“Envious People”

They are in our lives to remind us how important our talent is… Don’t make them your focal point… Make your talent your focal point –Don’t ever falter from it…

“Will Is Power”

If you have the will to do it, you have the power to do it… Will is Power!

“ORANGE POUND CAKE”

One of my favorite Christmas and also Thanksgiving desserts… The first day I saw this recipe, I thought that it was not a good recipe for a cake. I made the cake and my family said that it was the best cake they ever ate. After I tasted it, I said this Orange-Lemon Pound Cake is SCRUMPTIOUS!

ORANGE-LEMON POUND CAKE

INGREDIENTS, Makes a 10-inch cake

3 Cups all-purpose flour
2 Cups granulated sugar
1 Tsp. salt
1 Tsp. baking powder
½ Tsp. baking soda
1 Cup sour cream
1 Cup butter or margarine, room temperature
1 Tsp. vanilla
2 Tsp. grated orange peel
5 Eggs

PREPARATION:
1. Spoon flour lightly into cup and level off to measure. Combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, sour cream, butter, vanilla, orange peel and eggs in large mixer bowl.
2. Mix at low speed until blended and all ingredients are moistened. Turn speed to high and mix for 3 minutes.
3. Butter and flour a 10-inch pan. Pour cake batter into pan.
4. Bake at 325◦F for pan made of plain metal. Bake at 300◦F if the pan has a colored exterior.
5. Bake for 60 -75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

“Hog Plum”

Who called it HOG PLUM and why did he/she?... hmm. It was an unpleasant pungent taste to many and the smell was also unpleasant to some… I loved the pungent taste… the moment it touched my taste buds my mouth watered. If I had a sore throat, it healed it in a moment. I loved when Miss Lions –she was the lady who sold goodies in the school yard. She had the best goodies ever… She boiled hog plums with sugar, making them into a real tasty candy… Hog plums… Are the best.

“A Beautiful Morning”

Cold~ Yes It Is...
Sun~ Shining Brightly…
Love~ It Burns Inside…
Hope~ I Hope You Feel It Too…
Oh What A Beautiful Morning...

"Tonka Bean Vanilla"

For my favorite cookies, I use home made vanilla. Tonka Bean – Vanilla.
Did you know that if you grate Tonka beans, put it in Vodka… leave it to marinate or as Trinbagonians say, soak, for three weeks, to a month, it makes the best flavored vanilla?

“My Favorite Cookies”

This recipe was given to me by a dear friend –Ann… She is now 89 years and has all her faculties. Such a beautiful soul…
These are my Thanksgiving Cookies. They are guaranteed to make a hit with your family and guests… Enjoy.

MY FAVORITE COOKIES

MIX TOGETHER
3 EGGS
1 CUP OF SUGAR… (I USE ½ CUP OF SUGAR)
2 STICKS OF BUTTER

ADD THEN MIX
4 Cups of Flour
3 Tablespoon baking powder
1 Tablespoon vanilla

Make small balls not bigger than a quarter and place one inch apart on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 – 15 minutes.
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ICING
1 lime
1 egg white
3 cups of confectioner’s sugar
1 bottle of colorful sprinkles

Put egg white in a bowl and squeeze lime in the bowl. Turn on the mixer on low and beat for a minute. Add confectioner’s sugar and increase mixer speed to high. Beat mixture until thick and very white, about 5-7 minutes. The icing should hold stiff peak when you lift the beater. Add more confectioner’s sugar if needed.
Paste on cookies then put on sprinkles.

“MERCY”

Playing on my mind this morning –Mercy, Compassion, Pity, Clemency, Forgiveness, Kindness, Sympathy, Understanding, Leniency, Humanity! However you want to say it… Today, many humans don’t have a scintilla of MERCY!

“A Malevolent Look”

“I don’t like the costume coordinator, but I have to go to her house. Can you please come with me?” Troy asked.
“That woman looks kind of strange, her house is in the middle of nowhere and it looks frightening to me. I don’t want to go,” said Carol.
“I have to collect my costume and I don’t want to go alone."
“I will drive you there, but I will wait for you in the car.” Although every scintilla of Carol’s being told her not to get out of the car, she did. As they walked towards the front door Carol felt the hairs on her hands raised and she whispered, “This place is fear-provoking.”
Troy whispered, “I’m scared.”
The coordinator suddenly peeped through the window. “Oh my God, she looks creepy,” Said Carol.
“Everything about this place is creepy,” said Troy.
The coordinator opened the door. She had a malevolent look on her face as she said, “So the both of you think that my home and I are creepy?”…

“11/1/11”

As a child, just enjoying my daily routine… Going to school and playing games, the date November, 1st. 2011 was the furthest thing from my mind… Thank God for making me see it, and making me feel good!
So what am I thinking about today, hmm… Some Trinbago sayings.
When you have cocoa in de sun… You have to look for rain.
You know what they say about the immortelle… It does shade the cocoa.
Playing dead to catch corbeau alive.
So it is 11/1/11 the second to last month of the year… Everything is going wrong… bad luck galore in your life…
“A-A Boy, is like corbeau pee on yuh!”
Nah Nah… I was in the right church… wrong pew… Now I overs dat…