Good morning sweetness! I'm sitting here enjoying a cup of coffee and thinking about the million things I need to be doing because sometimes things really pile up. Do you have that problem? No? Just me? OK. Yeah, I've got hay on the back of the truck and my kayak needs to be put away for the season. The dogs got into a box of smoking pellets on the front porch AND tore up a cushion so there's that mess. Anyone need a dog? Plus leaves. oh boy! The LEAVES! But that's life isn't it? No worries, none of it is going anywhere and I'll get to it when I get to it. But you came here for the FOOD so let's get to it! This week at Loaves and Dishes, you'll find our families top secret fudge recipe from Jeff's grandmother, Mudder. What a lady. I loved her. This is her fudge recipe and I wish there had been a way in 1992 for me to video her making fudge and giving me the instructions. But we didn't have the money for a video camera in those days and no one had a cell phone with a movie camera in it! Then, I show folks how to fry chicken pieces in oil. Someone on the YouTube channel asked and I figured that maybe a lot of people had that question. So, essentially this is how you make your own chicken nuggets. Baked Mac and Cheese and Homemade Tomato Soup were both very popular on YouTube, come watch Sarah make those. ________________________________ HOT COOKING TIP OF THE WEEK If you received my 9 steps to Kitchen Happiness when you signed up for this newsletter, you might already know this tip BUT people ask all the time about this and so, I'm sharing it here. When you are looking for a recipe and it's one that you think you might actually . make, you'll need to do a couple of things. 1. Choose a recipe from a known source. Google isn't always the best at choosing the very best recipe. I can't tell you how many friends have commented to me, "I just picked the top recipe on Google and it was TERRIBLE!" Instead, have a couple of resources where you know the recipes are solid. For example, I have several "go to's".... Cooks Illustrated, Their recipes are always spot on BUT they might send you on a very long route to get the perfect food - so read the recipe carefully and see if you can commit that much to cooking. (you do have to pay a monthly fee to belong to their website, it's worth it for me, but might not be for you). Smitten Kitchen - her recipes are always perfect plus I love her writing. My old Betty Crocker Cookbook, standard recipes don't need any updating and I get a lot of good info from there. (Also you can peruse Loaves and Dishes for great recipes!). 2. The first time you make the recipe, make it exactly as written with the same ingredients, measurements and temperatures. Once you know how the written recipe tastes you can improve on it from there if needed but don't just assume that you know better before you even make it once. 3. If you can't have a certain ingredient, don't choose a recipe with that ingredient in it. For example, I can't have shrimp because I am allergic. It's not really fair to ask the recipe writer, "will this recipe for shrimp scampi work if I use chicken instead? I'm allergic to shrimp". It sounds kind of dumb this way but you would be surprised how many times people get mad that my recipe has some ingredient they can't have and expect me to know what it tastes like without that ingredient. 4. Go ahead and plan on making the recipe at least 3 times before you have it down pat. Most recipes don't turn out perfectly on the first try. There is quite a bit of knowledge and experience that goes into developing recipes. If you are going to choose a good recipe, you have to have some talents and sleuthing abilities too! Following these simple steps will have you choosing better recipes right away...
___________________________________ THREE LITTLE THINGS As you know I'm trying to notice the little things and thereby making me more grateful for the larger things. Maybe if I share them here you'll notice yours too.
______________________________________ A FINAL WORD I don't have much to say other than Tuesday is election day. I don't know if you usually vote, but we should all do so as a civic duty. I hope you will consider exercising this right. Additionally, as I've said for a year now, if you are concerned that elections aren't fair or that things in your government aren't right then what you can do is get involved. I've been on my own town council for many years and I can tell you that the number of people who come to meetings, ask questions, call town councilmen between meetings to discuss things, etc. is very small. Beware who you listen to and do as much of the listening to the original source yourself as much as possible. You would be surprised how often words are twisted by interested parties. Finally, thank you for reading this newsletter and visiting the Loaves and Dishes Website and YouTube Channel. We appreciate you listening to the Dorks with Sporks podcast. Its fun to entertain you in that way. Thank you for sharing the news of what we do with friends and for passing this newsletter along to someone you think might enjoy it. They can sign up for their own version on the website (desk top, right hand side or on their phone, scroll all the way to the bottom). That's all dear friend. Best wishes and much love until we chat again. Hopefully, next week in your inbox wendi Unsubscribe | Update your profile | PO Box 82 , Danbury, NC 27016  |
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