My Guinea Pigs are revolting!

The big Guinea pig that is.poor ole Neil.I fixed him a plate of baked flounder,sweetpotato salad and brocolli last night.poor man hated it.he even went so far as to tell me he didnt like any of it.Not in a mean way.He just asked if I could stick to stuff we know we like,and not to waste the meager grocery budget on experiaments right now.So tonight for supper,its beans,and cornbread and cabbage,and pork chops.the KISS meathod.Keep it simple sweetie,lol.Its turned cool here in Dixie,and comfort foods are what we will be having.We've got company coming tomorrow night.When I asked my new buddy what she wanted,her reply was simple too.Fried Chicken,mashed potatos,and green beans.Easy.ANd my ttaers are famous.at least in my group of friends.I use real butter,and cream and whip them suckers into fluffly white froth.I keep it simple,and it pays off.I cant make good fried Chicken without Neil either.He and I work well,most of the time,in the kitchen.So the trying new things is off hte menu for a bit.except for Halloween.I will be making Colcannon.Its a tradtional Irish halloween dish you put cabbage and potatos in.And yes,a wee bit o bacon too.I hope to do my Irish roots proud.Your tradtionally supposed to put things like a ring,a button,and a thimble in it,and those who get them in their serivngs will be blessed accordingly.But I wont be doing that b/c I have small kids.their luck will just have to be the innocence of youth.Ahh,its good to be home....

Kugel is not for us!

Ok,so getting back into the swing of domestic godessdom is easy.Groacery shopping,diapers,and sweeping the forever messy kitchen floor.Always a family of guniea pigs on food,I decidd to try something new last night.And it made me think.I made a potato kugel.I followed a recipe that looked great.There was butter,and cheese,and potato and half and half in it.Cant go wrong there.UM WRONG.I made this hashbrown textured mess!The dog is going to get it for breakfast.I googled Kugel and found out its primarliy a Jewish food.Ok,good.I like jewishesque foods.this one was not for us.Even after it had been baking for an hour the potatos Id shredded my self were not done and bland was the word.i even added some sour cream,bacon,and a can fo cream of chicken decideding to just make hash brown casserole.it was such a mess.So it got me thinking.Are our palates hard wired to like what our ancestors of yesteryear gave us?Part of me thinks so.I love cabbage and potatos.thanks to my irish roots.I lovoe a cup of hot tea,with lemon,and scones.thanks to the English roots.Nad yes,I even like deer meat too.Thanks to those native ones.But ont he other hand I can plow through a plate of lasange and at one point could snarf a whole medium pizza.I like smelly french cheese,and baguets.But those are not comfort foods to me.Taters,and cabbage,and turnip greens are.Gotta have my Southern fare.to my knowledge theres mainly Irish,Scottish,British,and Native in me.No Jewish,or mid European,or French.I totally appreciate other foods.Like local stuff.Aka Fish tacos,and chesse steak sandwiches.But those arent comfort foods.Give me a meat loaf,or potroast with taters,carrots,and onion any day.Or dressing,not stove top stuffing.or a tomato sandwich or pimento cheese,or anything with pork and Im good.I think maybe it goes back tot eh Nature vs Nurture theory from Phychology.If a person born in China moves to the Southern States after birth,and never eat chinnese food,would they like it?Just a thought......

Back to my Domestic Godess Quest

So after a month of working,Ive returned to my home.Thank the good Lord for that too.I enjoyed working,but right now my family needs me more than an almost laughable paycheck.Neil and I crunched numbers till we were blue int he face,wiehging day care,and gas cost for me to actually go to a "real job".SO its back to cleaning,and laundry,and baby full time for me.I plan to take this time and ifnish my English degree so by the time im 30 I can corrupt tomorrows leaders with my politics.I havent been in much of a mood to be humerous and honestly theres been a buncha drama not worth mentioning.I will however say my MeMaw is sick,and has been in and out of the hospital and its taken a toll on my nerves.So being funny when life has not been is hard to do.Oh there have been some laughs,to be sure,but right now thoser have been few and far.I have tried to appreciate my Memaw,{daddys Mama},but now after almost for real loosing her,its put more things into perpesctive.Like my faith in God.Now,I will find us a church home and try to get somewhat active in that.He has given me her back and I ,like the rest of my family,immediate and not immedaite are very grateful for that.SHe is alot of the glue for my extended family.There are gatherings at her house on all the holidays and this year it wont be so.Shes just too sick to do it.Ive volunteered to cook at Thanksgiving,but if Neil has to wrok,my place is here.I will be torn if I have to make that choice.But he will understand if I load up the kiddos and head south.It will work out.This morning Ive googled how to make homeade furniture polish and will be using said recipe on my kitchen table later today.Im going ot be doing a fall clean out on my house.yay!I survied flying with Levi to Cali,and the trip waas great.But when i got off the plane,i got the call from Daddy telling me about Memaw.Kinda wiped it away for a while.the boys had fun playing toghether and Im so proud of my brohter nad his wife.and Id move to San Diego in a minute!thats all for now.