MJ's little flock

[Shadrach]

Remembering back to a topic of many pages ago on, you do both realize that 'raspberry' is rhyming slang?
Assuming you both do, I wonder if anyone else does?
I am guessing @Shadrach will.

Raspberry tart, if my memory seves me....

 

[Shadrach]

Aunt Julie's New England Clam Chowder

Ingredients

• 3 slices thick cut bacon
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 2 cups diced potatoes
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 3 6.5 ounce cans of chopped or minced clams (I prefer a larger clam so use chopped)
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 quart half and half (I use fat free to try and moderate the recipe a little)

In a large sauce pan, cook bacon until crisp. Remove the bacon from the pan and set it aside.

Add potatoes, celery, onion, clams (with juice), butter, salt and pepper to the sauce pan and bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

In a 1 quart jar with a lid, add flour to half and half and shake well. Stir into the vegetable mixture.

Cook on medium heat 15 minutes or until thickened. Stir frequently. DO NOT BOIL. (If I am not in a hurry, I will skip this step and transfer the mixture to a slow cooker and cook it on low for a couple of hours)

Chop or crumble bacon. Use bacon to garnish when serving. Makes 4 1.5 cup servings. I usually make a double batch.

I hope you won't mind that I've copied this for future reference Bob.

 

[BY Bob]

I hope you won't mind that I've copied this for future reference Bob.

Please do. I hope you enjoy it. Let me know if you ever make it.

 

[RoyalChick]

Please do. I hope you enjoy it. Let me know if you ever make it.

I certainly plan to.
j

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

That's the one from the Charles Dickens museum, sure is pretty. Green is my favourite colour.

Mine too!!! I love ALL shades of green! Lucky me, I'm born in August, so even my birthstone is green.

 

[Ribh]

You can work with me or I can make you want to work with me. It's your choice. Either way you work with me in the end.

Remind me to never get on your bad side...

 

[Ribh]

I don't have any fine china, but I saw these cuties at the shop today

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Unfortunately they are not egg cups or I would have snatched them up and sent them to Ribh.

Wow. I'm sort of flattered & sort of scared that I'm invading your real life.

 

[MaryJanet]

This is the best. The cuffs are as big as his head!

But I'd forgive the cuffs in a heartbeat if he had them made to keep this little one warm.

The poop on velvet though... That is not an easy clean.

 

[MaryJanet]

I am going to tidy my whole house that way!

I've gained a new perspective on instagram photos through this convo.

 

[MaryJanet]

I can't get over the size of his hands. He could wrap them around his head and completely hide it from view.
Makes him look like the Muppets' Swedish Chef! Or perhaps Beaker...

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That is such a good call!