Tonight's Quote... What George Has To Say About Kissing

"Kissing don't last: cookery do."
George Meredith

Now I think that George would make a good character in a book lol. I can almost picture him now!!

Cooking Quotes... What does your kitchen look like?

With everyone cooking or at least thinking about cooking for the big day, I thought that I would look up a few cooking quotes. Me, I married a man who loves to cook and hates what I cook. Guess who won lol...

"I have no regrets at all. None. I consider myself to be the luckiest old broad on two feet."
Betty White

I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I'm up and down those stairs all the time. That's my exercise.
Betty White

I go out to the kitchen to feed the dog, but that's about as much cooking as I do.
Betty White

and a few more :)

“An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.”
 Bertrand Russell

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”
  W.C. Fields



Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.
Harriet Van Horne

“Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.”
 Craig Claiborne

I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon.
Ida B. Wells

No matter how much creativity goes into it, cooking is an art. Or perhaps I should say a craft. It abides by absolute rules, physics, chemistry, etc. and that means that unless you understand the science you cannot reach the art. We're not talking about painting here. Cooking's more like engineering. I happen to think that there is great beauty in great engineering.
Alton Brown

Quotes About Chocolate Chips and Friends

In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips.
Unknown

Who knew that there would actually be a quote about chocolate chips!  I think that I will whip up a batch and give them to some friends this Easter!

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Merry Christmas... hold the stress

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As much as we love the season... Christmas can be a stressful time of the year. Having a list definitely helps me put things into perspective. You have no idea!

1. How much you spend can cause a ton of stress. You never feel that you are finished or have bought enough. Decide before hand on a dollar amount and then let everyone know about. It will take away their stress as well.

2. How much you do during this time of year can cause major stress. If you start planning in January, you have a head start. Come up with a list of things that you want to accomplish and divide them up so that you can work on one thing every month. By the time Christmas rolls around, you are done... and no stress.

3. What to serve... now is not the time to try out new recipes... unless you are Nigella Lawson. For me, this is the perfect time for the dish to flop. Stick to recipes that are tried and true and keep them simple! I have one cookie recipe that always wins favor. Who would have guessed that an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie could do this!

4. One tree... there was a time when I thought that you needed multiple trees all around the house for your home to really feel festive. Okay, I am still feeling that way, but I'm trying to talk my way out of it. For a few years now, I have been waiting for an 8 foot black tree and so far, no luck. But... if I do happen to find one, I will really need someone to try and talk me out of it. Not sure that they will succeed however. I have been looking for this tree for several years now. Spotted it while on holiday a few years ago in England and I've been waiting ever since!

5. Enjoying Christmas eve... this is my all time favorite night of the year. I swear that there is magic in the air. I love to fill the house with candles and go for a walk in the early evening hours. Love shines out of every window and then home for a mug of hot chocolate and a reading of... The Night Before Christmas. And no, it doesn't matter how old your kids are.

6. Plan your Christmas day... It won't be so hard if it is merely the immediate family, but if you are planning for a crowd, "planning" is essential here. You will want as much prepared early as possible. That way, you can sit back and enjoy the day!

7. Potluck Christmas dinner... is another way to take a lot of the stress off of YOU! Ask everyone to bring... what you want them to bring. If you don't tell them what you want, you are likely to have little in the way of Christmas Dinner and a LOT of desserts... which might not be a bad thing lol!

8. The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose another thought over another.
William James

9. "The time to relax is when you don't have time for it."
Sydney J. Harris

10. "There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper."
James Carroll

11. "Don't stress the could have, it would have."
Unknown

12. Give your stress wings and let it fly away.
Terri Guillemets

13. You can do anything but not everything.
Unknown

14... 2020...  Christmas just didn't feel the same this year. :(  It's amazing what this year has done to our mental state of being!

This morning's breakfast quote

"breakfast - which I didn't mind skipping; if the eggs had been any runnier and the bacon a little less fatty, I could have raced them against each other around my plate....”
Jules Truffaut"

“Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea.”
Shades of Grey  

“Even apocalypse looks less dire when viewed over a plate of bacon.”
  Stephanie Stamm, 

"Either you like bacon or you're wrong" 
Unknown

"That's too much bacon"
said no one ever lol

“You worry too much. Eat some bacon...what? No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon.”
 Justin Halpern, 

I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest.
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I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest. Wayne Rooney
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I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest. Wayne Rooney
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/bacon.html

Rival CFF4 2-Pound-Capacity Chocolate Fondue Fountain: Kitchen & Dining

Okay, maybe a chocolate fondue fountain is quite the healthiest breakfast, but on those days when you REALLY need a little pampering, a little chocolate isn'st a bad thing. And, you could always dip fruit into the fondue fountain. And they do say that chocolate IS good for you!! Am I right or what lol??

And here are few more chocolate links for good measure. Happy Thursday ;)

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