Sunday, November 21, 2010

"And if she faintly glimmers here,  
And paled is her light,  
Yet always in her proper sphere  
She's mistress of the night."
-Henry David Thoreau

                                                                  








                                                                                



Halloween






Tuesday, November 16, 2010





But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. 
~Thomas Jefferson








Creamy Hot Cocoa....


"It's old fashioned, it's comforting, it makes the kitchen smell wonderful and it's good for the soul."

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1/3 cup boiling water
  • 3 1/2 cups milk
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup half-and-half cream

Directions:

Combine the cocoa, sugar and pinch of salt in a saucepan. Blend in the boiling water. Bring this mixture to an easy boil while you stir. Simmer and stir for about 2 minutes. Watch that it doesn't scorch. Stir in 3 1/2 cups of milk and heat until very hot, but do not boil! Remove from heat and add vanilla. Divide between 4 mugs. Add the cream to the mugs of cocoa to cool it to drinking temperature.






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