Stella's Social Club

[ronott1]

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If you are very, very careful you can still scrape the side while it is running with the bigger kitchenaide...I use a butter knife to kick the flour up when kneeding bread too.

I was amazed one time while watching a guest on the Ina Garden show when she creamed the butter, sugar and eggs, then dropped the bowl, took off the beater and then tossed ALL of the rest of the ingredients in(dry ingredients were sifted). She said you do not have to do the "alternate stuff with mixers like this, it's silly" I about fell out of my chair

It turns out she is absolutely correct.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I don't alternate wet and dry either. I just throw it all in together. I never got a good answer why this was a must do, so I made my own shortcut. My baking never gets turned down, so evidently it's not critical.

 

[chiqita]

They are so awesome Mary...Show Off's for sure and hell no was I going in that pen...
Mary, your place is absolutely Beautiful. I love everything about it. I can't believe all you have done in the short time you have been there.
Picture do not do it justice. .You have such great taste.
Michael's man cave cracks me up... LOL " what a big kid"

I had a customer out the back so she could freak out at showgirls this afternoon ( omg.. so ugly cant stand..wait..must have...) my turkey pullet growled at her and gave her the beady eye before deciding she should say hello and eat her buttons instead. can she be an honary Emu Mary?

I think that is a gorgeous pullet too!

it looks like a pretty girl, love the colors. My 2 icelandic girls are from mrheinz too. They can get out of a locked coop done all in wire, they are amazing.

Kitchen Aid is made in the USA.

I am in need of a new mixer and am shopping around.

Mine was a wedding present form my dearly departed grandmother. She worried it was not fancy enough. But the china I got sits there. The mixer never gets put away and I can think of her every day. Kitchen aid ROCKS. I got a

I'm sure you can still join. I set some eggs yesterday. I should probably see if I signed up right. Didn't really do much research on it..

oops !

Yes, you can, I've been erm.. encouraging people all day today. There are 50 billion contests, and a lot of them are photo contests. You have some awesome photographers here, i hope to see some of the work so i can drool more.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I got a vitamin last year too - another great kitchen appliance. I had enough money from Christmas gifts that I bought it. I figured I'd never spend that much if it wasn't a gift.

 

[The Sheriff]

Michel and I are actually going on an overnight trip to San Francisco on Dec 22-22nd. We'll leave Friday morning and stop in to see Michael's mom on our way down. It will be a short visit. We'll then proceed to SF and check into our hotel. That afternoon and evening we'll just sightsee. On Saturday we will go to the Cow Palace for Victorian Christmas celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens.



There will be food, shopping, entertainment, and occasionally we will be accosted by street people. They will have (I think) 14 different "Victorian" neighborhoods all over the Cow Palace. I am excited. It sounds like fun. We haven't been out in a long time.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I made pumpkin spice cupcakes (with cream cheese frosting) and root beer cupcakes last night for the Boy Scout's Christmas party. They were a hit! Still have some pumpkin cupcakes left over.


Jason, you were right about my predator issue being a hawk. I went out yesterday to collect eggs and they were all squawking. I saw a HUGE hawk fly off one of the posts. I don't know what kind of hawk it was, but it had a salmon colored breast. Anyway - with the netting up, no chicken dinner for him!

glad the netting worked. how is it with leaves and pine needles? my set up collects both. hmm maybe a red shoulder hawk?

 

[The Sheriff]

We had the same type of hawk fly over the yard today and land on top of the power pole and just stare down at what he couldn't have! HaHa Hawk!

Oh, and I entered the NYD hatch yesterday with 8 of my Cream Legbar eggs. I don't know if they are fertile but I have caught Reggie Jr. in the act so I thought I would set them and find out.

 

[mlm Mike]

Sounds like a fun trip Mary.

 

[Miss Molly]

Michel and I are actually going on an overnight trip to San Francisco on Dec 22-22nd. We'll leave Friday morning and stop in to see Michael's mom on our way down. It will be a short visit. We'll then proceed to SF and check into our hotel. That afternoon and evening we'll just sightsee. On Saturday we will go to the Cow Palace for Victorian Christmas celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens. 



There will be food, shopping, entertainment, and occasionally we will be accosted by street people. They will have (I think) 14 different "Victorian" neighborhoods all over the Cow Palace. I am excited. It sounds like fun. We haven't been out in a long time.

I had never heard of it.. It sounds like a blast. I bet there is going to be so much cool stuff. I wish I had a weekend of before Christmas. I would make my husband take me. He's probably glad I don't .. LOL

 

[Miss Molly]

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You are always making such yummy stuff. I'm jealous ....
Only when I can take it somewhere. I didn't lose 25 pounds by baking, that's for sure.

The pumpkin cupcakes had no oil in them either. I like that. It had buttermilk instead for the moisture.

I will PM you my address.. You can bring it here