The Sewing Mom

It’s Friday! It’s also my last day before starting 7 weeks of training, so I have a lot to get done today. First though, I just have to do my absolute favorite meme, Four Foods on Friday.

Here are this weeks questions and my answers:

#1. Share a recipe for something Italian. Well, I consider it a staple of our diet and we eat it probably once a week, spaghetti. Although I do occasionally make my sauce from scratch, I typically brown hamburger with onion and then poor on a jar of Ragu. I have recently switched over to whole wheat noodles and I really like them. The noodles are firmer and more filling.

#2. Jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, fruit butter or butter. What’s on your toast or bread? I don’t eat toast too often, but when I do, I like it with butter and either strawberry jam or jelly.

#3. What’s your favorite Kellogg’s product? (Since they’re multinational I’m hoping everyone can answer this one. If you don’t have Kellogg’s products, what’s your favorite cold breakfast cereal?) I like the Kellogg’s Special K with strawberries. I like both the cereal and the cereal bars.

#4. Do you like liver? What about liverwurst? I do like liver and onions, although, I haven’t cooked it myself in many years. I ate it recently at a restaurant and really enjoyed it. I’m not a fan of liverwurst though.

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Well, I completely missed doing this one last week. It was July 4, so I took that day off from blogging and the computer in general, to spend time with my family. I am here today, barely. I’m getting ready for our trip to Tennessee and so I’m running around like a chicken with my head cut off! I’m not sure I’ll have access to the internet next Friday, so I wanted to be sure to get this done today. There is no way I could miss doing my favorite meme 3 weeks in a row!

So, here it is. If you’d like to participate in this fun weekly meme, head on over to Fun, Crafts and Recipes and let Valmg know you’re playing along.

This weeks questions and my answers:

#1. Cake. Buttercream, whipped cream or ice cream? Oh! I love all three!! One of our favorites though is the frozen custard cake from Culvers.

#2. When entertaining do you use real, paper, plastic or styrofoam dishes? That really depends. For birthdays and outdoor parties, it’s usually paper. I don’t use styrofoam anytime, it doesn’t recycle too well.

#3. When hosting a party do you cook, have it catered or go to a restaurant? I usually cook, although, this past weekend we brought in food and it was wonderful. It even came with all the plastic serving utensils and saved me a ton of work.

#4. Share a recipe that you frequently serve when having a party. We don’t party too much, but I would have to say that in the summer, I do tend to serve deviled eggs more frequently than any other time. Everybody makes fun of deviled eggs, but they sure do disappear in a hurry.

Boil eggs, cool under running water and peel. (Doing this right away helps keep the shell from stick to the cooked egg). Remove yoke into a bowl. Using a fork, break apart cooked yokes. Add tablespoon of mustard, 2-3 tablespoons of mayonnaise, a pinch of salt, 1/4 tsp. of celery salt, and a dash of pepper. Mix. Adjust all amount to your liking. Taste. If satisfied, drop by spoonfuls into cooked egg whites. Sprinkle lightly with paprika. Serve.

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A while back I entered a contest at one of my favorite blogs. Last week, I found out that I had won!I want to thank Valmg at Fun Crafts and Recipes for not only sponsoring the contest, but for sending me this great prize! It’s a chocolate lovers cookbook, a magnetic calendar and a magnetic memo pad, all of which I will be using immediately.

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