EASY-PEASY BUTTERMILK PIE RECIPE + OXYMORNS + ERMA BOMBECK 4TH OF JULY QUOTE
Howdy all! Happy day before official Independence Day 2024!
It’s hot here! But such is this time of year. I run across people who seem to think this heat thing unusual. I disagree.
I’d be shocked if temps were in the 70’s or 80’s. Just won’t happen. Never has as I recall. Summer heat is on full throttle. Gotta deal with it until Fall. I remind myself to hydrate and find shade or air conditioning when possible and just deal with it. No brainer, right? Ha
PRESENTING JULY 3rd WEDNESDAY READER:
LESLIE ELMAN’S TRIVIA AND FASCINATING FACTS
Are so interesting to me. Frankly, super fascinating.
QUICK QUESTION
What’s the most beautiful place I have personally seen?
Hands down – the Grand Tetons. You?
COLLECTION OF OXYMORONS
Are make-ya-look-think-scratch your head and chuckle!
Might you have another 1 or 2 to add to the list?
EASY BUTTERMILK PIE RECIPE
Slice of delish. I like to top my slice of buttermilk pie with bananas. But strawberries and peaches are stellar as well.
Don’t forget the fresh whipped cream. Deal breaker if you don’t (unless you just dislike fresh whipped cream – that would be absolutely crazy talk to me – ha!)
TRACY BECKERMAN’S COLUMN
Is a hoot. Always!
Pretty sure 8 out of 10 of us can totally relate to the diet roller coaster ride at one time or another in our lives.
ERMA BOMBECK’S QUOTE
Regarding 4th of July is spot on and has always been one of my favorites. “The potato salad gets iffy’ !!
THANK YOU
For being here today. We are grateful.
Wishing you a fabulous 4th!
Ready?
Set.
Go.
Enjoy the read!
POP QUIZ
- WHICH OF THESE BONES ARE FOUND IN THE HUMAN ARM?
a) Femur, fibula and tibia
b) Hammer, anvil and stirrup
c) Humerus, radius and ulna
d) Mandible and maxilla - ANTIBACTERIAL MELALECUA ALTERNIFOLIA OIL IS COMMONLY KNOWN BY WHAT NAME?
a) Camphor oil
b) Cold liver oil
c) Frankincence oil
d) Tea tree oiL - WHO SPENT 26 SEASONS AS HEAD COACH OF THE MIAMI DOLPHINS?
a) Tom Landry
b) Chuck Noll
c) Don Shula
d) Dick Vermeil
QUICK QUESTION
WHAT’S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE
YOU’VE EVER SEEN IN PERSON?
POP QUIZ ANSWERS
- The humerus, radius and ulna are bones in the human arm.
- Antibacterial Melaleuca alternifolia oil is commonly known as tea tree oil.
- Don Shula spent 26 seasons as head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
~ COPYRIGHT 2024 LESLIE ELMAN
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WONDERFUL
OXYMORONS
- GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
- ALONE TOGETHER
- SILENT SCREAM
- SAME DIFFERENCE
- TAPED LIVE
- PLASTIC GLASSES
- PRETTY UGLY
- HEAD BUTT
- WORKING VACATION
- TAX RETURN
- DODGE RAM
- JUMBO SHRIMP
- OPEN SECRET
- LIQUID GAS
- TRAGIC COMEDY
- CLEARLY CONFUSED
- CRASH LANDING
- OLD NEWS
- SERIOUSLY FUNNY
- STUDENT TEACHER
- UNBIASED OPINION
YOU HAVE TO LOVE A NATION THAT CELEBRATES ITS INDEPENDENCE
EVERY JULY 4, NOT WITH A PARADE OF GUNS, TANKS AND SOLDIERS
WHO FILE BY THE WHITE HOUSE IN A SHOW OF STRENGTH AND MUSCLE,
BUT WITH FAMILY PICNICS WHERE KIDS THROW FRISBEES, THE POTATO
SALAD GETS IFFY, AND THE FLIES DIE OF HAPPINESS.
~ ERMA BOMBECK ~
INSTANT KARMA
MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH
RIDDLE ME THIS
HOW MANY E’s ARE
IN THE 4THOF JULY?
LIME-COCONUT BUTTERMILK PIE
The phrase “easy as pie” must have its roots in buttermilk pie. Making one is easier than picking up dessert from a local bakery!
HERE’S HOW WE MAKE ONE 9″ PIE
WHISK TOGETHER:
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 TBSP flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- Minced zest and juice of 1 large lime
- Pinch of salt
POUR INTO:
1 9″ unbaked pie shell
PREHEAT OVEN TO 350*
WHISK ALL INGREDIENTS TOGETHER:
In a large bowl until blended.
POUR:
Into pie shell and place on a baking sheet.
Bake until filling is just set, yet still a bit jiggly – about 40-50 minutes. Remove from oven and cool to room temperature.
TOP EACH SLICE OF PIE:
With a generous spoonful of fresh whipped cream.
AND go for it — sprinkle on fresh sliced strawberries or sliced peaches or fresh sliced bananas or fresh pineapple pieces.
SERVE!
~ Hippie Cowboy recipe box
RIDDLE ANSWER
“indEpEndEncE day”
THERE ARE 4.
LOST IN SUBURBIA
PUTTING THE VEGGIES IN VEGETTI
BY TRACY BECKERMAN
“What’s for dinner tonight?” my husband asked, inhaling deeply as he lifted the top off a simmering pot of tomato sauce.
I shooed him away.
“We’re having spaghetti marinara,” I said.
“Cool,” he said. “But I thought we were eating gluten-free?”
“We are,” I assured him.
“But pasta isn’t gluten-free.”
“It’s not actually spaghetti. It’s vegetti.”
“Vegetti?”
“Yeah. It’s fake spaghetti made from vegetables.”
He made a face only his mother could love and then backed away from the stove top as though I had said I was boiling slugs for dinner.
“That doesn’t sound very good,” he said.
“I promise, it’ll be velicious,” I said, smiling deceptively.
He looked at me glumly. I had been on a gluten-free, dairy-free, meat-free diet for a month, not to lose weight but just to see if it made me feel better. Not that I had been feeling bad in the first place, but after a friend touted the benefits of going everything-free, I thought I’d give it a try. Unfortunately, my husband was often an unwilling participant in my dietary experiments, so this was not his first food rodeo. I’ve done high-protein, low-carb diets, no-sugar diets, grapefruit diets and something he nicknamed the disgusting vegetables diet, which consisted mainly of lima beans and beets.
With that in mind, I tried to make this latest food journey interesting for him, but so far my husband felt that in addition to being gluten-free, dairy-free, and meat-free, most of it was also taste-free.
This from a guy who believes ketchup is a vegetable.
He let me know he didn’t like the meatless meatballs, the fishless tuna, and the chickenless chicken nuggets. He was not a fan of facon (fake bacon), fauxgurt (fake yogurt) or nawsages (not sausages). I made a gluten-free, dairy-free macaroni and cheese which, essentially, was a bowl of nothing. He gave me two thumbs down.
Then I tried giving him some near beer with his not dogs, but he was not having it.
“What’s a not dog?” he asked.
“Hot dogs made of, um, something other than hot dogs,” I replied.
He cut a piece of it and put it on the floor for the dog. The dog sniffed it and walked away.
“If the dog’s not eating it, I’m not either,” he said.
This from a dog that eats underwear.
“I need something real,” he finally complained.
“OK, I’ll make you something I promise you’ll like,” I said.
I perused my cookbooks and the internet for gluten-free, dairy-free, meat-free dinner dishes and finally settled on a meatless meatloaf. It looked great in the photos and got a ton of rave reviews. Even meat eaters loved it.
The recipe was easy. It called for chickpeas, beans, garlic, onions, green peppers and oats.
I followed the instructions precisely …
And then I drowned it in ketchup.
~ Tracy Beckerman is the author of the Amazon Bestseller, “Barking at the Moon: A Story of Life, Love, and Kibble.
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Fascinating Stuff
- Hesternopothia is a yearning for the “good old days.” It comes from the Latin word “hesternus,” meaning “of yesterday.” Now, how about the day before yesterday? That’s always been a trick thing to specify, but in 1647, the writer Nathaniel Ward gave it a try with the word “nudiustertian,” from the Latin “nudius tertius,” meaning it is now the third day.” Unsuprisingly, neither of these words made their way into common usage.
- You might know that Bing cherries are the most commonly harvested variety of cherry in the United States today. But do you know about the man for whom they were named? Ah Bing was a Chinese-born horticulturalist and the foreman of the Oregon orchard where the sweet cherry cultivar was created in 1875. The cultivar is named for Bing, who played a significant role in its development.
- We know Thomas Jefferson composed the Declaration of Independence with input from John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and other members of the Continental Congress. But the man who actually put pen to parchment and wrote the Declaration of Independence was most likely Timothy Matlack, a Philadelphia merchant/calligrapher and clerk to the Second Continental Congress. The 2004 film “National Treasure” highlights this fact. Historians agree that though it was sketchy on details, the movie got the broad strokes about Matlack right.
- The Biltmore Estate, near Asheville, North Carolina, was home to America’s first forestry school. Determined to preserve the forest lands in the area — including the 125,000 acres he owned — Biltmore owner George Washington Vanderbilt hired forestry expert Gifford Pinchot to manage and maintain the forest. When Pinchot moved to Washington, D.C., to start the U.S. Forest Service, his successor, Carl Schenck, established the Biltmore Forest School to train others in forest management.
- Vaquitas are the smallest members of the porpoise family, growing just 5 feet long and 120 pounds. If you’ve never seen one, there’s a good reason: They live exclusively in the Gulf of California (also called the Sea of Cortez), off the western coast of Mexico, where they inadvertently get caught — and die — in commercial fishing nets. For years, their death toll has outstripped their birthrate, and now it’s estimated that fewer than 30 vaquitas survive in the wild.
~ COPYRIGHT 2024 LESLIE ELMAN
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Thanks for making my day! Great read!
That buttermilk pie Wowsa! Happy 4th!
Erma Bombeck’s comment reminds me of the play Red, White & Tuna where the iffy potato salad at the annual Fourth of July picnic had everyone running for the bathrooms at the same time 😉
Seriously loved all of DayMaker today – the patriotic art, the fascinating facts, the humor.
Thank you, DayMaker. And Happy Fourth!!!
I’m with Carol on the patriotic art today. Woweeee so beautiful. And speaking of beautiful, the most beautiful spot in my world is the Grand Tetons. I’m in another world when I gaze on it’s magnificent beauty. It’s a memory that sticks with me. So if I’m uptight or in an MRI scanner all I have to do is visualize the “Grand Tetons” and my mind shifts into sanity gear.