Saturday – 30/7/2016 – Paperback Book (and Cheesecake) Day

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Lasagne cheesecake
& part two –

Perfect topic choice PG re the cheesecake. We had dinner out this evening at a Texas themed bar/restaurant. Great meals and daughter had a Kahlua cheesecake with ginger biscuit/cookie base that was superb. She let me share it with her. 😀 😀 We were celebrating our son in laws birthday.
Gosh paperbacks, it’s been sometime since I bought a book but once Mr MS and I had a huge collection of Louis L’amour, Zane Grey and many other westerns.

Forgot to mention….the reason I know it’s been about 20 years since I’d been to that Italian restaurant is that I was a single gal and went with a certain young man not named Mr. ECB. :). We were just friends though.

Hot and steamy here again, but we did get a small shower yesterday evening. It needs to rain here for about 3 days, but that’s not going to happen as this is the dry season for here. Doesn’t go well with trying to grow crops but that’s the adventure in farming I guess. 😛
Going to do some Hazeling even though my heart isn’t in it, but it will be worth it in the end I guess. I AM so glad it’s Caturday though, will check in with you all later! Have a wonderful one to start with!

Lol….that’s crazy, AV! Definitely a beer type of occasion.

Good morning all, it’s a cold, wet and windy day here although the sun has just peeked out to taunt us. We will be getting to about 10C-50F today and lower with the wind chill factor. There is a weather pattern skudding up the country straight from Antarctica. HRH was snorty and sneezy during the night so is not being allowed out today. She is coming to realise this and actually used her litter tray that I always have out ‘just in case’ she is caught short overnight. We lit the fire and assumed she would cucrl up in front of it but you all know cats. She has ignored it and prefers to sit looking out the door.
EC, a lovely anniversary evening out and cheesecake too.
AV, you are so kind to keep Bluebell dry and cozy. Oh, lovely sun showers. Oh no, DIY in the attic just when you want to relax.
KZ, your weather sounds like what we have been getting here in parts of NZ for some years, no rain and yet more no rain. It is quite desperate in some areas with no pasture left and crops not growing properly and farmers having to sell up or graze their stock in other areas. I hope you get your three days on steady but not torrential rain sooner rather than later.
AV, I have to ask, were the monkeys real or just toy monkeys on the border collies? They served beer? You mean they don’t usually serve beer at concession stands in the US. I always thought they did?
I was just preparing a slowcooker beef stew and it started out as an Irish stew but somehow ended up as a Moroccan stew. Could be an interesting meal this evening.
JJ,the rain induced nap with Comet sounds lovely. I wish Shadz would settle down but she is trying to get outside by any method. Mr MS was in the basement loading up more firewood and caught her from the corner of his eye coming down her zig zag ramps so he hurridly shut the basement door. She gave him major stink-eye and turned around and climbed back up the zig zags inside.
🙄 🙄

I also use the library most often – our library system is named “Nelligan” after a famous Québec poet of Irish descent – we can borrow books from any branch via interlibrary loan.

The cheesecake I make isn’t so very decadent as it is an Italian type based on ricotta, not cream cheese. But it is very tasty. http://www.marthastewart.com/349964/italian-ricotta-cheesecake The recipe I use is in Italian, and I don’t feel like translating it – too much like work. Martha’s recipe is similar, though I’d halve the sugar, and if I’m going to eat sugar, I’d prefer maple sugar or syrup. There are MANY recipes for this on the net.