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Friday, August 13th, 2004 Issue
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Messages from membersNews and Announcements
Member Questions & Answers
The Tips Jar
Recipes: Milk Jam
Red Skelton on Marriage
Featured Site: Crochet Pot Scrubbers
Lets Do Lunch: Lets Do Lunch Updates
Reader Feedback
A warm welcome from Sharon,
founder of the Worldwide Circle of Friends
OH NO FRIDAY WAS - FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
This past Friday would of been an anxiety-filled day for friggatriskaidekaphobes. How do you feel about this day? Are you superstitious or is Friday the 13th like any other day of the week?
On the subject of phobias...do you have any? Most of the people in the world have a fear of one kind or another. Click here for a list of 250 phobias.
One phobia I am sure none of us have is called cyberphobia (fear of computers).
Messages from Members
- August 8/04 - Hello everyone,
I'm back on line. Sure been a long time huh? Hope this finds everyone well
and happy. Waiting to hear from you.
Love Charla
- August 14/04 - I am going to be off my computer thru the weekend for safety reasons. We are not sure just what we will get from Hurricane Charley, hopefully nothing but rain, but just in case, I am cutting off my computers. Hope this one misses us. Love to all of you, Lois
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DISCLAIMER: Tips reflect member suggestions and are not verified by the WWWCOF.
As I promised here are a few ideas to use the Milk Jam. It is a very common product in most homes around here, and comes in pots of 1/4 kilo to drums of five or ten kilos (for bakeries and such) Look on the bottom of your tin for the best use-by date. The dairy where I got the one you have, also does a two kilo tin with aspectacular view of Mar del Plata all round, and another view on the lid. This is the tin I wanted to take, but was informed they only produce it in the summer. If you run out and your family want more you can produce something similar using a liter of milk and a kilo of sugar with a little vanilla essence, and you let it simmer for about 40 mins, or until reduced to half its level and is dark and thick.
Ideas for using Dulce de leche (milk Jam)
· Spread on bread, toast or crackers.
· Topping for cooked apple pie, fruit crumble, baked apples, pancakes or canned peaches.
· Add to oat meal breakfast, or rice pudding instead of whatever other sweetener
· Use as a filling for sponge cakes, small cakes or substitute for red jam in jam rolls or doughnuts.
· Mix with crushed cornflakes and use as a sweet tart filling (using precooked or “blind” tart case.)
· Use as a substitute for cream (can even be mixed with cream)
· Bonbons: mix a cup full of vanilla cookies, sponge fingers or similar reduced to crumbs, with two tablespoons of chocolate powder or cocoa and two tablespoons of milk jam to form a thick mixture. Roll into small balls and coat with grated coconut or coloured confectioner grain or sprinkles (Those are the cookies Maxine was referring to) If too sticky add more crumbs… if too dry and separate too easily add a little more milk jam.
Alfajores: very popular at birthday parties.
- 300grs cornstarch
- 200grs all purpose flour
- two level teaspoons baking powder
- 200 grs butter
- 3 egg yokes
- I teaspoon of vanilla essence
- I spoon finely grated lemon rind,
- Milk jam
- Grated coconut or coloured confectioner grain or sprinkles
Sieve together cornstarch, flour and baking powder.
Beat the butter and sugar together until creamy.
Add the egg yokes one at a time then add flour mixture.
Add the essence and lemon rind and mix well forming a dough.
Sprinkle the work top with flour and roll out dough to ½ cm thick.
Use a 2” (4cm) circular cookie cutter and place the circles on a buttered, floured oven tray.
Cook in a medium oven for 15 mins. Until light golden.
Leave to cool. Spread Milk jam over one flat side of circle and join with a second circle. Spread a little milk jam around the joined rim and roll in grated coconut or coloured confectioner grain or sprinkles. Makes about 2 dozen "sandwiched cookies".
Be sure to check out all the wonderful recipes in the WWWCOF Cookbook and add your own favourites or email The Recipe Lady aka Claudia who will be happy to add them to our ever growing collection.
For those of you who are too young to know who Red Skelton is, he was a super comedian back in the days when entertainment wasn't so raunchy.
Red Skelton's tips for a happy marriage:
1. Two times a week, we go to a nice restaurant, have a little beverage, then comes good food and companionship. She goes on Tuesdays, I go on Fridays.
2. We also sleep in separate beds. Hers is in Ontario and mine is in Tucson.
3. I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.
4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary. "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said. So I suggested the kitchen.
5. We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
6. She has an electric blender, electric toaster and electric bread maker. Then she said "There are too many gadgets and no place to sit down!" So I bought her an electric chair.
7. My wife told me the car wasn't running well because there was water in the carburetor. I asked where the car was, she told me "In the Lake."
8. She got a mudpack and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off.
9. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling "Am I too late for the garbage?" The driver said "No, jump in!"
10. Remember. Marriage is the number one cause of divorce.
11. Statistically, 100% of all divorces start with marriage.
12. I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.
13. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.
14. The last fight was my fault. My wife asked "What's on the TV?" I said Dust!"
Jeanette of the Land Down UnderMore Photo Albums for your enjoyment!
News & Announcements
- New Member
So happy happy happy to let you know that we have another new member from Ontario. Her name is Dorothy. Dorothy is a friend of Marie's and those of us attending the reunion had the pleasure of meeting her and her husband. Welcome Dorothy -- be prepared to meet a lot of new friends here and if you have any questions or concerns please email me, Sharon! Actually email me anytime! - New Arrival
Maxine's Chihuahua is the proud mommy of a baby girl. The little pup that we think will be named "Angel" was born on Thursday, August 12th, 2004 at 6:00 p.m.
Members Questions & Answers
Newsletter FormatQ: What do you think of this new format for the WWWCOF Newsletter? Please email me with your comments.
DISCLAIMER: Replies to questions reflect personal opinions and beliefs and should not be taken as anything more.
The Tips Jar
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I doubt this has anything to do with Friday the 13th but my system had "worms" yet again when I ran the free Stinger utility this morning. Stinger is not a substitute for a full anti-virus scanner. It is only designed to detect and remove specific threats. So in addition to running your anti-virus programs do please be sure to run the Stinger utility on your systems often and please do NOT forward emails that you have received from someone else. Copy and paste the information into a new email and send it. This REALLY helps to prevent the spread of these awful worms and trojan horses etc.
Milk Jam
At the reunion we were each introduced to many different things. One of my personal favourites was a product called Milk Jam that Daphne brought from South America and an email from Daphne follows:As I promised here are a few ideas to use the Milk Jam. It is a very common product in most homes around here, and comes in pots of 1/4 kilo to drums of five or ten kilos (for bakeries and such) Look on the bottom of your tin for the best use-by date. The dairy where I got the one you have, also does a two kilo tin with aspectacular view of Mar del Plata all round, and another view on the lid. This is the tin I wanted to take, but was informed they only produce it in the summer. If you run out and your family want more you can produce something similar using a liter of milk and a kilo of sugar with a little vanilla essence, and you let it simmer for about 40 mins, or until reduced to half its level and is dark and thick.
Ideas for using Dulce de leche (milk Jam)
· Spread on bread, toast or crackers.
· Topping for cooked apple pie, fruit crumble, baked apples, pancakes or canned peaches.
· Add to oat meal breakfast, or rice pudding instead of whatever other sweetener
· Use as a filling for sponge cakes, small cakes or substitute for red jam in jam rolls or doughnuts.
· Mix with crushed cornflakes and use as a sweet tart filling (using precooked or “blind” tart case.)
· Use as a substitute for cream (can even be mixed with cream)
· Bonbons: mix a cup full of vanilla cookies, sponge fingers or similar reduced to crumbs, with two tablespoons of chocolate powder or cocoa and two tablespoons of milk jam to form a thick mixture. Roll into small balls and coat with grated coconut or coloured confectioner grain or sprinkles (Those are the cookies Maxine was referring to) If too sticky add more crumbs… if too dry and separate too easily add a little more milk jam.
Alfajores: very popular at birthday parties.
- 300grs cornstarch
- 200grs all purpose flour
- two level teaspoons baking powder
- 200 grs butter
- 3 egg yokes
- I teaspoon of vanilla essence
- I spoon finely grated lemon rind,
- Milk jam
- Grated coconut or coloured confectioner grain or sprinkles
Sieve together cornstarch, flour and baking powder.
Beat the butter and sugar together until creamy.
Add the egg yokes one at a time then add flour mixture.
Add the essence and lemon rind and mix well forming a dough.
Sprinkle the work top with flour and roll out dough to ½ cm thick.
Use a 2” (4cm) circular cookie cutter and place the circles on a buttered, floured oven tray.
Cook in a medium oven for 15 mins. Until light golden.
Leave to cool. Spread Milk jam over one flat side of circle and join with a second circle. Spread a little milk jam around the joined rim and roll in grated coconut or coloured confectioner grain or sprinkles. Makes about 2 dozen "sandwiched cookies".
Be sure to check out all the wonderful recipes in the WWWCOF Cookbook and add your own favourites or email The Recipe Lady aka Claudia who will be happy to add them to our ever growing collection.
Red Skelton on Marriage
For those of you who are too young to know who Red Skelton is, he was a super comedian back in the days when entertainment wasn't so raunchy.
Red Skelton's tips for a happy marriage:
1. Two times a week, we go to a nice restaurant, have a little beverage, then comes good food and companionship. She goes on Tuesdays, I go on Fridays.
2. We also sleep in separate beds. Hers is in Ontario and mine is in Tucson.
3. I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.
4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary. "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said. So I suggested the kitchen.
5. We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
6. She has an electric blender, electric toaster and electric bread maker. Then she said "There are too many gadgets and no place to sit down!" So I bought her an electric chair.
7. My wife told me the car wasn't running well because there was water in the carburetor. I asked where the car was, she told me "In the Lake."
8. She got a mudpack and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off.
9. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling "Am I too late for the garbage?" The driver said "No, jump in!"
10. Remember. Marriage is the number one cause of divorce.
11. Statistically, 100% of all divorces start with marriage.
12. I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.
13. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.
14. The last fight was my fault. My wife asked "What's on the TV?" I said Dust!"
Jeanette of the Land Down Under
FEATURED SITE
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A great place to visit is the WWWCOF Craft Site where you will find such delightful craft ideas as
Crochet Pot Scrubbers
You need a size H, I or J crochet hook. By the firmest netting that you can find. Cut the netting into 2" widths. It is almost impossible to keep it neat while cutting, so just do your best. Tie the strips together with knots and wind it in a ball to work from.
You can double crochet (dc) or half-double crochet (hdc) as you choose.
Row 1: Make a slip st and chain 4. Dc 9 into the 4th ch from the hook, join.
Row 2: Ch 3, 2 dc in each st around and join.
Row 3: Ch 3, *dc in next st, then 2 DC in next st. Continue in pattern from * and join.
Row 4: Ch 3, *1 dc and decrease in next 2 sts. repeat from * around, join.
Row 5: Ch 3, decrease in every 2 sts around until you can close up the hole in the middle. Fasten off.
While crocheting, you will come to know where it is tied, work these to the inside, which will give them more scrubbing power. Have Fun!
Lets Do Lunch
This Let's do Lunch" thing is becoming contagious!I know that Pat and her hubby Darryl met up with Marie and Garnet and Dee, aka MBIT, in Woodstock last Thursday. Look forward to pictures and a write up on that and plans are underway for the
Island Girls Reunion - a get together on our Island in the Pacific for September 11th. Hope all the members on the Island will be attending with their spouses and family and anyone else who is in the area is most welcome stop by.
Hopefully the weather will still be nice and we can swim away the afternoon and work up an appetite for the potluck.
I sure would love to receive copies of your pictures from Reunion 2004 so that I can show them to everyone who arrives on the 11th.
Anyone else planning a "Lets Do Lunch"?
Reader Feedback
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The Reunion according to Daphne
Well, here is my version of our Reunion, I think everything links up ok! :-( Also Ruby's site is updated with a couple more pics.
I hooked up the camera Dottie had sent me, and Ruben was more interested on seeing how it worked as webcam, and guess who we got as a starter........ YES, Dottie herself! She could see me, but she doesn't have her own camera hooked up yet. Love from Daphne
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