Recipes? We don't need no stinkin' recipes!

Dinner:

1.5 sticks butter
1 c parmesan cheese
1 c sour cream
white wine

1.25 lb spaghetti -- should use less?

2 c chopped ham
1 c. cooked peas

Melt butter until foamy, add cheese, whisk well, until cheese starts to melt. Add sour cream, keep whisking until sort of elasticy, add some white wine to thin.

Pour sauce over pasta, add peas and ham, toss. Serve with french bread (and salad, next time -- maybe wilted spinach).

[Lots left over: lunch for a couple of days. Had James been hungry, though, maybe no leftovers. (Next time cut recipe in half, see how that works.) Chances are, he'll go through the leftovers for snacks tomorrow. It's not fair: he eats more than is humanly possible and still has washboard abs.]

Dessert:

1.5 c. chocolate chips -- too much, next time use only 1 c.
3/4 c. heavy cream -- too much, next time use only 1/2 c.
1 8 oz. tub Cool Whip

Place chips and cream in glass bowl. Microwave for 2 minutes on high. Stir until chocolate is completely melted and fold in Cool Whip until mixed thoroughly. Either place in individual serving dishes or cover with plastic wrap, chill in fridge. Serves six, really.

Note: when asking your teenage son to taste test, don't believe him when he says it needs more chocolate.

Activism Alert

I am passing along this link to wordweaverlynn's journal post about possible action to challenge the Electoral College result by Barbara Boxer and John Conyers because I know of many people on my friends-list who will be interested.

I am not sure if I will be taking any action myself: I see this as a potentially very dangerous Pandora's box, and need to figure out whether or not I feel comfortable supporting opening it.

Bible verses....

I will be posting occasional Bible selections in my journal. To defend myself from charges of proselytizing, I will use cut-tags. These are more as aids to meditations and starting points for thought for me.

( Matthew 5:3-12. )

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I seem to be saying, or thinking, this a lot lately:

"An idea is not responsible for the people that believe it." Don Marquis.