I just finished making this w/a couple of adjustments and subsitutions.

Southern Peach Cobbler

SUBMITTED BY: Amy Posey      PHOTO BY: Kathy

PREP TIME	20 Min
COOK TIME	40 Min
READY IN	1 Hr

INGREDIENTS

• 8 fresh peaches - peeled, pitted and sliced into thin wedges [I used half a bag of frzn for md sz one.]
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice [fresh is good but, the plastic lemon works]
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch

Plus...

MIX TOGETHER:         

•  1 teaspoon ground cinnamon  [I had previously bought these two premixed already]

• 1/4 cup white sugar

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, combine peaches, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, and cornstarch. Toss to coat evenly, and pour into a 2 quart baking dish. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes ^{(if using fresh)}. Alternate: (Since I used frz peaches I put my mixture in the microwave instead, three times for a minute at at time, stirring and mixing it each time. Worked fine)
3. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine flour, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 cupbrown sugar, baking powder, and salt. Blend in butter with your fingertips, or a pastry blender, until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in water until just combined.
4. ^{If using fresh-} Remove peaches from oven and drop spoonfuls of topping over them. Sprinkle entire cobbler with the sugar and cinnamon mixture. Bake until topping is golden, about 30 minutes. Alternate: (I used Pam Butter Spray in the round ceramic bowl I used and, spread the batter on the bottom then added the peach mixture from the microwave, then sprinkled the cinnamon/sugar over it. Care must be taken not to use too much Pam as it causes the edges to look somewhat burned.)

     I tried to make a partial top for the cobbler when I scraped the batter bowl but, it didn't get as done as the rest, in the amount of time used.  I was tempetd to add chopped pecans to the top also. I love pecans in most anything but decided to wait till the next time and see how it came out this way, with the subsitutions and, alternate instructions first. But, look out! Ya never know what will happen when I start experimenting in the kitchen! :)

Ummm....sure smells good! 'See' ya later! :p

Howdy howdy all!

Well instead of going with my family to Mississippi for Easter, but since I don't really do Easter I told myself a trip to the old ballgame might be a good time and I was right! Okay so I went to a pre-season game a couple of weeks ago and had a serious blast, the Astros even won. Of course this trend did not carry over into today's game. The astros lost 10 to 1. Ten to freaking One people!

Here are some highlights from the pre-season fun.

The field

Last Friday night fire works

and here is the best part of today's game...

yeah that's right. It was the singing of Deep in the Heart of Texas!

Told ya! Wasn't that gold? It's like you were in the audience huh?

How about some poetry...here goes....

Eating the Peach

Eating the peach, I feel like a murderer.
Time and darkness mean nothing to me,
moving forward and back with my white enameled teeth
and bloated tongue sating themselves on moist,
pulpy flesh. When I suck at the pit that resembles
a small mammal's skull, it erases all memory
of trouble and strife, of loneliness and the blindings
of erotic love, and of the blueprint of a world
in which man, hater of reason, cannot make
things right again. Eating the peach, I feel the long
wandering, my human hand—once fin and paw—
reaching through and across the allegory of Eden,
mud, boredom, and disease, to bees, solitude,
and a thousand hairs of grass blowing by chill waters.--Henri Cole

Goddess Bless

Yesterday,I mentioned War.I expressed my anxiety on the assumption that one day China would have to fight with US.Of course,If that happened,it would be in long years ago.

In China,we call US world bandit,and president of USA is cursed by Chinese people as much as prime minister of Japan.It is not because I think China will fail that I am afraid the war between the two country.(PR China have not failed in war since her establishment.)But you know,I have a lot of kind  American friends,so I don't want war because I can't bear their hurt.

From the period of ancient China on,we have a tradition,that is "If one doesn't hurt me,I will not hurt him,but if one hurt us,I will hurt him also."I don't know whether I translated the phrase right,but I think you can see what it means.You know,China was ever the strongest country and maybe will be so in not longer future,but we have never invaded any country.Otherwise,Japan may have been a province or autonomous region of China.But in my opinion,western countries love invasion;most of colonies are established by the countries.

Ok,well,I just wanted to say:"I Hate War,I Hope The Whole World Is Peachful."And that is one of reasons why I chosed  to major in comparative literature.