Betty Be Blogging!
I was in the mood for a sandwich earlier but I couldn’t find anything that tickled my fancy. Then it dawned on me that as a kid I used to really love peanut butter and honey sandwiches and I had both foods in my cabinet. It was a darn good sandwich, one that made my tummy happy and brought back some good memories. Not to mention that all of the ingredients are healthy! That’s a nice bonus!
No need to say anything about these signs, I think what is already printed says it all.
I’ve been drinking tea for as long as I can remember, hot or cold, day or night, but it has to be Lipton or nothing. I did switch to Red Rose Tea for a while because my mother was collecting the little Wade figurines that they always have in the box along with the tea bags, but after a while I just got really tired of not having the full flavor of my good old Lipton bags.
Last time I did my grocery shopping I was pleased to find that they had Lipton tea bags on sale so I picked up several boxes, and I saved a good chunk of change in doing so. But when I came home and opened one of the boxes and put several of them in the boiling water, in order to make a picture of Iced tea, the bags more or less exploded, and made quite a mess of it all. So I tried again, and the same thing happened, that is when I looked on the side of the box and found the 1-800 number for their customer service department and gave them a call.
I have to say that they were very understanding and polite, I received a warm, sincere apology and was sent several coupons in the mail the next week for several free boxes of Lipton Tea Bags. Now that is what I call good customer service. Thanks Lipton!
One of my favorite sandwiches are made with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff. My mother used to make us these sandwiches when we were kids and they were always a big hit. It has become one of my comfort foods that usually makes me feel better, when wanted and needed.
I had no idea that they had named this old favorite as a Fluffernutter! Kind of catchy!
All my friends have started wearing summer dresses. I think that must be a new trend. My BFF looked totally stunning this afternoon in a pretty blue and white polka dot sundress with a fitted waist and a full skirt. I have always liked to wear shorts during the summer, but I have to admit that the dresses look a lot more feminine. They are nice and cool, too.
Maybe I’ll have to go to Kohl’s Department Store and try on a few dresses to see if this is something I can do, too. I do love my shorts, but the idea of a soft, swirly dress is suddenly very appealing.
Recently, in a large city in Australia, a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym.
It said, “This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?” A middle-aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.
To Whom It May Concern,
Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans.) They have an active sex life, get pregnant and have adorable baby whales. They have a wonderful time with dolphins stuffing themselves with shrimp. They play and swim in the seas, seeing wonderful places like Patagonia , the Bering Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia . Whales are wonderful singers and have even recorded CDs. They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans. They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world.
Mermaids don’t exist. If they did exist, they would be lining up outside the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or human? They don’t have a sex life because they kill men who get close to them, not to mention how could they have sex? Just look at them … where is IT? Therefore, they don’t have kids either. Not to mention, who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store? The choice is perfectly clear to me: I want to be a whale.
P..S. We are in an age when media puts into our heads the idea that only skinny people are beautiful, but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who makes me shiver, and a piece of chocolate with my friends. With time, we gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies. So we aren’t heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy. Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, ¨Good grief, look how smart I am!¨
One of my favorite recipes to make is for the Corn Fritters that I remember making so often over at my sister’s house a lot, back when she was married to her first husband, the father of her three wonderful boys. Her middle son was good around the kitchen and we would have fun together listening to music, trying new recipes, one of his favorites being the corn fritter also, so we made a lot of corn fritters in those years.
I haven’t made any in quite some time so I thought that I would break out my recipe book and make up a batch the other evening, and I have to tell you, they came out perfect. I love that you can refrigerate the left over ones and just nuke for 1 minute for a great anytime snack, and the more real butter that you put on it the better.
Mix flour, baking powder and salt, set aside. In separate bowl of medium size, whip egg whites on high, with electric mixer, until stiff. And in a yet larger bowl, beat the egg yolks and stir in the milk, and drained corn, and the flour mixture that you just put aside, mix thoroughly. Fold in the whipped egg whites and blend together for a few minutes.
Drop by tablespoons into the hot oil and fry for approximately 5 minutes, or until nicely browned and cooked thoroughly in the middle. Once they are on your plate, smother with real butter and enjoy.
I still enjoy a good old fashioned bowel of cereal now and then. My goodness there are so many varieties of cereal these days, it is just blows my mind. But then we have a huge variety of just about everything in the grocery stores now a days. Frosted Mini Wheats are my all time favorite. They have a good amount of sugar on them (good thing, or else I wouldn’t be eating them) but everything else is good healthy ingredients.
Spent so much time looking at the fresh fish counter that someone from the grocery store’s fish department actually came over and started talking to me. He asked if I was looking for anything special, and I told him I was looking for tilapia.
He pointed out the section of frozen fish that was displayed in a freezer section right next to the fresh fish counter. There a big bag of tilapia in the freezer, on sale for only $4.99 and he told me that the frozen was a better price than the fresh.
When I wrinkled up my nose at the idea of frozen instead of fresh, he explained that the fishermen catch the tilapia out on the water in big nets, and then they clean and flash freeze the fish right on board the boat. So, the frozen are actually fresher than the fresh ones that are taken back to port, cleaned on land and then put on a truck and driven for a couple of days to the stores. Isn’t that ironic? But it does make sense!
It is so easy to clip the Box Tops for Education coupons that are being put on more and more food items, I even found some on the package of toilet paper that I just recently purchased. Schools are desperate for funding, and this is a really easy way to raise money for our important education systems all over.
I think schools can earn 10 cents per label and that adds up quickly with the more people that participate. If you don’t have kids attending a school you can still clip them and give them to a friend, family member, neighbor, co worker or just drop them off at your local school that is convenient for you, it’s all good, and some teachers give extra credit for each label donated, it’s all good!
