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A Holiday Favorite

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Nov 022022
 

Well, the holiday season is upon us so here’s a holiday fav of the family.  I have been making these for well over 30 years since I first saw the recipe on the side of a roll of Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sausage.

Sausage Cheese Balls1

Ingredients

3 cups Original Bisquick™ mix
1 pound uncooked bulk pork sausage
4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (16 ounces)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, crushed
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley or 1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes

Steps

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan.
2 In large bowl, stir together all ingredients except barbecue sauce, using hands or spoon. Shape mixture into 1-inch balls. Place in pan.
3 Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until brown. Immediately remove from pan. Serve warm with sauce for dipping.

Publius says:
  1. This recipe is from the Betty Crocker  Bisquick Cookbook [↩]
So say we all

Alien Dreams

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Nov 012022
 

Ok ok ok. So whats up on the Bayou? Here we go. I decided to upgrade the software on the main server from 18.04 to 20.04 and all that goes with it. If all had gone well there would have been little in the way of interruptions and the site would be faster and more in tune with today’s standards. Did I tell you I am a close friend of Murphy? Yeah that Murphy, the one from Murphy’s Law fame. Well, he decided to pay me a visit, at the wrong time of course, and we had a small power interruption which seems to happen a lot down here and would have been no problem  except for the fact that I was installing the new kernel1 . The power surge happening in the middle of main Kernel install caused a mass extinction event. I couldn’t reboot into either the new or old kernel and the file tree was beyond recovery. Soooooooooo I bit the bullet and did a fresh install on another drive and am slowly rebuilding the blog and the Stream server from the ground up. I can still use some of the old config files to guide me but I fear a lot of the history in the old database for the blog may be un-recoverable.  I do have the random stream playing and I am working on getting some of our favorite stories from the history. But we shall see. Hang in there. Some of you have been with me since 2007 when I started this whole endeavor and I thank you for the emails and kind words through out the years, AND your patience So here’s the blog with a working stream and more and more will come online as time goes on. 

 

Thank you ——Publius

Publius says:
  1. The main program that runs EVERYTHING! [↩]
So say we all

Christmas Village is on its way again with lots of Old World charm and, this year, extra Philly spirit

 Christmas, Holidays, traditions  No Responses »
Oct 272022
 

by Rita Giordano

Christmas Village is coming back to LOVE Park and City Hall for its 15th season of twinkling lights, yummy gingerbread, and all manner of holiday festivities – both Old World and this year, distinctly Philly.

One of the city’s most popular holiday destinations, Christmas Village and its open-air German Christmas Market will hold a preview weekend November 19 and 20 and open for the season November 24 through December 24.

Special attractions this year include a double-decker carousel, a ferris wheel and a children’s train. That’s on top of the more than 110 local and international vendors, wine and spirits tastings, food offerings, live entertainment and more.

“Christmas Village in Philadelphia is getting ready for a season full of festivities,” said Christmas Village President Thomas Bauer. “We’re excited to update the LOVE Park section with brand-new wooden booths, creating an even more cheerful feeling. This is the biggest investment in the history of our company, and we’re thrilled to share the new look and feel of Christmas with our visitors.”

The event’s authentic German Christmas Market will include The Alm, an Old World-style beer garden, as well as European culinary favorites like Helmut’s Strudel, spiked hot cider and mulled wine, flamed-grilled bratwurst, gooey Swiss Raclette cheese and Belgian fries. German dance bands will keep things lively on German American Weekend on December 3-4.

But this year’s Christmas Village will also be a celebration of the many cultures that make up Philadelphia, according to city Parks and Recreation Commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell.

 

“Thanks to the city’s partnership with The Welcoming Center, Esperanza, and the South Street Headhouse District, visitors to Christmas Village will see more local businesses that represent the diversity of Philadelphia’s neighborhoods,” said Lovell, “bringing their local handmade arts and crafts to the largest audience in the region during the holidays.”

As part of the Christmas Market, over 40 local vendors of the Made in Philadelphia Holiday Market at Dilworth Park will be selling artworks, toys, jewelry, clothing, sweets and more.

And on Christmas Village’s Family Day, December 10, children can get their photograph taken with the event’s own mascot, Phil the Reindeer, or other favorites like superheroes and princesses.

In addition to the Christmas Village and the Holiday Market festivities, Philadelphia’s Holiday District organizers plan to hold the City Hall Christmas Tree lighting ceremony with performances on December 1 from 6 to 9 p.m., followed by the second annual Market Street Holiday Parade on December 3 from 5 to 6 p.m.

‘Tis the season.

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