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I'm up, I'm up, good morning from San Jose

Good Morning. Happy St Pats Day to all.

OMG the Early Bird Award. Why I am going to take that award and put it in my Curio Cabinet with all my other collectibles. (and you can't have it back) :)

We had corned beef and cabbage twice this week....good! Put the green on and have some fun today. The luck of the Irish.....

Nice to hear from downstate don...Where is Yooper and his cartoons?

A great day to all.

I miss Yooper's cartoons too.

Happy St. Patrick's day. We are celebrating our grandson's 13th birthday today. Oh, how the years go by.

Bob, N.M.
Is your great grandson's name Patrick? No matter what his name is, wish him a happy birthday!

SUOMIPOIKA write new link today

http://www.alavus.fi/278471.aspx

Top of the morning...and Happy St. Patty's Day to everyone.

Spring is definately around the corner here in Indiana...just snow flurries last night,which had melted by the time the sun was up.

And speaking of the sunrise...it was up at just a little past 5am this morning, because my doggies jumped into my bed and woke me up. Nice greeting, but it could have waited a couple of hours and I would not have been offended. :)

RKJ,

Thanks so much for the Finnish Flat Bread recipe. I can't wait to bake some.

Ser5er, can you send me the recipe? I've never made bread of any kind. (I guess I'm telling you I'm not very good in a kitchen.)

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all the Hancock Irish!

Posting links... the right way -- see: Formatting your posts - Hyperlinks

Example: \link{URL, text description}

If you format your links as shown above, you can avoid the "long URL" problem we encounterd earlier this week, because the long messy URL itself will not be visible -- only the text description you supply will be seen in your post, but clicking on the link will still work. Just be sure to supply a short but meaningful text description!

If jAPEi's post above were written thus:

"SUOMIPOIKA write new link today: \link{http://www.alavus.fi/278471.aspx, Alavus}"

it would appear in the post as follows:

SUOMIPOIKA write new link today: Alavus

P.S.: jAPEi - we do enjoy your posts' please don't stop!

My Finn friend told me that jAPEi may mean something simiular to John/Jack. Is that correct jAPEi?

Oh, and by the way, if you really want to see the acutal URL in a link like: Alavus
you can always right-click on the underlined link, choose "Copy link location" from the pop-up menu, then past it into notepad or the like, where you'll be able to see the URL in all its glory. (Yes you could also right-click on the underlined link, choose "Properties" from the pop-up menu, but the resulting properties window may not be large enough to show the full URL.

Ms. Katie, Tx.:
I don't recognize anything in "jAPEi" as suggested by your friend, but I have been wondering if there's any special meaning to the upper/lower case format of "jAPEi"?

Beverly,

Emailed the recipe to you. Enjoy ;)

FRNash, thanks for another helpful hint to the computer world. I hope I am not the only one out here that can use all the help with my computer skills I can get!

Roudy Cool!!

That didn't work. In over my head again

suomipoika ('Finnish boy'): thanks for the link!

Ms. Katie, Tx - I can answer to You; my RIGHT name is JARMO ITÄNIEMI, but I like jAPEi, because its short version.. .I am sorry if I do something wrong!

Thanks, yooper. We knew you would pull us through on St Paddys day. By the way Sharon Smith's web cam is on line now. I just checked it out and beautiful clouds and blue sky. Have fun today everyone!!

Are you sure Sharon's camera is working? It still says temporarily unavailable when I go to the site.

Why not privatize SS? It's MY/YOURS not the collective ours like in the old communist system. See where that went? The Pilgrams even had a "collective" system they started with when they first arrived here. They almost starved till they got rid of it. Perhaps we should teach some history in our schools so some of "us" would learn something instead of being Spoon fed everything. I get tired of this creeping socialism.

The link on Pasty Cam for Sharon's cam is still down, but if you go to her website there is a photo dated today. Probably just a little "glitch" for Charlie or Mary to fix!
Sharon's website is aviewfromthefield.com!

Slainte'

Welcome back Yooper. As always, love the cartoons.

RKJ, Would you please share your Finnish flat bread recipe with the rest of us, too? Unfortunately, my Finnish grandmother was only known for cooking pork chops and mashed potatoes made with cream straight from the cow!!! Her fish stew made with fresh cream was also notable!
Thank you in advance!

Vicki Rae
If I could figure out how to post it pperhaps as a jpg image I would. Help anyone

Hooray Yooper!

Nice cartoons for St. Patrick's Day.

Happy St. Pats Day.

I Also would be interested in that recipe for Flat Bread. My wife bakes bread etc. all the time. So she would be very interested in that to. We haven't bought a loaf of bread in the store for over four yrs. now.
Yooper I also enjoy your cartoons.

Good hearing from you too Karen. Happy St. Patrick's Day to you! Want to wish Donna Mac a
Happy Birthday today. She just turned 39...plus.

Ah, Yooper, I thought you had fallen down a mine shaft or somethin! Glad to see you're back and wearin the green!

Ser5er, I tried to e-mail you, but the mail came back. So-----thank you for the recipe.

Vicki Rae
E-mail me and I will send it
Roger

Beverly,

Hmmmm...wonder why that is...hmmmm. Glad you got the recipe...enjoy. :)

Happy St. Pat's day to all from Largo Florida.
Really enjoying the warmth of the south..
Hope you are all well.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A RECIPE FOR CROATION OR ITALIAN
SWEET BREAD; BOTH SIMILAR--PROBABLY RAISES WITH BAKING POWDER LIKE A CAKE BUT MORE SOLID.- SEVERAL EGGS USED. --I'LL HAVE TO EXPERIMENT?

DJB,

I think this is it...let me know. It's like a cake and uses baking powder and eggs.

http://www.recipezaar.com/40661

Bin lp. It`s just another way to take our cash like they are doing with the 401`s. At least it`s a choice though.

Compliments of RKJ/Pasty Cam:

FINNISH FLAT BREAD
(Dave Payne’s grandma’s recipe)

½ Teaspoon Sugar
1 Package Dry Yeast (soak in ¼ cup warm water)
1 Tablespoon Salt
3 Cups Warm Water
1 Cup Stone Ground Whole Wheat Four or Graham Flour
1 Cup Oatmeal (optional/ may be omitted)
1 Tablespoon Crisco or Bacon Grease
6 Cups White Flour

Add salt to water, then add yeast.
Add whole wheat flour, oatmeal, and 3 cups white four.
Stir well. Add shortening. Stir well until ready to put on board. Knead 10 minutes, adding flour on board if necessary. Grease bowl and top of dough ball. Let rise until double in size.
Punch down. Let rise again. Make into 2 loaves on a flowered towel. Let stand 20 minutes, then turn over by hand and roll to 1 inch or more thickness. Let rise and then place on a cookie sheet. Punch several times with fork.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Dust loaves with flour after removing from oven. Cool on a rack.

Sur5er, Many thanks for posting the recipe for the
flat bread. Looks like alot of work, but it's worth a try.

All you wonderful bakers out there....I need some help/advise. Made a dessert today and part of involved a mix of cream cheese, whipping cream and sugar. Supposed to whip until smooth...which is fine, but the consistancy is a bit grainy because of the sugar. I think I would rather use a powdered sugar to avoid that problem, but if you do, do you use the same amount of the powdered sugar or does it need to be adjusted? Any advise will be appreciated.

Hi Susan, my .02:
- let it stand for a while so the sugar will dissolve (depends on how much whipping cream);
- powdered should be about 2/3 to 3/4 of the sugar (but then, I seem to prefer less sweetness then other folks)
- try cream cheese, lemon or lime juice and powdered sugar for a change - delicious on carrot cake!

danbury.....thanks....will do some experimenting, although it may be a while before I try this recipe again...got it from Paula Deen on Food channel...the base is in the freezer as we speak...will be finished tomorrow with a ganache and whipped cream and macadamia nuts. Not a calorie in sight! :) The base included the cream cheese, whipping cream, sugar, white choclate and more macadamia nuts. I'm just glad we have company coming so ther won't be any leftovers! Again, appreciate your input and will certainly try it next time.

RKJ....ref Finnish Flat Bread recipe....thank you....copied ref sur5er....but I'm confused...when do you add sugar and when do you add the second 3c flour?

Wow, I was glad to hear from all you folks from the past. It has been awhile. Nice conversation today. Thanks Yooper for giving us all a smile or two. Have a great day everyone.

Marco in Largo, this is chilly down here. Come on back in July and August!

Oh. In this one, lemon might not be a good idea, though ... anyhow, sounds delicious! :)

Thanks Susan. Sorry folks...left out a much needed line in at recipe. ROFL.

Third line should read: "Add shortening.Stir well. Gradually add the remaining White Flour until right consistency is attained."

Doesn't say when to add the sugar...would throw it in there with the shortening, I reckon.

Susan,

That sounds like a base that I use when I make cheese cake....and you really have to whip it to make it smoothe.

Directions: Go to Kohls and buy a Kitchenaid mixer...the stand up model. Whip the cream cheese....read Pasty Cam....whip the cream cheese...read a little more Pasty Cam. After several minutes, add the sugar...let beat for several more minutes...read a little more Pasty cam....beat for a few more minutes.

Anywho, you won't have any of those lumps. Hubby used to be a chef and he swears by the standup Kitchenaid mixers. Heck, those puppies can mix oil and water...and meanwhile you can sit back :)

Danbury,

Did you say carrot cake...Surivivor love carrot cake...so much so, that I made it last time I was up in the wilds of the northern woods.

Thanks for sharing the Finnish Flat Bread recipe. I will make it this weekend for my Polish Hubby!

THANK YOU FOR SWEET BREAD RECIPE---WILL TRY TODAY.

DJB,

That was the right one then? Let me know how it turns out..it looked delish.

Thank you for the flat bread recipe! I can't wait to try it!