Day After Pi Day

Sylvester, Maverick, there is still snow on the ground outside, so you did not win the When When Contest.Mom can't believe she forgot that yesterday was Pi Day. You know, 3.14? The Furry Bambinos reminded us. Sorry guys! I have made Mom mark it on the calendar so we will not forget next year.

Mom's got a big meeting at her day hunting gig today with the big kahuna and some con-sultans. Mom was busy last night making her famous Brownies. Apparently these sultans need the carrot-and-stick approach. I do not understand what she means by that, but she didn't take any pictures of Moi.

Oh well.

Family Friday: PlusOne Bakes!

PlusOne came over yesterday and he and Mom baked Brownies, and made a Yellow Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting. You can see PlusOne liked the frosting.

His Mom and Dad (Auntie Karate & Mr Big) came to pick him up, and before they left, half the brownies were gone. They took the brownies and the cake with them.

I have it on good authority there was nothing left by the time they all went to bed last night.

...I'm betting Roxy didn't get any.

Easy Like Sunday

The Family came over last night for a dinner to celebrate Mr Karate's birthday. Auntie & Mr Big & PlusOne, Mim-may & Pip-pay & Missy all came over for dinner. Mom roasted two chickens and asparagus, Mim-may mashed the potatoes and a good time was had by all. Mr Karate prefers brownies to cake, so that's what Mom made. Here is Mr Karate about to eat his serving.
Yes, that is FOUR pieces of brownies, with vanilla ice cream all piled up on top of each other.
Mr Karate ate it ALL!

In other silly news, as if Mom doesn't have enough sewing projects planned, she wants to make herself a backpack so when she walks to the library she can keep the books in the backpack instead of carrying them somehow. Bast forbid she would -buy- herself one. Anyway, she has plenty of material for the backpack itself, but she needed some material for a lining in the backpack, and so she went to the fabric store and came home with this:For some reason she thinks she is very clever and too funny by half. I don't get it, but she claims that all Moms in the blogosphere will agree with her.

Go figure.

(Honest to goodness... I can hear her cackling in the other room. What did I say? What was so funny?)

Feed-Me! Friday

Brownies!

Mr Karate says these are really good with vanilla ice cream. Or with whipped cream. Or just a cold glass of milk. A pan of these rarely lasts more than 24 hours at our house. Mr Karate says these are the bestest brownies in the whole wide world. Mom got the recipe from her Mom's Betty Crocker 1953 Red and White Cookbook. Mom likes brownies with nuts, but Mr Karate doesn't. Since there is no beef in them, I don't like them at all.

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

Melt together over hot water:
2 squares unsweetened chocolate (2 ounces)
1/3 cup shortening or butter (5-1/3 tablespoons)

Add to bowl containing these ingredients and mix well:
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
¾ cup flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt

Mix in: ½ cup broken walnuts (optional)

Spread in a well-greased 8” square pan. Bake 30 minutes, until top has a dull crust. A slight imprint will be left when top is touched lightly with fingertip. Cool slightly, then cut into squares.

This recipe doubles easily: put in a 13 x 9 x 2” pan and bake for the same amount of time.