Franny's
Farmhouse Freebies!
Country recipies,
paterns, craft ideas and advice. Please check out our Jokes,, we
think they are very funny!! Please email
me at : frannyw111@netzero.net for any questions you may have.
Fran Wright, Monroeville, NJ 08343
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Best Punch Ever Recipe: 2
cups orange juice>br> 2 cups lemon Juice 2 cups
genadine 2 1/2 quarts of ginger ale (not cheap ginger ale or it
will not taste as good.) 1 package of frozen strawberries 1
quart of sherbert. vodka to taste a couple of hours ahead mix
1 cup of lemon juice and 1 cup of orange and freeze in ice cube
trays. When ready to mix punch before party use rest of orange/lemon
mixture in punch bowl. Add the frozen cubes, add the sherbert ( I
like rainbow best for color but any works) pour ginger ale slowly
over mixture so that it foams up. Add vodka to taste. Add frozen
strawberrys to the top. I always have enough on hand for two
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Email to us any recipe's or hints you would like to
share. We are Fran and Marie, sisters as you might have guessed.
Asparagus and Dumplings 2 pounds of asparagus
cleaned and prepared.In to a large pot with a tight fitting lid. Put
just enough water in,to cover asparagus. Cook until starting to
become fork tender about 10 minutes. While this is cooking
prepare dumpling mixture following direction on the box of Bisquik
or what ever kind you use. When asparagus is tender(not fully
cooked) drop your dumpling mixture into the boiling liquid covering
the asparagus. Lower heat. then cook uncovered for 10 minutes,
then 10 minutes with a tight fitting lid on. After the last 10
minutes add one can of Canned Milk,salt and pepper to taste, add
butter if you want.Serve warm. This is a favorite dish in our
family , my Mother in law passed it on to me, back 44 years ago,
when Kenny and I got married. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
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Gals! We all get tired
carrying our handbags while grocery shopping.So,we put them in the baby
seat of the shopping cart! WHOA!! Some come comes along and grabs the
purse and it is gone , you do not even see it happen. Well, here is how
I have solved that,when you put your purse in that seat, hook the baby
safety strap around the handles of your purse.the thief will get the
shopping cart along with the purse. I'll bet you will see the cart going,
and do some serious screaming.RIGHT!!Then for more pile some groceries on
top of your purse.. GOOD IDEA? I THINK SO!
Old Age and Wisdom The other day a young
person asked me how I felt about being old. I was taken aback, for I
do not think of myself as old. Upon seeing my reaction, she was
immediately embarrassed, but I explained that it was an interesting
question, and I would ponder it, and let her know. Old age, I
decided, is a gift. I am now, probably for the first time in my
life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I
sometime despair over my body-- the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, skin
spots and bumps, the sagging butt,etc. And often I am taken aback by
that old person that lives in my mirror, but I don't agonize over
those things for long. It's God's plan for us. I would never trade
my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less
gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become more kind to
myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I
don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making
my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need,
but looks so avant garde on my patio. I am entitled to over-eat, to
be messy, to be extravagant. I have seen too many dear friends leave
this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that
comes with aging. Whose business is it if I choose to read until 4
AM, and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those
wonderful tunes of the 50's and 60's, and if I at the same time wish
to weep over a lost love, I will. I will walk the beach in a swim
suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the
waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from
the bikini set. Oh yes.. they, too, will get old. I know I am often
forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten
-- and I eventually remember most of the important things. Sure,
over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not
break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even
when a beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what
give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never
broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being
imperfect. I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair
turn gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into
deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many
have died before their hair could turn silver. I can say "no," and
mean it. I can say "yes," and mean it. As you get older, it is
easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think.
I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be
wrong. So, to answer her question, I like being old. It has set me
free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live
forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting
what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall
eat dessert every single day!
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Wisdom from Grandpa . Whether a
man winds up with a nest egg, or a goose egg, depends a lot on the
kind of chick he marries.
Trouble in marriage often starts when a man gets
so busy earnin' his salt that he forgets his sugar.
Too many couples marry for better, or for worse,
but not for good. | When a
man marries a woman, they become one; but the trouble starts when they try
to decide which one.
If a man has enough
horse sense to treat his wife like a thoroughbred, she will never
turn into an old nag. |
On anniversaries, the wise husband
always forgets the past - but never the present.
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A foolish husband says to his
wife, "Honey, you stick to the washin', ironin', cookin' and
scrubbin'. No wife of mine is gonna work."
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a military man - he can cook, sew, and make beds and is in good health,
and he's already used to taking orders.
Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying
about your age and start bragging about it.
Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I
want people to know "why" I look this way. I've traveled a long way and
some of the roads weren't paved.
You know you are getting old, when everything either
dries up or leaks.
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