COMMON GROUND COFFEE HOUSE #70

I'm sensing the need for anti-Walmart strategies! LOL

Do you believe it, the icecream man is out in the neighborhood today! To bad the kids spent my last 3 dollars at the arcade. (not!)

 

The ICE CREAM MAN! Already??? Good Grief! Ice Cream is EVIL! Once on the lips... forever on the hips!

 

Can I come watch it at YOUR house Sue so I can be home to watch NUMB3RS at 10:00.

Ah sleep! I'll end up watching t.v. til midnight at least but I can sleep in tomorrow if Jim and Patches will let me.

Get this.... the cat has figured out how to shove her little mouse under a tiny curved opening on the base of our dresser. We can't get it back out tho so she'll lay there and SCREAM for her mouse. Three times last night, I got up, laid down on the floor, used my foot to til the dresser back so I could dig out the mouse and hush up the cat! I finally took the mouse out into the living room. Jim went and bought her 2 more mice and 2 sponge balls today. She's really cute. She brings the mice in her mouth, screaming for you to look and then drops them at your feet like 'Look! I just killed this for you'. Then she'll pick it up, walk out of the room, come RIGHT BACK into the room and do it all over! She's funny.

 

Hey yall.

MenagerieKeeper: I went to bed after talking with you last night, and DH took the munchkin to bed - it was around 1:00am I think. No nap for her today!!!

As for my soup: it actually was good!!! The rice cooker boiled it for a while then it just kept it warm after that (just like it does rice) but it wasnt as warm (insulated) as a crock pot.
And the quesadillas were awesome!!! (if I say so myself!)

But I am with Diane: not normally a good idea

 

Speaking of leaves, that's what we're burning today. Many cardboard boxes and several limbs later, we hope to be rid of much.

 

Morning all. I watched t.v. until 1:00 a.m. our time so I got to see NUMB3RS, Joan of Arcadia and Monk, in that order starting at 10:00. Jim coughed and choked til then anyhow so ... He's got an appointment at 11:00 today an hour from here. Most of the sales guys refuse to do Saturday appointments.

What's everyone doing today?

 

Good Morning Everyone!

No sleeping in going on here this morning. Precious has to be at our local college this morning to take the ACT test as part of Duke Univ. talent search. We've been up since 6 o'clock, she made sure she wasn't late!

Sue, Son came in and saw your dancing banana and ask why it was dancing. I told him it must be happy, to which he replied "It won't be happy when it gets eaten!" LOL, Son always has something smart to say.

This morning we are going to do some cleaning. Then two basketball games, then I think we'll eat out for lunch/dinner and celebrate Valentine's and Bitsy's birthday.

Gotta start moving.....

 

TT, sounds like your're "domesticated" enough to be ingenious!! I have to make some scones for a ladies tea at church. Do "proper" scones have to be a certain shape (wedges, circle, square, diamond) or can they be any shape I want? I'm not sure why I signed up to make something that I am not even sure how to make. HELP!!!

I could sure use a cup of cinnamon hazelnut cappuccino and some a cream-filled chocolate (if there are any left!!!)

 

J., Here's a link to some very interesting 'scones'. I'm not sure we do them right in the U.S. but if Sheila is around today, she could help.

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/search/search_results.aspx?searchText=scones

http://search.allrecipes.com/recipe/quick.asp?q1=scones&lnkid=65&x=5&y=6

 

All the scones I have had here are more like a heavy American biscuit. Never seen them made the way they are shown here. They are usually shaped individually, like the American biscuit.

 

This one seems to be 'English'.
Basic British Scones
After much trial and error, I've come up with this basic scone recipe which rivals the scones at "Tea & Sympathy" in NYC.
Prep Time: approx. 15 Minutes. Cook Time: approx. 10 Minutes. Ready in: approx. 25 Minutes. Makes 1 dozen (12 servings).
Printed from Allrecipes, Submitted by Angela Martini
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2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 pinch salt
1/4 cup margarine
1/8 cup white sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons milk


Directions
1 Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2 Sift the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt into a bowl.

3 Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and enough milk to mix to a soft dough.

4 Turn onto a floured surface, knead lightly and roll out to a 3/4-inch thickness. Cut into 2-inch rounds and place on the prepared baking sheet. Brush with milk to glaze.

5 Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 10 minutes then cool on a wire rack. Serve with butter or clotted cream and jam.

 

Thanks for your help! I used a basic recipe like the one you listed, Diane - and my scones do look like tiny biscuits. (I used the lid of my vitamin jar to cut them ) I sprinkled cinnamon on half and will have blueberry jam for the others. Hope they taste okay?!?!

Does anyone know, how much do you usually tip the waitstaff at this coffeehouse? Jennifer

 

Jennifer, just send cash to Diane Tavegia, 209... LOLOL

Honestly, we all enjoy this fun place of refuge. Sue keeps out any fussing or fighting and gives us a fun place to really get to know each other.

 

I stayed up and watched Monk last night from midnight til 1 and was quite disappointed too, Sue. The new girl is cute and trampy looking like Sharona was but I liked the interaction she and her son had with Monk. They also didn't have Monk be as OCD last night. I saw him touch things.... step on things.... ignore cracks, etc.

 

I'm plum tuckered out and smell like smoke from head to toe. Cheryl won't let me lay down in the bed, so, I think I'm going to lay in my truck and roll the windows down. It's very nice outside.