FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!

Some recent pictures, well over the past few months of food at our house. I know weird, but kind of fun!

I think Graham has seen a few too many Goosebumps book covers! Look how he attacks that broccoli!! I have to say, that child loves his greens- can't go wrong with a kid that wants to have a whole broccoli bunch as his own special food- like a treat!

Oh notice the background TV shot- some kind of horror flick? This child is a, um, special kind! He really rawks!

Pancake Leprosy!

OK, don't get all PC on us, but we've had a running joke about leprosy in this house. Chris and Jack were trying to out-do each other one day by making up the best/worst leprosy jokes. So, when I presented Jack and Graham with these bear shaped pancakes I told them that I was sorry, but one of the bear pancakes had leprosy and his ear fell off.

I baked a cake for Graham one cold night in January for our own special party because brother Jack was staying with the cousins (having a free-for-all guitar hero marathon, of course). I baked a super yummy, healthy applesauce cake and put it in a funky cake mold (a real pita to clean). But, then I found a recipe for buttermilk-Carmel topping. Oh my! Very delicious, but absolutely killed any healthy aspect to the applesauce cake!

This funny Three Kings Cake was Graham's birthday cake! I did my usual "hit Cub's bakery clearance rack on birthday party day and see what might work out". Graham wanted this cake because he thought they looked like wizards! Jack also thought that they were Dumbledore, Gandalf and some other wizard I can't think of now~ Funny! I'm glad my kids don't really care- as long as it tastes good and looks bright and fun! Jack and Chris picked out a cake for birthday once off the clearance rack with a skier. They made him fall head first into the cake and gave it to me for my birthday! Perfect!

Recently I fried up some fish for friends from Georgia- they thought that was quite cool to have fish that was caught through the ice!

We had sunfish and walleye that night~
The next week my dad gave me more fish- so I took a picture of the frying fish. Fresh fish are a treat for us because we don't fish; but the way Chris and Jack devour them I think they might need to start pulling some fish from the lake. Don't worry if you come to eat fish at our house, we won't cook up anything from Lake George or the Mississippi!

"I'm afraid to link it to anyone...

I'm afraid my friends head's will explode." So says Chris in reference to my blog and why he won't give me a shout out. He was razzing me for my blog style/type style ie: layout style and "over-usage" of fonts in single posts. "None of that different font, color, spacing stuff you do" when I went into his blog to fix some typos. Geesh!

You're welcome, sir.

There, I saved it for my post...gee there is just so much one can do on blogspot, the possibilities are endless... [sarc].

Finished with Slaughterhouse-Five

...now I'm reading a guide book/companion to decipher it all! Well, I started that today, but of course there was more reading waiting for me at work. So, I brought home The Replacements: All Over But The Shouting (or from GRRL) thinking I'd glance over the book or maybe offer it up to Chris to read first, as I have many waiting in the wings as it is. Well, I'm into it now and I don't think I want to put it down. Mr. Jefferson and his chicks will have to wait. The Mermaid Chair too, I guess. Hugo Cabret will progress along with this I think- Graham wants me to read Hugo to him and I started, but I want to finish and return it as it has quite a waiting list. I need more hours in the day! I also have the Edith Piaf film sitting here (overdue and with a waiting list as well). What's a girl to do?

PUFFED WHEAT CANDY!!!

You asked for it justmefromhere, so here it is...

Notice how well loved the recipe card is! I took this from Mom's house, as she had a few copies on hand. I think it is in my sister Lucy's hand writing-

So, here is the recipe for the coveted Ohmann house favorite. One of a few things that the neighbors, the cousins and friends gushed over as they sat merrily munching in the little cluttered kitchen of the house hidden behind the lilac bushes on main street. A sweet concoction, made even more sweet by memories of simple, fun days gone by. Days that were filled with playing a game kickball or baseball in the vacant feed store lot next door. Days where at any given time you could find neighbor kids out on the back step bartering their sugared cereal or fancy store bought snacks for a slice of Mom's homemade bread or pancakes. Days with many visitors coming and going with hardly a knock at the door- all were welcomed into Virginia's kitchen. Sit down and let's see what we can snack on. Often times it was the scraps from the pie crust baked and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. Sometimes a little kuchen with butter. Mostly though, our kitchen was full of just us kids- thirteen in number, hundreds if you counted all our stories, imaginations, questions, joys and problems brought to Mom's kitchen. Good days. Good days indeed!


I am often asked now to bring this to family functions, especially girly functions. All crazy eight girls love to have coffee, eat this and gab.


Puffed-Wheat Candy

• 3/4 C sugar
• 3/4 C brown sugar
• 1/2 C corn syrup
• 1/2 C butter
• 3 T cocoa (I add about 4)
• 1 T milk
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 8 C puffed wheat

Mix in 5 QT sauce pan at medium heat all ingredients in order. Bring to a boil, remove from heat. Add puffed wheat. Mix thoroughly. Spread into 9x13" pan. Let cool. Cut into squares.

What is it?

The first person who can tell me what this is gets a prize!





(I'll bag this up and send it to you!)

Jake the Snake is in the house!!!

...Ahhhhh-ahhhhh-oooo-ooooh-hhhhhhhhh-aaaaah!

The crowd goes wild!

I love this shot I took just now of my nephew Jacob! He picked up Chris' mando (shhh- don't tell) and put on a hat we had in the toy box. Looks like an old-time, good ol' boy!

My nephews are here for the night and we hope to have lots of fun. Right now they are out sledding at the end of our driveway- not much of a hill, but still fun!