*I've has some requests to share how my family makes sweet tea so I thought I would use today to do it. I grew up with this and even my unsweet tea is sweet (I use Splenda). I don't even know how to drink tea without sugar or Splenda. I hate tea with any other kind of sweetener or just plain tea with nothing. HATE it!! YUCK!!! (sorry if you do like unsweet tea) :)
Unsweet tea, in my family, is a sacrilage. lol. :) You drink sweet tea with every meal and as a refreshing beverage out in the hay field or after working in the heat fixing fence or moving or vaccinating cattle. It's ALWAYS a welcome beverage and it's always served ICED. NEVER HOT, although I do like sweetened hot herbal tea, as well. :) shhhh............................
Here it is!
2 Cain's (caffienated is best) tea bags (can also use Lipton but prefer Cain's)
sugar or Splenda
Place tea bags in saucepan. Fill with cold water. Heat until just starts to boil. Place 1/4 of tea pitcher with sugar or splenda. With spoon; hold tea bags back against saucepan and pour tea liquid into pitcher. Fill saucepan with cold water and continue until all tea liquid is squeezed out of bags. Fill pitcher with cold water. Serve with plenty of ice. (I don't add ice to my tea pitcher unless I am taking it somewhere because I find that it waters down the tea).
There you go, simple, good ol' Southern Sweet tea! I do know people that boil their tea bags with sugar to make a syrup and continue with the process but I can't drink it that way. It tastes like syrup and not tea, to me!
Hope you enjoy!! :)
Showing posts with label Granny Ferguson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Granny Ferguson. Show all posts
Friday, December 19, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Commodity cheese Fudge...
*Granny Ferguson's special Christmas fudge!My Mama tries to make it every year; enjoy! It's delicious! :)
Ingredients :
1/2 lb. American cheese (unsliced is best if you can find it but sliced works okay, as well)
1/2 lb. butter
2 lb. powdered sugar
1/2 c. cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
Preparation : Melt together in double boiler or heavy pan, cheese and butter.. Mix sugar and cocoa together in large bowl. Add melted cheese and butter to sugar and cocoa mixture. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 cup chopped nuts and put into 9 x 13 inch pan. Refrigerate.
Ingredients :
1/2 lb. American cheese (unsliced is best if you can find it but sliced works okay, as well)
1/2 lb. butter
2 lb. powdered sugar
1/2 c. cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
Preparation : Melt together in double boiler or heavy pan, cheese and butter.. Mix sugar and cocoa together in large bowl. Add melted cheese and butter to sugar and cocoa mixture. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 cup chopped nuts and put into 9 x 13 inch pan. Refrigerate.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Old Timey Sugar Cookies (originally posted Nov.2007)....
You do not frost these. You sprinkle them with sugar. My granny NEVER frosted her sugar cookies and I have never been a fan of frosted ones, I guess for that reason! These have an amazing flavor and they are so good straight out of the oven. The old timers used a whisky bottle to roll out their dough. We don't but I have used a glass jar. My granny also used a snuff lid to cut out her biscuits and sugar cookies. Maybe that's why mine don't have quite the same taste. Anyway, here you go, my all time FAVORITE cookie, ever!
1 & 1/2 c. sugar
3/4 c. butter
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
2 & 1/2 to 3 c. flour
2 tbsp. milk
Sugar for sprinkling
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well. stir in vanilla.Combine the dry ingredients and add them alternately to the butter mixture with the milk. Turn out the dough onto a floured board and knead lightly. Roll out and cut into circles. Place on an ungreased baking sheet, sprinkle lightly with sugar, and bake in a moderate oven (350) until light brown (about 8-10 minutes). Makes approximately 2 dozen large cookies.Yummy Yummy! Enjoy!
Love,
Julie
1 & 1/2 c. sugar
3/4 c. butter
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
2 & 1/2 to 3 c. flour
2 tbsp. milk
Sugar for sprinkling
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well. stir in vanilla.Combine the dry ingredients and add them alternately to the butter mixture with the milk. Turn out the dough onto a floured board and knead lightly. Roll out and cut into circles. Place on an ungreased baking sheet, sprinkle lightly with sugar, and bake in a moderate oven (350) until light brown (about 8-10 minutes). Makes approximately 2 dozen large cookies.Yummy Yummy! Enjoy!
Love,
Julie
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Sunday dinner tomorrow
Hot Water Cornbread (you seriously have got to try this) Greens with bacon(and a splash of hot sauce), blackeye peas cooked with bacon &soft fried potatoes with onion. Yeah, a good ol' true Southern Sunday dinner and CHEAP, if you are feeding your family on a budget (who isn't?). My granny used to make this almost every weekend. Or some variation on this meal. This is some serious good food but you don't want to eat like this every day! (All the bacon, you know). =) Give the hot water cornbread a try and serve it with lots of butter! And if you want to make a to die for dessert, try this recipe of my grandmother's! Let me know how you like it! =)
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Happies...
This post is completely random so it's just a warning! :o)
Things that make me happy today: (in no particular order)
*My husband turning his alarm off this morning & getting back in bed to hold me; how very sweet!
* Grilling last night & working in the garden with Charlie & the girls.
* Claire & the pottty training sticker chart; she has to get 10 stickers to get an ice cream with Daddy. She is on #7 and working hard already today to get to #10! So proud of her; she's trying so hard!
* Lily holding my hand last night while going to sleep. Her teeth are really bothering her and she just needed Mama's comfort. :o)
* Drew kicking me with full body blows and hitting and kicking the matress when I lay on my side to sleep! He is definitely strong & active! It's so fun to feel him move around and know that he is alive and strong! What a blessing (believe me, we know).
* This breakfast casserole; I believe it is very close to perfection! Yummy!
* "Creative Discipline" by Lisa Whelchel (Blair on The Facts of Life); a funny great read that really makes you understand the true meaning for discipline and just what are we getting so worked up for anyway?! lol. It's a lifetime process not something that has to be perfected overnight! Anyway, it helps me A LOT! :o)
* My Brighton watch takes a standard watch battery.
* My fingers and feet are not swollen today (yet).
*Dr. Pepper lip smackers lip gloss! Seriously good stuff for a Dr. Pepper addict and the color is really flattering, as well. Just a hint of color, like a blush.(I have been using this for about 5 years or so and I LOVE it!)
*Jergen's Self Tanning Body Lotion; just enough color but not enough to make me orange, which every other lotion with self tanner that I have tried does! Wal-Mart makes a generic version and I think Target does as well. I know the Wal-Mart one is about $2 cheaper a bottle and it works just as well. Although, you can also get the Jergen's lotion that is firming and it does wonders for cellulite and stretch marks! Hallelujah; it's amazing what a good tan can hide! :o)
* Splenda- LOVE the taste of this stuff and trying to eat healthier so this is a must. I am addicted to sweets and this just makes it easier to indulge. We have sweet tea made with this every night and we like it more than sugar sweet tea! In fact, the regular sweet tea feels so heavy to us now. This is great to have in the pantry to make some awesome sweet tea or a quick dessert! :o)
* The Ashley Judd Collection at Goody's! when I lose this pregnancy weight; I am SO shopping there & buying myself a few items! They are gorgeous and VERY flattering! Check it out; you can't beat Goody's prices!
* Target's (Liz Lange) Maternity jeans; Awesome & they last through more than one pregnancy! So comfortable and cute with all your shoes!(By the way; I am NOT getting paid to endorse anyone; just sharing my favorites with you!) *And, although I love the ones that I own now; they do not currently have anything cute that I think would work if I wanted to order a new pair! But, Old Navy has some really cute maternity jeans right now and I want to order this pair and this pair in particular!
* New Living Translation Study Bible; to study with, I haven't found anything better. The charts and timelines and biblical history are so helpful. I have used this Bible along with my KJV and my NIV for years and I find that looking at all three helps understand the context that something is written in much better. Of course, this is JMHO(just my honest opinion) and I am in NO way an expert on what Bible to read!
* My Kitchen Aid Mixer for awesome meringue for coconut cream pie we had earlier this week; yum!
* My granny's patchwork quilt made with her old dresses(the same ones that she made our barbie clothes with). I love to cuddle up with this and read my bible and journal. Makes me feel warm and loved.
* Things that don't let us forget. A book I am reading right now by Karen Kingsbury, "One Tuesday Morning". I cried so much and it reminded me how blessed I am to have the godly man that I do for my husband. He is not perfect and neither am I but we do strive toward that same ultimate goal; to be more like Christ every day. I love him so much.
*Baby Einstein videos- BOTH girls LOVE these and Claire teaches Lily the concepts as they watch. It's a sanity saver for me and so precious for the girls to enjoy this together! :o)
*Babywise- Nobody throw anything; this has helped us with both girls (both sleeping through the night by 12 weeks) so it works for us! :o)
Okay, I guess that I am through for now! I know this probably bored you senseless but thanks for reading along! And, if you get time, let me know a few of your favorite things! :o)
Love and Blessings to all,
Julie
Things that make me happy today: (in no particular order)
*My husband turning his alarm off this morning & getting back in bed to hold me; how very sweet!
* Grilling last night & working in the garden with Charlie & the girls.
* Claire & the pottty training sticker chart; she has to get 10 stickers to get an ice cream with Daddy. She is on #7 and working hard already today to get to #10! So proud of her; she's trying so hard!
* Lily holding my hand last night while going to sleep. Her teeth are really bothering her and she just needed Mama's comfort. :o)
* Drew kicking me with full body blows and hitting and kicking the matress when I lay on my side to sleep! He is definitely strong & active! It's so fun to feel him move around and know that he is alive and strong! What a blessing (believe me, we know).
* This breakfast casserole; I believe it is very close to perfection! Yummy!
* "Creative Discipline" by Lisa Whelchel (Blair on The Facts of Life); a funny great read that really makes you understand the true meaning for discipline and just what are we getting so worked up for anyway?! lol. It's a lifetime process not something that has to be perfected overnight! Anyway, it helps me A LOT! :o)
* My Brighton watch takes a standard watch battery.
* My fingers and feet are not swollen today (yet).
*Dr. Pepper lip smackers lip gloss! Seriously good stuff for a Dr. Pepper addict and the color is really flattering, as well. Just a hint of color, like a blush.(I have been using this for about 5 years or so and I LOVE it!)
*Jergen's Self Tanning Body Lotion; just enough color but not enough to make me orange, which every other lotion with self tanner that I have tried does! Wal-Mart makes a generic version and I think Target does as well. I know the Wal-Mart one is about $2 cheaper a bottle and it works just as well. Although, you can also get the Jergen's lotion that is firming and it does wonders for cellulite and stretch marks! Hallelujah; it's amazing what a good tan can hide! :o)
* Splenda- LOVE the taste of this stuff and trying to eat healthier so this is a must. I am addicted to sweets and this just makes it easier to indulge. We have sweet tea made with this every night and we like it more than sugar sweet tea! In fact, the regular sweet tea feels so heavy to us now. This is great to have in the pantry to make some awesome sweet tea or a quick dessert! :o)
* The Ashley Judd Collection at Goody's! when I lose this pregnancy weight; I am SO shopping there & buying myself a few items! They are gorgeous and VERY flattering! Check it out; you can't beat Goody's prices!
* Target's (Liz Lange) Maternity jeans; Awesome & they last through more than one pregnancy! So comfortable and cute with all your shoes!(By the way; I am NOT getting paid to endorse anyone; just sharing my favorites with you!) *And, although I love the ones that I own now; they do not currently have anything cute that I think would work if I wanted to order a new pair! But, Old Navy has some really cute maternity jeans right now and I want to order this pair and this pair in particular!
* New Living Translation Study Bible; to study with, I haven't found anything better. The charts and timelines and biblical history are so helpful. I have used this Bible along with my KJV and my NIV for years and I find that looking at all three helps understand the context that something is written in much better. Of course, this is JMHO(just my honest opinion) and I am in NO way an expert on what Bible to read!
* My Kitchen Aid Mixer for awesome meringue for coconut cream pie we had earlier this week; yum!
* My granny's patchwork quilt made with her old dresses(the same ones that she made our barbie clothes with). I love to cuddle up with this and read my bible and journal. Makes me feel warm and loved.
* Things that don't let us forget. A book I am reading right now by Karen Kingsbury, "One Tuesday Morning". I cried so much and it reminded me how blessed I am to have the godly man that I do for my husband. He is not perfect and neither am I but we do strive toward that same ultimate goal; to be more like Christ every day. I love him so much.
*Baby Einstein videos- BOTH girls LOVE these and Claire teaches Lily the concepts as they watch. It's a sanity saver for me and so precious for the girls to enjoy this together! :o)
*Babywise- Nobody throw anything; this has helped us with both girls (both sleeping through the night by 12 weeks) so it works for us! :o)
Okay, I guess that I am through for now! I know this probably bored you senseless but thanks for reading along! And, if you get time, let me know a few of your favorite things! :o)
Love and Blessings to all,
Julie
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Banana Pudding (Yum-Yum!)
I am feeling a little bit nostalgic of my growing up years so in honor of my Granny Ferguson & my Mamaw Treat I am posting two outstanding recipes for desserts they served often. No counting carbs in those days.
Old Fashioned Banana Pudding (no instant or cook and serve mixes here, please)!
4 Tbsp. flour
Dash salt
2 c. milk
1/2 stick butter (no substitutes!)
1 c. sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Box Nilla wafers
Sift together flour, sugar, and salt. Combine eggs and milk. Whisk egg mixture into flour mixture until completely smooth. Cook in heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until thick. Add vanilla, butter and bananas. Line a large deep dish with wafers. Pour in half of pudding mixture. Layer with wafers, then add the rest of the pudding. Top with a few crushed wafers. Best when served hot. Refrigerate leftovers. (There won't be many) *You can also serve with homemade whipped cream (no cool whip!) on top after it cools. This is really yummy, as well!
Enjoy!
Julie
Old Fashioned Banana Pudding (no instant or cook and serve mixes here, please)!
4 Tbsp. flour
Dash salt
2 c. milk
1/2 stick butter (no substitutes!)
1 c. sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Box Nilla wafers
Sift together flour, sugar, and salt. Combine eggs and milk. Whisk egg mixture into flour mixture until completely smooth. Cook in heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until thick. Add vanilla, butter and bananas. Line a large deep dish with wafers. Pour in half of pudding mixture. Layer with wafers, then add the rest of the pudding. Top with a few crushed wafers. Best when served hot. Refrigerate leftovers. (There won't be many) *You can also serve with homemade whipped cream (no cool whip!) on top after it cools. This is really yummy, as well!
Enjoy!
Julie
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