Baking two and baking more!

Today was good and busy for me and Cecil...we had a project...he went to the store for items I needed....He washed the dishes from each project ..I like to cook new things and he likes to eat :o)

First thing on the menu was the "Buttermilk Pie", it was a few steps to make it..and of course I took my time...

This is the first finished pie before it was baked! I was very pleased with it's appearance and was surprised at how full the shell became with the ingredients..:o)

Here are the two pies after they were cooked...one is darker than the other Maybe I should have put the two on the same level, one was put in a few minutes after the other..I hope they both taste the same, once they were cooled we broke right into it and I have to say we certainly enjoyed the "Buttermilk Pie" thanks to Kathleen visit her at  

http://countrykitchenkat.blogspot.com/

Last week I made some Ultimate Ginger cookies, they were so good with a glass of milk, we ate them up lickity split...
Since the weather man keeps speaking of more snow come Tuesday I figured I better make home a happy place for those few days.. I'll be content to just sit and nibble while I watch TV :o)....
this second batch came out so much better than the first, I declare I'm getting good at making cookies :o)...Cecil is being so sweet ..(he wants my cookies :o) If you notice these are much lighter than the first batch..and look more like ginger , I used an older bottle of molasses and I think that's why..
I was pleased with the pies taste, only thing my crust was for the birds, when you get used to buying crust you lose the little skill you had...I'm going to keep making my own until it gets as easy as pie (forgive the pun)...

FYI

Hi Y'all, just stopped by to tell you what I think :o)...I was browsing again in one of the stores and I think that thick block of wood I found had something to do with "Cheese  serving" there were a number of items used to cut the cheese on special boards and maybe, just maybe that's what the block I found was part of one...I'm not a rocket scientist :o)...but it sure fits the bill...If you come up with a better idea let me know...I'm still going to use it as my Gravlax presser :o)...Ginny

Ultimate Ginger Cookies :o)

As you can see a few (four) of the cookies were snatched from the drying rack ..and eaten by the cookie monsters (Cecil and Ginny :o)...one cookie just wasn't enough!..They are good to the last bite...At first I thought I was going to lose them, the dough was kind of spread apart and had to be balled up tight in the hand and pressed a little on the sheet..I was so surprised when they spread out twice the size...and were so delicious..I wasn't going to make them until tomorrow when two more inches of snow was promised...but as I read I got excited and decided to make them.
I'm glad I did, it's a good recipe for when the kids come home...Besides that I never know when the computer is going to act up and I can't get online...Soon and very soon , somethings got to break...

Somebody is watching out for me!

Remember when I started making the Gravlax and needed a heavy object to make sure it stayed pressed down, I first used a rock but it was too tall and I had to use something else!..Cecil kept promising me a brick but that never happened :o I've been nibbling away at my Gravlax and soon, very soon I'll need to start the process all over again..So again I was prompted to visit Goodwill (I love (shopping) shifting through stuff and finding a treasure from someones junk :o)....and lo and behold...there was this block of wood...don't know what it was used for..but it was exactly what I needed that would fit the dish I use for makingthe Gravlax with enough weight to press it down :o)...I paid only a dollar for it...what a bargain for such a treasure :o)....I'm smiling all the way home for a block of wood, a small thing that makes me happy :o)...

Christening the new Pot with "Virginia's Medley"

Well, I wished I had used the whole pound of spaghetti so I'd have more leftovers ..:o(....the pot cooks pretty good and it's not too bad to clean..
Maybe we hadn't had this dish in a long time...I kept thinking about a  Jambalaya ...I had a lot of items already at home...I decided to just go for it...glad I did..it was good...lots of onions,mushrooms, mixed veggies etc. and I added some chopped shrimp and kielbasa sausage...I add my special Habanero pepper mixed with garlic...to give it the special kick for this dish...Now to find someplace to keep the pot :o(

My New Pot :o)

Isn't this a lovely pot :o), I want to be
able to make a Jambalaya or something like that..I thought this one was big enough...I could have taken a larger one,  I didn't realize that until  I returned  home., and set it on the stove..however this will do fine for me and Cecil, for company I just have to fill it up more....

"A Picture is worth a thousand words" :o)

What your looking at are slices of Rye bread covered with cream cheese and thinly slice Gravlax (which I will refer to as Lox) Sometimes I like a sweet raw onion on top , but this morning I didn't want it that way or did I want a cup of tea...I wanted a nice cold soda, and I was in complete bliss :o) Nothing like enjoying something you have made on your own,especially something in the stores that's so expensive ...If you look closely at the tail, maybe you can see it's cut on the slant and very thin...(that's the way your suppose to do it) I didn't cut the tail away..I just flip it over the rest to keep it moist without adding clear plastic..
Delicious :o)