Monday, February 23, 2015

RECIPE: STRAWBERRY JELL-O POKE CAKE

Marcia Norwood
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My mother made this cake for our family.

It is absolutely delicious!

Ingredients

1 Box White Cake Mix
Plus all ingredients the box calls for (See Below)
1 (3 ounce) packet Strawberry JELL-O
1 CUP Boiling Water
1 CUP Cold Water
8 ounces Cool Whip thawed (or other whipped topping).
1/4 Teaspoon Almond Extract
1/4 CUP Powdered Sugar
Sliced Strawberries

GREASE 13 x 9 inch cake pan.

BAKE cake according to box directions in a 9 x 13 inch pan.

The Betty Crocker cake mix I used called for:

1 and 1/4 CUP Water

1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil

(I used 1/3 Cup Butter)

3 Egg Whites

POUR batter into cake pan.

BAKE cake according to box directions in a 9 x 13 inch pan.

When cake is done, COOL for about 15 minutes.

While cake is cooling, BOIL 1 CUP of water

in a medium sauce pan over medium heat on stove top.

ADD JELL-O packet to boiling water,

and STIR until completely dissolved.

Then STIR in 1 CUP of cold water.

Using a fork, POKE holes in the cake.

POUR JELL-O evenly over the top of the cake.

COVER cake,

and PLACE in refrigerator for three (3) hours.

COMBINE:

8 ounces Cool Whip thawed (or other whipped topping).
1/4 teaspoon almond extract and
1/4 CUP powdered sugar

in a medium bowl,

and STIR to combine.

SPREAD evenly over the top of the cake.

ARRANGE sliced strawberries

over the whipped topping as desired.

COVER cake and STORE in refrigerator

for approximately one (1) hour until ready to serve.

Yummy!

Moist!

Strawberry goodness!

More, please!

ENJOY!

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Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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Saturday, February 21, 2015

THINK SPRING

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
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Think Spring!

Here are some of my favorite photos

in black and white!

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Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
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Mother & Daughter

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

CHERRY MASH

Marcia Norwood
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Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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Cherry Mash has been a favorite candy bar of mine since I was a child in the 50's.

Go figure. I like Cherry Mash candy bars, but I don't like cherry pie. Maybe because the filling of the Cherry Mash candy bar isn't as sour a a cherry pie.

Cherry Mash is delicious as a candy bar, and it makes a great topping when melted and poured over ice cream.

Once, I posted in an online adoption group that Cherry Mash was my favorite candy bar. Many people around the United States had no idea what I was talking about.

So - I purchased several Cherry Mash candy bars; ate a few myself; and mailed the rest to everyone in the adoption group who wanted to try one.

How about you? Have you ever heard of the third oldest candy bar in the United States?

Have you ever tasted the nostalgic goodness of a Cherry Mash?

http://cherrymash.com

https://www.facebook.com/CherryMash/timeline?ref=page_internal

There's even a Cherry Mash Song!

LINK: http://cherrymash.com/retro-candy/cherry-mash-song/

This special song is written by Cherry Mash fan, Jim Salestrom, an Emmy-award-winning singer/songwriter.

The Chase Candy Company has been making fine candies since 1876, including the world-famous Cherry Mash, the third-oldest candy bar in the country.

The family operated candy factory is located in historic St. Joseph, Missouri ― home to another American legend, outlaw Jesse James.

Chase still uses time-tested recipes and the finest, freshest ingredients to make candy the old-fashioned way. They have, however, upgraded equipment, and they are capable of making 72,000 Cherry Mash candy bars in a day. They use more than 15 tons of crushed maraschino cherries each year.

Check out how they make up to 72,000 Cherry Mash candy bars each day.

LINK: http://cherrymash.com/chase-candy-company/chocolate-factory

LINK: https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=B111US0D20140720&p=what+is++a+cherry+mash+candy+bar

RECIPES:
Cherry Mash Cookie Recipe
With our thanks to Bonnie Lytton
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
¾ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
8 small Cherry Mash candy bars, chopped
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in Cherry Mash.
Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool on baking sheets for two minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Makes 18 to 20 large cookies.

Cherry Mash Martini Recipe
1 ½ oz Effen Black Cherry Vodka
¾ oz Disaronno Amaretto
¾ oz Crème de Cacao
¼ oz half and half
Shake vigorously in a shaker with ice. Strain into a martini glass.
Garnish with a maraschino cherry and ¼ of a Mini Mash candy bar on a drink pick. Enjoy responsibly.

I wonder how you would make a non-alcoholic drink with Cherry Mash?

You can order Cherry Mash, and Mini Mash candy bars,
and other fine candies direct from the factory.
Visit their online Candy Shoppe.

Where can you find one?

http://cherrymash.com/find-cherry-mash-candy/

http://cherrymash.com

LINK: http://cherrymash.com/contact

E-mail: info@cherrymash.com

Call: 800-786-1625

Write: Chase Candy Company

PO Box 698
St. Joseph, MO 64502

There are not public tours of the plant,
but you can stop by to purchase factory-fresh candy.

1307 S 59^th Street
St. Joseph, MO 64507

http://cherrymash.com

Try to make your own Cherry Mash candy bars.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtfAGXAfnYY

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Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Monday, February 16, 2015

KINGSMAN, THE SECRET SERVICE

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Don't waste your money going to see Kingsman, The Secret Service, even though it has a great cast.

Kingsman, The Secret Service, stars Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, and Mark Strong.

By the way, Mark Strong looks so much like one of Kansas City's favorite meteorologists, Gary Lezak, that I thought it was Gary.

CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser:

http://www.kshb.com/about-us/staff/gary-lezakbr-nbc-action-weather-plus-chief-meteorologist

The movie had such possibilities - but it all went wrong...very wrong. I'll bet Gary Lezak is glad he's not in this film.

The killing scene inside a church was horrific. It went on for what seemed like forever.   I closed my eyes and covered my ears throughout most of the scene. I wish I had walked out of the theater at that point.

The spies in training (supposedly the good guys) are asked to kill the puppies they helped raise in order to become members of the Kingsman.    The guns were set on stun - but no one knew that.

The villain in the movie (played by Samuel L. Jackson) turns everyone into killers via a program on their cell phones.   In one scene, a baby girl is locked inside a bathroom while her mother attempts to hack through the door with a meat cleaver in an attempt to kill her child.

Why in the world someone would let their child be in this movie I will never understand.

The young man (played by Taron Egerton) who "saved the world" asked to f--- a princess in the rear as his reward. She was old enough to be his mother. The last scene of the movie was the princess' bare butt.

Everyone is talking about Fifty Shades of Grey, but at least people know exactly what they are going to see when they go to see that movie.

Someone needs to tell the public that Kingsman, The Secret Service, is not what it appears to be.

It's not a smart, sexy, James-Bond-Type-Thriller.

It's a worthless, violent blood-fest.

It should be taken out of theaters.

Shame on the actors, producers and entire cast for producing this garbage.

Don't waste your money on Kingsman.
Take my word for it.

This movie should be taken out of theaters.

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Tell Me A Story

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Monday, February 23, 2015

RECIPE: STRAWBERRY JELL-O POKE CAKE

Saturday, February 21, 2015

THINK SPRING

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

CHERRY MASH

There's even a Cherry Mash Song!

LINK: http://cherrymash.com/retro-candy/cherry-mash-song/

http://cherrymash.com

LINK: http://cherrymash.com/contact

E-mail: info@cherrymash.com

Call: 800-786-1625

Write: Chase Candy Company

http://cherrymash.com

Monday, February 16, 2015

KINGSMAN, THE SECRET SERVICE

AMERICA'S STORYTELLER, Marcia Norwood