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To: All; OESY; tuliptree76; international american; Jen; 4mycountry; PreviouslyA-Lurker


Happy Potpourri Day, Everyone!

11 posted on 02/28/2005 8:39:40 AM PST by JustAmy (Remember our President and our troops in your prayers. God Bless America.)
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To: JustAmy; NicknamedBob; tuliptree76; international american

Hi, Amy:

Happy Birthday again, NicknamedBob!




In a choice twixt poetry and potpourri.
I'll have to opt for poetry.
The scents that please me aren't of
cedar, roses or sandal wood.
Though if they please you, that is good.

I'm a Retrosexual kind of male.
Set in my ways and somewhat crass.
Who likes the scent of fresh cut grass.
Well tended leather and coffee when I wake.
Prepared to work in the elements. Hard to fake.

The waft of gasoline, fresh pine and honest sweat.
Under skies of blue, gray and raw, sleeting gales.
Even sudden summer Monsoons and downpours.
Not the sour kind from office cubicles galore.
I'll not apologize if my thinkings make you snore.

Jack.


12 posted on 02/28/2005 9:55:18 AM PST by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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To: All; PreviouslyA-Lurker; Jen; SpookBrat; tuliptree76; Victoria Delsoul; MEG33; ladyinred

Black-Eyed Susan Cheesecakes

Ingredients:
Sliced almonds
1 cup REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
24 vanilla wafers
2 eggs
2 packages (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line muffin cups with foil bake cups (2 inches in diameter). Place one vanilla wafer, flat-side down, in bottom of each cup.

2. Beat cream cheese and sugar on medium speed of mixer in large bowl. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Stir in peanut butter chips. Spoon heaping tablespoon cream cheese mixture into each muffin cup.

3. Bake 15 minutes or just until set, but not browned. Cool.

4. Place chocolate chips and butter in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH (100%) 30 seconds; stir. If necessary, microwave at HIGH an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred.

5. Drop teaspoons of chocolate mixture onto center of each cheesecake, letting white show around edge. Place almond slices around chocolate mixture to resemble petals. Cover; refrigerate. Cover; refrigerate leftover cheesecakes. About 2 dozen cheesecakes.

14 posted on 02/28/2005 10:47:06 AM PST by JustAmy (Remember our President and our troops in your prayers. God Bless America.)
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