January 5th and the Long Range Forecast

This is the kind of day that's not good for much more than snuggling in,

hugging up to the fire, and eating something warm.

The temperature on the thermometer is reading 43.7 right now 

at 4 pm but it was quite icy this morning.

The Ole Man called from work to let me know there was some slick spots around. 

So now what?

A white chicken chili is great on a day like today.

I'm also a bread lover, so slice me off a hunk of  Mozzarella French Toast.

A cup of coffee and a movie and the day is pretty much set.

Thanks for dropping by for the forecast.

What your weather looking like?

Be Careful on your weekend travels

& 

Be Blessed!

January 4, 2014~Long Range Forecast

It's 2:25 pm and nothing but sunny skies!

Temperature is reading 42.4 degrees.

John called in to the radio with this little phrase to forecast the weather:

"If it's clouds upon a frosty morning bad weather is on the way."

 We definitely had that Yesterday... 

Come-on with your own weather folklore..

BE BLESSED

&

Be a Blessing!

January 3, 2014~Long Range Forecast

Oh my word..no pick for today.

It was a whopping 10 degrees coming out of the plant this morning at 7am.

I've been hustling around putting away Christmas and take down decoration

but 

I did take a look at the gauge at 3 pm; it was 35.9 and the sun was shining.

Sun shining with a fairly blustery wind.

Thanks for keeping up with the forecast!

BE BLESSED!

January 2, 2014~The Long Range Forecast

Wow..what a difference a day makes!

There's plenty of clouds and drizzling rain for today.

The temperature is reading 44.9 at 3:00.

It's a great day for sipping coffee and dipping fatback..

Be Blessed!

Good Luck, Prosperity, & Good Health

You're lookin' at my New Year Meal.

Here in my part of the south, this is the typical January 1 meal. I'm not a superstitious person so this meal is more out of tradition and remembrance of my Grandma Dorothy. She had very definite things she expected done. 

"Decent folk do certain things"

She would always be reminding us of what decent folk "do or "don't do." 

Grandma Dorothy's New Year's Meal always, always, consisted of black-eyed peas for luck, collard greens for the money, and hog jowl for health and it better be on the table at 12:00 pm.

"On the Dot!"

I always do a version of her meal. It will usually consist of the peas, a green, and some pork. I often will go with pork chop or even sometimes it's been thick cut bacon. I thought of which direction I was going to take with it, when discovering the hog jowl was either sold out or maybe they don't supply it anymore. Many food items that were so common can't even be found, lately. 

So I went with another old-time favorite...fatback!

I bet those health conscience folks out there are rolling eyes and thinking they are reading total insanity.

If you haven't had good ole salty fatback you probably don't know where it's at!!

I made no great preparation for this meal; my peas and collard greens came straight from the can. I did chunk a good bit of ham in the peas with some salt & pepper. My collard greens are

Margret Holmes brand. If you must buy greens in the can, they are the ones to want for.

Glory brand is good as well but you just about can't beat Margret Holmes for the seasoning. I drain just a bit of the juice off and cook them down in the iron skillet I had cooked the fatback(cook on medium heat unitl it's nice and golden) in.

Potato cakes made from some leftover mashed potatoes and a cornmeal muffin.

As Grandpa Jones would say,"Yum, yum!"

Are you asking yourself how this meal could be good for you at all?

I too questioned such a meal

but

I honestly have been nursing an extreme cough for about 3 weeks. I awoke to a full nights sleep and have had the slightest of coughs so far the morning....

I don't know....

Maybe the money's on the way too..LOL..

BE BLESSED!