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photo of Santas Helper!

16 years ago

I just had to post the picture of my dog. He is really getting into Christmas this year...ROTFL...Notttttt

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I want to see everyone elses pets dressed up too!!! LOL

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susiesunshine
16 years ago
H O !!! HO !!!!!!! H O ! ! !
That is just tooooooooo cooooooool ! ! !
Love that little fella.... I sure wish he could give some other people some lessons on how N O T TO BE SOOOOOO baah hum bug !!!!!
Thanks a million for sharing $$$ $$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$$
a picture is worth a $$$$$$$$$$ million or priceless... ho ho ho !!!!!!
what ever they say !!!
Give that little fella a bone for me!!!
M E R R Y + C H R I S T M A S !!!!
God Bless!!
susiesunshine
use2bcapecodr
16 years ago
Oh...I love him! He looks so darned cute!! I think it's the "OK...can I get out of this thing now, Mom?" look!! LOL

Heaven help me if I try to dress my kitties up!! Can you spell YOWL!!!!

Love your picture!

~Sandy~
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Oly's Baklava - Sherry's Santa's Helpers - THANKS!
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Here is the recipe! Baklava - oly SYRUP 3 cups sugar 2 cups water 1 cinnamon stick 1 Tablespoon lemon juice 1/4 cup honey NUTS 1 lb finely chopped walnuts 2 teaspoons sugar 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon scant 1/8 teaspoon cloves BUTTER 3/4 lb unsalted butter Phyllo Because there are several components to baklava- syrup, walnuts, and clarified butter - Eash step can be done in advance, then when I'm ready to assemble, it doesn't seem like such a big job. I use Apollo Brand Fillo, because i can buy it fresh at my International Grocery. I make the baklava in a 12in x 8 1/2in disposable "cake pan" you can get at the market. The phyllo comes in 12in X 17in sheets, you can cut the sheets in half and they fit perfectly in the pan. No waste! I use 1/2lb phyllo for each pan. SYRUP I make this at least a week in advance (sometimes longer) It can sit in the refrig for several weeks - This helps to blend the flavors. Bring the sugar, water and cinnamon stick to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 20 mins. Add the lemon and honey and bring back just to a boil. Cool and store in refrig. NUTS Mix walnuts with sugar, cinnamon and cloves. (I do this sometimes months in advance, put them in a baggy and store them in the freezer). BUTTER Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Remove foam from the top and discard. I'm basicly lazy, LOL, so I put it in the refrig, to harden overnight. When I'm ready to use it, I make a slit in the solidified butter and pour off the milk solids. When you're ready to assemble, remelt. ASSEMBLY Brush bottom of pan with melted butter. Line bottom of pan with 8 sheets of phyllo, brushing each with melted butter. Sprinkle with a scant 1/2 cup of nut mixture. Cover with two sheets of phyllo (each brushed with butter). Continue layering nuts and two sheets of phyllo, until you have 7 layers of nuts. You should have 8 phyllo sheets left (from your 1/2 lb.)to make up the top. Brush each layer with butter. With a sharp knife, cut baklava into four lengthwise strips and then cut diagonally in small diamond shapes. Only cut about 1/2 inch down into baklava. (You will have small end pieces that will not be diamond shaped. The cook gets to eat these!!) Bake in a 350 degree oven for 45-60 mins., or until golden. Remove baklava from oven and, while still hot, carefully pour 1 3/4 cup room temp. syrup evenly over. (It will look like it's too much syrup, but don't worry, it will get soaked up) Baklava is best if made 2-3 days before you plan to serve it, so it's the perfect make ahead dessert. It will last at least a week at room temp. Do not refrig. When you are ready to serve, cut with a non serated kitchen knife. Using a sharp knife will puncture the pan. -- yasou Baklava can be made in any size pan, just cut the phyllo to fit. I've had baklava ranging from 1 inch to 2 inches thick. It's all good!! If you're going to cut the phyllo to fit the pan you should have more than enough scraps to use for extra layers. A "layer" can be made up of pieces of phyllo,the butter does a good job of fusing them. The one thing that is important is that you do not piece the very top layers. My recipe only uses 28 sheets, but you could use less. I would go ahead and make the full recipe of syrup and nut mixture. The extra syrup will keep nicely in the refrig for a long time, the extra nuts and claified butter freeze great. For a 8x6x2 pan I'd use 1/2lb of the nut mixture,(divided evenly between layers of phyllo) and about 3/4 to 1 cup of syrup. Bake it about 30 mins. An important thing to remember is that the browner(is that a word?? LOL) the baklava is the more syrup it will absorb. So in plain words, if you under bake it, and it's very light in color, it doesn't need as much syrup. Make sure it's nice and golden. If you want, put it together and freeze it, unbaked. Do not thaw before baking, just adjust the baking time.
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garden2garden
16 years ago
Cindee! Too funny! Ha ha, when I saw the title of the post I expected to see a child or grandchild, but when I opened it up there was that dog with that look on his face. lol. eminds me of Maria Sharapova's dog on that commercial, where she is always taking pictures of him, he has an accent. Looks like he's saying OK Cindee, very funny, are you done taking pictures yet, or what, cause i'm NOT gonna sit here much longer!

Thanks for the laugh.
Purplemoon
16 years ago
This "helper" is very busy IMPERSONATING Santa it seems!!

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Happy HoliDAZE,
Karen
easystitches
16 years ago
Another one of Santa's reluctant little helpers!

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cindee11461
Original Author
16 years ago
oh purplemoon your doggie is really cute and looking soooo santa like in that photo!!! easystitches......your kitty has the look...just wait till this picture is done....lol
luna_llena_feliz
16 years ago
They all looks so humiliated! lol! I remember when we had a little male poodle. Everytime he got his hair clipped, they would put pretty bows on his ears. He would get so upset when you laughed at him or told him how "pretty" he looked. Once he got home, he did his damnedest to get those bows off. We never were able to get antlers on him ...
use2bcapecodr
16 years ago
OMG...I love these! If I tried to dress up one of my cats...I don't even want to think about it!!!!

Karen, your "helper" looks like he's saying, "I'm only doing this because I love you." Love that beautiful face!!

Easystitches, is the kitty yours? Would you mind if I copied your picture and printed it to hang in my house for the holidays? I love framing pictures of funny Christmas cats.

Keep the pictures coming!

~Sandy~
susiesunshine
16 years ago
Oh you all are just soooooo fun!!!
That cat face is toooooo much !
and Karen.... I wish I could put my GD face beside your precious dog and send it out on a card....
Thank you Cindee and ALL who take the special time to love their pets... and send the pics!!!
My DD has been dressing up our cats and dogs ever since she was 2 years old.... I need to loook up some of those silly pics... but none have the SANTA HATS>>>>
T H A N K S !!!!
GOD BLESS
M E R R Y + C H R I S T MAS !!!
susiesunshine
Purplemoon
16 years ago
I love the Persian with the Santa Hat. He's looks royally
p---ed about it. Waaaay beneath his dignity. LOL
I could probably dress up my Fat Cat (Oreo), she's about an animated as vegetable.
hugs, Karen
easystitches
16 years ago
Sandy, Morgan would be delighted if you copied his picture.
He has a Christmas photo every year.
He's our clinic cat at work.
This year someone had to hold his hat above his head with fishing line!!!! Otherwise it would have taken all day!
Jill
goldenpond
16 years ago
I love all your helpers I posted mine with the tree post but I'll share them again here
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Daisy is Mrs Clause and Junior is Santa.
I dressed my cat but she took off in humiliation and probably won't stop til she hits the Canadaian border!
use2bcapecodr
16 years ago
Goldenpond, your cat comment cracked me up! Love your Daisy & Junior! Very cute!

Jill, how clever holding the hat with fishline. I never woulda thunk that one up!!

~Sandy~
countrygrl
16 years ago
Here are my attempts at getting Mimi Lucy to wear antlers. I was not successful, and she will NOT be helping Santa this year!
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goldenpond
16 years ago
Mimi Lucy is on the NAUGHTY LIST along with my Kitten Little!
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I'm too sexy for my suit!
easystitches
16 years ago
Mimi is just too funny!
Purplemoon
16 years ago
These are all so cute and so funny........
especially some of the critter comments. LOL

hugs, Karen
use2bcapecodr
16 years ago
That last picture of Mimi...if looks could kill...you'd be dead!

Too funny!!

~Sandy~

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