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Skriven 2007-09-30 16:10:44 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 20803 av Carol Shenkenberger (1:261/1466.0)
Ärende: Enough.
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Hi Carol,

>> Hope it works out for you!  I haven't heard much from
>> Shannon in a bit but last we heard he was making his way to
>> Texas - I think he was able to find a good job.

> Hope so.  Its not an area I'd want to be looking for a job in.

Yeah, that's what I hear.

>> While it was nice standing there and having the "men" go through and pack
>> everything, it was more than frustrating when we realized
>> that somehow the moving company had lost all my cookbooks
>> and all gardening books!  It wasn't worth the hassle trying

> Ouch.  Not good.

Yeah.. Of course all of our Science Fiction books made it fine <laugh> We had
over 200 boxes of books so I guess losing that 1 or two wasn't so bad.

>  I've never had anything lost yet.  Havent had a
> problem with anything damaged either.  One 20G fishtank and that wasnt
> worth filing over.

Yeah, I was pretty sure they wouldn't hear a peep from whoever got those boxes
of books <g>..

>> Chester to us in Louisville via plane.. and we picked him
>> up at the airport.. His dog cage was PLASTERED with warning
>> stickers: VICIOUS BITING DOG!!!  DO NOT TOUCH!!!  KEEP HANDS AWAY!!!

> Oh my!  Well, mostly we recall the cats coming in plastered with wet
> kitty litter and it's contents after flying over while we drove across
> country.  SIL took them straight to a pet 'beauty parlor' where they
> found out Roscoe loves bubble baths <grin>.


Lol, that's too much!  Maybe Roscoe had some Maine Coon Cat in him?  Ours used
to love baths but I never tried bubble baths :)

> Face though?  I gather it
> took 3 of them to give her a bath (and they had to use a
> mini-tranquilizer).  (Face was one of our cats, wierd name but she had
> 'one of those unforgettable faces' and it stuck).  Roscoe was a
> hymilayan (cant spell that, you know what i mean) and Face was 'American
> Black Beauty' breed. Both were rescue kitties and both were pure breds
> if you can believe that.

That is really neat.

>  Roscoe came from a not very reliable breeder
> and had 'failure to thrive' syndrome.  Vet said we'd be lucky if he saw
> his 5th year.  He lived to be 13.  Face was early in a new breed and was
> considered a cull but healthy.  She turned out to be point perfect for
> the breed but gawky as a kitten (outgrew it).  Her only non-show aspect
> was her withers were a little longer than the books show as optimal and
> she was slightly smaller at 8lbs.

They sound like absolutely beautiful cats..  My daughter was able to find a
Maine Coon Cat at our local shelter.. I haven't had that kind of luck though :(

Take care
Janis

============Ricotta Cheese Cake ===============
I make this every holiday.. :)

Pie Crust:

2 cups flour
3/4 cup butter, at room temperature 4 egg yolks, beaten slightly
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons Marsala wine
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 beaten egg white
1 tablespoon lightly toasted pine nuts

Beat the eggs and sugar until well mixed.  Add the butter, lemon rind and salt
and beat well.  Stir in the flour with a wooden spoon, and knead lightly just
until mixed.  The dough will be soft and sticky.  Refrigerate for an hour or
more, until it can be handled. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface.
 If the dough begins to stick to the surface, lift it up and sprinkle a little
more flour under it.  Lift the dough into a 10" cheesecake pan with removable
rim.  Run the rolling pin across the top of the pan, to remove the excess
dough.  Roll out the excess dough into a rectangle, and cut it into long strips
to form a cross-lattice on the top of the cheese cake.

Filling:

3 pounds Ricotta Cheese
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 whole eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon flour
2 tablespoons lightly toasted pine nuts (1 tablespoon white raisins, optional)

Beat the eggs and sugar until well mixed.  Add the ricotta and beat for 3-5
more minutes.  Stir in the vanilla extact, flour and 2 tablespoons of the pine
nuts, and the raisins if you are using them. Pour the filling into the shell,
and make a cross-lattice by laying one strip across the middle of the cake, and
then crossing it from the other direction.  Continue to lay strips, lifting the
strips as they cross.  Brush the lattice with the beaten egg white, and
sprinkle with the tablespoon of pine nuts . Bake at 350F for 1 1/2 hours. 
Remove from the oven and let cool on a rack.  When cool, carefully remove the
rim and refrigerate the cake.  Serve chilled.

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