
TODAY’S WORD is discombobulation. Instance: I’m afraid that because of my discombobulation, I’m unable to consider both a joke or one thing notably trivial.
FRIDAY’S WORD seismic. It technique of huge proportions or impact. Instance: “‘Who else is aware of?’ she requested, placid, seismic exercise underground.” (Supply: “Whisper Community” by Chandler Baker)
Recipes
Deloris East was a bookkeeper at Laurel Park Excessive Faculty when she shared these recipes within the Bulletin in 1994:
- 1 pound floor beef
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- 2 ½ cups canned tomatoes
- 1 TBS chopped parsley
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ tsp. basil
- ½ tsp. oregano
- ½ tsp. sugar
- ½ tsp. pepper
Brown beef in a skillet and drain grease. Add remaining elements. Cowl and simmer no less than half-hour, stirring steadily.
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- 1 small field macaroni
- ½ cup candy pickles
- 1 cup cucumbers, finely chopped
- 1 cup celery, finely chopped
- ¼ cup inexperienced pepper, finely chopped
- 2 tomatoes, finely chopped
- ½ cup onion, finely chopped
- ¾ cup carrots, finely chopped
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
Prepare dinner macaroni in line with instructions on field. Cool shortly. Mix macaroni with remaining elements and refrigerate in a single day.
- 1 field yellow cake combine
- 1 field lemon gelatin
- 1 cup sizzling water
- ¾ cup oil
- 4 eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon lemon extract
Dissolve gelatin in sizzling water and funky. Add the cake combine and remaining elements. Beat at excessive pace for 4 minutes. Pour right into a greased and floured tube pan and bake at 350 levels for 45 minutes.
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 stick butter
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 quart peaches, sweetened to style
Soften butter in a deep baking dish. Mix sugar, flour, milk and baking powder. Pour over butter. Warmth fruit on high of batter. Bake at 370 levels for 25 minutes. (Cherries, raspberries, apples or blackberries could also be substituted for peaches.)
At the moment’s chuckle
I’ve has so many birthdays behind me now that I now not purchase inexperienced bananas.
FRIDAY’S TRIVIA ANSWER: Although the 1902 movie “Le Voyage dans la Lune” (“Trip to the Moon”) is simply quarter-hour — lengthy for a movie in these days, it was groundbreaking in that it was the primary movie to resemble a modern-day film: It featured an elaborate set and costumes and neat particular results. The silent movie is a couple of group of astronomers who constructed a spacecraft and flew to the moon — touchdown within the moon’s eye (for the moon had the basic man-in-the-moon face. The astronomers obtained out, explored the moon a bit, battled attackers and returned to earth to nice acclaim.
TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: We’re taking a brief break from movie historical past to shake it up a bit with some submitted trivia questions — and we welcome yours: Ship to stroller@martinsvillebulletin.com. From Tom Mahoney: How briskly do particles fly out of your nostril while you sneeze?
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