I make my rice pudding by rote as it's one of those dating to childhood recipes. However, for those not so lucky, I found this recipe online; posting it in our recipe forum;

https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?msg=223755

Shirley, we also got sweet rice...baked rice pudding or rice cooked with raisins. My Mom would also boil rice.....drain ,add sugar ,not a lot and then place a plate on top. The plate would squeeze any excess water out along with the help of the sugar. Next morning it would be drained and whipping cream whipped and folded into the rice. DELICIOUS!! Don't forget the cherry on top!

Not all mid-westeners are the same, Patricia.  I was born and raised in KS but I never had rice for breakfast.  Also, our Rice Pudding was never cooked on top of the stove.  We used left-over plain, white rice from dinner the night before and added sugar, raisins, cinn., etc. and baked it in the oven.  When I make rice pudding now I always use the same recipe that my Mother did and I bake it in my Grandmother's baking bowl that was passed down to me when I got married.   That bowl is over a hundred years old (maybe closer to 150 years now) and still makes the best rice pudding.  It doesn't taste right if I use any other pan or bowl.   

All this talk of food reminds me I'd better get dinner started.

Take care, All. 

Phyllis, it was Jane who mentioned rice for breakfast. However, for years, I 've eaten foods whenever I wanted and not for a specific meal, so I've had rice for different meals. Generally, I have rice pudding with raisins and lots of cinnamon when I want comfort.

Late afternoon already, and no sign of the  Hud inspectors with three hours to go. After three years, I've become very pessimistic about events happening as promised.

EDIT: Surprise! They never came by...

Patricia, one thing that gets to me the worst is having to waste MY time waiting for anyone. I grew up being taught that is about the rudest thing you can do is make people wait on you unless you have no choice at all (in my world that meant you had to be dead). I don't even excuse doctors running late for appointments unless the doc has been called out for an emergency.

All you that eat raisins in your rice (or anything else), even at my age I still can't choke down raisins cooked or baked in any foods, do eat them by the handsfull out of the bag or box.  Seeing one cooked still makes goose bumps all over my body remembering my youngest brother telling me what I was trying to choke down in that prune cake that Grandma was famous for.... was really ticks they pulled off the bird dogs that lived at Grandma's house. Those dogs had "slick" hair so you could see the big fat ticks, and dogs were never tied up or confined so had ticks all over & had to be picked off, one job I couldn't do. We weren't allowed to say "no, thank you" to that cake, but "just a small piece, thank you" was okay. That brother was about 6 years older than me & such a tease. I knew back then as I know now, those weren't ticks, but my "picture it" works too good & that raisin won't go down!

Time to wish you all "Good Night".  My house guest was picked up by his Mama this evening so my bed will be empty tonight.  But you've never seen any living being so happy to see another as Cooper was to see his Mama this evening!  He was all over her with kisses and love!

I'm heading for the haystack and I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

It IS time for me to wish you all good night and sweet dreams. Hope to see you all in good healt and spireats tomorow.

Lloyd

Goodnight y'all.  Keep a blanket handy tonight.

Good morning...

Frost on the ground this morning......that time of year again. Temp is sitting at 28° at the moment.

Laundry  day and with luck will be able to hang it out.

I can't help but think on those on the east coast......they are in for a horrible time with hurricane Fiona.This one is bigger that hurrican Juan and it wrecked havoc there in 2003.

Jane, I bet you miss your bed warmer.

Rick,also time to get the geemogotchees out.

Patricia, that was a no show that didn't surprise you!! I dislike not being given a heads up when one can't meet appointment time. I am always early for my appointments.

Just remembered we get to look after the next door furkids..   Callie will get her tummy rubbed..and treats and  Rex will get hugged and special treat!

Better shake a leg and get moving.

Enjoy your day and stay safe!

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Right now the temp is 46º but the overnight low was 42º!  RICK, I was snuggled in right up to my ears!

My day has already begun!  I've stripped the bed and the sheets are in the washer, just about ready for the dryer.  If I can't have a doggy in my bed, I'm going to have a clean bed!  I already put the dishes away out of the dishwasher and one basket is out by the door for our trip to the recycle center this morning.

It's gonna be a busy day!  And the high temp will be 70.  I have the box of sweaters out and ready to exchange for the short sleeved shirts.  That's also on the agenda.  The busy day will also be a boring report.  Just normal stuff!  Bear with me!

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

P.S.  I tried posting and AMY beat me in.  Yes, I did miss my "bed warmer"!

We got down to about 45° last night.  By wake up time I had to turn some heat on - first of the season. Remember that smell the first couple of timed the heat comes on?  Reminds me of the old school days when the radiators would get painted during the summer, and when the first heat came into the radiators the classroom would "stink" of paint fumes.

Good mid morning everyone. 64º and sunny, not a cloud in sight here.@10;15 AM. Hope you are all having a good day just like you like it.

Lloyd

as they say a bad pinnie always returns, Here I am. we are ready to leave and go to the wedding this evening. sun is verry bright not a cloud in sight.76º now. see you all later.

Lloyd

Good morning, 35 degrees and cloudy with more frost this morning. We had rain again last night, but hopefully, that's the last bit we'll see of it.

I've never had radiator heat. We had coal when I was a child and changed to oil when we moved in 1966. In Tennessee, Kentucky, we had a wood stove. In Texas, we had oil. When heat is turned on, there always seems to be a period of nightly groans as pipes send the water about.  I haven't turned on my heat since April because it's controlled by the office, admittedly denied; a new development since Covid and staff reduction. Somehow we had the groans and thumps beginning in mid-August, and my thermometer reads late seventies or eighty.

Today will be a day of rest; paperwork will be finished on Sunday, and another Monday appointment, hopefully, the last.

If you never had radiators, where did the water in the pipes go --- "nightly groans as pipes send the water about."

Baseboard heating, Rick.

Well, that whole page just flipped off & gotta start over. I remember when everyone I knew had big old furnaces in the basement & a coal bin where the guys that delivered just shoveled it through a little window. Had to stay away from that coal dust or for sure had to take a bath before Mom would let you sit down anywhere! I remember when Dad had the natural gas hooked up to convert the big furnace over. He always put Mom's cast iron skillets & Dutch oven in the furnace when it was going to be on during a super cold spell, to burn off all that old grease. Then Mom would have to "season" them again. Those days are long gone. I tagged around to see how everything was done, no dolls or dress up for me!

One house we had a big floor "register" that heated the whole main floor but I don't recall if any heat ducts upstairs or heat just went up the stairs <grin>. Most of the houses we've had used natural gas but I understand that's supposed to be replaced. The place we rented in England had either coal/wood fireplace to heat the whole house & one had electric heaters built into the wall, but only in the main living/sitting room.  I had scorch marks on my back side trying to heat the rear with those bar heaters. Coal was still rationed in the mid '50s and wood didn't heat that well. Was only 3 days we didn't have a fire in the fireplace one whole year.The apartment that had the electric heater had natural gas in the kitchen & for hot water, but it was on a meter & had to have enough coins to put in or would run out in the middle of baking a cake. (Of course, I had to learn the hard way!) It took a lot of livin' to get to this ripe old age! And now I'm gonna go wash & poke that big ole potato, bake it in the microwave, cut in half & cover with shredded cheese & lots of butter & when that melts in the oven I'll go out & cut off some chives, chop to put on top along with sour cream. Yum.... I'm hungry.

Bet Lloyd is having "a good feed" at the wedding tonight. I doubt if they will just serve the mints & nuts & cake like the old days. I think all my grands had nice dinners served (so out of town guests didn't go home hungry) but one father has offered a BIG sum of money if they will just have a private ceremony.

Sweet dreams, God Bless and with one last bit of news, it was HOT here again today so I have not ventured out. 

Quote from: patricia19 on September 24, 2022, 03:02:23 PMBaseboard heating, Rick.

I ,as others, still consider them radiators. Just not the old cast iron tall ones so many of us had. Pop "Baseboard radiators" into a search engine.

Okay, I hadn't heard of that term, and you're right. Previously when I thought of radiators, I thought of the large pipes that could burn you and were set off the floor and on the wall.

When I was growing up, I didn't know what was making the heat.  I just knew where to go to get warm when I needed to.  The only one I really remember was the the floor at my grandmother's house.  It was between the living room and dining room and it was big enough for my sister and me and my three cousins to all stand on at the same time.  And if you weren't careful, when the blower came it could blow your dress right up around your ears.  Embarassing!!

I got done everything that was planned today.  I put away the dishes out of the dishwasher, stripped and washed the bedclothes and remade the bed, took the recycling to the center, stopped at WM on the way back.  And after all that, I ate my lunch and collapsed for 2 hours.  When I got back to the groove, I made a batch of "Jim's egg thingys" and breakfast is ready for the next 10 days....or for company if I get any!

I didn't have a doggie and I didn't even hear from them today.  She must have been tired or they just spent the day communicating and loving up each other!  When she showed up, he was all over her like it was something he didn't expect!  Don't you wonder what they think when they are left with someone else for a while!

Tomorrow I'm going to church in the morning and then we'll see what the rest of the day brings.  Tonight, I'm going to hit the haystack!  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

Quote from: patricia19 on September 24, 2022, 09:55:44 PMOkay, I hadn't heard of that term, and you're right. Previously when I thought of radiators, I thought of the large pipes that could burn you and were set off the floor and on the wall.

A lot of it probably depends on where we live as to what we call things.

yes we did have a good feed, I never got a good count or seen the regester yet,but there was a large croud ther , the feild looked as full as walmart parking on a hoailday.Nancy got  wore out the heeat got the best of her so we came home bfore the cake cutting. I seen friends and Kin i hadent seen in years, well Nancy has gone to bed,and I am going to go take my meds , and my inslen shot. and get in there also. see you all tomorow I hope in good sperits and health, was intersting to reed about all yoyr heeting devices as a chield firs heating stove I rember us having was a coaiolee heter in the liveing room and a wood king keater in the kitchen. our uncle would come down to our uncle and ant;s farm and chop long poles of wood,that would hang way out the back of the waggon, and drag them off in our back yard, I would have to chop it into stove size length, we ha a stump in our wood yard left from a tree we had cut down there  I would stick the axe in it and file it sharp, was downon my knee to long and it got stff a got up an it let me down , I fell on it and cot my knee cap open, still kave that scarr in my right knee today. my middle brother road me down town to the docer. he had to get the store keeper to come hold me down for him to sew it up, they got three stiches in it and taped it shut best they could. the docter was verry mad he said the little basterd go. and quit. I sill today have a large scar in it. it is the one that years later I had thebal sochet reaplaced in. my wife says i am a accedent looking for a place to happen. she is mostly right I fell out of the roadgrader when the wein cough hold of the door and jerked ie out I tied to hlld onto It and whenit hithe side of the engine compartment I fell off on the back tire conner on my back.It crushed the cartlage out from between L4 & L5. it still hurts but I get miend over Matter and egnore it. then In )14teen I had three defferant head knocks  and have a titam screew in my rt forhead to the up and left eye and anther bekind my left ear.the screew is because the scull womt heal its self. the cartlage will and did so when they pulled the tube from my ear they let it heal it's self. good night and sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Lloyd...
... i think you are a " walking miracle, " talk about cats having nine lives..,

 Vanilla-Jackie you are absulatley corect. and I done pretty good here in S & F, I had facebook in years past, and I got hacked there so I got rid of it and have done good without it. my brother has his dcsed wife's verison of it and he could show a picture of th great grand deaughter to us with it, Mabey i can get deaughter or grand deaughter to post it for me. If I do sayso she Is a cuttie.

Lloyd

Good morning.

Light rain falling here and will keep up for most of the day. Good day to play catch up on naps

Pulled most of th carrots yesterday and IF I had of planted them with spacing we would have some big ones . There are big one out there but a lot of small which I can going to cut up and freeze to put in the dogs food. The rest I will just bag and keep in the fridge.

We have been watching the devastation on the east coast, those folks may not get power for a week or more.One lady was washed out to see...house also were lost. Wind ,water and long with fire can change ones life.

Neighbours are home from their granddaughters wedding..I did have fun looking after their furkids. I take a lot of time with Rex as I know each  day is a blessing.

A day of rest here, will deal with the carrots and that is it......coast the rest of the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend...and a special Good Morning to you LLOYD.  I think it's amazing that you are still here on earth to greet us!  You have not had an easy life.

I have to go get myself ready to go to church as soon as I finish my coffee.  I have to be ready when Cathy comes to pick me up.  She drops me off there and friends bring me home afterwards.  I'm grateful that I can still go.  I'd really miss not being there on Sunday.  It's nice that they can broadcast it but it's just not the same as being there.

We're supposed to have a rainy day today.  Right now it's 57º and not supposed to get above 70 and rain is predicted off and on all day!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

P.S.  AMY you beat me posting!  Good Morning!

Quote from: Amy on September 25, 2022, 07:31:00 AMWe have been watching the devastation on the east coast, those folks may not get power for a week or more.One lady was washed out to see...house also were lost. Wind ,water and long with fire can change ones life.

Amy, --- What source do you use ro get the above info? (link)
I pretty much gave up on watching TV news so am ignorant of the East Coast problems. 

Rick here are a few..

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/in-pictures-post-tropical-storm-fiona-batters-the-maritimes-1.6082731

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-clean-up-fiona-1.6595080

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-clean-up-fiona-1.6595080

Thanks Amy. They're tucked away for future use.

You're welcome Rick..