought I'd better make some use of the snow while we have it. Hope your knee feels better soon.
One last pressie for today.....
For Sue, a snow vase! this should cool you down in Australia!
G'day mate!
OMG, I forgot about Sue, and Star and Steven. I'm so sorry. Somebody spank me. Here, I even have my own whip. lol
Terri, go right ahead and borrow my stretchy sweat pants. In fact, here is a pair for everyone. I think we may need them.
For Muuwah! Oh Terry that is lovely! I will have to revamp my thinking on the dislike for s-n-o-w! You put a new spin to it!!
Hey soils, take it easy on that knee! You dont need to be like me in that! Good luck on that recipe, its yummy and ooooh so addicting.. (make a double and freeze some!) I was thinking on if there was some way to add caramel to that.. some how a
turtle-ish-ish cupcake comes to mind... one day I am going to experiment!) I forgot, you can add a topping to that cupcake by putting sliced almonds on top on them before baking, then after baking sprinkle sugar.
Hey Terri, I found the cyber arrangement thread!!! whoohoo!! Thanks that is cool!
Awesome pressies Terri! I am so sorry I ran out, but those were made by a friend and well, we did not know how many would show today! Thanks for being able to fill in! I just knew you could do it!
No worries Plantgeek, I have made more snow vases incase any of our other friends turn up !!
Thanks Blossom, it was your great idea to give presents and it was fun making them, I enjoyed it!!
So, you like snow now??? LOL! Glad you found the cyber arrangements thread, I'll check it out tomorrow. It's past bed time for me.
Goodnight everyone, sleep well!
Thank you for the warm welcome. That BBcupcake recipe sounds good. Yummm!
WOW! I headed out the door for work and a huge snow ball whizzed past me and rolled down the hill into the back of a pick up truck that was speeding away. When I got to work that same truck pulled up in the parking lot near where I was getting out of my car and that big old snowball rolled off the truck straight at me! It hit me in the bottom and knocked me over...but being egg shaped like a weeble... I wobbled but I didn't fall down.
LiliMerci, It's great to see a new "face" here. Watch out for these characters though because they get a bit rambunctious and with such active and imaginative minds you just never know what they will be up to next! ( not like sweet innocent me...)
OOH! my cyber basket has a teddybear : ~) Thanks!!!
Terri, I have never known anyone who could take something as simple as snow and make it into a piece of art - you are really somethin. I love the way you placed some icy crystals on the petals and the flowers in the bottoms of the vase are just stupendous.
Zany, it is a wonder you are still standing, how did you manage with that powerball zooming right toward you. If I had seen it coming I would have told you to duck - but that would have just caused you to be completly bowled over!
Well, must get to work!
lili, this is quite a new year isn't it?
Candee
hi all
where my teddy bear
i love them cup cale
i will try it and take some to work
elle
Hi everyone!
Ohhh so calm and quiet in here today, is everyone meditating ? OMMMMMMMMM breathe OMMMMMMM and relax.
Thank you for such kind words Candee, am just trying to make the most of my free snow!!
The snow hasn't gone yet, my place of work has closed for the rest of the week! Oh dear, what a shame!!
Enjoy your day flower friends!
Too funny Zany. And I assure you, it wasn't me this time. I was too busy burning cookies.
LOL Terri. I think we are all whooped from yesterday's monkey business, our game and goodies.
Iv'e been writing and getting submissions ready to send, drinking tea, reading about Bonnie and Clyde, tending to plants. Pretty low-key.
How is the weather in your neck of the woods? Still snowed in, or are things begining to trickle through?
Hi Plantgeek,
We have a match tonight, Liverpool v everton. Are you up for it? I'll call for you about 7ish ok!
Don't foget your Hat, scarf and super duper warm clothes! Bring a little flask of something to keep us warm ? !!
Whoohoo! I'm ready. I'll have a thermos full of hot apple jack. Until then...
Zzzzzzzzzzz~