This is a favorite recipe in our home. It is a bit denser than pumpkin bread but still imparts a fruity, spicy flavor that works well for dessert with ice cream or for a quick breakfast with a hot cup of coffee. It can be dressed up a bit with a lemon glaze. Makes the whole house smell very homey, too.
Yam Bread
2/3 cup shortening
2 2/3 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 cups cooked yams
2/3 cup water
3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 ½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
2/3 cups coarsely chopped nuts
2/3 cup raisins (optional)
Whip up the yams until fairly smooth.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottoms only of two loaf pans, 9x5x3 inches.
Mix shortening and sugar in large bowl. Add eggs, yams, and water. Blend in flour, baking soda, salt, baking power, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir in nuts and raisins. Pour into pans.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
They do math like a girl . . . ?
Back in my youth (Way back!), it was kind of a given that boys were better at math than girls. Yes, there were girls in grade school that did pretty well but that always seemed to surprise the teacher. Kind of an urban legend that lingered on for awhile. Since this myth has long been refuted, how come the male majority in the House and Senate still 'do math like a girl'?
The joke among husbands has always been their wives' ways of spending when there wasn't the money to spend. Over the last three years, the President and his politicos in Congress and the Senate have been spending exactly like the joked about wife. Every time a 'cause' comes up that doesn't really need attention, they all vote to write a check on an empty bank account. They write checks on a make-believe treasury. They do math like that sterotype of a vapid female.
Of course, the answer to their overdrafts (once they even slightly recognize them as such!) is to impose taxes on the working people to help make up for their political shortcomings. They tax businesses which cuts jobs. Lost jobs mean more and more people on unemployment paychecks. Unemployment paychecks that are written on a massively overdrawn account. The answer? More taxes and so it goes on and on and not one of these politicians or the even the president seem to own a calculator or have the slightest knowledge of debit and credit.
Lots of prayer needed now with the obamacare prospect hanging in the balance. From what I understand, an increase in taxes to cover it will begin almost immediately although the whole warped program won't go into effect until something like 2014. Naturally, this surplus of money will make them look good for a short time until the politicians and their wannabe followers use the money for everything but the purpose intended and then have to tax us again.
Lots of reelections coming up next years. I hope the anger we feel now holds forth when better people compete for our vote in order to oust the politician currently playing havoc with our lives and livlihood.
The joke among husbands has always been their wives' ways of spending when there wasn't the money to spend. Over the last three years, the President and his politicos in Congress and the Senate have been spending exactly like the joked about wife. Every time a 'cause' comes up that doesn't really need attention, they all vote to write a check on an empty bank account. They write checks on a make-believe treasury. They do math like that sterotype of a vapid female.
Of course, the answer to their overdrafts (once they even slightly recognize them as such!) is to impose taxes on the working people to help make up for their political shortcomings. They tax businesses which cuts jobs. Lost jobs mean more and more people on unemployment paychecks. Unemployment paychecks that are written on a massively overdrawn account. The answer? More taxes and so it goes on and on and not one of these politicians or the even the president seem to own a calculator or have the slightest knowledge of debit and credit.
Lots of prayer needed now with the obamacare prospect hanging in the balance. From what I understand, an increase in taxes to cover it will begin almost immediately although the whole warped program won't go into effect until something like 2014. Naturally, this surplus of money will make them look good for a short time until the politicians and their wannabe followers use the money for everything but the purpose intended and then have to tax us again.
Lots of reelections coming up next years. I hope the anger we feel now holds forth when better people compete for our vote in order to oust the politician currently playing havoc with our lives and livlihood.
Passing on Some Hopeful Numbers for 2012 . . .
New Evidence That Catholics Could Seal Obama’s Doom This November
April 20, 201
By Kevin "Coach" Collins
Since such records have been kept, no Democrat presidential candidate has ever lost the Catholic vote and won the general election. Republicans can win a general election despite losing the Catholic vote but a Democrat simply can’t. This makes Barack Obama’s war on Christians in general and Catholics in particular so dangerous for him and his Party.
The results of a new Pew survey of voters by religious affiliation holds devastating news for Obama’s chances of re-election. The ease with which it can be found proves this news is being purposely ignored by a delusional media that believes Obama is cruising toward an easy re-election.
Pew found Mitt Romney with a commanding lead among Evangelical and Catholic voters that has actually grown by 5 and 8 points respectively in just the past month. Obama now trails Mitt Romney 73/20 among Evangelicals and 57/37 among white Catholics.
The significance of Pew’s findings among white Catholics grows geometrically when added to that of Evangelicals because it means that Obama is also on track to lose by a very large margin among whites, who make up 2/3 of the electorate in November.
Over the history of polling by religious affiliation, the Catholic vote has served as a 90% accurate predictor of final results. Moreover, the winning Catholic percentage has consistently been very close to the winner’s victorious percentage in the general election – Obama’s 54% of the Catholic vote was the same as his overall winning margin in 2008.
Democrats like Hubert Humphrey in 1968 have even won the Catholic vote with landslide numbers (56/37) and still lost their race. Conversely, George McGovern was pummeled in 1972 when he lost Catholics by 20 points.
The fight is just getting underway.
The hard numbers point to an electoral disaster for Obama and his Party next November. To avoid this total wipe-out, Obama has to reverse himself and back down from his demands that the Catholic Church change her doctrine to suit him. Since that is not going to happen, the question becomes: how vigorously will the Catholic Church fight back?
If a new video titled Test of Fire: Election 2012 from a group called Catholics Called to Witness is an indicator of what is coming from Catholics who are determined to defeat Obama, his Election night will be a nightmare. This brief video contains a chilling reminder that the way a Catholic votes next November will be recorded for "eternity." This time, Catholics are playing for keeps and starting with a huge lead.
April 20, 201
By Kevin "Coach" Collins
Since such records have been kept, no Democrat presidential candidate has ever lost the Catholic vote and won the general election. Republicans can win a general election despite losing the Catholic vote but a Democrat simply can’t. This makes Barack Obama’s war on Christians in general and Catholics in particular so dangerous for him and his Party.
The results of a new Pew survey of voters by religious affiliation holds devastating news for Obama’s chances of re-election. The ease with which it can be found proves this news is being purposely ignored by a delusional media that believes Obama is cruising toward an easy re-election.
Pew found Mitt Romney with a commanding lead among Evangelical and Catholic voters that has actually grown by 5 and 8 points respectively in just the past month. Obama now trails Mitt Romney 73/20 among Evangelicals and 57/37 among white Catholics.
The significance of Pew’s findings among white Catholics grows geometrically when added to that of Evangelicals because it means that Obama is also on track to lose by a very large margin among whites, who make up 2/3 of the electorate in November.
Over the history of polling by religious affiliation, the Catholic vote has served as a 90% accurate predictor of final results. Moreover, the winning Catholic percentage has consistently been very close to the winner’s victorious percentage in the general election – Obama’s 54% of the Catholic vote was the same as his overall winning margin in 2008.
Democrats like Hubert Humphrey in 1968 have even won the Catholic vote with landslide numbers (56/37) and still lost their race. Conversely, George McGovern was pummeled in 1972 when he lost Catholics by 20 points.
The fight is just getting underway.
The hard numbers point to an electoral disaster for Obama and his Party next November. To avoid this total wipe-out, Obama has to reverse himself and back down from his demands that the Catholic Church change her doctrine to suit him. Since that is not going to happen, the question becomes: how vigorously will the Catholic Church fight back?
If a new video titled Test of Fire: Election 2012 from a group called Catholics Called to Witness is an indicator of what is coming from Catholics who are determined to defeat Obama, his Election night will be a nightmare. This brief video contains a chilling reminder that the way a Catholic votes next November will be recorded for "eternity." This time, Catholics are playing for keeps and starting with a huge lead.
Lesson for the Day . . .
An
old prospector shuffled into the town of El Indio, Texas
He walked up to the saloon and tied his old mule to the hitch rail.
As he stood there, brushing some of the dust from his face and clothes, a young gunslinger stepped out of the saloon with a gun in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other.
The young gunslinger looked at the old man and laughed, saying, "Hey old man, can you dance?"
The old man looked up at the gunslinger and said, "No son, I don't dance... Never really wanted to"
A crowd had gathered as the gunslinger grinned and said, "Well, you old fool, you're gonna dance now!" and started shooting at the old man's feet.
The old prospector, not wanting to get a toe blown off, started hopping around like a flea on a hot skillet.
Everybody standing around was laughing.
When his last bullet had been fired, the young gunslinger, still laughing, holstered his gun and turned around to go back into the saloon.
The old man turned to his pack mule, pulled out a double-barreled 12 gauge shotgun and cocked both hammers.
The loud clicks carried clearly through the desert air. The crowd stopped laughing immediately.
The young gunslinger heard the sounds too, and he turned around very slowly.
The silence was deafening. The crowd watched as the young gunman stared at the old timer and the large gaping holes of those twin 12 gauge barrels.
The barrels of the shotgun never wavered in the old man's hands, as he quietly said;
"Son, have you ever kissed a mule's behind?"
The gunslinger swallowed hard and said, "No sir.... But... I've always wanted to"
There are a few lessons for all of us here:
* Don't be arrogant. * Don't waste ammunition. * Whiskey makes you think you're smarter than you are. * Always make sure you know who is in control...* And finally, Don't screw around with old folks; they didn't
Get old by being stupid...
I just love a story with a happy ending, don't you?
He walked up to the saloon and tied his old mule to the hitch rail.
As he stood there, brushing some of the dust from his face and clothes, a young gunslinger stepped out of the saloon with a gun in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other.
The young gunslinger looked at the old man and laughed, saying, "Hey old man, can you dance?"
The old man looked up at the gunslinger and said, "No son, I don't dance... Never really wanted to"
A crowd had gathered as the gunslinger grinned and said, "Well, you old fool, you're gonna dance now!" and started shooting at the old man's feet.
The old prospector, not wanting to get a toe blown off, started hopping around like a flea on a hot skillet.
Everybody standing around was laughing.
When his last bullet had been fired, the young gunslinger, still laughing, holstered his gun and turned around to go back into the saloon.
The old man turned to his pack mule, pulled out a double-barreled 12 gauge shotgun and cocked both hammers.
The loud clicks carried clearly through the desert air. The crowd stopped laughing immediately.
The young gunslinger heard the sounds too, and he turned around very slowly.
The silence was deafening. The crowd watched as the young gunman stared at the old timer and the large gaping holes of those twin 12 gauge barrels.
The barrels of the shotgun never wavered in the old man's hands, as he quietly said;
"Son, have you ever kissed a mule's behind?"
The gunslinger swallowed hard and said, "No sir.... But... I've always wanted to"
There are a few lessons for all of us here:
* Don't be arrogant. * Don't waste ammunition. * Whiskey makes you think you're smarter than you are. * Always make sure you know who is in control...* And finally, Don't screw around with old folks; they didn't
Get old by being stupid...
I just love a story with a happy ending, don't you?
Friday Meatless Ravioli . . .
Since my husband is treating me to a trip to the fabric warehouse, today, I figured I should go the extra mile with dinner last night. Ravioli is a budget meal when you make it yourself. The major expenditure, however, it your time . . . and the muscle you have to put into rolling out the dough! From the smells coming from the kitchen this morning, I know my son is eating leftover ravioli for breakfast. A compliment or a teenage thing? I keep thinking I should take an afternoon and make a lot of ravioli and freeze the extras for another meal when I'm in a hurry. Unfortunately, any extras I make seem to be eaten immediately.
Have to agree . . .
"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."
-- John Benfield
-- John Benfield
"Love thy neighbour as yourself, but choose your neighbourhood."
-- Louise Beal
-- Louise Beal
"Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man
doesn't have to experience it."
-- Max Frisch
-- Max Frisch
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