A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....09-28-05...Poetry and Potpourri at the Finest

9-28-05 | JustAmy

[Mama_Bear]

I guess that I'm an old softie.

LOL. You guess? ;-)

When it comes to our furry little friends, that is a trait we all seem to have in common here.

Simone is a very lucky kitty to have found such a good home. :-)

[hiramknight]

My pleasure. Thank you dolly for thinking it fitting enough to be posted here.

Hiram

[JustAmy]

It is great to be back for today.

I think I've missed the poetry and of course the other stuff as well. :)

[jwfiv]

JustAmy ... a fine thread you give us today ... nice to see you taking your turn here at the Finest.

The poem by your great-aunt is lovely ... makes me think of my Grandparent's house in West Texas ... empty, falling apart, once filled with love, it will always endure in my memory ... an island in a sea of cottonfields ... but it's a holy place to me, the cradle of my childhood.

[JustAmy]

Strawberry Cream Pie

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup sugar
6 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups milk, scalded
2 eggs, slightly beaten
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 9-inch pastry shell, baked
2 cups strawberries (1 pint), washed and hulled
1 cup heavy cream, whipped and sweetened, or 2 cups (8 ounces) whipped topping

PREPARATION:

In top of double boiler mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt; gradually add milk and cook over simmering water, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add a small amount of the hot mixture to the beaten eggs; whisk in quickly. Return egg mixture to hot sauce mixture in double boiler. Cook, stirring constantly, until thick. Remove from heat; add butter and vanilla extract. Cover and chill.

Pour chilled mixture into the baked pastry shell. Arrange halved strawberries over the filling. Chill. Spread with sweetened whipped cream or whipped topping just before serving. Garnish with more halved berries. Store leftovers, covered, in the refrigerator.


Have a Happy Strawberry Cream Pie Day!

[Jack Deth]

Thanks for taking the time to find and post "Bad Penny's Castle", Mama_Bear.

Thanks also for your kind words.

Jack.

[JustAmy]

Happy Wednesday, Pippin.
Really nice to see you here today.
Hope you enjoy the potpourri.

Have a wonderful afternoon.

[JustAmy]

Good morning, PAL. (Still morning here. :)

Hope you are having a great day and a Wonderful Wednesday.

Happy Strawberry Cream Pie Day!

[JustAmy]

Thanks for posting the pictures of my Prissy, Dolly.

How are you and the new pooch doing?

[JustAmy]

I couldn't get the link to open. :(

[Pippin]

Good to "see" you again!

[JustAmy]

Thanks for the picture of Tweety's big kids. :)

Tweety ...... Welcome to FReeRepublic and Welcome to the Finest. Hope you have time to stop in today.

[LadyX]

Ripplina Van Winkum here..:)
Lemme try that again, JustAmy - LadyX here, tardy but hardy!

Since it is allowed to purloin borrow Stuff of Others,
and in view of all the Critter Lovers here at The Finest - -

I offer some Dog Haiku...

I lie belly-up
In the sunshine, happier than
You ever will be.

snicker..snicker..:)

[snugs]

In America do you call tortoises turtles? In Britain turtles are the ones that live in the water apart from laying their eggs in the sand. Tortoises are the land ones.

[JustAmy]

Thanks, Dolly

Great pictures. It is sobering to see the strength of Mother Nature.

[snugs]

What is cornstarch?

[LadyX]

The cat is not all
Bad. She fills the litter box
With Tootsie Rolls.

[LadyX]

'Nuther One:

How do I love thee?
The ways are numberless as
My hairs on the rug.

(pant..pant..how'm I doin'??)

[LadyX]

(dawgs r dum!!)

Dig under fence - why?
Because it's there. Because it's
There. Because it's there.

[snugs]

I have put the pussy cat on my photo server here is the link to the picture

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/fairlands/Clipart/Clipart2/Dit20yawn.jpg