How Sweet The Sound

Pink Saturday - April 14, 2012

 

 

Happy Pink Saturday! 

 

 

 

Welcome to Pink Saturday.  

  Please join us in the fun by linking your Pink Saturday post permalink

using the linking tool provided at the bottom of this post.

 

It's time for each and every one of you to

share your pink  .

Linking begins at 3 p.m. EST every Friday and continues through midnight Sunday night.

So, show us your Pink by linking your pink post permalink.

And please remember to include a link back to my blog within your post

so that your visitors will be able to visit here.

Please take the time to visit other participants.

Leave a comment so they will know you stopped by to visit.

Pink Saturday is about having fun!

It gives us a chance to meet others in the blogging community.

I promise it is worth the effort.

You will not only see lots of pink,

you will meet incredibly nice and talented people.

 

I want to thank each of you that link,

and a very special thank you to those

that take the time to leave me a comment.

It is you that make Pink Saturday special.

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Reminder

We have a weekly challenge for you to visit the blog of at least one

participant that you have never visited. Then next Saturday

include that blog and a link in your post.

Quite a few of you have been done this challenge,

and have met some great Pink Saturday participants.

Thank you for sharing with us.   

 

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Pink Saturday Featured Blog

 

 

There is no featured blog this week due to lack of response.

 

 

 

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Please e-mail me if you are

 

 

interested in being the featured

 

 

blog at a future date.

 

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This week for Pink Saturday

I am sharing our Easter dessert.

It is Raspberry Mousse Cake,

and you are going to love it.

I purchased it at a wonderful German bakery

where all things are divine.

I hope you are hungry

because I saved some for you.

  

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties

 

Thank you to Sally at Smiling Sally for hosting Blue Monday.

 

 

Loving thoughts and prayers for you, dear Sally.

♥♥♥

 

I just finished reading

 

Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties

 

by

 

Julia Reed.

 

What's my verdict?

 

Eh!  I give two out of five stars.

 

She has included some great recipes and anecdotes,

 

but she is too much of a name dropper for my tastes.

 

Speaking of recipes,

 

she claims she makes the best deviled eggs,

 

and there is butter in the recipe.

 

Have you ever heard of or tried that?

 

I am definitely going to give her recipe a try.

 

I am intrigued.

 

We are a deviled egg loving family.

 

 

Breakfast With Cousins

Today I am participating in Tablescape Thursday

with Susan

  at Between Naps On The Porch.

Thank you for all of the inspiration, Susan. 

 

I invited two of my cousins to breakfast

during the time I was off work for the holidays.

It was a great time to chat and visit,

and my mother enjoyed it, too.

We had a light breakfast in our breakfast room.

 

 

 

 

 

• Tablecloth purchased at Bed, Bath and Beyond a few years ago
• Wood chargers purchased at Pier One last year
• Plate is the Alice pattern of Fire King Jadite
• Lotus bowls purchased at World Bazaar over thirty years ago
• Juice glasses are Floragold Louisa
• Mugs are Italian Countryside by Mikasa
• Stainless flatware is Paul Revere Oneida
• Napkins are also over thirty years old
• The star of the day was my amaryllis
  

I served

• Apple Pudding
• Tropical Fruit Cup
• Sausage Balls
• Strawberry Santa Hats
• Kona Coffee
• Orange Juice

1 1/4 cup self-rising flour                                 1 cup sugar

1/3 cup of softened butter                                      One egg

One teaspoon vanilla                                     1 ½ cup diced apple

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray 8x8 pan with non-stick spray.

 

Cream butter, vanilla and sugar.  Add egg and continue to cream.  Stir in flour and apple until well mixed.  Batter will be very thick.  Spoon into baking dish.  Bake for approximately 45 minutes until golden brown.  Serve warm.

 

Notes: 

• I almost always double this recipe because most people request a second serving.
• My mother first prepared this almost fifty years ago.
• I believe it is called pudding because the recipe came from England.

 

 

 

Gregoria's

 

A new restaurant opened here about two months ago.

 

It is

 

GREGORIA'S kitchen.

 

 

They specialize in Cuban cuisine - which is my favorite.

 

This was my second visit,

 

and last night I ordered

 

Pollo a la Parilla.

 

It was delicious.

 

Crisps For Blue Monday

Thank you to Sally at Smiling Sally for hosting Blue Monday.

 

 

Loving thoughts and prayers for you, dear Sally.

♥♥♥

 

 

These are delicious.

 

Give them a try.

 

Be certain to notice the flavor,

 

Sea Salt and Olive Oil,

 

in blue.

 

They come in another flavor,

 

But these are our favorite.

My Work Lunch

 

I am the worst about taking a lunch to have at work.

In fact, it is a rare event for me to actually be prepared.

So, I have my old standby.  And, I never get tired of it.

 

 

 

 

That's what I'll be munching about one o'clock weekday afternoons.

The Blue Note Grill For Blue Monday

Thank you to Sally at Smiling Sally for hosting Blue Monday.

 

 

Loving thoughts and prayers for you, dear Sally.

♥♥♥

 

This past Saturday we ate an early dinner at the Blue Note Grill.

As you can see they specialize in ribs and barbecue.

 

 

We went early, about five in the afternoon,

so we were too early for the live music.

They feature a live band just about every night of the week.

This is where the band plays.

 

 

I had the dry-rub ribs with cole slaw and fries.

The ribs were very meaty and tender.

 

 

My husband immediately started to eat.

What was he thinking?  Didn't he know I needed a photo?

He ordered schnitzel with rice.

That seems like a strange combination to me,

but he said he like it enough to order it again.

 

Time Out In Chapel Hill

My husband and I are taking a "staycation" this week, and Monday morning we decided to drive over to Time Out in Chapel Hill to try one of the famous and certainly cholesteral boosting breakfasts.

We had read about Time Out and seen reviews on television.  It is in the heart of downtown Chapel Hill on Franklin Street.  Please note that being Duke fans we made the decision to visit in the summer while so many of "those Tarheels" are on summer break.  Time Out is open 24/7 365 days a year.  It is a well-loved Chapel Hill tradition.

 

 

I opted for the famous chicken, cheese and egg biscuit, and I admit it was delicious.  But, it was enough to split three ways, and I finished about one-third of mine.  I felt stuffed, and the only other thing I ate that day was some toast for dinner.

 

 

My sweet husband had the country fried steak, grits, scrambled eggs and a biscuit.  He polished off most of his, and he said it was delicious.

This was a fun experience, and we had it on our list of places to try.  I do believe it was a one time experience though.  We spoke with the owner, and he informed us they had recently opened another Time Out on Hillsborough Street across from NC State University in Raleigh, and they are looking for a location near Duke University in Durham.

Pink Saturday - January 22, 2011

  

 

Happy Pink Saturday

 

  

Welcome to Pink Saturday.  Please join us by linking your Pink Saturday post permalink using the linking tool provided at the bottom of this post.  I will have my Pink Saturday post available at 5 p.m. EST every Friday.  So, be sure to link and show us your Pink.  Be certain to link using your pink post permalink.  And please remember to include a link back to my blog within your post so that your visitors will be able to visit here.

Please take the time to visit other participants, and leave a comment to let them know you stopped by to enjoy their pink.  Pink Saturday is about having fun, and giving us a chance to meet others in the blogging community.  I promise you it is worth the effort because you will not only see lots of pink, you will meet incredibly nice and talented people.  Please refer to my post dated January 8 for more information about Pink Saturday.

I want to thank those of you that take the time to leave me a comment.  I love reading what you all have to say.

Reminder - We have a weekly challenge for you to visit the blog of at least one participant that you have never visited before.  Then next Saturday include that blog and a link in your post.  Quite a few of you have been done this challenge, and have met some of the great Pink Saturday participants.  Thank you for sharing with us.

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This week I am featuring Nancy at My Crafty Little Page.  Nancy first participated in Pink Saturday June 21, 2008, the fourth week of Pink Saturday.  If you know Nancy, you already love her.  But, if you haven't met Nancy yet, please do yourself a major favor by getting to know her.  Nancy is amazing.  I could do the ABCs of everything wonderful about Nancy.  Three adjectives I think of first are kind, thoughtful and talented.  Her kind heart touches all she knows.  Nancy has written the following personal message to you.

I have featured everyone that had requested to be featured.  I am now contacting other participants each week by e-mail to see if they are interested in being featured.

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Pink Saturday Featured Blog

 

 

• Nancy at My Crafty Little Page

 

 

I stumbled upon blogging by accident. Before I had a blog I first sold on ebay and etsy as My Crafty Little Page. Through etsy I stumbled on a site I’d never heard of called Flickr and felt like I’d fallen through the rabbit hole. I was astounded by the creativity I saw there and then captivated by something called “swaps”. People there exchanged their artwork and shared it online and talked about it on their “blogs”. I decided I had to try that so off I went to Blogspot only to discover that I’d created My Crafty Little Page months before as a place to experiment with a slideshow. So all I had to do was write something. Ouch - That first post was really hard and awkward and for months I didn’t tell anyone I had a blog other than one friend who I experimented on! Anyway to make a long story short which is not possible at this point - I became comfortable. I could chat away and throw in some pictures and decorate my blog exactly as I wanted! If memory serves me correct (which it rarely does if it serves me at all) I became a faithful reader of Dana’s The Stone Rabbit and she was doing Pink Saturday which led me to Beverly’s How Sweet The Sound and in turn all of your blogs. That was almost three years ago and I think it’s pretty amazing that this group has been around for so long. (Don’t you find it funny how far reaching it can be when your nonblogging friends and family are saying “hey you need to put that on for Pink Saturday!” It was on Pink Saturday that I read about an upcoming Art Retreat called Paper Cowgirl. That’s a real world thing I never miss! So my pink world merged with my real world as that is one of my most favorite events each summer! Isn’t it amazing how one thing leads to another? Who knows where Pink Saturday will take us next?!!!

 

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My pink contribution for this Pink Saturday is to share one of my favorite delicious indulgences.  Have you tried this?  It is like pink magic on a spoon.  I love serving it from my little white lotus bowls.

Now, just in case you are wondering why I didn't take a picture to share just how appetizing and pretty this looks in my little white lotus bowl, it is because there have been painters in my kitchen and breakfast room for almost two weeks.  Everything that belongs in my kitchen is somewhere else in the house, and I can't wait to put it all back together again.  Hopefully, the results will make the wait worthwhile.

 

A Confession

I hereby openly confess to

having a "thing" for

diet Sunkist.