Would you rather: Valentines day edition

1.  Get a lot of Valentines from people you don’t know very well or Get just one from someone who is special to you. 
- One from someone who is special to me. 

2. Have bright red skin or Have your heart beat loud enough for everyone in the room to hear it.
-  Have my heart beat loud enough for everyone to hear. 

3. Host a Valentine’s Day party or Be a guest at a Valentine’s Day party.
- be a gust at a valentines day party. 

4. Receive Valentines in email or Receive hand-written Valentines. 
- Receive a hand written valentines.

5. Get to write the script for the Valentine’s episode of your favorite TV show or Get to be in the Valentine’s episode of your favorite TV show.
- Get to be in the show. 

6. Spend Valentine’s Day with your family or Spend Valentine’s Day with your friends.
- My family. 

7. Get Valentine’s candy from your teacher or Get a homework pass from your teacher.
- A homework pass. 

8. Go to a Valentine’s Day party with really good food but not much else to do or  Go to a Valentine’s Day party with no food, but with really fun games and activities. 
- really fun games and activities. 

9. Attend a Valentine’s Day party at school or Attend one at someone’s house.
- One at someone's house. 

10. Eat only red foods on Valentine’s Day or Eat only white foods on Valentine’s Day. 
- Red food on Valentines day. 

11. Eat heart-shaped dog treats or Eat rose petals. 
- Rose petals. 

12. Have a class Valentine’s Day party or Have no homework for a week. 
- No homework for a week. 

13. Receive a mushy Valentine or Receive a funny one.
- A funny one. 

14. Write a Valentine’s Day poem that you read to the whole school at a special assembly or Design a Valentine’s Day poster that is displayed in the school office.
- Design a valentines day poster.

15. Create hand-made Valentines for your friends or Buy Valentines at the store for your friends.
- Buy valentines at the store. 

16. Receive 100 roses or 100 pieces of chocolate. 
- 100 roses. 

17. Give Valentines to all of the boys in your class or Give Valentines to all of the girls in your class. 
- All the boys in the class. 

18. Have to always write with a red pen or pencil for the rest of your life or Have to dot all of your “i”s and “j”s with hearts for the rest of your life. 
- Dot my "i"s and "j"s with hearts for the rest of my life. 

19. Get a Valentine’s Day kiss from a big, slobbery dog or Get a Valentine's kiss from a camel. 
- A kiss from a big slobbery dog. 

20. Receive a very special Valentine’s Day gift or Give a very special Valentine’s Day gift.
- Receive a very special gift. 

National Plum pudding day

Did you know that today is National plum pudding day? Yep it sure is. 

Plum pudding is an unusual dessert because it contains no plums. It is not a pudding as we might know a pudding to be. The plum pudding that contains no plums is more like a cake

What, then, is a plum pudding if it contains no plums?

Plum pudding, also known as Christmas pudding, is a steamed or boiled pudding. In the 17th century when plum pudding was first created, plums were referred to as raisins or other dried fruits.

How is plum pudding made?

Plum pudding is made by combining nutmeg, raisins, nuts, apples, cinnamon, dates, and many other ingredients to a batter.

In England, it is a tradition to have every person in a household simultaneously hold onto a wooden spoon together to help stir the batter. As they stir they also make a wish.

During the Puritan period in England, plum pudding was outlawed because it was considered "sinfully rich."

To celebrate this dessert on National Plum Pudding Day, find an old family recipe for plum pudding and make some to share with friends and family. They will love you for it.

Plum pudding recipe....

Ingredients: 

1 x 375g pkt raisins, coarsely chopped

 1 x 300g pkt currants

 150g sultanas

 1 x 170g pkt craisins (dried cranberries)

 250ml (1 cup) rum

 Melted butter, to grease

 250g butter, at room temperature

 200g (1 cup) firmly-packed brown sugar

 4 eggs

 175g (2 1/2 cups) fresh breadcrumbs

 75g (1/2 cup) self-raising flour

 75g (1/2 cup) plain flour

 1 teaspoon mixed spice

 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

 Warmed custard, to serve

Instructions: 

Step 1

Combine raisins, currants, sultanas, raisins and rum in a bowl. Set aside for 6 hours to macerate.

Step 2

Brush a 2L (8-cup) capacity pudding basin with melted butter to grease. Line the base with non-stick baking paper.

Step 3

Use an electric beater to beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition (mixture may appear curdled). Stir in breadcrumbs, combined flours, mixed spice and cinnamon. Add the raisin mixture and stir until combined. Spoon into basin.

Step 4

Place an upturned heatproof saucer in the base of a saucepan. Fill one-third of the saucepan with boiling water and bring to a simmer over low heat.

Step 5

Cut a 30cm-square piece of non-stick baking paper and a 30cm-square piece of foil. Place paper on foil and fold to make a pleat in the centre. Place over basin, foil-side up. Tie a double piece of kitchen string around basin to secure. To make a handle, tie a double piece of string loosely over the top of the basin.

Step 6

Lower the basin onto the saucer in saucepan. Add enough boiling water to reach two-thirds of the way up the basin. Simmer, covered, over low heat, adding boiling water when necessary, for 4 hours or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the pudding comes out clean.

Step 7

Remove basin from pan. Set aside for 5 minutes. Pour over custard to serve.

Love blog challenge day 12: Role Models

Welcome to day 12 of the #Loveblog  challenge. Today's prompt is : Role models. Do you have a mentor, either personally or in your career? Do you and your spouse look to an older married couple for guidance?

I don't have a mentor personally or when I was working I didn't have one either. I just did my job and what I was suppose to do and be myself. Not someone else. 

My husband and I look to are parents on guidance for marriage or one of are friends that are married.  

Do you have a mentor ? And who do you look to in marriage guidance? 

Linking up with Belle Brita for #Loveblog challenge. 

National Pb&J day

Did you know that today is national pb&j day? Yep so have a peanut butter & jelly sandwich today. 

         Five Food Fines about Peanut Butter. 

1. It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.

2. By law, any product labeled “peanut butter” in the United States must be at least 90 percent peanuts. Below 90% and it should be labeled “peanut spread”.

3. The average American consumes more than six pounds of peanuts and peanut butter products each year.

4. Over 60% of consumers prefer creamy peanut butter over crunchy.

5. The peanut is not a nut, but a legume related to beans and lentils.

The differences between jelly and jams: 

Jelly is made strictly from the juice of fruit while jam is made from crushed fruit.

Daily Quote:

“Nothings spoils the taste of peanut butter and jelly quite like the unrequited love” ~Charlie Brown (Peanuts)

       Today's food history.....

1791 Peter Cooper was born. An American inventor who obtained the first American patent for the manufacture of a” quick setting powder gelatin”. The patent later sold and is known today as Jell-o

1809 Charles Darwin was born. English naturalist who developed the ‘theory of evolution,’ inspired in large part by his visit to the isolated Galapagos Islands. His works include ‘Origin of Species’ and ‘The Descent of Man.’

1872 Silas Noble and James P. Cooley of Massachusetts patented a toothpick making machine.

1935 RIP (Georges-) Auguste Escoffier  “the king of chefs and the chef of kings.”

1961‘Shop Around’ by ‘The Miracles’ becomes Motown Records first million selling single.

1976 The popular food coloring, Red Dye No. 2, was banned by the FDA because studies had shown it might cause cancer. Red M&Ms disappeared for 11 years because of the ban.

2000 RIP Charles M. Schulz American cartoonist, best known for the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip.