katie, I've missed you too, I was blaming canning season. Alexa and amck, I can't even tell you how much I'd like to be in Maine, or anywhere there was that much lobster. I've read that lobster is cheap this year, $2 a pound in some places. not here in Michigan, that's for sure. Enjoy your vacation, Alexa, and your weekend visit, amck. Pam, I'd rather have a tooth pulled than go furniture shopping, my condolences, LOL. Skip the housework, it's summer, it's....um.....too hot. Yeah, that's it... Here, Amanda/David/Ashley/The Monkey Princess/Bruvver are all leaving with me after work tonight. We'll spend the night at Elery's and go to the Toledo Zoo tomorrow to see lions and tigers and bears, oh my. Oh, and hippos and polar bears and elephants and giraffes. (grin) The kids will all ride back together on Sunday, I'll ride back with Elery. He'll be here for a couple of days, so I took Monday and Tuesday off, a long weekend! We'll pick beans, the ducks need to be taken to the Amish to become, well, frozen ducks, LOL, that'll happen Monday. Tuesday I'm meeting a new forum member for lunch, hopefully, I'll post about that when it happens and then out to dinner Tuesday night with a co-worker of Elery's. With me here and him down there, not many of his colleagues have met me, they are accusing him of having an imaginary wife. (snicker) I'll bet he wishes that were true, some days. Anyway, this co-worker is doing some kind of long motorcycle ride for the cancer society and is going through Big Rapids, so we're having supper. Wednesday it's back to the grind..... Annie

Trinity - if it's what I'm thinking of, they are called Scones up here and Indian Fry Bread in other parts of the country. Only job I was ever fired from, after several years, was from a restaurant for giving out their "secret" recipe! (And it was hanging right on the side of the refrigerator where anyone could see it! *shrugs shoulders*) LOL Ingredients 1 1/2 cups of warm water 1 1/2 Tbsp. Sugar 1 Tbsp. Yeast 1/2 tsp Salt 1 Tbsp. Shortening 3 1/2 Cups Flour Preparation Throw everything above into your bread machine, and set to the dough cycle (around 1 hour 30 minutes) You can make the dough by hand too (Mix, Knead for 15 minutes, and let rise for an hour). . Break off pieces of dough, flatten by hand, or rolling pin. . Deep fry in oil until golden brown (around 350 degrees). . Serve with butter and honey. Makes about 10 or so

LindaC, I will be using a recipe I found on Cooks.com. I posted it on my Dutch oven thread, but I'm always happy to share it again :). Oven Barbequed Spareribs 4 lbs. country style spareribs 2 med. onions, sliced 2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. pepper 3/4 c. ketchup 1/2 c. chili sauce 3/4 c. water 2 Tbsp. vinegar 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional) Place ribs in baking dish. Add onion and salt. Cover with sauce made by combining remaining ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees for 3 hours. Be sure pan has a cover or use aluminum foil to keep ribs from drying out. Recipe may be halved. Cynic, no definite Thanksgiving plans as of yet and the kind of ribs we are using are the country style pork ribs. Which, as I learned a short time ago, are cut from the pork loin or shoulder. LOL No, we aren't going to boil the ribs. These will be served with baked potatoes and (store bought, canned) baked beans :-). Thank you both for answering my question! Brad AKA Moonwolf

Leftover crockpot meal from yesterday. Haven't been feeling great lately so yesterday I threw a couple Cornish hens in the crockpot, some green beans from the garden, red new potatoes and onions. We have leftovers so if the kids want to eat, that's what they get or will have to fix something else.