Either my hair is getting too white or life is demanding too much for a little old lady to handle. For the first time since way back when I started doing this, I forgot to submit my weekly efforts!
With hosting the family Thanksgiving dinner, grandparents day at Canterbury green in Ft. Wayne this morning, (I had to be ready to go at 7:30 A.M. and I am usually still sound asleep!) a special activity at church tonight, a monthly meeting tomorrow evening, I had put my responsibilities to The Earth on the back burner. Really I hadn’t even thought about preparing anything. When I returned from Ft. Wayne after lunch at Cracker Barrel in Auburn, my telephone was hopping up and down from an urgent call wondering where my submission was because it is always there when they come to work on Monday morning. I ashamedly offered to submit something as soon as possible, so by now they are probably pacing the floor and nervously watching the minutes on the clock pass by since they told me “just so we know something is coming!”
My great grandson is putting out my trash and recyclable containers, since they are a major problem for little old ladies. Thank you so much, Tyler. Last Friday about noon I saw an individual pass by my kitchen window and I heard rumblings that I eventually categorized as my garbage container being removed from the street to my garage. I immediately thought “Thank you again, Tyler.”
When I went to the back door to yell a thank you to him, I noticed the wings and halo of a different angel slowly walking back to the sidewalk. I recognized the back view, in spite of a hooded jacket, to be a neighbor girl. Many thanks to you, Carol. I heard that one lady in town expressed the thought that whoever planned those containers should have provided a “pusher!”
Since I am already way past my deadline maybe we should just go on to food. Before we do that do remember to give Thanksgiving some serious thought. The commercial world does not even get past Halloween to jump start Christmas. Don’t let that become a habit in your own life. No matter how troubled your life is there are many things that you can be thankful for. Remember to thank God for them and express thanks to the most important people in your life for just being there.
And now let’s go to recipes that I found in a church recipe book that was a gift to me from an aunt of mine at least 50 years ago. That is when we had good home cooking that did not start with a prepared package of something.
CORNED BEEF CASSEROLE
1 package (8 oz.) noodles
¼ pound Velveeta cheese, diced
1 cup milk
½ cup chopped onion
1 can (12oz.) corned beef, diced
1 can (11 oz.) cream of chicken soup
1 cup buttered cracker crumbs
Cook noodles in boiling water and drain. Mix
All ingredients together with cooked noodles.
Top with buttered cracker crumbs. Place in
9 x 13 inch dish and bake at 350 degrees for
45 minutes.
Now with a special holiday nearby, we should really have a dessert. This one can be an emergency idea in case you need something to fill out your menu for Thursday. It is also something that I never heard of before, even though my book has been on my counter for so many years.
SNOW FLAKE PIE
1 box lime Jello
1 ½ cups hot water
2 teaspoons lemon juice
8 to 12 ounces whipped topping
1 cup shredded coconut
Dissolve Jello in hot water with the lemon juice. Chill until slightly thickened. Beat with egg beater. Fold in one third of the whipped topping and one half of the coconut. Put in a graham cracker crust. Use remainder of the whipped topping and coconut for on top of the pie.
Remember to count and offer thanks for all of your blessings and it will diminish the agony of your trials.
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