~~To Our Brave Patriot Vets, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, Coasties, Allies & Families~~
We thank you so much, we love you & we pray for you daily!
Happy & Safe Thanksgiving to You All & All Our Great Canteeners!
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush pose for photos with military personnel during a breakfast Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006, at the Officers Club at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii. White House photo by Eric Draper
Thanksgiving Message from Sec. Defense Donald Rumsfeld
Two F-16 Fighting Falcons from Balad Air Base, Iraq, pull behind a KC-10 Extender to receive fuel before conducting a mission over Iraq, Nov. 20. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Justin T. Watson
Al Jarreau ~~ Roof Garden
Boney James ~~ Nothin' But Love
Bebe, Cece Winans ~~ I'll Take You There
Eric Clapton ~~ Layla
Gregg Karukas ~~ Club Havana
Mariah Carey ~~ Hero
Boney James, Earl Klugh Carey ~~ Secret Wishes
Michael Franks, Joe Sample ~~ Leading Me Back to You
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Flagg, right, guides Airman 1st Class Joseph Stoken toward pallets of inert BDU-56 bombs on Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, Nov. 9, 2006. The airmen are attached to 3rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron. U. S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Steffen
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Downey holds his daughter as his wife looks on after arriving at Chambers Field in Norfolk, Va., on Nov. 17, 2006, following a seven-month deployment aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Downey is assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123. DoD photo by Seaman John K. Hamilton, U.S. Navy.
FRUITCAKE RECIPE
1 cup water,
1 cup sugar,
4 large eggs
2 cups dried fruit,
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup brown sugar
lemon juice
nuts
1 gallon whiskey
Sample the whiskey to check for quality.
Take a large bowl.
Check the whiskey again to be sure that it is of the highest quality.
Pour 1 level cup and drink. Repeat.
Turn on the electric mixer.
Beat 1 cup butter in a large fluffy bowl.
Add 1 tsp. sugar and beat again.
Turn off the mixer.
Break two eggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.
Mix on the turner.
If the dried fruit gets stuck on the beaterers, pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the whiskey to check for consisticity. Next, sift 2 cups of salt. Or something. Who cares. Check the whiskey. Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one spable. Toon. Of sugar or something. Whatever you can find. Grease the oven. Turn the cake tin to 350 degrees. Don't forget to beat off the turner.
Throw the bowl out the window.
Check the whiskey again.
Go to bed.
Who likes fruitcake anyway?
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This is the dessert I'm making for tomorrow:
Flan
1/3 cup sugar 5 eggs 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk 1 can evaporated milk 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese 2 tablespoons Kahula (optional)
Place sugar in aluminum loaf pan. Hold loaf pan over low heat, moving pan from side to side until sugar is completely melted and golden brown. Swirl to coat sides and bottom evenly with the sugar. Set aside.
Beat eggs and cream cheese well. Add sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk and beat until blended. Beat in vanilla. Add optional Kahlua if desired. Pour mixture into aluminum loaf pan and place in a larger pan containing 1" hot water. Bake at 350 degrees 1 hour, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool; then turn over on a serving plate.
LOVE YA, TROOPS ~~ WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU!
