ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2011
It's SUNDAY!
and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO DS#1 AND HIS WIFE TODAY!
May the dear Lord bless you both today and always!
Happy Anniversary!
It is also the anniversary of 9/11/01 - Patriot Day!
While one is a grand celebration and the other is more of a time to remember just how precious our freedom is...9/11 is a very special date.
NEW IN THE KITCHEN
September 11th through the 17th is Biscuits and Gravy Week
Buttermilk biscuits and white country gravy--Elvis Presley wasn't the only one who favored this classic rural dish for breakfast. Popular in the South and Midwest, cooks typically use sausage gravy, egg gravy, or even tomato gravy. If you haven't had this old American comfort food, now's the time!
Biscuit Gravy
4 tablespoons flour
3/4 cup water
2 cups Skim milk or milk substitute
1 1/2 teaspoon sage, crumbled finely
OR
1 teaspoon ground sage
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Mix flour and water until smooth and no lumps. Put into medium sauce pan, and heat over medium-high heat until the mixture boils. Reduce heat, stirring constanly, and boil for 4 - 5 minutes. Mixture should be very think and blubbery.
Add milk and stir until the mixture is smooth again. Add spices, and return to boil, cooking until it has the consistancy of thick gravy.
Serve over split baking powder biscuits, with fruit. Whole berry cranberry sauce goes great with this dish, grits, red beans & rice, etc. You can also add browned sausage to the gravy and have sausage gravy and biscuits.
PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS
Please pray for God's protection of
our troops and HIS wisdom for their
commanders.
Lord, hold our troops in
your loving hands.
Protect them as they protect us.
Bless them and their families for the
selfless acts they perform for us
in our time of need. I ask this in the
name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.
AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters
and Paramedics and EMT's
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
AROUND HOME
It's a quiet Sunday morning here at my house and I'll be going off to church later on as I'm home this morning. The week ahead is supposed to be mostly sunny so I'll probably head off to the camper about mid week to enjoy some nice weather there for a change. Instead of just a weekend I'll be able to spend a few extra days there and catch up on some of the camping I've missed out on this summer.
Today rain is still in the forecast so a good day to be where I am.
A day of rest and relaxation for me and I hope it is one for you all too!
COUNTING THE DAYS
Perhaps the best-known moon of them all – the legendary Harvest Moon. will reach the crest of its full phase at 09:27 Universal Time the morning of September 12. That is 4:27 a.m. in the morning for the central U.S. In the days before electricity, farmers counted on the lamp of the Harvest Moon to gather their crops. Making up for the autumn season’s waning daylight, the Harvest Moon faithfully provides several nights of dusk-till-dawn moonlight. This bonanza of moonlight remains the legacy of the Harvest Moon!
11 DAYS UNTIL FALL
Keep looking ON THE BRIGHT SIDE of things.
A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone near…
Love,
ma
2 comments:
11 days until fall! Wow, I haven't been counting. But I do notice the cooler nights.
9.11 is a time to reflect not on the misery and baseness of man but in the grace of God who knit us all together because of that tragedy. I always remember and say a prayer for all my American friends and the families of those who died.
God has taken responsibilty of the souls who left us, it's our duty to live on in their name.
Happy Anniversay to your DS#1
My husband loves him some bi'cuts & gravy! I do too but I try really hard to not to eat too many.
Hugs
Tammy
Dont' forget the GIVEAWAY!
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