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CHICKEN CASSEROLE.
Ingredients:
1 large chicken
1 can chicken soup
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 red pepper (seeded and chopped)
1 can pineapple chunks (drained)
1 cup cream
1 cup sherry
salt and pepper
2 tablespoons cooking oil
Method;
Cook the chicken and debone it. Cut into portions and place in an oven proof dish.
Heat the soup, sherry and cream, stirring all the while , set aside. Saute the mushrooms in the oil and add to the soup mixture.
Add the red pepper and pineapple chunks. Pour this sauce over the chicken pieces which have been salted and peppered and bake at 300o for approximatety 20 minutes.
Serve with rice and vegetables. Or rice and salads.
next post 27th March
TWENTY SIXTEEN - PART FIFTY
Hello folks,
It is now the 25th of December - Christmas day. Certainly doesn't feel like it.
Still exhausted spend another day on my bed. Eczema also giving me trouble again. Probably because of stress .
I send Christmas cards to family and friends and post one on Facebook. Spend next few days just resting.
29th Andre sends message to Steve, he cannot reach Ruth on her phone - her phone has been giving her a lot of trouble lately. Steve contacts me. Andre comes to see Ruth and I as he has a potential buyer for the coins - He also takes photos of our antiques, apparently he and Amandah do not have the funds to do the alterations to the cottage.
Ruth is not well - her blood pressure is far too high and pulse rate
is too fast ( 157/106 and pulse rate 106 beats per minute ) should be 120/80 and pulse rate 72 beats per minute.
She is also feeling very nauseous. My blood pressure is also not so good. Ruth is so ill I have to do the cooking and find it a big strain. She and I usually do it together. By afternoon she is feeling a little bit better.
Saturday 31st December, no water in the taps again. I am unable to do my ablutions. Ruth has gone back to bed, she is ill again. Her whole body is aching. She is unable to do our shopping.
Water comes back on so I am able to do ablutions and clean and medicate my eyes. We both make French toast but don't eat much.
next post 26th March
JOKES
Teacher: "What does the chicken give you?"
Student: "Meat and eggs."
Teacher: "Very good. What does the pig give You?"
Student: "Bacon."
Teacher: "Great. What does the cow give you?"
Student: "Homework."
next post 25th March
MY FAVORITE PSALMS
- PART FIFTY THREE
Bless Jehovah, O my soul, O Jehovah my God, Thou art very great. Thou art clothed with honor and majesty; Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretched out the heavens like a curtain;
Who layeth the beams of His chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds His chariot;; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind; Who maketh winds His messengers; Flames of fire His ministers; Who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be moved forever;
Thou coverest it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains. At Thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away (the mountains rose, the valleys sank down) unto the place which Thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; they run among the mountains; They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild asses quench their thirst. By them the birds of the of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.
He watereth the mountains from His chambers; the earth is filled with the fruit of Thy works. He causes the grass to grow for the cattle and the green herb for the service of man. That he may bring forth food out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine., and bread that strengtheneth man's heart.
The trees are filled with moisture. The cedars of Lebanon, which He hath planted, where the birds make their nests. As for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high mountains are for the wild goats.; the rocks are a refuge for the conies.
He appointed the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down. Thou maketh the darkness and it is night. Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
The sun ariseth , they get them away. And lay them down in their dens. Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening.
O Jehovah how manifold are Thy works! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; The earth is full of Thy riches, Yonder is the sea, great and wide, wherein are things creeping, innumerable, both small and great beasts.
There go the ships; there is leviathon, whom Thou hast formed to play therein. These wait all for Thee that Thou mayest give them their food in due season. Thou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest Thy hand, they are satisfied with good. Thou hidest Thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth Thy Spirit, they are created; and Thou renewest the face of the ground.
Let the glory of Jehovah rejoice for ever. Let Jehovah rejoice in His works. Who looketh on the earth and it trembleth. He touches the mountains and they smoke. I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. Let thy meditation be sweet unto Him; I will rejoice in Jehovah. Let sinners be consumed out of the earth and let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.
next post 24th March
IS JESUS GOD ?
part six
(copied from
Y-Jesus.com)
COULD JESUS HAVE BEEN LYING
Even Jesus' harshest critics have rarely called Him a liar. That label certainly doesn't fit with Jesus' high moral and ethical teaching. But if Jesus isn't Who He claimed to be, we must consider the option that He was intentionally misleading everyone.
One of the best-known and most influential political works was written by Nicollo Machiavelli in 1532. In his classic The Prince, Machiavelli exalts power, success, image, and efficiency above loyalty, faith and honesty. According to Machiavelli, lying is okay if it accomplishes a political end.
Could Jesus have built His entire ministry upon a lie just to gain power, fame or success ? In fact, the Jewish opponents of Jesus were continually trying to expose Him as a fraud and liar.
They would barrage Him with questions, in attempts to trip Him up and contradict Himself.
Yet Jesus responded with remarkable consistency.
The question we must deal with is, What could possibly motivate Jesus to live His entire life as a lie ? He taught that God was opposed to lying and hypocrisy, so He wouldn't be doing it to please His Father.
He certainly didn't lie for His followers benefit, since all, but one, were martyred rather than renouncing His Lordship.
and so we are left with only two other reasonable explanations each of which are problematic.
next post 22nd March
RECIPE TIME - DELICIOUS CHICKEN DISH
Ingredients:
1 granny smith apple (Chopped finely)
1 can chicken or mushroom soup
2 Tablespoons coconut oil or butter
1 onion (chopped finely)
1 chicken (cut into 8 portions)
or 8 chicken portions
1 can ideal milk or cream
2 Tbls curry powder
Method:
Place chicken portions in one layer in a pyrex or shallow baking dish. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and paprika.
In a separate saucepan melt the coconut oil/butter and add the chopped onion and apple and saute till onion is transparent. Add the soup and curry powder and stir well.
Remove from stove and add the cream. Mix well and pour over the chicken portions. Bake uncovered at 350o F for approximately an hour and a half.
Serve with rice and vegetables.
next post 20th March
TWENTY SIXTEEN -
PART FORTY NINE
Hello folks,
Today is the garage sale.
Up early to get ready.
We pack lunches and have bought cold drinks for the day.
Amandah has been kind enough to give us the use of her double garage at her house which is situated in the town of Rustenburg. She has also loaned us "Lucky" her employee to help us unload and put up lines to hang the clothes etc. We sit all day. But no customers arrive.
We spent money to advertise in the local newspaper and for the extra cold drinks and food at the site. We had three customers and sold R220 worth of goods. What a flop Absolutely exhausted now - ready to collapse. I can see Ruth feels the same.
Amandah asks Ruth for her diamond ring as she says she has a potential buyer for it. Ruth gives it to her on the understanding that it is not to be sold for less than R6000 (It was valued at R70000) by the Jeweler. If we don't get it back the R6000 must go for back rent.
Thursday 22nd - spend the day on my bed.
Friday 23rd - spend another day on my bed. We haven't had a decent meal since the 19th - not good for the constitution. Too tired - both of us. Now the toilet is blocked again. Will phone Danny in the morning to come take a look.
Power goes off at 7pm
but comes back on at 7.30 then goes off and stays off all night until comes back on at 11 o'clock next morning.
We do still have Danny's generator but no money for petrol.
Saturday 24th wake up feeling very despondent. Steve phones to find out how things are going and I completely break down. Everything is now just too much for me. Danny arrives and fixes the toilet.
I spend another day on my bed , I am suffering from exhaustion and my eyes are still giving me a lot of trouble. But never forget "God is in control." It is painful but He is teaching us and molding us into the people He wants us to be. In every situation and every circumstances we must learn to be content. Just knowing He is there is enough.
next post 19th March
