LIVE THREAD! HAPPY NEW YEAR WEEKEND!!-Resolutions?Recipes? Family? Plans? Hopes? Dreams? Share here!

All our wonderful friends!! ^ | 12/30/05 | Jim Robinson, for bringing us together!

[don-o]

A Happy New Year welcome to FR. Of course you know that some Freepers alway feel it their duty to jump every newbie. Ignore such; post well; give money to keep the lights on.

[LucyJo]

Carlo,

Thank you for your testimonial on quitting smoking. I'm going to show it to my husband. Every story of success is inspiration. His serious New Year's resolution is to quit smoking, and he'll do it because he wants to do it and he is determined, unlike his dad. I was reminded of his dad when you mentioned that some smokers had rather die than quit. It's true.

His dad smoked all of his life, since pre-teen, (non-filtered Camels). He ended up with emphysema, congestive heart failure, etc., and he refused to give up his "pleasure" with the revelation of symptoms that his health was suffering.

I remember one time, a couple years or so before he died, when he was hospitalized with pneumonia, and we thought he wouldn't make it. He was sick for a long time, and couldn't smoke during his time in the hospital, of course, so he had help "quitting", using the patch. The first thing he wanted to do when he got out of the hospital was smoke a cigarette! He was 74 years old, and he cried like a baby when the doctors told him he couldn't smoke anymore. His health was shot. He was going into the hospital periodically to have fluid drawn from around his heart, and he was stressing out over not being able to smoke! His doctor told him to go ahead and smoke, because the stress would kill him anyway. He died the next January at the age of 75. He didn't believe he could quit, and he didn't want to try. He felt that his quality of life was so diminished that he wouldn't live very long anyway, and he wanted to "enjoy" his cigarettes until the end. So very sad.

[Miss Marple]

For de-cluttering help, go to www.flylady.net. It's up to you whether or not you sign up for the e-mails, but her routines and decluttering advice made a real difference in my house!

[Grammy]

Thanks for the offer, but I quit 17 years ago, for the second time. I quit for 7 years the first time. This time its for good.


One hint that helped me was to know that a craving for a cigarette would leave in 10 minutes, whether you smoke or not. So, I just took it 10 minutes at a time. Glad I did.

[Awestruck]

Here's wishing all of you a Happy New Year! Since we never know how long we have, I resolve to make this year count. I plan to clean up my debts, lose enough weight to not be embarrassed in public in shorts, and to strengthen my relationship with Jesus Christ.

[LucyJo]

Kicking a habit of any kind is not easy.
Prayer is powerful.
Why not look to God for assistance
as you quit your addiction?

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Amen! Thank you.

[Awestruck]

Congrats and best wishes for your continued success! I know it isn't easy, but you have a great attitude and I know you'll keep going strong.

[Eva]

Congratulations, I've had family members that never were able to kick the habit. My father was a five pack a day, chain smoker, who developed heart disease in his forties, had a massive heart attack at fory eight, still could not quit completely, and died at 51. The doctor attributed the severity and early on-set of his heart disease to his cigarette smoking.

[cubreporter]

Mmmmm, artichokes are delicious. Good way to begin the New Year too. As for the Oyster Stew never quite heard of that one but hey, if that was what your Uncle enjoyed...all the more power to him. It's what we grew up with and enjoyed and what we remember that is really important. :)

[Eaker]

I still have to be careful.

JimRob sometimes zots in person!!

[marmar]

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[cardinal4]

I want to spend more time with my kids and get my GPA up to 3.0..

[Eaker]

Why would some smokers rather DIE than QUIT!

Part of my retirement plan.

Without smoking I will have more years than money.

A lot more.

Cheers to you for quiting!

[No Blue States]

I vow no more credit card usage and and a significant reduction in the total owed.

[glock rocks]

Eaker? I thought you were banned.

Oh well, Happy New Year anyway.

[generally]

Are you thinking of kolachke? I think that's a sweet cookie-like recipe? Also spelled many other ways (kolacky, kolachy, kolace.....)

My grandmother was also Polish. I miss her sour soup the most, made with ham, prunes, vinegar, dumplings, and I don't know what else. Fortunately my mom knows how to make it. I will have to get her to teach me.

[LucyJo]

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Happy New Year, and God bless!

p.s. Sad to say that it seems some of your family members have a much worse problem than they believe your "birth mom" had. Hers was caused by a chemical imbalance in her brain over which she had no choice. Theirs is caused by a spiritual imbalance of the soul, and it is completely by choice. Sad they don't seem to know what love is all about. They miss a lot of good things in life because of that, and they are apparently to ignorant to know it. Like I said...sad.

[paulat]

For all...this is another recipe to add to Carlo3b's pierogi yummies...got it in my FReepmail from redgirlinabluestate! Thanks!

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Here is the recipe nothometodya was looking for.... I laready emailed it to her/him. Looks like A LOT of work though. Happy New Year! ( BTW my mom makes them every OTHER year. )

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http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/eka/food/potatoes.html-----under potatoes

ZEPPELINS
Didzkukuliai (cepelinai)

1 k (2 lbs) raw potatoes, peeled and grated
4 cooked potatoes
salt to taste

Put raw potato gratings in a double cheese cloth and squeeze dry. Save the potato liquid, let potato starch settle at the bottom, decant potato liquid and mix starch with dry potato gratings. Rice boiled potatoes and add to raw grated potatoes, salt and blend well. Take about 1/2 cup of potato mixture and flatten, making a round form. Place a spoonful of filling in the center of the round, fold over, seal seam, make an oblong shape. Put zeppelins into boiling water and cook for about 30 minutes, stirring gently.
Zeppelins are a rather recent Lithuanian tradition. They were begun in the middle of the twentieth century but their fame spread all throughout the country. Zeppelins are very filling and for this reason they are eaten during days of hard work, especially during harvest time. The variety of fillings used makes zeppelins adaptable to different times of the year.


FILLINGS FOR ZEPPELINS:

BEEF OR PORK FILLING
300 g (9 oz) ground meat, pork or beef, or a mixture of both
1 onion, finely chopped
1 teaspoon marjoram

Pork is the traditional meat filling for zeppelins, rather fat, cut from the shoulder. A mixture of pork and fat is also used.
Fry onion and add to ground meat. Season with salt, pepper and marjoram. Blend well. Meat filled zeppelins are served with fried bacon bits or with melted butter and sour cream.

SMOKED HAM FILLING
300 g (9 oz) smoked ham
1 onion, finely chopped
1 egg, beaten
pepper to taste

Soak ham, then place in hot water and boil until done. Cut cooked ham into fine pieces, add onion, egg and pepper. Mix well.
Ham filled zeppelins are served with melted butter and sour cream.

COTTAGE CHEESE FILLING
300 g (9 oz) dry cottage cheese
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon sour cream
30 g (1 oz) bacon, finely chopped and fried
30 g (1 oz) butter
1/2 teaspoon French tarragon or peppermint
salt to taste

Blend cottage cheese with fried bacon, add butter, sour cream, egg, salt and herbs. Mix well.
Cottage cheese OzeppelinsÕ are eaten with melted butter, sour cream or fried bacon bits.

MUSHROOM FILLING
50 g (2 oz) dried mushrooms
2 onions, finely chopped
100 g (3 oz) bacon
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons bread crumbs
salt and pepper to taste

Soak dried mushrooms and cook in soaking water. Then process mushrooms and bacon together in food processor or use a grinder. Add fried onions, egg, bread crumbs and seasonings. Blend well.
Mushroom filled OzeppelinsÕ are served with fried bacon or sour cream.
In Dzškija, the south eastern region of country, the cooks make the following sauce: fry chopped onion in butter, add 1 tablespoon flour and enough mushroom soaking liquid, season to taste with pepper and bring to a boil, heat until sauce thickens.

HERRING FILLING
2 herring fillets
1 egg, beaten
1 onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons bread crumbs
pepper to taste

Process herring fillets in food processor, or use grinder. Season with pepper, add fried onion and beaten egg. Mix well to blend flavors.
Serve with sour cream.

[Eaker]

Eaker? I thought you were banned.

JimRob reviewed the thread on which I was banned that I never posted to and was not pinged to and reversed the ban and let the cowards know to leave me be.

Happy New Year my friend!

[LucyJo]

Yum! That sounds good!