Today Monday, we were getting over the worst business weekend in the history of GRANNYS ATTIC, well at least in HOHOKUS. Well, it was YOM KIPPUR...and we fasted....well, fasted from business. You all know that although I am very spiritual, I do not follow any of the rules and regularions of my or anyones elses relgion! if you combine a holiday...and gorgeous weather, its a recipe for disaster...when it comes to get customers out.....but thank the SPIRITS...MONDAY was a good day, and although it didnt make up for the weekend...it was very good. AMEN.
My neice adn nephew decided to bring the children up in the CATHOLIC RELIGION.....If they kids follow it, they will get a JEWISH dose of it from te OLD TESTAMENT...They will also learn that DADDy and his side of the family is JEWISH, and if they choose, they can always revert back to it.....practice both of them...which wouuld then have brisket, chicken soup guelfete fish, baked ham for CHRISTMAS?HANNUKA. We always had a Christmas tree since I was a baby...so what... its a beautiful symbol, ajoyous thing to have in the house...and we are helping other celebrate their holiday.....hopefully the children will grow up happy, and unconfused of theri dual heritage....
BABY Colin ALexander Brief....was baptised yesterday in OUR LADY OF THE LAKE Church in Sparta, along with 7 other little babies....it was the very first Babtism that I attened....it was al aymbolic...as is most relgious ceremonies.....It was a beautiful and happy ceremony...except the PRIESTRS Microphone broke...and he had no amplification of his voice....and to make things worse...there must have been 2o babies in their crying...on and off. BUT NOT MY GORGEOUS LITTLE HAPPY SMILING COLIN...that kid was so good..it was amazing..Most of the kids cried when they were annointed with oil, or babtized with water...NOT COLIN...he was so good...and this kid has a killer smile..so infectious.But I must admit..dear readers.....he made ME CRY. WHY.....I looked into his eyes, and his smile.....but then I realized...(I amight be crying now too) that I will never get to know him. He is 5 months old. I am going to be 68. The odds are that...I will never get to know him as an adult...and wht he will be thinking..and what his character will be like. Hopefully I might see his tenth birthday.... And I will always wonder what his children will be like and what they will do....and so on and so forth. This is happy and sad in the same breath. We are all alotted a certain time on earth...and we should use it well. and not dwell on sadness..but pursue happyness and the spread of it...and of englightenment...as BUDDAH did....and suggested that we should do....AM I a BUDDIST....no....maybe a closet or latent Buddist.....well, it is really a philopshy and not a religion.......and Buddah was not a GOD..he was just a man...who disvered a path to live and wanted to help other achieve happiness and fullfillment...he only suggest a path....and he said the Path of Enlightenment is a long road (and I say bring a sandwhich)
The Dinner after the Baptism was held a few miles down the road....at the PICATINNEY ARSENEL.....the place where we develop all our guns and ammunititon and smart bombs....the Restuarant was between the BUILDING where they develop mortar shells and a gold course...So if we didnt get hit with an experimental mortar shell, we could get clobbered by a golf ball.....all was good and everyone was safe.
THe Restaurant..turne dout to be the officeres club...WHY the UNITED STATE GOVERNMENT..has top secret opperations there...where we had to go thru a tunnerl will xrays, bomb sniffing machines, and every other type of scientific stuff....and then drive thru a maze of concrete barriers...and almost a body cavity search...they rent out the place for parties.. to anyone??? There was a wedding going on at the same time......I thought of this as very funny....the government spends a million dollars on one smart bomb and wants to raise money for the research center by babtisms, weddings and barmitzvahs???
The food was faily good..and fresh....the people friendsly on both sides of the family...and it was a very pleasant..day.....So many of the people walked around carrying little COLIN...he loved everyone...he never cried....he was so adaptable to the situation...I never sae a baby that could be up allday, and not get cranky..wasnt scared by strangers...this kid will go far...Since is isnt JEWISH...hey, he might grow up to be president of the UNITED STATES....and this isnt a joke...I really felt greatness when I looked into his eyes..
AND NOW FOR A RECIPE FOR DELICIOUSNESS.....
lETS CALL IT A LAMB AND POTATOE KNISH.......
1) pUFF PASTRY DOUGH....ANY RECIPE. i USED BISQUICK WITH ADDED BUTTER CUT INTO IT AND MADE A DOUGH.....IT WORKED....NICELY...
2)ONE CUP OF CUT UP LAMB FROM ROAST LAMP BONE SCRAP A BIT OF THE JELLED GRAVY OR FAT INTO THE BOWL
3)EQUAL AMOUNT OF MASHPOTAOTES ON THE DRY SIDE. ADD BUTTER, SALT PEPPER WORSTERSHIRE SAUCE,GARLIC POWDER, CHOPPED FRESH CILIANTRO twO TABLESPOONS OF TOMATOE SAUCE
4)MIX WELL.MAKE SURE THE MIXTURE IS NOT TOO WET...
5)ROLL INTO A CIRCLE.....PUT ABOUT 4 TABLESPOONS MIXTURE IN THE MIDDLE, FOLD OVER SO THE SHAPE BECOMES HALF MOON....USE A FORK TO CRIMP THE EDGES.....PUT A FEW FORK HOLES TO LET STEAM ESCAPE
6(BRUSH EGG WHITE ON TOP
7)BAKE 350 UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN....
8)COOK FOR TEN MIN
9)EAT
10)TAKE A MILANTA
THIS IS SO VERY DELIVIOUS....HERE ARE VARIATIONS OF THIS"
1)USE BROWN OR WHITE RICE INSTEAD OF POTATOES
2)ADD RAISENS SOAKED IN WATER
3)ADD CHOPPED FINE: APPLES, PINEAPPLES, APRICOTS,PEACHES,MANGO
4)YOU CAN ADD CURRY SAUCE TO MAKE IT INDIAN
5)TO MAKE IT MORE INDIAN...ADD CHOPPED SPINACH AND LAMBAND A LITTLE POTAOTE TO HOLD IT TOGETHER
now if you put the lamb and potaote misture(or rice and spinach etc0 Into a blender...you can use the filling for raviolis....OH MY GOD these are incredible..try it....or make themn into PIROGIS..and seve with butter and freind onions and sour cream.. We are talking heavy delishousness here...Screw the calories...
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