Be LOUD & PROUD!!!

In honor of Pride Week & the Pride Parade, that i'm sad i'm missing on Sunday. I thought i'd put up some of my fav. parts from my favorite gay-drama Queer as Folk! My support to the gay community! :)

PS: Thanks Pres. Obama for declaring June LGBT Pride Month! That's awesome!

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Yay Babylon!

Ginger Pear Punch

Yesterday's post was a total Debbie Downer. Sorry about that.

So, on March 7th I did the post for Ginger Tea, one of my fav. drinks & said i'd post the recipe for the Ginger Pear Punch. It's a little time consuming but it's pretty good when it's all done. Sunny calls it tea but I prefer punch.

Ginger Pear Tea or Punch

Recipe courtesy Sunny Anderson, 2009

Serves:
4 servings

Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups water
2 pears, peeled and coarsely grated
1-inch piece ginger, sliced into 1/8-inch coins

Directions

In a medium pot bring water, grated pear, ginger and sugar to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until the pears are very soft, about 30 minutes Remove from heat and strain into a bowl. Refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours.

Hope you guys try this out. It's good on it's own or even as a cocktail mixer. :)

"What you say about my momma?" PART 2

Just a quick update: My mom just got off the phone with her Dr. at Huntsman & she has decided it'd be better for her to do a different chemo drug called Evastin instead of participate in the trial. So, we'll see how that goes & i'll keep everyone updated. Thanks! :)

"What you say about my momma?"

Hello everyone, I just thought i'd give ya a Mom Fausett update. Unfortunately, her cancer has returned. Which sucks, cuz she just got rid of it in January. Now it has moved. She has 2 tumors in her liver & 1 by her lungs. Thankfully, they are still very small. But that doesn't mean anything good. Surgery isn't an option right now. She is going to do a trial at Huntsman for a new drug that only 6 people in the country have done, 4 of which dropped out & the other 2 it didn't work. It worked pretty good on mice though. Hahahaha. She doesn't start that until next week, so we'll se how that goes & if it doesn't go so well...then i'm not really sure. And that's why i've turned into a hermit the last couple weeks. I'm not in a real social mood & don't have a lot of tolerance for drama. But that's pretty normal for me when this situation comes around. You should know that. LOL! Thanks everyone for always checking up on things too. I really appreciate it. Love ya!

"Ya go around with me?"

Who doesn't like a 1980's Australian teen movie? Or any Australian movie for that matter. You know I like them! A country that comes up with "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" & "Puberty Blues" is awesome to me!

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Finders Keepers

I found this recipe in some random cookbook a long time ago & now I call it mine. It's one of my favorites! And, my fam. loves when I make it! It's super yum & I don't even need a recipe any more, I just know it. Also, I usually just guess on maeasurements & rarely actually measure them out but for this one I think you need to or else it might not end up the right consistency.

Nay Nay's Caramel Corn
1 Stick Butter
2 1/2 C. Brown Sugar, firmly packed
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 C. Karo Syrup

3 bags Microwave Popcorn, popped (duh!)

Mix the first 4 ingredients together in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes. Pour over popcorn in bowl & mix until evenly coated.

Super Easy, right?

TIPS:
*When you measure your Karo Syrup spray your measuring cup with cooking spray & you'll get every little bit out.

*De-Kernal your popcorn. It's kinda a pain but you'll save your teeth! Use 2 bowls, shake popcorn & the kernals should fall to the bottom. Then gently move the popcorn to the other bowl w/out picking up the kernals.

*After mixing popcorn & caramel, put into a buttered bundt pan & let cool. Then invert onto plate & slice w/knife. Super easy serving & pretty cute!

*My own personal trick, I only boil for 4 minutes & then turn the burner off for the final minute. I don't know that it makes any difference but it seems to turn out softer. If you over cook, it's going to go all hard so try to do it for no more than 5 minutes!!!

*If it's a holiday or you want something different, put a few drops of food coloring into the caramel while cooking. I've done orange for Halloween, red for Valentine's & green for St. Pat's!

I hope you try this out! Good luck!

"Who Dis?"

Hahaha! I heard this song over the weekend & had to post it for Biggs! I think we probably reference this song every time we talk on the phone. We have way too many inside jokes. If you didn't hang out w/us in jr. high or high school it's probably pretty hard to follow our conversations. And ya never know what's real or what we just pulled out of a song or movie. I love ya Biggs! :)

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