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Configure/Poem Share

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In our minds, we can configure almost anything

Anything, we have a personal stake in or an interest or experience.

If only our minds could transform into everyday real life existence.

I used to think,” We were what we thought…”

But here in my latter years of  life, I realize more than not,

We are more a part of what we were taught.

It gets difficult in life, let alone the many precursors and stagnates

The test is the thing we most cannot pass

If we had of already learnt it, we would have put it in our past.

I think that people should come with instructions,

Maybe caution signs at best, or a sign that says…

Because the things we don’t see first, are the one’s that take our rest.

They take our peace of mind,

That is when our mind starts to configure things

Not peaceful, joyous, illusions of happiness

But dreadful, awful, foreboding ones, in a big ol mess.

Why is that?

Why do we do that to ourselves?

I wish we had things in boxes, with which to sort through them all,

Then we could take time with each thing we had thought and think some more

And that probably is a thing my own mind has configured, in and by itself,  just like before.

MwsR ❤

 

 

Word of The Day

glade

noun GLAYD

Definition

: an open space surrounded by woods

Did You Know?

We know that glade has been with us since at least the early 1500s, though the word’s origins remain a bit of a mystery. Glade, which originally was often used not just to indicate a clearing in the woods but one which was also filled with sunlight, may come from the adjective glad. In Middle English, glad also meant “shining,” a meaning that goes back to the word’s Old English ancestor, glæd. Glæd is akin to Old High German glat (“shining, smooth”) and Old Norse glathr (“sunny”). It may also be a relative of Old English geolu, the ancestor of the modern English word yellow.

Examples

“Whenever they got a glimpse of the sun in an open glade they seemed unaccountably to have veered eastwards.” — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954

“Park on the side of the road near the sign where possible, but try to avoid going too far off into the mud. Walk past the sign and across a glade before descending into the hollow.” — James Baughn, The Southeast Missourian, 5 Apr. 2018

Slow Cooker, Pumpkin Spice Crème Brûlée /Recipe Share

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Pumpkin Spice Crème Brûlée
November 15, 2017
By
Daisy Nichols

This surprising slow cooker dessert is simply delicious.

Stock up on 3 or 4 cans of pure canned pumpkin in the autumn in case the store doesn’t have any when pumpkin is out of season.
You can omit the last two steps. Instead, treat the brûlée as a less fussy custard and top it with fresh whipped cream or just serve it plain. It has great flavor—and it’s a surprising way to prepare brûlée, especially when the oven is full or the day is hot.
Ingredients
3 large egg yolks
2 large eggs
2 Cups whipping cream
1/2 Cup pureed pumpkin (canned is fine as long as it’s pure pumpkin)
1 1/3 Cup sugar, divided
1 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 Teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 Teaspoon ground cloves
Directions
Place the egg yolks and eggs in a good-size bowl. Beat them gently.
Slowly pour in the whipping cream, mixing it into the eggs as you pour.
Gradually add the pumpkin puree, stirring continually.
In a small bowl, stir together 1⁄3 cup sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Stir those dry ingredients into the liquid mixture gradually.
Grease a 1 1⁄2- or 2-quart baking dish that fits into your 6- or 7-quart oval slow cooker crock. Fill the baking dish with the pumpkin mixture. Place it in the crock.
Pour water around the baking dish in the crock until it comes halfway up the sides of the dish. Be careful not to get any water in the filled dish.
Cover the cooker. Cook on Low 2 to 3 hours, or until the brûlée is set but not hard. It should be a little soft in the center.
Using oven mitts, remove the baking dish from the crock and set it on a wire rack to cool to room temperature.
Then cover and refrigerate for 2 to 8 hours.
Before serving, let the brûlée stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
To caramelize the sugar for the topping, heat remaining 1 cup sugar in an 8-inch heavy skillet over medium-high until it begins to melt. Shake the skillet rather than stirring the sugar to heat it evenly. When the sugar starts to melt, reduce the heat to low. Cook it for 3 to 5 minutes more, or until it’s golden, stirring it as needed with a wooden spoon so it doesn’t burn.
Quickly drizzle the caramelized sugar over the brûlée. Serve it immediately.
Excerpted from Stock the Crock by Phyllis Good. Copyright © 2017 Oxmoor House.

Into The Woods/ poem share

 

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It is hard to view the world in “rose-colored glasses”

So many people posers are out in it showing their@$$&$.

I try to be nice

But posing ain’t for me.

I would rather be real, or

Be compassionate for no apparent reason or agenda.

I try to acknowledge within myself the fatality of the sweet words

With which they speak to me.

See you cannot believe them

Those words fade fast.

The sincerity smells of a rotten disposition.

I would rather be the gum they once liked yet swallowed whole,

Than to be the gum they walk upon in disregard or

Lack of interest

You can catch a fly only after he lands

I am like the fly, yet I will never rest.

Often I will watch without being seen

Hear without being talked to.

That is just my nature.

I will get lost in the woods

All the while enjoying being lost.

When someone actually notices me missing

I will not be at peace.

But until my soul rests, I will certainly make forth a great effort indeed.

MwsR ❤

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Sweet and Salty Peanut Butter Bites/Recipe Share

Sweet & Salty Peanut Butter Bites

Sweet & Salty Peanut Butter Bites
Sweet & Salty Peanut Butter Bites Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 4 peanut butter cups (3/4 ounce each), chopped
  • 1-1/3 cups creamy peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 4 cups Rice Krispies
  • 1 cup broken pretzels

Directions

  • Freeze chocolate chips and peanut butter cups until partially frozen, about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in a 6-qt. stockpot, combine peanut butter, sugar, corn syrup and salt. Cook and stir over low heat until blended.
  • Remove from heat; stir in Rice Krispies and pretzels until coated. Let stand 5 minutes; gently fold in chocolate chips and peanut butter cups until just combined. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper; let stand until set.
Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 86 calories, 4g fat (1g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 67mg sodium, 13g carbohydrate (10g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.

Originally published as Salty Reese’s Crispy Cookies in Ultimate Cookie Swap 2015

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Sesame Soy Cucumber Salad/Recipe Share

Sesame Soy Cucumber Salad

Ingredients:

  • 1 english cucumber, spiralized
  • 1 red bell pepper, small dice
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 tsp. sesame oil
  • 1 Tbsp. rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp. reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp. toasted sesame seeds
  • ¼ tsp. red chili flakes
  • 2 drops stevia (optional)

Directions:

  1. After spiralizing the cucumber, place in a colander and sprinkle with 1 tsp. sea salt. Allow the cucumbers to rest for 15 to 20 minutes to remove excess water.
  2. Whisk together sesame oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, chili flakes and stevia if using.
  3. In a bowl, gently toss together cucumbers, red bell pepper and dressing. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve immediately.