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The magnificent, wonderful, cutting-edge, incredible piece of technology called the ipad. It’s Dad’s that he uses at work, so it only graces our residence when he’s home. I started out pretty anti-ipad (isn’t three computers enough?????????!!!!!) but have to admit it’s kind of a nifty little toy tool. And I finally know what angry birds is. It’s a silly little computer game akin to Frogger of the earliest computer days or Pacman back from the era of Atari. ????? You don’t know what Atari is? You’ve never heard of Frogger? Tsk, tsk, I’m showing my age. Guess it’s time I quit rambling.
Anyway.
Another wonderful Sunday when we were all healthy for church again.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12.
We should NEVER take for granted the privilege of worshipping together and openly. For thousands of believers in the world this is not so; in a time when there is more persecution than ever before in history, we should thank God DAILY for our freedoms and entreat Him without ceasing for our government and leaders so we can retain these freedoms.
We were blessed with a visiting minister again; there were many Takeaways from both sermons. In the morning, we read about the golden calf that Aaron made for the Israelites when Moses was on the mount with God; we learned about Aaron’s failure to accept responsibility for making the calf. Among other reminders, we were exhorted to accept responsibility for our wrongs. May God help us to face our mistakes and not pass the blame.
After church Dad & I braved the cold drizzle to check fences; it was a good thing because indeed a crossed wire had shut down the electric wire. A simple fix but necessary to prevent cattle from roaming the countryside – not a fun idea when it’s cold and drizzly!!!!!!
Then -
Dad made us delicious turkey steaks for supper. We used to have these frequently when we raised our own turkeys, but now it’s been awhile since we’ve had them. They were WONDERFUL!!!!!!
Dad cut turkey breasts into steaks; he dipped them into scrambled eggs then finely ground saltine crackers (ground in vitamix) before frying them in oil. While Dad was working on the steaks, I cooked up a leg quarter of the turkey then diced up the meat and used the broth for the dressing. Mmmmm - - - a winter favorite - - - we don’t all love dressing, but those of us that do REALLY like it!!!!!
Turkey steaks ready to serve -
Mashed potatoes and turkey gravy -
Dressing - (best part, in my opinion!!) – it was soooo good!!!
Blueberry muffins just make a special meal even more special -
We also had strawberry applesauce, always a favorite, and (leftover!) green beans and corn. Dessert was another favorite – Chocolate Declare Cake. MMMMMMMMM are we spoiled or what???!!!!!!!!!!!!
So this blog was started as a history for you kids – but it has kind of expanded into a family resource for all those things we want you kids to know someday down the road - - - recipes to remember among other things. And speaking of recipes to remember – Grandma Kaiser’s sophisticated recipe scrawled on a scrap of paper has eluded me more than once over the years, and duh, I guess it’s time to send it to cyberspace so I have it forever!! (or at least as long as my blog doesn’t get scraped again . . .)
So - - - here’s another recipe to remember - - -
Grandma’s Turkey Dressing
Mix together:
1 loaf dried bread chunks (I used dry morsels, croutons, and bread heels)(saved in the freezer for Weck Breckela)*
1 cup diced celery (more or less to taste)
1 cup diced onion (more or less to taste)
4 or 5 scrambled eggs
2 or so quarts turkey broth
1 teaspoon garlic salt (more or less to taste)
1 teaspoon salt (more or less to taste)
1 teaspoon Lawry’s salt (more or less to taste)
about 2 cups of meat from carcass or giblets
Let sit a few minutes until all liquid is absorbed by bread. Add more liquid (broth or milk) if too dry or more dry bread if too moist. All the amounts are dependent on the size of the loaf of bread or how much stale bread you have on hand . . . and it’s rarely the exact same recipe twice, I’ve discovered. But it’s hard to mess it up – although how soggy baked bread can taste so good I do not know, but it does!!!!
Pour into greased 9x13 cake pan. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. Cover for the first 30 minutes, stir (I don’t always do this), then uncover for last 30 minutes.
Delicious!!!!!!
*What? You don’t know what Weck Breckela is?!! Well, stayed tuned; that’ll be a recipe to remember for another day!!!!!!
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