Jimmie is the oldest grandchild and I am the youngest. Fifteen years and sixteen cousins separate us but back then we were close in that adult/kid sort of way because we were the favorite grandchildren of Jim and Dan Taylor. When Jimmie was young, he was sent on a bus to his name sake’s house…
Family
Aunt Irene’s Old Fashioned Mustard Potato Salad
My Aunt Irene and Uncle Ray introduced my parents. I remember the Sunday morning Uncle Ray pulled into his driveway. He walked out to the car as I stood in the front seat (yep, there was a time when we all stood in the front seat and didn’t wear seat belts) and watched him glide…
Meat Lovers French Onion Soup
I think y’all know how picky my husband is and honestly, he ate this only because he couldn’t find anything else in the house at the time. It’s supposed to rain Wednesday so this would be a perfect thing to make but it takes a L-O-N-G time so it’s more of a My-Day-Off-From-Work thing to…
Cheddar Biscuits for My Valentine
Valentine Day is Thursday and Mr. Picky Eater has already told me he has plans for us so I thought that last night I would make him something special. I was beginning to think I was not going to be able to find anything to make him but as I was looking through Sweet Jeanette’s…
Blogger Festival – Pay it forward Blogger Style
Last month, a woman named Jenni Field over at Pastry Chef Online blog posted a fantastic suggestion on a Food Blogging Group I belong to that we should all “pay it forward” for the bloggers who have helped or inspired us throughout the last year. Since 2012 was my first full year of consistent blogging,…
Bourbon Balls
First thing this morning, I made the Mint Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake. It looks a little flat but it is so delicious! Ingredients 1 box dark chocolate fudge cake mix 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Topping: 1 regular sized bag fun sized York Peppermint Patties, unwrapped and each…
I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry
Although I didn’t know any of the families affected and Connecticut is a “fer piece” from Oklahoma, the only words I find fitting, expressing how I feel are the words of the Hank Williams, Sr. song “I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry”. I suppose the reason I equate these words to the news is because…
Evil Skeevers (Aebleskivers)
My dad was Danish. For many years we drove to Janesville, Wisconsin at Christmastime to spend it with dad’s only living relatives, his cousins who had kids about my age. That was always fun for me because until I visited them, I had never seen a truck drive across a pond or lake, ridden on…
Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Pie
My husband loves dark chocolate and so do I. In fact, if he could find a bagful of Milky Way Midnight Dark candy bar in the fun size, he would be in heaven! When I saw the pie recipe, I knew I had to make it for us very soon and thought I would jazz it up a…
Cheesy Bacon Cornbread
This has been “Spoil Mr. Picky eater” all week long. As most of you know, my husband and I work in public service. On December 5th, I will have been with our agency – the place we met – for 18 years. Around my birthday, Mr. Picky eater (MPE) celebrated his 23rd anniversary. We both…